Sunday, March 9
5:30 PM (PT)
UCLA
vs
Stanford
Fourth-year seniors Emma Malabuyo, Brooklyn Moors, Emily Lee and Mia Erdies
UCLA Hosts Stanford on Senior Day Sunday
March 08, 2025 | Gymnastics
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 12 Stanfordย
Date: Sunday, March 9, 2025 โ ย 5:30 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: A.J. Kanell, JaNay Honest
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets
Giveaway: Jordan Chiles Nike posters to first 2,000 fans
UCLA WRAPS UP HOME SCHEDULE SUNDAY VS. STANFORDย
Big Ten regular season champion UCLA (12-2) will close its home schedule on Sunday, March 9 with a non-conference dual meet against Stanford (10-2). The meet between the No. 3 Bruins and No. 12 Cardinal will take place at 5:30 pm PT in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom and televised live on Big Ten Network. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a free Jordan Chiles Nike poster. The 2025 senior class will be honored at the conclusion of the meet. ย ย
SENIOR SALUTEย
UCLA will celebrate its eight graduating team members who will be participating in their final home meet on Sunday. Graduate students Chae Campbell, Carissa Clay, Frida Esparza and Brooklyn Moors; seniors Mia Erdoes, Emily Lee, and Emma Malabuyo; and junior Clara Wren, who is graduating early, will be honored in a special post-meet ย ceremony. Additionally, team manager Claire Guazelli and student athletic trainer Bethany Iwami will be recognized alongside their fellow seniors. UCLA's seniors and graduate students have won two conference regular season titles, earned a combined 10 All-America honors, 13 all-conference awards and 15 Scholastic All-America awards. ย ย
BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSย
UCLA Gymnastics won the school's first-ever Big Ten regular season championship in any sport after completing a perfect 9-0 record in Big Ten play. The Bruins clinched the title on March 2 after finishing first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State. UCLA now has a total of 22 conference championships in women's gymnastics - 19 Pac-12 Championship titles, one WCAA Championship, one Pac-12 regular season title and one Big Ten regular season title. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA's No. 3 national ranking and National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 197.525 remain the same as last week. The Bruins are now No. 2 on floor exercise, No. 4 on balance beam, No. 6 on vault and No. 9 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remains ranked No. 1 on floor for the third-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors ranks No. 3. Four Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 6), Emily Lee (No. 13), Ciena Alipio (No. 24) and Chae Campbell (No. 24). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 7) and Campbell (No. 17) - and Chiles and Frida Esparza are tied for No. 9 on uneven bars. Campbell is the lone ranked all-arounder, at No. 19. ย ย
A LOOK AT THE CARDINALย
Stanford, now in the ACC Conference, has had a strong season, posting 197+ scores in four meets this season. The Cardinal have a season-high score of 197.400, set at Cal on Feb. 7. Stanford ranks in the Top 20 on all four events - No. 11 on bars, No. 14 on beam and floor and No. 19 on vault. The Cardinal is led by reigning NCAA vault champion Anna Roberts, who holds the team lead in event titles with 13. Roberts is nationally-ranked No. 9 on vault and No. 16 on floor. Brenna Nault has eight event titles, including a team-best three on beam. Nault ranks No. 18 on beam, just behind teammates Sienna Robinson, who ranks No. 14. Former UCLA All-American Hallie Mossett (2014-17) is in her third season as an assistant coach for the Cardinal. ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA finished first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State to win its first-ever Big Ten regular season title. The Bruins earned their eighth consecutive meet victory with their first-place score of 197.200. Nebraska was second with 196.675, Ohio State was third with 196.650, and Rutgers was fourth with 195.875. The Bruins scored 49.500 on floor in the first rotation but led Nebraska by just two-tenths at the halfway mark. UCLA extended its lead to 0.35 after scoring 49.300 on bars and did just enough on beam in the final rotation, scoring 49.125 to clinch the victory. Jordan Chiles won the all-around with a 39.550 and took home victories on uneven bars (9.950) and floor exercise (9.950, tying for first on the latter with Brooklyn Moors for the fourth consecutive meet. ย ย ย
CAMPBELL, MALABUYO NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
Chae Campbell and Emma Malabuyo were announced as nominees for the 2025 AAI Award, which is presented to the nation's top senior gymnast. Campbell, who was nominated for the second time, is an eight-time All-American and all-conference performer who holds career-highs of 10.0 on floor, 9.950 on vault and bars, 9.925 on beam and 39.725 in the all-around. She has hit ย has hit 193 of 197 career routines and currently ranks No. 18 in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten in the all-around. Malabuyo is a two-time beam All-America, three-time all-conference performer and three-time Scholastic All-American. The 2024 Olympian has been ranked near the top of the balance beam rankings all season and is currently No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten. She holds career-high marks of 10.0 on beam, 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on vault and 39.500 in the all-around. ย
CHILES WINS FIFTH BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD
Jordan Chiles won her fifth Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award this season after winning the all-around at the Big Four meet on March 2 with a 39.550. The all-around win was her fourth of the year and third consecutive. She also won the uneven bars and floor exercise with scores of 9.950. Her 9.950 on floor exercise was her eighth consecutive floor score of 9.950 or higher and was good for her eighth-straight floor win. Her uneven bars victory was her third of the year. Chiles has totaled 14 individual victories this year, the most on the UCLA team. ย ย ย
BEST SHOW IN LA ... AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ย
UCLA has been competing in front of big crowds all over the country this season. In Big Ten play alone, the Bruins' road attendance average is 7,336, with a school-record 7,287 in attendance at Maryland, the second-largest crowd in Washington history (7,046), 11,314 at Michigan last week and a program record crowd of 3,695 at Ohio State. The Bruins are averaging 7,940 at home, with a high of 10,681 at the UCLA vs. Michigan State showdown on Feb. 1. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting eight consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only three teams have done this more than five times in a row this year - UCLA, Oklahoma (10) and Missouri (6). The queens of consistency on the squad have been Brooklyn Moors (27-for-27), Macy McGowan (27-for-27), Emily Lee (21-for-21) and Frida Esparza (9-for-9). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' Top 5 scores this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.560, while its home average is 197.392. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles was featured in Nike's Super Bowl commercial, honored by Time Magazine as one of its 2025 Women of the Year, appeared on "Good Morning America" and "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and released her book, I'm That Girl, which she is signing before the meet on March 9 at the UCLA Bookstore for the first 200 book purchasers from 12-2pm. Chiles has seamlessly made the transition from Olympic medalist to UCLA Bruin (again). She made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately win gold and bronze at the 2024 Olympics. She rejoined the Bruin team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended and has competed on at least three events in every meet, even with limited training time prior to the season. The five-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week has four all-around victories in six meets and scored a season-best 39.600 Feb. 14 to win the meet against Penn State. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added another 10 on Feb. 1, this time on floor exercise to clinch a UCLA comeback victory on the final event. That walk-off 10 was Chiles' fifth floor 10 of her career and 10th 10 overall, ranking her No. 5 all-time at UCLA with 10 career 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars and floor with five 10s on each event. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and Katelyn Ohashi (9) have more than Chiles on floor. During Chiles' last NCAA season in 2023, she captured the NCAA uneven bars and floor exercise titles and helped lead UCLA to a fifth-place NCAA finish and Pac-12 regular season co-championship.ย
GIMME MOORS ย
2020 Canadian Olympian Brooklyn Moors has been ranked in the Top 5 on floor exercise all season, including a two-week stint at No. 1. She is currently third with a NQS of 9.955 and holds the highest season average in the nation with a 9.944. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has seven scores of 9.950 or higher, with a pair of career-highs of 9.975, most recently on Feb. 23 at Michigan. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured six event titles, including four in a row. She has competed on three events in all nine meets this season and has hit all 27 of her routines. The last season she competed in three events was 2022, as she has mostly served as a floor specialist the last two years while dealing with injuries. She earned Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 21 after earning season-high marks on each event at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and finishing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Moors ranks second on the team with seven scores of 9.95 or higher this season and is third on the squad with 12 scores of 9.9 or higher. ย ย
BUYO BEAM QUEEN ย ย
Senior Emma Malabuyo has solidified her status as one of the best beam workers in the NCAA, ranking in the Top 10 all season long. She is currently No. 6 in the nation with an NQS of 9.920 and holds a season average of 9.900. She has scored 9.900 or higher in seven of nine meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in seven meets, including a team-best five wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.863 on beam in her career and has 11 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, ranking within the Top 30 nationally with a NQS of 9.900. Malabuyo averages 9.844 on floor over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved against Illinois in a second-place showing. On uneven bars, she has recorded career-high marks of 9.925 twice this season, most recently at Michigan on Feb. 23. Malabuyo ranks second on the Bruin squad in 9.9+ scores with 14, including a team-high seven on beam. ย ย ย ย ย ย
ESPARZA'S ELECTRIC NIGHT ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had an electric night on Feb. 14, starting the day by playing the national anthem on electric guitar and then ending it by tying for first place on uneven bars with a career-high 9.975, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges for the first time in her career. Esparza has been lights out for UCLA on bars this season and ranks No. 9 in the nation with a NQS of 9.910 and a season average of 9.883. She leads the team with four uneven bars victories and six Top 3 finishes. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee sets the tone for the No. 4 beam squad in the nation. The Bruins are averaging 49.317 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher five times this year, including four times on the road. Lee started each of those five rotations with scores of 9.900 or higher, including a season-high and meet-winning 9.925 on Feb. 14. Her 9.900 at Washington was the first of six 9.9+ scores on beam, marking the first time since 2016 that a UCLA team had all six competitors score 9.9 or higher on beam. UCLA scored a season-best 49.625 in that meet, the No. 6 mark in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.851 and has scored 9.900 or higher 55% of the time (20 times in 36 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.816 with a high of 9.900, and in four floor leadoff performances, she is averaging 9.844. She made her floor season debut against Michigan State on Feb. 1, scoring 9.875 to help the Bruins post a national-best 49.800 floor mark. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 100 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a start value deficiency. ย ย ย
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in seven meets, averaging 39.439. She ranks No. 18 in the nation with a 39.420 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in each meet and has two victories, winning against Illinois on Jan. 25 with a 39.400 and posting the Big Ten's top all-around mark on Feb. 7 with a 39.625 at Washington. Campbell won Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors that week, the second conference gymnast of the week honor of her career. Campbell ranks 17th in the nation on vault with a NQS of 9.885. She averages 9.869 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 twice this year. She is now ranked No. 24 on balance beam with a NQS of 9.880. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.828 with three scores of 9.900 or higher. She tied her career-high on Feb. 7 at Washington, scoring 9.925. On floor, Campbell averages 9.889 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She has scored season-highs of 9.875 on uneven bars in each of her last three meets in the leadoff position, punctuating those routines with stuck double front dismounts.
C-ING THE TOP 25 ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio has become a mainstay in the Top 25 rankings the last three weeks. Currently ranked 24th, Alipio holds a NQS of 9.880 and has scored 9.850 or better in six meets this season, She recorded a career-high mark of 9.950 on Feb. 7 at Washington to place first and help the Bruins earn a season-best team score of ย 49.625, the No. 6 mark in school history. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin, each three-time Level 10 National champions, have been integral competitors on the Bruin squad all season. McGowan has hit all 27 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.867 on floor and 9.836 on bars. She has not scored under 9.750 on any event this season and is tied for third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled four scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including three on floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and had a breakthrough performance Feb. 14 against Penn State, capturing her first event win with a career-high 9.850 on vault, earning a career-best 9.900 to lead off on floor, and scoring 9.825 on bars. She came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third. Webster-Longin has totaled six Top 3 finishes this season, including a second-place tie on vault (9.875) with McGowan at the Big Four meet. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed three times on vault this season after missing the first month due to a preseason injury and has scored a high of 9.850 on her Yurchenko 1.5 vault. ย ย ย ย ย ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins return the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Campbell is an eight-time All-American, three-time perfect 10 scorer on floor exercise and the 2021 Pac-12 floor co-champion and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Esparza earned all-conference honors on uneven bars as a freshman and owns career-highs of 9.975 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 18 in the nation in the all-around and has captured two all-around wins, including a win Feb. 7 at Washington with a Big Ten-best 39.625. Esparza has four event victories on uneven bars and scored career-highs in back-to-back meets with a 9.950 on Feb. 7 and 9.975 on Feb. 14. She ranks ninth in the nation and second in the Big Ten with a NQS of 9.910.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo represented the Philippines at the 2024 Olympics and was the 2024 Asian Championships floor exercise champion and all-around bronze medalist and 2023 Asian Championships floor bronze medalist. 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. Freshman Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
THE GRADUATESย
UCLA has four graduate students on the 2025 roster. Chae Campbell and Carissa Clay are enrolled in UCLA's Transformative Coaching and Leadership program in the School of Education. Frida Esparza is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing, and Brooklyn Moors is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in project management. ย ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will wrap up the regular season on Saturday, March 15 at Utah in a meet that will be televised live in Prime Time on FOX. ย
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Date: Sunday, March 9, 2025 โ ย 5:30 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: A.J. Kanell, JaNay Honest
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets
Giveaway: Jordan Chiles Nike posters to first 2,000 fans
UCLA WRAPS UP HOME SCHEDULE SUNDAY VS. STANFORDย
Big Ten regular season champion UCLA (12-2) will close its home schedule on Sunday, March 9 with a non-conference dual meet against Stanford (10-2). The meet between the No. 3 Bruins and No. 12 Cardinal will take place at 5:30 pm PT in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom and televised live on Big Ten Network. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a free Jordan Chiles Nike poster. The 2025 senior class will be honored at the conclusion of the meet. ย ย
SENIOR SALUTEย
UCLA will celebrate its eight graduating team members who will be participating in their final home meet on Sunday. Graduate students Chae Campbell, Carissa Clay, Frida Esparza and Brooklyn Moors; seniors Mia Erdoes, Emily Lee, and Emma Malabuyo; and junior Clara Wren, who is graduating early, will be honored in a special post-meet ย ceremony. Additionally, team manager Claire Guazelli and student athletic trainer Bethany Iwami will be recognized alongside their fellow seniors. UCLA's seniors and graduate students have won two conference regular season titles, earned a combined 10 All-America honors, 13 all-conference awards and 15 Scholastic All-America awards. ย ย
BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSย
UCLA Gymnastics won the school's first-ever Big Ten regular season championship in any sport after completing a perfect 9-0 record in Big Ten play. The Bruins clinched the title on March 2 after finishing first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State. UCLA now has a total of 22 conference championships in women's gymnastics - 19 Pac-12 Championship titles, one WCAA Championship, one Pac-12 regular season title and one Big Ten regular season title. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA's No. 3 national ranking and National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 197.525 remain the same as last week. The Bruins are now No. 2 on floor exercise, No. 4 on balance beam, No. 6 on vault and No. 9 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remains ranked No. 1 on floor for the third-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors ranks No. 3. Four Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 6), Emily Lee (No. 13), Ciena Alipio (No. 24) and Chae Campbell (No. 24). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 7) and Campbell (No. 17) - and Chiles and Frida Esparza are tied for No. 9 on uneven bars. Campbell is the lone ranked all-arounder, at No. 19. ย ย
A LOOK AT THE CARDINALย
Stanford, now in the ACC Conference, has had a strong season, posting 197+ scores in four meets this season. The Cardinal have a season-high score of 197.400, set at Cal on Feb. 7. Stanford ranks in the Top 20 on all four events - No. 11 on bars, No. 14 on beam and floor and No. 19 on vault. The Cardinal is led by reigning NCAA vault champion Anna Roberts, who holds the team lead in event titles with 13. Roberts is nationally-ranked No. 9 on vault and No. 16 on floor. Brenna Nault has eight event titles, including a team-best three on beam. Nault ranks No. 18 on beam, just behind teammates Sienna Robinson, who ranks No. 14. Former UCLA All-American Hallie Mossett (2014-17) is in her third season as an assistant coach for the Cardinal. ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA finished first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State to win its first-ever Big Ten regular season title. The Bruins earned their eighth consecutive meet victory with their first-place score of 197.200. Nebraska was second with 196.675, Ohio State was third with 196.650, and Rutgers was fourth with 195.875. The Bruins scored 49.500 on floor in the first rotation but led Nebraska by just two-tenths at the halfway mark. UCLA extended its lead to 0.35 after scoring 49.300 on bars and did just enough on beam in the final rotation, scoring 49.125 to clinch the victory. Jordan Chiles won the all-around with a 39.550 and took home victories on uneven bars (9.950) and floor exercise (9.950, tying for first on the latter with Brooklyn Moors for the fourth consecutive meet. ย ย ย
CAMPBELL, MALABUYO NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
Chae Campbell and Emma Malabuyo were announced as nominees for the 2025 AAI Award, which is presented to the nation's top senior gymnast. Campbell, who was nominated for the second time, is an eight-time All-American and all-conference performer who holds career-highs of 10.0 on floor, 9.950 on vault and bars, 9.925 on beam and 39.725 in the all-around. She has hit ย has hit 193 of 197 career routines and currently ranks No. 18 in the nation and No. 3 in the Big Ten in the all-around. Malabuyo is a two-time beam All-America, three-time all-conference performer and three-time Scholastic All-American. The 2024 Olympian has been ranked near the top of the balance beam rankings all season and is currently No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten. She holds career-high marks of 10.0 on beam, 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on vault and 39.500 in the all-around. ย
CHILES WINS FIFTH BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD
Jordan Chiles won her fifth Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award this season after winning the all-around at the Big Four meet on March 2 with a 39.550. The all-around win was her fourth of the year and third consecutive. She also won the uneven bars and floor exercise with scores of 9.950. Her 9.950 on floor exercise was her eighth consecutive floor score of 9.950 or higher and was good for her eighth-straight floor win. Her uneven bars victory was her third of the year. Chiles has totaled 14 individual victories this year, the most on the UCLA team. ย ย ย
BEST SHOW IN LA ... AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ย
UCLA has been competing in front of big crowds all over the country this season. In Big Ten play alone, the Bruins' road attendance average is 7,336, with a school-record 7,287 in attendance at Maryland, the second-largest crowd in Washington history (7,046), 11,314 at Michigan last week and a program record crowd of 3,695 at Ohio State. The Bruins are averaging 7,940 at home, with a high of 10,681 at the UCLA vs. Michigan State showdown on Feb. 1. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting eight consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only three teams have done this more than five times in a row this year - UCLA, Oklahoma (10) and Missouri (6). The queens of consistency on the squad have been Brooklyn Moors (27-for-27), Macy McGowan (27-for-27), Emily Lee (21-for-21) and Frida Esparza (9-for-9). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' Top 5 scores this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.560, while its home average is 197.392. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles was featured in Nike's Super Bowl commercial, honored by Time Magazine as one of its 2025 Women of the Year, appeared on "Good Morning America" and "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and released her book, I'm That Girl, which she is signing before the meet on March 9 at the UCLA Bookstore for the first 200 book purchasers from 12-2pm. Chiles has seamlessly made the transition from Olympic medalist to UCLA Bruin (again). She made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately win gold and bronze at the 2024 Olympics. She rejoined the Bruin team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended and has competed on at least three events in every meet, even with limited training time prior to the season. The five-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week has four all-around victories in six meets and scored a season-best 39.600 Feb. 14 to win the meet against Penn State. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added another 10 on Feb. 1, this time on floor exercise to clinch a UCLA comeback victory on the final event. That walk-off 10 was Chiles' fifth floor 10 of her career and 10th 10 overall, ranking her No. 5 all-time at UCLA with 10 career 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars and floor with five 10s on each event. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and Katelyn Ohashi (9) have more than Chiles on floor. During Chiles' last NCAA season in 2023, she captured the NCAA uneven bars and floor exercise titles and helped lead UCLA to a fifth-place NCAA finish and Pac-12 regular season co-championship.ย
GIMME MOORS ย
2020 Canadian Olympian Brooklyn Moors has been ranked in the Top 5 on floor exercise all season, including a two-week stint at No. 1. She is currently third with a NQS of 9.955 and holds the highest season average in the nation with a 9.944. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has seven scores of 9.950 or higher, with a pair of career-highs of 9.975, most recently on Feb. 23 at Michigan. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured six event titles, including four in a row. She has competed on three events in all nine meets this season and has hit all 27 of her routines. The last season she competed in three events was 2022, as she has mostly served as a floor specialist the last two years while dealing with injuries. She earned Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 21 after earning season-high marks on each event at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and finishing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Moors ranks second on the team with seven scores of 9.95 or higher this season and is third on the squad with 12 scores of 9.9 or higher. ย ย
BUYO BEAM QUEEN ย ย
Senior Emma Malabuyo has solidified her status as one of the best beam workers in the NCAA, ranking in the Top 10 all season long. She is currently No. 6 in the nation with an NQS of 9.920 and holds a season average of 9.900. She has scored 9.900 or higher in seven of nine meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in seven meets, including a team-best five wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.863 on beam in her career and has 11 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, ranking within the Top 30 nationally with a NQS of 9.900. Malabuyo averages 9.844 on floor over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved against Illinois in a second-place showing. On uneven bars, she has recorded career-high marks of 9.925 twice this season, most recently at Michigan on Feb. 23. Malabuyo ranks second on the Bruin squad in 9.9+ scores with 14, including a team-high seven on beam. ย ย ย ย ย ย
ESPARZA'S ELECTRIC NIGHT ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had an electric night on Feb. 14, starting the day by playing the national anthem on electric guitar and then ending it by tying for first place on uneven bars with a career-high 9.975, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges for the first time in her career. Esparza has been lights out for UCLA on bars this season and ranks No. 9 in the nation with a NQS of 9.910 and a season average of 9.883. She leads the team with four uneven bars victories and six Top 3 finishes. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee sets the tone for the No. 4 beam squad in the nation. The Bruins are averaging 49.317 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher five times this year, including four times on the road. Lee started each of those five rotations with scores of 9.900 or higher, including a season-high and meet-winning 9.925 on Feb. 14. Her 9.900 at Washington was the first of six 9.9+ scores on beam, marking the first time since 2016 that a UCLA team had all six competitors score 9.9 or higher on beam. UCLA scored a season-best 49.625 in that meet, the No. 6 mark in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.851 and has scored 9.900 or higher 55% of the time (20 times in 36 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.816 with a high of 9.900, and in four floor leadoff performances, she is averaging 9.844. She made her floor season debut against Michigan State on Feb. 1, scoring 9.875 to help the Bruins post a national-best 49.800 floor mark. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 100 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a start value deficiency. ย ย ย
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in seven meets, averaging 39.439. She ranks No. 18 in the nation with a 39.420 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in each meet and has two victories, winning against Illinois on Jan. 25 with a 39.400 and posting the Big Ten's top all-around mark on Feb. 7 with a 39.625 at Washington. Campbell won Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors that week, the second conference gymnast of the week honor of her career. Campbell ranks 17th in the nation on vault with a NQS of 9.885. She averages 9.869 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 twice this year. She is now ranked No. 24 on balance beam with a NQS of 9.880. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.828 with three scores of 9.900 or higher. She tied her career-high on Feb. 7 at Washington, scoring 9.925. On floor, Campbell averages 9.889 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She has scored season-highs of 9.875 on uneven bars in each of her last three meets in the leadoff position, punctuating those routines with stuck double front dismounts.
C-ING THE TOP 25 ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio has become a mainstay in the Top 25 rankings the last three weeks. Currently ranked 24th, Alipio holds a NQS of 9.880 and has scored 9.850 or better in six meets this season, She recorded a career-high mark of 9.950 on Feb. 7 at Washington to place first and help the Bruins earn a season-best team score of ย 49.625, the No. 6 mark in school history. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin, each three-time Level 10 National champions, have been integral competitors on the Bruin squad all season. McGowan has hit all 27 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.867 on floor and 9.836 on bars. She has not scored under 9.750 on any event this season and is tied for third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled four scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including three on floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and had a breakthrough performance Feb. 14 against Penn State, capturing her first event win with a career-high 9.850 on vault, earning a career-best 9.900 to lead off on floor, and scoring 9.825 on bars. She came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third. Webster-Longin has totaled six Top 3 finishes this season, including a second-place tie on vault (9.875) with McGowan at the Big Four meet. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed three times on vault this season after missing the first month due to a preseason injury and has scored a high of 9.850 on her Yurchenko 1.5 vault. ย ย ย ย ย ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins return the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Campbell is an eight-time All-American, three-time perfect 10 scorer on floor exercise and the 2021 Pac-12 floor co-champion and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Esparza earned all-conference honors on uneven bars as a freshman and owns career-highs of 9.975 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 18 in the nation in the all-around and has captured two all-around wins, including a win Feb. 7 at Washington with a Big Ten-best 39.625. Esparza has four event victories on uneven bars and scored career-highs in back-to-back meets with a 9.950 on Feb. 7 and 9.975 on Feb. 14. She ranks ninth in the nation and second in the Big Ten with a NQS of 9.910.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo represented the Philippines at the 2024 Olympics and was the 2024 Asian Championships floor exercise champion and all-around bronze medalist and 2023 Asian Championships floor bronze medalist. 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. Freshman Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
THE GRADUATESย
UCLA has four graduate students on the 2025 roster. Chae Campbell and Carissa Clay are enrolled in UCLA's Transformative Coaching and Leadership program in the School of Education. Frida Esparza is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing, and Brooklyn Moors is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in project management. ย ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will wrap up the regular season on Saturday, March 15 at Utah in a meet that will be televised live in Prime Time on FOX. 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