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Ciena Alipio
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Laurel Springs HS
- Club:
- Midwest Gymnastics
Career Highlights
Scored a perfect 10 on beam to win the 2025 Big Ten beam title
2026, 2025ย First-Team Postseason All-American on beam
2026 First-team Regular Season All-American on beam
2025 Second-Team Regular Season All-American on beam
2026, 2025 Second-Team All-Big Ten
2025 Big Ten All-Championship team
2026, 2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 WCGA Scholastic All-Americanย
Member of two-time Big Ten Championship and 2025 NCAA runner-up team
Four-time U.S. National Team member
Silver medalist on beam at the 2022, 2019 and 2018 U.S. Championships
Best Marks
UB - 9.950, 1/30/26
BB - 10.00, 3/22/25
FX - 9.950, 2/14/26
2026
Tied for sixth overall on beam at the NCAA Championships and earned first-team All-America honors for the second-straight year โฆ Earned first-team regular season All-America honors after finishing the regular season ranked No. 5 nationally โฆ Second-team All-Big Ten honoree โฆ Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team โฆ AAI Award nominee โฆ Won Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors three times (Feb. 3, Jan. 20 and Jan. 6) โฆ Tied for the team lead in beam victories with seven and won the event in four consecutive meets from Jan. 17 through Feb. 7, all with scores of 9.925 or higher โฆ Competed on three events in eight meets after having competed exclusively on beam her first three seasons โฆ Made her collegiate debut on floor at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad and scored 9.800 and also recorded the Bruinsโ top mark on beam at that meet with a 9.925 โฆ Won both events she competed against Nebraska on Jan. 17, scoring a season-high 9.975 on beam and a 9.875 on floor en route to winning Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors โฆ Made her collegiate debut on uneven bars at Michigan State on Jan. 25 and tied for third with a 9.875 and also tied for first on beam with a 9.950 โฆ Contributed three scores of 9.900 or higher against Washington on Jan. 30 - a leadoff career-best 9.950 on bars, a meet-winning 9.950 on beam and a career-best 9.900 on floor โฆ Scored a career-high 9.950 on floor vs. Michigan on Feb. 14, receiving a perfect 10 from one judge โฆ Scored meet-winning 9.950s on beam in three consecutive meets from Feb. 22-March 7.
2025
First-team WCGA All-American and second-team regular season All-American on beam โฆ Big Ten beam champion with a perfect 10, the first of her career โฆ Tied for third on beam at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.9500 โฆ Second-team All-Big Ten โฆ Big Ten All-Championship team selectionย โฆ Academic All-Big Ten selection โฆ Finished the regular season ranked 15th in the nation on beam โฆ Competed in the five spot on beam in every meet and totaled three victories and seven Top 3 finishes โฆ Scored 9.850 or better in 12 meets and 9.900 or higher in nine meets โฆ Contributed a pair of 9.900s on beam at the NCAA Regionals โฆ Tied for first on beam with a 9.900 at Michigan โฆ Scored a then-career-high 9.950 to tie for first on beam at Washington.
2024
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Competed on beam in nine meets and averaged 9.753 on the year โฆ Posted season and career-high-tying marks of 9.925 at NCAA Regionals and vs. Arizona โฆ Recorded a pair of Top 3 finishes, tying for second place with a 9.900 vs. Washington and a 9.925 vs. Arizona โฆ Tied for Bruinsโ top score on beam against Utah with a 9.825.
2023
Competed on beam in all 14 meets and averaged 9.832 on the year and 9.868 from February through April โฆ Helped UCLA record eight scores of 49.500 or higher on beam, including four of the Bruinsโ Top 8 all-time marks โฆ Recorded a 9.900 at the NCAA Semifinals as she ended the season scoring 9.800 or higher on 11-straight beam routines โฆ Earned a career-best 9.925 on beam at the NCAA Regional Second Round, tying for sixth overall and helping UCLA claim a team total of 49.675 that ranks as UCLAโs No. 4 score of all-time โฆ Scored 9.850 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Tied her then-career-best with a 9.9 on beam against Iowa State โฆ Recorded a then career-high of 9.9 on beam at Cal, helping UCLA post a season-high team total of 49.625, the No. 6 beam score in school history โฆ Scored a then-career-best 9.875 on beam at Utah โฆ Made her collegiate debut at the Super 16, stepping in as a late sub on balance beam and scoring 9.750; improved on that mark a week later at the Wasatch Classic, scoring 9.850 โฆ Limited to balance beam during the year after sustaining a hand injury in the preseason.
Club
Four time member of the U.S. Womenโs National Team โฆ Won a silver medal on balance beam at the 2022 U.S. Championships โฆ Placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic โฆ Placed third in the all-around at the 2021 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland โฆ Won team and balance beam silver and vault bronze in the junior division at the 2019 Jesolo Trophy in Italy โฆ Second on beam and sixth in the all-around at the 2019 U.S. Championships โฆ Won the all-around and uneven bars at the 2019 American Classic junior division โฆ Runner-up on beam at the 2018 U.S. Championships as a junior โฆ Trained at Midwest Gymnastics.
Personal
Full name is Ciena Nizhoni Alipio โฆ Born in San Jose, Calif. โฆ Parents are Dante and Linda Alipio โฆ Has an older brother, Eric โฆ Chose UCLA because โI found the environment very welcoming, and I appreciated the diversity that the campus held. I also found the level of academics in combination with the level of athletics was unmatched compared to other schoolsโ โฆ Enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family โฆ Favorite apparatus is balance beam โฆ Sociology major.
Scored a perfect 10 on beam to win the 2025 Big Ten beam title
2026, 2025ย First-Team Postseason All-American on beam
2026 First-team Regular Season All-American on beam
2025 Second-Team Regular Season All-American on beam
2026, 2025 Second-Team All-Big Ten
2025 Big Ten All-Championship team
2026, 2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2024 WCGA Scholastic All-Americanย
Member of two-time Big Ten Championship and 2025 NCAA runner-up team
Four-time U.S. National Team member
Silver medalist on beam at the 2022, 2019 and 2018 U.S. Championships
Best Marks
UB - 9.950, 1/30/26
BB - 10.00, 3/22/25
FX - 9.950, 2/14/26
2026
Tied for sixth overall on beam at the NCAA Championships and earned first-team All-America honors for the second-straight year โฆ Earned first-team regular season All-America honors after finishing the regular season ranked No. 5 nationally โฆ Second-team All-Big Ten honoree โฆ Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team โฆ AAI Award nominee โฆ Won Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors three times (Feb. 3, Jan. 20 and Jan. 6) โฆ Tied for the team lead in beam victories with seven and won the event in four consecutive meets from Jan. 17 through Feb. 7, all with scores of 9.925 or higher โฆ Competed on three events in eight meets after having competed exclusively on beam her first three seasons โฆ Made her collegiate debut on floor at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad and scored 9.800 and also recorded the Bruinsโ top mark on beam at that meet with a 9.925 โฆ Won both events she competed against Nebraska on Jan. 17, scoring a season-high 9.975 on beam and a 9.875 on floor en route to winning Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors โฆ Made her collegiate debut on uneven bars at Michigan State on Jan. 25 and tied for third with a 9.875 and also tied for first on beam with a 9.950 โฆ Contributed three scores of 9.900 or higher against Washington on Jan. 30 - a leadoff career-best 9.950 on bars, a meet-winning 9.950 on beam and a career-best 9.900 on floor โฆ Scored a career-high 9.950 on floor vs. Michigan on Feb. 14, receiving a perfect 10 from one judge โฆ Scored meet-winning 9.950s on beam in three consecutive meets from Feb. 22-March 7.
2025
First-team WCGA All-American and second-team regular season All-American on beam โฆ Big Ten beam champion with a perfect 10, the first of her career โฆ Tied for third on beam at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.9500 โฆ Second-team All-Big Ten โฆ Big Ten All-Championship team selectionย โฆ Academic All-Big Ten selection โฆ Finished the regular season ranked 15th in the nation on beam โฆ Competed in the five spot on beam in every meet and totaled three victories and seven Top 3 finishes โฆ Scored 9.850 or better in 12 meets and 9.900 or higher in nine meets โฆ Contributed a pair of 9.900s on beam at the NCAA Regionals โฆ Tied for first on beam with a 9.900 at Michigan โฆ Scored a then-career-high 9.950 to tie for first on beam at Washington.
2024
WCGA Scholastic All-American โฆ Competed on beam in nine meets and averaged 9.753 on the year โฆ Posted season and career-high-tying marks of 9.925 at NCAA Regionals and vs. Arizona โฆ Recorded a pair of Top 3 finishes, tying for second place with a 9.900 vs. Washington and a 9.925 vs. Arizona โฆ Tied for Bruinsโ top score on beam against Utah with a 9.825.
2023
Competed on beam in all 14 meets and averaged 9.832 on the year and 9.868 from February through April โฆ Helped UCLA record eight scores of 49.500 or higher on beam, including four of the Bruinsโ Top 8 all-time marks โฆ Recorded a 9.900 at the NCAA Semifinals as she ended the season scoring 9.800 or higher on 11-straight beam routines โฆ Earned a career-best 9.925 on beam at the NCAA Regional Second Round, tying for sixth overall and helping UCLA claim a team total of 49.675 that ranks as UCLAโs No. 4 score of all-time โฆ Scored 9.850 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Tied her then-career-best with a 9.9 on beam against Iowa State โฆ Recorded a then career-high of 9.9 on beam at Cal, helping UCLA post a season-high team total of 49.625, the No. 6 beam score in school history โฆ Scored a then-career-best 9.875 on beam at Utah โฆ Made her collegiate debut at the Super 16, stepping in as a late sub on balance beam and scoring 9.750; improved on that mark a week later at the Wasatch Classic, scoring 9.850 โฆ Limited to balance beam during the year after sustaining a hand injury in the preseason.
Club
Four time member of the U.S. Womenโs National Team โฆ Won a silver medal on balance beam at the 2022 U.S. Championships โฆ Placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic โฆ Placed third in the all-around at the 2021 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland โฆ Won team and balance beam silver and vault bronze in the junior division at the 2019 Jesolo Trophy in Italy โฆ Second on beam and sixth in the all-around at the 2019 U.S. Championships โฆ Won the all-around and uneven bars at the 2019 American Classic junior division โฆ Runner-up on beam at the 2018 U.S. Championships as a junior โฆ Trained at Midwest Gymnastics.
Personal
Full name is Ciena Nizhoni Alipio โฆ Born in San Jose, Calif. โฆ Parents are Dante and Linda Alipio โฆ Has an older brother, Eric โฆ Chose UCLA because โI found the environment very welcoming, and I appreciated the diversity that the campus held. I also found the level of academics in combination with the level of athletics was unmatched compared to other schoolsโ โฆ Enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family โฆ Favorite apparatus is balance beam โฆ Sociology major.
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