Saturday, June 21

Battle of the Editors: Debate on winners of Daily Bruin’s athletes of the year awards begins

The year is almost over, and all the sports are wrapped up except for softball, baseball and track and field. With the annual Daily Bruin Sports Yearlies just a week away, this year’s Sports editors take the time to throw down on who is deserving of candidacy for men’s and women’s athletes of the year. Read more...

Photo: Freshman gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross earned first-team All-American honors on uneven bars and balance beam in her first season. She also led the Bruins with four perfect 10s. (MacKenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)



UCLA gymnastics hopes to fine-tune routines to prep for next season

Valorie Kondos Field was on a roll. The UCLA gymnastics coach, sitting in between Oklahoma coach K.J. Kindler and Utah’s Tom Farden, wasn’t just talking about what she saw in the first NCAA semifinal Friday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Although coach Valorie Kondos Field will need to replace several seniors in her lineup next year, she’ll have NCAA uneven bars and balance beam champion Kyla Ross back for her sophomore season. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA gymnastics earns fourth-place finish at NCAA Super Six

ST. LOUIS — The scores kept getting bigger and bigger for UCLA gymnastics. In the hunt for the program’s seventh national championship, the Bruins came out slow on vault before building momentum and hitting their routines over the final three rotations. Read more...

Photo: Senior Mikaela Gerber and redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee celebrated with sophomore Stella Savvidou after the Bruins finished fourth in the NCAA Super Six. They led an eight-clap with fans who traveled to St. Louis to support the team. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA gymnastics heads to Super Six after standout semifinal routines

This post was updated April 14 at 10 p.m. ST. LOUIS — Even the always-dancing coach Valorie Kondos Field felt it when her team went to balance beam. Read more...

Photo: Kyla Ross finished her first NCAA championship with top scores on uneven bars and balance beam in the first semifinal. The freshman also took second in the all-around behind Utah freshman MyKayla Skinner. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)


Practice sessions see gymnastics optimistic about Super Six chances

Last year, UCLA gymnastics pushed through the national semifinals to reach the Super Six, where the team finished in fifth place. Now, the Bruins are again one step away from returning to the Super Six and coach Valorie Kondos Field believes her team’s training sessions in preparation for the trip to St. Read more...

Photo: Senior Hallie Mossett scored a career-high 9.9 on the balance beam against North Carolina in march. In the same meet, she also recorded a career-high 9.975 on the floor exercise. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics qualifies for NCAA semifinals despite low-scoring meet

No. 5 UCLA gymnastics advanced to the national semifinals in St. Louis with the lowest score of the six regional champions. The other five scored above 197, while the Bruins posted a 196.8, far below the school’s regular season average of 197.121. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee recorded a 9.850 on the balance beam and a 9.925 on the uneven bars at the NCAA regional meet last Saturday. Lee was also named named the 2017 NACGC/W West Region Gymnast of the Year. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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