Weekly diary by Valorie Kondos Field, head coach for UCLA's women's gymnastics team.
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Note: With three NCAA titles in six years, UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field has positioned her Bruins as the premier program in collegiate gymnastics. Not only has she consistently recruited the top talent in the world, but she has produced the results. In the past seven years alone, Kondos Field has led UCLA to three NCAA titles and one runner-up finish, six Regional titles and four Pac-10 championships.
Oct. 24, 2002
What fun we've had!
Fall 2002 has been a re-birth of Bruin pride, commitment, and excitement! We kicked off the start of our 2002-2003 season by bringing back a Bruin of yore. Chris Waller, 1992 Olympian and Bruin great of the late 1980's, joined our coaching staff this fall and has not only brought tremendous gymnastics knowledge and coaching talent but also an infectious enthusiasm for being back at UCLA. As he has stated many times, he loved his college days here at UCLA but feels even more of that good ol' Bruin pride now as a coach.
Our team kicked off their fall season training with what our team called "Adventure Days". Included in our weekly conditioning was a conditioning circuit at the beach, replete with swinging rings, climbing rope, parallel bars, high bar, lots of sand, sun, and water, and loads of hard work and fun.
It is a unanimous feeling with everyone involved with our program that the chemistry this year is electrifying. I thought our team was the epitome of "fired up" for the 2003 season ... our parents and Bruin 10.0 booster club are insane with Bruin fever. Be sure to set your meet-day schedules to be able to come out and tailgate with the Bruins three hours before our home meets, starting with our "Meet the Team" on November 24th at 2:00 in the John Wooden Center.
Get Ready to Rumble Bruins!!!