No one escaped the injury bug that struck UCLA gymnastics – not even Coach Valorie Kondos Field. Unhampered by healing stitches and a wrapped right foot, Kondos Field continued to direct her practices this week efficiently and with urgency, ushering gymnasts from event to event. Read more...
Photo: Freshman gymnast Madison Preston will compete in beam and floor Saturday in addition to her usual vault routine. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Someone’s phone rang a little over half a minute into Angi Cipra’s floor routine. At least that’s what it sounded like. But as the crowd at the season-opening gymnastics meet looked around to find the unfortunate source of the noise, it became clear that the unmistakable iPhone ringtone had been a part of the act. Read more...
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Standout freshman gymnast Katelyn Ohashi was diagnosed Friday with a small sternal fracture, almost a week after a faulty balance beam cap caused her to fall dangerously on her neck and upper back during a dismount. Read more...
Photo: Freshman gymnast Katelyn Ohashi was injured in a fall during last week’s Arizona meet. Ohashi is a former elite competitor in her first season with UCLA. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A rare night full of stumbles on bars and beam led to UCLA gymnastics’ historic loss to California on Monday. The No. 5 Bruins had previously trumped the No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Sadiqua Bynum and the UCLA gymnastics team fell to rival California in an upset loss Monday evening. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA gymnastics team will travel north to face Cal on Monday night. But for redshirt senior Sadiqua Bynum, a Berkeley native, it will be more like a home meet. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Christine Peng-Peng Lee has been limited to the beam this season after suffering a hand injury that limited her ability to perform on other apparatus. Lee will hope to compete on the vault Monday against Cal. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA freshman Katelyn Ohashi stood tiptoe on the balance beam in Arizona’s McKale Center. With one more dismount, her debut as an all-around competitor in college gymnastics would be complete. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Katelyn Ohashi scored a career-high 9.825 on the beam, to add to her individual total of 39.375. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Freshmen Katelyn Ohashi and Madison Preston have provided significant boosts to the gymnastics team thus far, with Ohashi earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors after last Friday’s meet against Florida. Read more...
Photo: Senior Danusia Francis has scored a 9.95 on beam in each of the Bruins’ first two meets of the season. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
