This post was updated Feb. 27 at 10:07 p.m.
The Bruins are the 2026 regular season Big Ten Champions.
After joining the Big Ten in the 2025, UCLA has yet to suffer a conference defeat in its first two regular seasons.
Tonight was no exception.
No. 5 UCLA gymnastics won the Big Fours quad meet with a 196.950 Friday at Pauley Pavilion, securing its second-straight regular season conference championship. No. 18 Iowa came in second, followed by No. 19 Ohio State and No. 25 Maryland.
Senior Jordan Chiles won the all-around, with a 39.625 mark. She also secured victory in vault and floor, tying for the win in bars.
“I’m celebrating with pizza and Wingstop,” Chiles said. “Everybody has their own way of celebrating. … Now it’s just keep pushing forward, and our celebration is grinding harder.”
A sudden lineup change kicked off the UCLA floor party – junior Katelyn Rosen, who was set to lead off, was seen limping off the floor after sustaining an apparent lower leg injury during the warmup period. The position was filled by freshman Nola Matthews, who scored a 9.675.
“As upperclassmen, we want every person to go out there as confident and comfortable as possible,” Chiles said. “We trust Nola, and we trusted the fact that she was going to go out there and do her job. I think it really shows that we have depth on this team no matter what.”
Senior Ciena Alipio collected a 9.825, while junior Sydney Barros stepped one foot out of bounds after her second tumbling pass, resulting in an automatic one-tenth deduction. She earned a 9.625, a career low which was ultimately dropped from the team total.
Freshmen Tiana Sumanasekera and Ashlee Sullivan, scored a 9.875 and a 9.900, respectively. Finishing off the floor party, Chiles stuck her final pass cold to earn a 9.950.
Despite competing at home, the Bruins floor party took place in the third rotation, as event order was randomly selected. UCLA scored a 49.225 total, its lowest floor score since Jan. 17.
“We don’t get to choose what event we start in the postseason, so I wanted them to take this as a great learning opportunity,” said head coach Janelle McDonald. “They handled that really well, being able to start on a different event than we’re used to, having things feel a little bit different and having to make those adjustments throughout the day. That’s all going to prepare us to be ready to go.”
The Bruins totaled a 49.225 on vault as well. Senior Madisyn Anyimi took a step on her landing, scoring a 9.775. Sophomore Riley Jenkins earned a 9.750 after hopping forward on her landing.
After returning to the floor with an ice pack on her ankle, Rosen was pulled from the lineup. In her place, sophomore Mika Webster-Longin competed last minute, collecting a 9.800 after a small jump on her landing.
“Mika was one of the highlights of the meet. She’s really gone through a journey with vault, putting in the work each and every week and building up her confidence,” McDonald said. “To go out and hit it when we needed it most was a really special moment today.”
Sumanasekera took a small hop on her landing, scoring a 9.850 on her Yurchenko full. Sullivan matched the mark. Chiles stuck her landing cold with a 9.950, competing the Lopez vault for the second time this season.
The Bruins opened their night on bars, where Alipio stuck her landing, leading off the Bruins with a 9.850, 0.015 above her season average. Sumanasekera took a hop after landing, recording a career-low 9.750.
After holding her final handstand and taking a small hop on her landing, Sullivan scored a 9.750, matching her season low. Barros hit clean handstands throughout her routine, collecting a 9.900 that Matthews, who stuck her landing, matched.
Chiles rounded out the third 9.900 of the rotation after taking a small hop on her landing. The Bruins put together a score of 49.300 on bars.
The Bruins had their lowest beam score in seven weeks, with a 49.200. Rosen took a step on her landing, logging a 9.750 – a new season low. Barros stuck her landing cold, with a 9.850.
Webster-Longin returned to the beam lineup for the first time since Jan. 17, occupying the role of freshman Jordis Eichman. Eichman did not appear in any events during the meet. With a small wobble and hop on the landing, Webster-Longin collected a 9.825.
Sumanasekera wobbled on an acrobatic pass, ending the routine with a large step out of her landing, scoring a 9.725 that was dropped from the squad’s total. Chiles, with a clean routine aside from a wobble after her final aerial, stuck her landing to score a 9.825.
Alipio anchored the beam rotation with a stuck landing. Following chants for a perfect score from the crowd, Alipio earned a 9.950 – maintaining her nine-week streak of 9.900s or above on the apparatus and taking the beam title.
“This season has been a lot of learning how to trust myself and going into every competition and trying to be as present as humanly possible,” Alipio said. “I set out with some big goals for myself, but I also had really big goals for this team. You’re seeing the results of every hard practice that we’re having, putting in the work every single day in the gym.”
