UCLA
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UCLA Gymnastics Hosts Stanford Sunday
March 07, 2019 | Gymnastics
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 24 Stanford
Sunday, Mar. 10, 2019 โ 1 p.m.
MEET INFORMATION
Venue: Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom (13,244)
Time: 1 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Networks
TV Talent: Jim Watson, Amanda Borden
Live Stats: uclabruins.com
Pre-Meet Giveaway: UCLA Gymnastics bracelet (2,000)
Post-Meet Activities: Freshmen/sophomore trading cards + photo opp
BRUINS BACK IN PAULEY SUNDAY
No. 2 UCLA (10-1) returns home Sunday, Mar. 10 for the first of two home meets to close out the regular season. The Bruins will host No. 24 Stanford (6-9) in the second competition between the two teams. UCLA won the earlier matchup in front of a sell-out crowd at Stanford, 197.225-195.125. The meet will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks at 1pm.
ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD OUT
Advance tickets are sold out for the UCLA-Stanford gymnastics meet on Sunday, Mar. 10 in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. A limited number of tickets will be available the day of the meet on a space-permitting basis. The Pauley Pavilion box office will open at 11:30am on Sunday for day-of-meet sales. A standby line for ticket sales will also be available for entrance following the start of the meet. Fans with Wooden Athletic Fund or Olympic Sports cards will be admitted on a space-available basis. The first 1,200 UCLA students are guaranteed admission. Tickets still remain for the home finale against Utah State on Saturday, Mar. 16 at 4:30pm.
PROMOTIONS
Sunday's giveaway item is a UCLA Gymnastics bracelet for the first 2,000 fans. Following the meet, the freshman and sophomore classes will be available for photos on the concourse.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Pauley Pavilion continues to implement a clear bag policy which limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into the arena. One large clear bag, either a one gallon Ziploc style bag or a 12' by 6" by 12" clear bag, or a small clutch may be allowed into the arena. Increased screening through the use of electronic security equipment will be used at all entry gates. For more information, visit uclabruins.com/pauleygamedayinfo.
HOTTEST TICKET
UCLA Gymnastics continues to draw huge crowds everywhere they go. The Bruins have competed in front of at least 5,000 fans in every meet this season, including 10,323 at home on Feb. 17 and 10,270 at home on Jan. 21. On the road, the Bruins has helped set new attendance records at three schools - Oklahoma on Mar. 3 (10,177, nearly double the previous record), Washington on Feb. 10 (7,228 in a snowstorm), and Stanford on Jan. 27 (6,000, nearly double the previous record). Additionally, UCLA performed in front of a sell-out crowd of 15,558 at Utah on Feb. 23 and helped draw 6,505 fans to Oregon State on Feb. 2.
10.0 HOARDERS
Of the 17 perfect 10 routines around the nation this season, UCLA has earned 12 of them (71%). Kyla Ross alone has seven perfect 10s, which is as many as all other schools combined. Ross leads the nation with seven (four on bars, three on vault), and Katelyn Ohashi is the only other gymnast who has multiple 10s, recording four on floor exercise. Madison Kocian has one perfect 10, on ueven bars. The only other schools with multiple perfect 10s are Oklahoma (three) and LSU (two). Denver and Michigan have one each. UCLA gymnasts have totaled 138 perfect 10s all-time. Ross ranks third all-time at UCLA with 12 (seven on bars, three on vault, two on beam). Ohashi ranks fifth with nine, seven on floor and two on beam. Kocian has two on bars, and Felicia Hano has one on floor.
ROSS IS BOSS
Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross continues to show who's boss, holding steady at No. 1 in the national all-around rankings. She also ranks No. 1 on bars, No. 2 on vault, No. 5 on floor and No. 7 on beam. Ross holds the nation's top all-around score, a 39.850 set twice. That all-around mark ranks No. 4 all-time at UCLA. She is averaging 39.713 in the all-around and is unbeaten in all-around competition this year, winning eight times with seven scores of 39.65 or higher. Ross has won Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honors six times this season, including the last five weeks in a row, a new Pac-12 record. She leads UCLA with 23 event titles, 26 scores of 9.9 or higher and 16 scores of 9.95 or higher.
KATE THE GREAT
After going viral the second week of the season, Katelyn Ohashi has continued to prove she wasn't a one-hit wonder. She has since picked up three more perfect 10s, in back-to-back weeks, on Feb. 10 in front of a hometown crowd in Seattle, and on Feb. 16 in front of her home crowd in Pauley Pavilion. She received her fourth 10 at Oklahoma on Mar. 3. Ohashi, who is unbeaten on floor this year with eight victories, ranks No. 1 in the nation on floor and holds an astonishing season average of 9.975. She is also tied for first on beam and averages 9.931 on that event.
Ohashi's Jan. 12 perfect 10 floor exercise routine is the most-watched sports video on social media so far this year, with over 115 million views across Twitter (43M), Facebook (39M) and YouTube (34M). The reach of Ohashi's routine extended world-wide, and her video was shared by celebrities such as Janet Jackson, Sara Bareilles, and Sophia Bush; politicians like Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jesse Jackson; and athletes like Troy Aikman and Laurie Hernandez. Her routine was also imitated by comedienne Ali Wong and talk show host Stephen Colbert. Ohashi was interviewed on Access Hollywood and on the Ryan Seacrest Show, where she discussed her dream of being on Dancing with the Stars and was surprised with a phone call on-air with the show's casting director. Ohashi and UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field also made an appearance on Good Morning America, where Ohashi recited some of her poetry and talked about rediscovering her joy in gymnastics. She also made appearances on Steve Harvey's talk show, Home and Family and E!'s Busy Tonight, and was a guest speaker at the Makers Conference.
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA's quest for a perfect record ended on Mar. 3 when No. 1 Oklahoma snapped the Bruins' 16-meet, 38-team unbeaten streak. In front of a record crowd of 10,177, the Sooner edged the Bruins, 197.775-197.575. The Bruins used a big floor rotation of 49.675 to turn a .475 lead into a dead heat with one event remaining, but Oklahoma's floor squad outscored UCLA's floor squad, 49.575-49.375, to capture the win. Kyla Ross was perfect through the first half of the meet, scoring perfect 10s on uneven bars and vault, and was a hair away from a third 10, scoring a career-high 9.975 on floor before closing with a 9.875 on beam. She captured the all-around title with a career-high-tying 39.850. Katelyn Ohashi also scored a perfect 10, recording her fourth this season on floor exercise.
PAC-12 AWARD DOMINATION
UCLA gymnasts have dominated the Pac-12 weekly awards, winning 17 of the 27 awards so far this season. Kyla Ross has won Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week six times, including an unprecedented five weeks in a row. Katelyn Ohashi was also honored this week as the Specialist of the Week, tying the Pac-12 single-season (five) and career (nine) records.
SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN
UCLA freshmen Norah Flatley, Margzetta Frazier and Sekai Wright have been on point for the Bruins. Flatley has scored 9.825 or higher on 13 of her last 14 routines and has highs of 9.975 on bars and 9.900 on beam. She currently ranks No. 13 nationally on bars and No. 17 beam and earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 26. Frazier has three Freshman of the Week awards to her credit and has scored 9.775 or higher on every routine this season. She averages 9.883 on bars and 9.882 on floor and ranks No. 19 on bars. Wright made her collegiate debut on Jan. 21 after sitting out the first two meets with an ankle injury and has scored 9.875 on her Yurchenko 1.5 vault in three meets, capturing her first event victory on Jan. 27 at Stanford. She debuted her floor routine on Feb. 2 in an exhibition performance, scoring 9.775.
RECORD-SETTING START FOR BRUINS
The Bruins have set a new standard by recording 197+ scores in the first nine meets of the year for the first time ever. UCLA has broken 198 twice this season, scoring 198.025 Feb. 16 against Arizona and Feb. 23 at Utah, and has seven scores of 197.5 or higher. The previous best start came in 2003 when the team scored 197+ in its first two meets.
IN THE RANKINGS
In the second week of the National Qualifying Score (NQS), UCLA remains ranked No. 2, just .140 behind No. 1 Oklahoma with a NQS of 197.800. The Bruins rank No. 1 in the nation on beam and floor, No. 2 on bars and No. 5 on vault. Kyla Ross ranks No. 1 in the all-around and is Top 7 on every event (No. 1 on bars, No. 2 on vault, No. 5 on floor and No. 7 on beam). Katelyn Ohashi ranks No. 1 on beam and floor. The Bruins have four gymnasts ranked in the Top 20 on bars (No. 1 Ross, No. 5 Madison Kocian, No. 13 Norah Flatley and No. 19 Margzetta Frazier), three in the Top 20 on beam (No. 1 Ohashi, No. 7 Ross, and No. 17 Flatley) and three in the Top 12 on floor (No. 1 Ohashi, No. 5 Ross, and No. 11 Gracie Kramer). Three Bruins rank in the Top 25 on vault (No. 2 Ross, No. 15 Felicia Hano and No. 23 Nia Dennis).
FLOORED BY FLOOR
UCLA's floor exercise squad has been exceptional so far this season, averaging 49.572, with a high of 49.750 set Feb. 16 against Arizona. The 49.750 was the fourth-highest in school history and was highlighted by Katelyn Ohashi's third perfect 10 floor routine of the year, plus 9.95s from Kyla Ross and Felicia Hano and leadoff 9.925s from Margzetta Frazier and Gracie Kramer. The Bruins have scored 49.5 or better in seven of nine meets and have scored 49+ in 31 consecutive meets.
RAISING THE BAR
The Bruin bar squad has posted big numbers as well, including a season-high score of 49.700 against Arizona State on Jan. 21, a 49.650 at Oregon State on Feb. 2 and a 49.625 against Arizona on Feb. 16. The 49.700 was the fourth-highest bars score in school history, and it was highlighted by a perfect 10 from Madison Kocian. The 49.650 ranks fifth, and the 49.625 ranks seventh all-time. Five of UCLA's 12 perfect 10s this season have come on uneven bars - four from Kyla Ross and one from Kocian. The Bruins have 12 9.95+ uneven bars routines so far this season - six from Ross, three from Kocian, two from Norah Flatley, and one from Margzetta Frazier. All four are ranked in the Top 20 nationally - Ross is No. 1, Kocian is No. 8, Flatley is No. 13, and Frazier is No. 19.
BRUIN STREAKS
UCLA has scored 49+ in 95 straight rotations, the team's last sub-49 score coming in the first rotation of the 2018 season opener โฆ The Bruins scored 49.5 or better on 34 of those 95 rotations โฆ UCLA's streak of 23 straight meets scoring 49+ on all four apparatus is the longest active streak in the nation and the third-longest in NCAA history behind Oklahoma (34 from 2016-18) and LSU (30 from 2016-18) โฆ UCLA has scored 49+ on beam in its last 37 meets, tying the NCAA record set by Oklahoma from 2016-18โฆ The Bruins have gone 49+ on floor in their last 31 meets โฆ Kyla Ross has gone 39+ in the all-around in 22-straight all-around attempts โฆ Ross has scored a perfect 10 in five consecutive meets โฆ Katelyn Ohashi has scored 9.925 or better on floor in 19 straight meets.
SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
Stanford enters the week ranked No. 24 overall and No. 15 on floor exercise. The Cardinal is coming off its highest score of the season, 196.525, set in an over one-point win over Arizona on Feb. 24. Stanford is led by Kyla Bryant, who ranks No. 19 in the all-around and No. 16 on floor. In the January matchup between the two teams in Stanford, the Bruins prevailed in front of a sell-out crowd of 6,000, 197.225-195.125.
ACHIEVING HIGH MARKS IN THE CLASSROOM
The Bruins had large success in the classroom in the fall, with 13 team members making the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or better). Five Bruins earned 3.5 or higher GPAs - Anna Glenn, Madison Kocian, Gracie Kramer, Sara Taubman and Pauline Tratz. Also making the honor roll were Grace Glenn, Brielle Nguyen, Katelyn Ohashi, Kendal Poston, Kyla Ross, Mercedez Sanchez, Stella Savvidou and Macy Toronjo.
FAREWELL SEASON
The 2019 season will be the swan song for legendary head coach Valorie Kondos Field, who will retire from coaching at the conclusion of the season. Kondos Field has led UCLA to all seven of its NCAA Championships, along with 14 conference and 19 NCAA Regional championships. She enters her 29th and final season with a career record of 516-120-3. In 2010, Kondos Field became just the second active coach ever inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame, and she was also named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century and was selected by her peers as the National Coach of the Year four times in her career. Kondos Field recently wrote her first book, Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance, which is available in bookstores nationwide, as well as digitally. Through personal stories and anecdotes, she shares insights and advice on how to use uniqueness and authenticity to achieve success.
NO. 1 IN SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS
UCLA Gymnastics has the largest social media followings in all of women's collegiate sports, ranking No. 1 across all women's sports in combined followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, a total approaching 650,000. The Bruins rank first among all NCAA gymnastics teams on Instagram (299k), Facebook (288k) and Twitter (61.8k). Among all UCLA teams, gymnastics ranks first on Instagram and Facebook, and UCLA Gymnastics is the most followed collegiate women's team Instagram account in the nation. Follow the Bruins at @UCLAGymnastics on Instagram and Twitter and on Facebook at facebook.com/uclagymnastics.
LOOKING AHEAD
UCLA will celebrate its senior class of Katelyn Ohashi, Brielle Nguyen and Macy Toronjo on Mar. 16 on Senior Day. Also being honored will be retiring head coach Valorie Kondos Field. The home finale will take place at 4:30 pm.
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