Saturday, March 23
West Valley City, UT
5:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Pac-12 Championships - Session 2
Emily Lee
Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
UCLA Competes in Final Pac-12 Championship Saturday
March 20, 2024 | Gymnastics
No. 11 UCLA at Pac-12 Championships
Date: Saturday, Mar. 23, 2024 โ ย 6pm MT/5pm PT
Location: West Valley City, Utah (Maverik Center)
Time: Session 1: 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT; Session 2: 6 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: Jim Watson (play-by-play), JaNay Honest (analyst)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA COMPETES FOR 20TH PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPย
No. 11 UCLA (7-10) is the No. 3 seed at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, which will take place on Saturday, Mar. 23 in West Valley City, Utah. The 19-time Pac-12 champion Bruins will compete in the evening session at 6pm MT, along with No. 1 seed California, No. 2 seed Utah and No. 4 seed Oregon State. Competing in the afternoon session at 1pm MT are No. 5 seed Stanford, No. 6 seed Arizona State, No. 7 seed Arizona and No. 8 seed Washington. Seeding is determined by national rankings, which are based on National Qualifying Score (NQS). The Pac-12 champion will be the team with the highest score from the two sessions. Individual champions will also be determined via combined sessions.
FOLLOW LIVEย
Both sessions of the Pac-12 Championships will be televised live on Pac-12 Network, with Jim Watson and JaNay Honest on the call. ย ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will begin the meet on balance beam and then move to floor exercise, vault and then conclude on uneven bars. No. 1 seed California will start on vault, No. 2 seed Utah will start on uneven bars, and No. 4 seed Oregon State will start on floor exercise. In Session 1, No. 5 seed Stanford starts on vault, No. 6 Arizona State on uneven bars, No. 8 Washington on balance beam and No. 7 Arizona on floor exercise.ย
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
UCLA has won the most conference championships among the eight member schools with 19 Pac-12 titles (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019) and 1 WCAA title (1981) in 37 years. Oregon State (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2013), Stanford (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008) and Utah (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023) are the only other teams to win Pac-12 titles.ย
UCLA has dominated individually at the Pac-12 Championships, winning a conference-best 106 individual titles, including one each by current Bruins Margzetta Frazier (2021 uneven bars) and Chae Campbell (2021 floor exercise). The Bruins have been especially dominant in the all-around, winning 20 titles. UCLA gymnasts have won 25 titles on uneven bars, 23 on floor exercise, 20 on balance beam and 18 on vault. ย
A LOOK BACK AT 2023 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ย
UCLA fought back from an early deficit, jumping from fourth to second place at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships, just .075 behind first-place Utah. A slow start on vault in rotation one put UCLA in the hole, as the Bruins scored just 49.175, the lowest of the rotation. A 49.575 on bars pulled the Bruins up to third, and a 49.500 on beam lifted UCLA to second place, .025 behind only Utah after three rotations. The Bruins delivered a sensational 49.600 on floor in the final rotation, but Utah's 49.425 was just enough to hold off UCLA. Jordan Chiles won the Bruins' only event titles, capturing first on bars and floor. Selena Harris placed third in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA ranks No. 11 overall and in the Top 10 on all four events, standing at No. 7 on vault and floor, No. 9 on beam and No. 11 on bars. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 9 in the all-around, No. 3 on vault and No. 13 on bars and No. 20 on beam. Chae Campbell ranks No. 17 on vault, Nya Reed ranks No. 20 on floor, and Emma Malabuyo is No. 24 on beam. ย ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA recorded its third-highest score of all-time in a 198.550-196.825 victory over Clemson on Senior Day March 16. The Bruins scored three perfect 10s โ two by sophomore Selena Harris, on vault and uneven bars, and one by senior Chae Campbell on floor exercise to close meet. Harris won the all-around with a career-high 39.900 and received five scores of 10.0 out of a possible eight from the judges. ย Her vault 10 was her third this season and fourth of her career, and her bars 10 was the first of her career. Campbell's floor 10 came in her first time back in the floor lineup since Jan. 27 and was the third 10 of her career and first since March 12, 2022. UCLA got stronger and stronger as the meet went on, starting off with a 49.475 on vault before recording season-highs on bars (49.525), beam (49.675, fourth-highest score in school history) and floor (49.775, fifth-highest score in school history). ย ย ย
HARRIS HISTORIC PERFORMANCE ย ย
Sophomore Selena Harris had a historic performance in the Bruins' last meet against Clemson, posting the second-highest all-around total in school history, a 39.9. She started the meet by scoring perfect 10s on vault and bars, her third of the season on vault, and her first-ever perfect mark on bars. She also added 9.95s on beam and floor to help UCLA record a team total of 198.550, the third-highest team score in school history. Harris received a total of five 10.0 scores out of a possible eight from the judges, as she also earned a 10 from one of the two judges on floor. She now has five perfect 10s in under two years to rank No. 10 all-time at UCLA for most career 10s. Her performance led her to be chosen the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the third time this season, and she was also named UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week.
CAMPBELL SCORES THIRD CAREER 10 ย ย
Senior Chae Campbell returned to the floor lineup last weekend for the first time since Jan. 27 and scored her third caeer perfect 10 and UCLA's first floor 10 of the year. It was her first 10 since March of 2022. She has competed on floor just five times this year but has three victories in those five meets. Campbell also scored a leadoff 9.9 on bars, placing third. She was named Inside Gymnastics' Gymnast of the Week for her performance in the Clemson meet.
FRAZIER STUNS IN FAREWELL MEET ย ย
Sixth-year senior Margzetta Frazier had a Senior Meet to remember, scoring personal bests of 9.975 on floor exercise and 9.95 on uneven bars. Frazier had been limited to strictly uneven bars all season due to an ankle injury but made her season debut on floor in the Clemson meet. With sky-high tumbling and impeccable performance quality, Frazier received a 10 from one of the two judges and a final score of 9.975. On bars, she hit her best routine of the year, emphasized by a stuck double layout dismount, and received a career-high-tying 9.95. Frazier has hit 142 of 143 routines without a fall in her collegiate career, including an incredible streak of 133 consecutive hit routines.ย
FRESHMEN BREAK OUT ย ย
The freshman class of Katelyn Rosen, Alex Irvine and Paige Anastasi broke through in a big way this month. Rosen captured her first two event victories of her career with a 39.450 in the all-around and 9.9 on vault against Arizona State on March 9 and was subsequently awarded the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. Against Clemson on March 16, she scored a career-high 9.95 on beam. Irvine had a career meet at Arizona State, hitting personal-bests on both events on which she competed. She captured first place on uneven bars with a 9.9, tied for fifth on vault with a 9.85 and also performed on beam for the first time in her collegiate career, hitting a 9.825 exhibition routine. Anastasi scored a career-high on vault at Arizona State with a leadoff stuck Yurchenko full, and she also saw her first action on floor exercise, scoring 9.825 in an exhibition routine. The following week, she upgraded her vault to a Yurchenko 1.5 and stuck for a career-best 9.925 to place third.
LEE-DOFF LOVE ย ย
Junior Emily Lee has mastered the leadoff position on beam since 2023 and has become just as solid as the leadoff on other events this year as well. On beam, she averages 9.873 as the first gymnast up and has scored 9.9 or higher six times, including a career-high-tying 9.95 Feb. 25 vs. Cal. On vault, she averages 9.848 and picked up her first-ever vault victory with a 9.9 against Cal on the first routine of the meet. She has stuck her Yurchenko full five times this year, including three of her last five. Lee was the leadoff on floor in four of the last five meets and scored a career-high-tying 9.9 against Cal, her third 9.9+ score of the meet. ย ย
ANDRES ON FIRE ย ย
After seeing very limited action the last two seasons due to injuries, graduate student Emma Andres is having her most successful season in her fifth year. She has competed on floor in the Bruins' last seven meets and is averaging 9.864, with two scores of 9.925, most recently Feb. 25 against Cal. She has competed on beam in the last 10 meets and has scored a high of 9.9 twice - on her first-ever competitive beam routine at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 13 and March 9 at Arizona State. She has four other scores above 9.8. ย ย ย ย ย
REED ALL ABOUT IT ย ย
Graduate transfer and six-time All-American Nya Reed has made a seamless transition into the Bruin program, competing on vault and floor in 10 meets this season and ranking No. 20 in the nation on floor. She captured the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award on Feb. 6 after her winning performances against Arizona, when she scored 9.95 on vault and 9.975 on floor. She averages a team-high 9.925 on floor and leads the team with eight scores of 9.9 or higher on the event. Reed has three floor victories, including two in the last three meets, and has scored 9.9 or higher in all but one meet. ย ย ย ย
KATE THE GREAT ย ย
Katelyn Rosen is proving to be one of the top freshmen in the nation this season, averaging 39.417 in the all-around, with a high of 39.525 set Feb. 25 against Cal. Rosen has competed in the all-around in six meets and on at least two events in every meet. She has posted season-highs of 9.95 on beam and floor, 9.925 on bars and 9.9 on vault and has season averages of 9.8 or higher on all four events. The three-time Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week winner has hit all 37 routines this season and scored 9.8 or higher on 33 of her 37 routines, including 14 in a row. ย ย ย ย
CAMPBELL CAN DO ALL ย ย
Known for her unmatched Yurchenko full vault and stunning performances on floor exercise, senior Chae Campbell has also seen success on uneven bars and balance beam this month, earning career-highs on both events against Cal and scoring 9.875 on both at Stanford. Campbell led off the Bruins' uneven bars rotation against Cal with a career-high 9.95, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges. Her previous career-high was 9.9. The 9.95 also gave her her first career victory on uneven bars. Returning to balance beam for the first time since a sub-9 score at the season opener, Campbell showed her freshman year first-team All-America form, tying her career-high with a 9.925. Campbell has been outstanding as usual on vault, ranking 17th nationally. She holds a season average of 9.885 on the event and a NQS of 9.910 and has scored a perfect 9.95 twice this year and seven times in her career. She ranks second on the team in event victories with seven - three each on vault and floor and one on bars. ย
HARRIS JOINS ELITE COMPANY ย
Sophomore Selena Harris became just the third Bruin ever to total three or more 9.95s in a meet in three consecutive competitions when she did so against Arizona Feb. 4, Oregon State Feb. 9 and Utah Feb. 19. The only other Bruins to ever record three or more were Jordan Chiles (2023) and Mohini Bhardwaj (2001). Harris already has the second-most meets with three or more 9.95s, with five, including four this year. Jeanette Antolin holds the UCLA record with seven. Chiles and Jamie Dantzscher also have five.
Harris has continued to impress in her sophomore season, averaging 39.625 in the all-around, with a season and career-high of 39.9 set March 16. She has hit all 95 of her routines in her short career. Harris leads the team with 25 event victories, 33 Top 3 finishes, 26 scores of 9.9 or higher and 18 scores of 9.95 or higher. She has scored season-bests of 10.0 on vault, 9.975 on beam and floor and 9.95 on bars.ย
GIMME MOORS ย ย
Junior Brooklyn Moors has been one of the Bruins' most spectacular performers on floor exercise, earning scores of 9.9 or better in six meets, with three scores of 9.95, most recently at Oregon State on Feb. 9. Moors has two event victories on the year, winning floor at Oregon State and against Washington. The 2020 Canadian Olympian has competed on floor in 10 meets and averages 9.865. ย ย ย ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins returned the services of three 2023 seniors - Emma Andres, Margzetta Frazier and Chloe Lashbrooke - for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Andres competed in three meets as a freshman in 2020 and in every meet in 2021 before an injury derailed her 2022 season. She came back in 2023 to perform a total of three exhibition routines, scoring highs of 9.850 on beam and 9.700 on floor in the regular season finale. She has earned a spot in the beam lineup the last 10 meets and on floor in the last seven. She made her competitive debut on beam at the Collegiate Quad and scored a 9.9, and in her first competitive floor routine of the season against Arizona, she scored a career-high 9.925. Andres is averaging 9.864 on floor. Four-time All-American and 2021 Pac-12 bars champion Margzetta Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She went 133 routines in her career before her first-ever fall. Frazier's streak lasted from Jan. 4, 2019 to Jan. 21, 2024. Frazier has competed on uneven bars in every meet this year and scored a career-high-tying 9.95 in her last meet on March 16. Last year, Frazier finished fourth overall on floor at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.950. After missing all of the 2021 season and most of 2022 with an Achilles injury, Lashbrooke came back in 2023 to compete on floor in three meets and exhibition in two others, posting a high of 9.875 against Iowa State. She has made it into the competitive lineup twice this season and scored 9.825 in her season debut at Stanford. She hit for a 9.85 in an exhibition floor on Senior Day. ย
OLYMPIC DREAMSย
The Bruins are without the services of Jordan Chiles and Ana Padurariu in 2024 as they pursue their Olympic dreams. Chiles is training for her second Olympic spot after winning team silver at the 2020 Olympics and team gold and vault and floor silver at the 2022 World Championships. She also recently won team gold, vault silver and all-around bronze at the Pan American Games. The nine-time All-American had a banner 2023 season, winning the NCAA and Pac-12 bars and floor titles and scoring five perfect 10s (three on bars, two on floor). She was also named the WCGA West Region Gymnast of the Year and College Gym News Sportswoman of the Year. Padurariu is training in hopes of qualifying for her first Olympic berth with Team Canada. A member of Canada's national team from 2015-20 and a World silver medalist on beam in 2018, Padurariu was on the 2020 Olympic path before an ankle injury changed her course. After a successful 2023 collegiate campaign, during which she scored career-highs of 9.95 on bars and beam, Padurariu returned to the elite scene, demoing at the 2023 Canadian National Championships in May and competing at Elite Canada this February.ย
Emma Malabuyo is also pursuing an Olympic berth under the Philippines flag but has remained on the team and competed both collegiately and internationally this season. She finished second on floor exercise at her first World Cup meet in Cairo and earned the maximum 30 points towards qualifying and added 25 points in Baku two weeks later with her fourth-place finish. She also earned 14 points at Cottbus and has 69 points to stand in second place in the qualifying standings. After her most recent World Cup meet in Baku, she returned to Westwood and contributed a season-best and meet-winning 9.975 on beam to help the Bruins record a season-high 49.675 on the event. Malabuyo made history for the Philippines this past summer at the Asian Championships, recording the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast with her silver medal-winning performance on floor exercise. She scored 13.166 in the event finals, just 0.067 off first place. She also competed in the balance beam final, placing fifth overall with a score of 12.166. The Asian Championships were Malabuyo's first elite competition since the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, after which she was selected as an alternate for the Olympic Games. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo now represents the Philippines but was a U.S. national team member for five years and an alternate for the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics. Brooklyn Moors competed at the 2020 Olympics for Canada and was an all-around and floor finalist at three World Championships. Frida Esparza competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and was previously a three-time U.S. National Team member. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Margzetta Frazier, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
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Date: Saturday, Mar. 23, 2024 โ ย 6pm MT/5pm PT
Location: West Valley City, Utah (Maverik Center)
Time: Session 1: 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT; Session 2: 6 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Network
TV Talent: Jim Watson (play-by-play), JaNay Honest (analyst)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA COMPETES FOR 20TH PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPย
No. 11 UCLA (7-10) is the No. 3 seed at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, which will take place on Saturday, Mar. 23 in West Valley City, Utah. The 19-time Pac-12 champion Bruins will compete in the evening session at 6pm MT, along with No. 1 seed California, No. 2 seed Utah and No. 4 seed Oregon State. Competing in the afternoon session at 1pm MT are No. 5 seed Stanford, No. 6 seed Arizona State, No. 7 seed Arizona and No. 8 seed Washington. Seeding is determined by national rankings, which are based on National Qualifying Score (NQS). The Pac-12 champion will be the team with the highest score from the two sessions. Individual champions will also be determined via combined sessions.
FOLLOW LIVEย
Both sessions of the Pac-12 Championships will be televised live on Pac-12 Network, with Jim Watson and JaNay Honest on the call. ย ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will begin the meet on balance beam and then move to floor exercise, vault and then conclude on uneven bars. No. 1 seed California will start on vault, No. 2 seed Utah will start on uneven bars, and No. 4 seed Oregon State will start on floor exercise. In Session 1, No. 5 seed Stanford starts on vault, No. 6 Arizona State on uneven bars, No. 8 Washington on balance beam and No. 7 Arizona on floor exercise.ย
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
UCLA has won the most conference championships among the eight member schools with 19 Pac-12 titles (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019) and 1 WCAA title (1981) in 37 years. Oregon State (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2013), Stanford (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008) and Utah (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023) are the only other teams to win Pac-12 titles.ย
UCLA has dominated individually at the Pac-12 Championships, winning a conference-best 106 individual titles, including one each by current Bruins Margzetta Frazier (2021 uneven bars) and Chae Campbell (2021 floor exercise). The Bruins have been especially dominant in the all-around, winning 20 titles. UCLA gymnasts have won 25 titles on uneven bars, 23 on floor exercise, 20 on balance beam and 18 on vault. ย
A LOOK BACK AT 2023 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ย
UCLA fought back from an early deficit, jumping from fourth to second place at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships, just .075 behind first-place Utah. A slow start on vault in rotation one put UCLA in the hole, as the Bruins scored just 49.175, the lowest of the rotation. A 49.575 on bars pulled the Bruins up to third, and a 49.500 on beam lifted UCLA to second place, .025 behind only Utah after three rotations. The Bruins delivered a sensational 49.600 on floor in the final rotation, but Utah's 49.425 was just enough to hold off UCLA. Jordan Chiles won the Bruins' only event titles, capturing first on bars and floor. Selena Harris placed third in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA ranks No. 11 overall and in the Top 10 on all four events, standing at No. 7 on vault and floor, No. 9 on beam and No. 11 on bars. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 9 in the all-around, No. 3 on vault and No. 13 on bars and No. 20 on beam. Chae Campbell ranks No. 17 on vault, Nya Reed ranks No. 20 on floor, and Emma Malabuyo is No. 24 on beam. ย ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA recorded its third-highest score of all-time in a 198.550-196.825 victory over Clemson on Senior Day March 16. The Bruins scored three perfect 10s โ two by sophomore Selena Harris, on vault and uneven bars, and one by senior Chae Campbell on floor exercise to close meet. Harris won the all-around with a career-high 39.900 and received five scores of 10.0 out of a possible eight from the judges. ย Her vault 10 was her third this season and fourth of her career, and her bars 10 was the first of her career. Campbell's floor 10 came in her first time back in the floor lineup since Jan. 27 and was the third 10 of her career and first since March 12, 2022. UCLA got stronger and stronger as the meet went on, starting off with a 49.475 on vault before recording season-highs on bars (49.525), beam (49.675, fourth-highest score in school history) and floor (49.775, fifth-highest score in school history). ย ย ย
HARRIS HISTORIC PERFORMANCE ย ย
Sophomore Selena Harris had a historic performance in the Bruins' last meet against Clemson, posting the second-highest all-around total in school history, a 39.9. She started the meet by scoring perfect 10s on vault and bars, her third of the season on vault, and her first-ever perfect mark on bars. She also added 9.95s on beam and floor to help UCLA record a team total of 198.550, the third-highest team score in school history. Harris received a total of five 10.0 scores out of a possible eight from the judges, as she also earned a 10 from one of the two judges on floor. She now has five perfect 10s in under two years to rank No. 10 all-time at UCLA for most career 10s. Her performance led her to be chosen the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the third time this season, and she was also named UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week.
CAMPBELL SCORES THIRD CAREER 10 ย ย
Senior Chae Campbell returned to the floor lineup last weekend for the first time since Jan. 27 and scored her third caeer perfect 10 and UCLA's first floor 10 of the year. It was her first 10 since March of 2022. She has competed on floor just five times this year but has three victories in those five meets. Campbell also scored a leadoff 9.9 on bars, placing third. She was named Inside Gymnastics' Gymnast of the Week for her performance in the Clemson meet.
FRAZIER STUNS IN FAREWELL MEET ย ย
Sixth-year senior Margzetta Frazier had a Senior Meet to remember, scoring personal bests of 9.975 on floor exercise and 9.95 on uneven bars. Frazier had been limited to strictly uneven bars all season due to an ankle injury but made her season debut on floor in the Clemson meet. With sky-high tumbling and impeccable performance quality, Frazier received a 10 from one of the two judges and a final score of 9.975. On bars, she hit her best routine of the year, emphasized by a stuck double layout dismount, and received a career-high-tying 9.95. Frazier has hit 142 of 143 routines without a fall in her collegiate career, including an incredible streak of 133 consecutive hit routines.ย
FRESHMEN BREAK OUT ย ย
The freshman class of Katelyn Rosen, Alex Irvine and Paige Anastasi broke through in a big way this month. Rosen captured her first two event victories of her career with a 39.450 in the all-around and 9.9 on vault against Arizona State on March 9 and was subsequently awarded the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. Against Clemson on March 16, she scored a career-high 9.95 on beam. Irvine had a career meet at Arizona State, hitting personal-bests on both events on which she competed. She captured first place on uneven bars with a 9.9, tied for fifth on vault with a 9.85 and also performed on beam for the first time in her collegiate career, hitting a 9.825 exhibition routine. Anastasi scored a career-high on vault at Arizona State with a leadoff stuck Yurchenko full, and she also saw her first action on floor exercise, scoring 9.825 in an exhibition routine. The following week, she upgraded her vault to a Yurchenko 1.5 and stuck for a career-best 9.925 to place third.
LEE-DOFF LOVE ย ย
Junior Emily Lee has mastered the leadoff position on beam since 2023 and has become just as solid as the leadoff on other events this year as well. On beam, she averages 9.873 as the first gymnast up and has scored 9.9 or higher six times, including a career-high-tying 9.95 Feb. 25 vs. Cal. On vault, she averages 9.848 and picked up her first-ever vault victory with a 9.9 against Cal on the first routine of the meet. She has stuck her Yurchenko full five times this year, including three of her last five. Lee was the leadoff on floor in four of the last five meets and scored a career-high-tying 9.9 against Cal, her third 9.9+ score of the meet. ย ย
ANDRES ON FIRE ย ย
After seeing very limited action the last two seasons due to injuries, graduate student Emma Andres is having her most successful season in her fifth year. She has competed on floor in the Bruins' last seven meets and is averaging 9.864, with two scores of 9.925, most recently Feb. 25 against Cal. She has competed on beam in the last 10 meets and has scored a high of 9.9 twice - on her first-ever competitive beam routine at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 13 and March 9 at Arizona State. She has four other scores above 9.8. ย ย ย ย ย
REED ALL ABOUT IT ย ย
Graduate transfer and six-time All-American Nya Reed has made a seamless transition into the Bruin program, competing on vault and floor in 10 meets this season and ranking No. 20 in the nation on floor. She captured the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award on Feb. 6 after her winning performances against Arizona, when she scored 9.95 on vault and 9.975 on floor. She averages a team-high 9.925 on floor and leads the team with eight scores of 9.9 or higher on the event. Reed has three floor victories, including two in the last three meets, and has scored 9.9 or higher in all but one meet. ย ย ย ย
KATE THE GREAT ย ย
Katelyn Rosen is proving to be one of the top freshmen in the nation this season, averaging 39.417 in the all-around, with a high of 39.525 set Feb. 25 against Cal. Rosen has competed in the all-around in six meets and on at least two events in every meet. She has posted season-highs of 9.95 on beam and floor, 9.925 on bars and 9.9 on vault and has season averages of 9.8 or higher on all four events. The three-time Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week winner has hit all 37 routines this season and scored 9.8 or higher on 33 of her 37 routines, including 14 in a row. ย ย ย ย
CAMPBELL CAN DO ALL ย ย
Known for her unmatched Yurchenko full vault and stunning performances on floor exercise, senior Chae Campbell has also seen success on uneven bars and balance beam this month, earning career-highs on both events against Cal and scoring 9.875 on both at Stanford. Campbell led off the Bruins' uneven bars rotation against Cal with a career-high 9.95, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges. Her previous career-high was 9.9. The 9.95 also gave her her first career victory on uneven bars. Returning to balance beam for the first time since a sub-9 score at the season opener, Campbell showed her freshman year first-team All-America form, tying her career-high with a 9.925. Campbell has been outstanding as usual on vault, ranking 17th nationally. She holds a season average of 9.885 on the event and a NQS of 9.910 and has scored a perfect 9.95 twice this year and seven times in her career. She ranks second on the team in event victories with seven - three each on vault and floor and one on bars. ย
HARRIS JOINS ELITE COMPANY ย
Sophomore Selena Harris became just the third Bruin ever to total three or more 9.95s in a meet in three consecutive competitions when she did so against Arizona Feb. 4, Oregon State Feb. 9 and Utah Feb. 19. The only other Bruins to ever record three or more were Jordan Chiles (2023) and Mohini Bhardwaj (2001). Harris already has the second-most meets with three or more 9.95s, with five, including four this year. Jeanette Antolin holds the UCLA record with seven. Chiles and Jamie Dantzscher also have five.
Harris has continued to impress in her sophomore season, averaging 39.625 in the all-around, with a season and career-high of 39.9 set March 16. She has hit all 95 of her routines in her short career. Harris leads the team with 25 event victories, 33 Top 3 finishes, 26 scores of 9.9 or higher and 18 scores of 9.95 or higher. She has scored season-bests of 10.0 on vault, 9.975 on beam and floor and 9.95 on bars.ย
GIMME MOORS ย ย
Junior Brooklyn Moors has been one of the Bruins' most spectacular performers on floor exercise, earning scores of 9.9 or better in six meets, with three scores of 9.95, most recently at Oregon State on Feb. 9. Moors has two event victories on the year, winning floor at Oregon State and against Washington. The 2020 Canadian Olympian has competed on floor in 10 meets and averages 9.865. ย ย ย ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins returned the services of three 2023 seniors - Emma Andres, Margzetta Frazier and Chloe Lashbrooke - for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Andres competed in three meets as a freshman in 2020 and in every meet in 2021 before an injury derailed her 2022 season. She came back in 2023 to perform a total of three exhibition routines, scoring highs of 9.850 on beam and 9.700 on floor in the regular season finale. She has earned a spot in the beam lineup the last 10 meets and on floor in the last seven. She made her competitive debut on beam at the Collegiate Quad and scored a 9.9, and in her first competitive floor routine of the season against Arizona, she scored a career-high 9.925. Andres is averaging 9.864 on floor. Four-time All-American and 2021 Pac-12 bars champion Margzetta Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She went 133 routines in her career before her first-ever fall. Frazier's streak lasted from Jan. 4, 2019 to Jan. 21, 2024. Frazier has competed on uneven bars in every meet this year and scored a career-high-tying 9.95 in her last meet on March 16. Last year, Frazier finished fourth overall on floor at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.950. After missing all of the 2021 season and most of 2022 with an Achilles injury, Lashbrooke came back in 2023 to compete on floor in three meets and exhibition in two others, posting a high of 9.875 against Iowa State. She has made it into the competitive lineup twice this season and scored 9.825 in her season debut at Stanford. She hit for a 9.85 in an exhibition floor on Senior Day. ย
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The Bruins are without the services of Jordan Chiles and Ana Padurariu in 2024 as they pursue their Olympic dreams. Chiles is training for her second Olympic spot after winning team silver at the 2020 Olympics and team gold and vault and floor silver at the 2022 World Championships. She also recently won team gold, vault silver and all-around bronze at the Pan American Games. The nine-time All-American had a banner 2023 season, winning the NCAA and Pac-12 bars and floor titles and scoring five perfect 10s (three on bars, two on floor). She was also named the WCGA West Region Gymnast of the Year and College Gym News Sportswoman of the Year. Padurariu is training in hopes of qualifying for her first Olympic berth with Team Canada. A member of Canada's national team from 2015-20 and a World silver medalist on beam in 2018, Padurariu was on the 2020 Olympic path before an ankle injury changed her course. After a successful 2023 collegiate campaign, during which she scored career-highs of 9.95 on bars and beam, Padurariu returned to the elite scene, demoing at the 2023 Canadian National Championships in May and competing at Elite Canada this February.ย
Emma Malabuyo is also pursuing an Olympic berth under the Philippines flag but has remained on the team and competed both collegiately and internationally this season. She finished second on floor exercise at her first World Cup meet in Cairo and earned the maximum 30 points towards qualifying and added 25 points in Baku two weeks later with her fourth-place finish. She also earned 14 points at Cottbus and has 69 points to stand in second place in the qualifying standings. After her most recent World Cup meet in Baku, she returned to Westwood and contributed a season-best and meet-winning 9.975 on beam to help the Bruins record a season-high 49.675 on the event. Malabuyo made history for the Philippines this past summer at the Asian Championships, recording the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast with her silver medal-winning performance on floor exercise. She scored 13.166 in the event finals, just 0.067 off first place. She also competed in the balance beam final, placing fifth overall with a score of 12.166. The Asian Championships were Malabuyo's first elite competition since the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, after which she was selected as an alternate for the Olympic Games. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
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The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo now represents the Philippines but was a U.S. national team member for five years and an alternate for the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics. Brooklyn Moors competed at the 2020 Olympics for Canada and was an all-around and floor finalist at three World Championships. Frida Esparza competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and was previously a three-time U.S. National Team member. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Margzetta Frazier, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
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Jordan Chiles - 2025 Big Ten Championships Floor (10.0)
Thursday, September 04
Chae Campbell - 2025 NCAA Championship Floor (9.925)
Friday, August 15
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinal Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinals Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09