UCLA gymnastics’ performance in the Pac-12 Championships brought back a certain memory for coach Valorie Kondos Field. It was not one from her 24 years of experience coaching the team. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sydney Sawa said the Bruins were overeager and too tight in the Pac-12 Championships, which led to their struggles. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Danusia Francis had some big shoes to fill. The sophomore was up next on beam. Just prior, the chants of “10” from the crowd after redshirt junior Samantha Peszek’s beam routine turned into jeers at the judges after they unveiled a 9.925. Read more...
Photo: Senior Olivia Courtney celebrates after completing an apparatus. Courtney, along with fellow Sydney Sawa, competed in her final routines at Pauley Pavilion as UCLA defeated Utah State and Bowling Green State in the Bruins’ final home meet of the season.
As UCLA gymnastics prepares for its final meet of the regular season on Sunday, the team seems to have finally picked up the momentum it lacked in the first half of its season – in fact, its recent success suddenly means it could be a serious contender for an NCAA title come April. Read more...
In UCLA gymnastics’ second-to-last meet of the regular season, the Bruins proved that the issues on beam that plagued the team in its first few meets are long over. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Samantha Peszek placed first in the all-around competition over the weekend and had a team-high score in the floor competition as well. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Inconsistencies in health and sporadic levels of performance have plagued the UCLA gymnastics team for the majority of the season. These were defining characteristics in the team’s loss to Utah in January. Read more...
Photo: Senior Olivia Courtney was named Pac-12 gymnast of the week after claiming the all-around title against Arizona last weekend. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
After seeing her gymnasts run through what she described as a lackluster warm-up in Tuscon, Ariz., coach Valorie Kondos Field sat her athletes down. The longtime gymnastics coach told them that the meet would be over in two hours, and that they needed to find a new source of enthusiasm if they hoped to be competitive for the entirety of the meet. Read more...
Photo: Coach Valorie Kondos Field explained that it’s a mental toll that exhausts gymnasts, and that she’s pleased with the team’s mental improvement. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This weekend against Arizona, UCLA gymnastics will use the same routines and lineup that it did in last weekend’s meet against Stanford. Because of this, there is a strong chance its competition in Tuscon will look very similar to the one that happened a week ago in Pauley Pavilion, but that doesn’t mean something hasn’t changed for the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Danusia Francis and the Bruins will look to hit all their routines in Tuscon this weekend. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
