Saturday, March 18
West Valley City, UT
5:00 PM
UCLA
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Pac-12 Championships - Session #2
Margzetta Frazier
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
Top-Seeded UCLA to Compete for Pac-12 Championship Saturday
March 15, 2023 | Gymnastics
No. 4 UCLA at Pac-12 Championships
Date: Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023ย
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), Amanda Borden (analyst)
Event Streams: pac-12.com
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA COMPETES FOR 20TH PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPย
No. 4 UCLA (8-4-2) is the No. 1 seed at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, which will take place on Saturday, Mar. 18 in West Valley City, Utah. The 19-time Pac-12 champion Bruins will compete in the evening session at 6pm MT, along with No. 2 seed Utah, No. 3 seed California and No. 4 seed Oregon State. Competing in the afternoon session at 1pm MT are No. 5 seed Arizona State, No. 6 seed Stanford, No. 7 seed Washington and No. 8 seed Arizona. 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 Amanda Borden on the call. The Championships will be conducted shotgun style, with all four events going at the same time. Live streams of each individual apparatus will be available to authenticated subscribers on Pac-12.com and on the Pac-12 Now app. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will have Olympic order and will begin the meet on vault. After vault, the Bruins will move to uneven bars, balance beam and then conclude on floor exercise. No. 2 seed Utah will start on uneven bars. No. 4 seed Oregon State will begin on balance beam, and No. 3 seed California will start on floor exercise. ย In Session 1, No. 5 seed Arizona State starts on vault, No. 6 Stanford on uneven bars, No. 7 Washington on balance beam and No. 8 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 33 years. Oregon State (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2013), Stanford (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008) and Utah (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022) are the only other teams to win Pac-12 titles.ย
UCLA has dominated individually at the Pac-12 Championships, winning a conference-best 104 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 24 titles on uneven bars, 22 on floor exercise, 20 on balance beam and 18 on vault. ย
A LOOK BACK AT 2022 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ย
Fifth-seeded UCLA finished in first place after Session 1 and fourth place overall at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships, scoring 196.950. Norah Flatley led four UCLA all-arounders with a fifth-place finish and 39.450 score. She led the field on balance beam after Session 1 with a 9.925 and finished fifth overall. Emma Malabuyo led on floor exercise after Session 1 and earned third place overall with a 9.925. Chae Campbell was UCLA's other Top 3 finisher, tying for second on vault with a 9.900. Utah won its second consecutive team title out of Session 2, scoring 198.000.ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA moved up to No. 4 in the national rankings after spending three consecutive weeks ranked No. 5. The Bruins are ranked in the Top 10 on all four events, ranking No. 1 on floor exercise, No. 5 on balance beam, No. 6 on uneven bars and No. 9 on vault. Jordan Chiles ranks in the Top 12 on all four events and the all-around, ranking first on bars, second in the all-around, third on vault, fourth on floor and 11th on beam. Selena Harris is fifth in the all-around and Top 12 on vault (10th), bars (12th) and beam (seventh). Chae Campbell ranks No. 9 on floor and No. 10 on vault.ย
LAST TIME OUTย
No. 5 UCLA joined the 198 club for the first time in 2023, posting a season-best 198.175 in a comfortable 198.175-196.825 win over Stanford. Jordan Chiles scored a perfect 10 on bars and recorded a career-high of 39.875 in the all-around. Led by Chae Campbell's perfect 9.95 vault, the Bruins took a slight lead over Stanford after the first rotation, 49.350-49.300. UCLA pulled away in the next rotation, however, with a 49.725 on uneven bars, the third-highest bars score in school history. Chiles' perfect 10 was the last of five consecutive scores of 9.9 or higher in the rotation. After scoring 49.425 on beam, the Bruins had five scores of 9.9 or higher and tied their season-best on floor with a 49.675. ย ย ย
CHILES WINS FIFTH PAC-12 GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD ย
Jordan Chiles won her second consecutive and fifth Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor of the season after posting the highest all-around score in the nation this season. Her 39.900 also ranks as the fifth-highest score of all-time and the second-highest by a Bruin. Additionally, the 2020 Olympic and 2022 World medalist recorded her second consecutive perfect 10 on uneven bars. Chiles won every event, tying for first on vault (9.975) and beam (9.950) and winning bars (10.0) and floor (9.975). She has scored 9.9 or higher on 26 out of her last 28 routines and 9.95 or higher on 21 of those 28 and now ranks No. 2 in the nation in the all-around, No. 1 on bars, No. 3 on vault, No. 4 on floor and No. 11 on beam. ย
HARRIS TIES PAC-12 RECORD WITH SIXTH FRESHMAN HONORย
Selena Harris captured her record-tying sixth Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week award after recording career-highs on vault (9.975), beam (9.950), floor (9.925) and all-around (39.75) in the regular season finale. She placed first or second on every event, tying for first on vault and beam and placing second in the all-around and tying for second on bars and floor. Harris has hit all 39 routines she has competed this season and has scored 39.5 or higher in every all-around attempt (nine meets). She enters the week ranked No. 5 in the nation in the all-around โ the only freshman ranked in the Top 10 โ and is No. 7 on beam, No. 10 on vault and No. 12 on bars. Earlier this season, Harris tied a Pac-12 record for consecutive Freshman of the Week honors with five.ย
CONSISTENCY QUEENS ย
Through 10 meets this season, UCLA has hit 238 of 240 routines without a fall. Both of those falls came in one meet, on beam Jan. 29, which means that the Bruins have had 39 of 40 clean rotations this season, scoring 49.0 or higher 38 times. UCLA has scored 49+ in every meet on vault, bars and floor and has not gone under 49 on beam since scoring 48.8 on Jan. 29. The Bruins have scored 49+ in 20 consecutive meets on vault, 19 on floor and 16 on bars.ย
CHILES CONTINUES SUCCESS ย
After spending the summer and fall winning multiple medals in national and international competition, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles has seen continued success in NCAA competition, ranking second nationally in the all-around, first on uneven bars, third on vault and floor exercise and 11th on beam, and winning four Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards. Chiles has been on an absolute tear the last seven meets, averaging 39.800 in the all-around and recording scores of 9.9 or higher on 26 out of 28 routines, 21 of those going 9.95 or higher. She has four 39.8+ scores in the last five weeks, including a career-high 39.900 last week that is the highest in the nation this season and ranks as the No. 2 score in school history. Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year on Feb. 11 with her third career 10 on floor exercise and has scored back-to-back 10s on uneven bars the last two meets to bring her career 10.0 total to six. She has also posted 11 scores of 9.975 this season and a team-high 24 scores of 9.950 or greater. She leads the team with 31 individual event victories and had an all-around and event sweep in the Bruins' last meet. ย ย ย
Chiles competed at her first-ever World Championships in the fall and helped lead the U.S. to the team gold medal with a strong all-around performance before adding two silver medals in the individual event finals, on vault and floor exercise. The Bruin sophomore also won the floor exercise title and finished second on vault at the Paris World Challenge Cup in the summer and was a three-time bronze medalist (all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise) at the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. ย ย
CAMPBELL REACHES PERFECTION ย ย
For the fourth time in her career and first time this season, junior Chae Campbell recorded a perfect score on her Yurchenko full vault. With a start value of 9.95, Campbell scored the maximum 9.95 with a stuck vault in the Bruins' dual meet against Stanford on March 5 to earn her first vault victory of the season. She is averaging a team-best 9.906 on vault this year and has scored 9.9 or higher in seven of nine meets. She ranks No. 10 in the nation, the highest of any gymnast performing a 9.95-start valued vault. ย
PADURARIU CONTINUES TO PAD STATS ย ย
Sophomore Ana Padurariu is having a stellar season and has scored at least one 9.9 in each of her last six meets, including two recent meets with career-high scores of 9.95, on beam at Arizona on Feb. 26 and on bars against Stanford on March 5. Padurariu tied for second place on bars in her last meet on March 11 with a 9.9. The 2018 World silver medalist on beam and 2019 Canadian champion on bars has recorded seven 9.9+ scores on 14 routines and averages 9.881 on bars and 9.829 on beam. Five of her last six uneven bars scores have been 9.9 or higher.
MORE MOORS ย ย
Sophomore Brooklyn Moors added another event to her return from a preseason knee injury, performing exhibitions on floor exercise in the Bruins' last two meets, with a high of 9.875. Moors had performed an exhibition on vault on Feb. 26 at Arizona, scoring 9.600. A regular in UCLA's floor lineup last season, she has a career-high of 9.925 and finished last ย year with five 9.9+ scores in her last six meets. The 2020 Canadian Olympian was a three-time World finalist on floor exercise and the 2021 national floor champion. ย ย ย
CENTURY MARKย
Redshirt senior Margzetta Frazier hit the century mark for consecutive routines without a fall after landing her vault at Washington on Jan. 21 and has since extended her streak to 119 consecutive routines and counting. The three-time All-American has not had a single score dip below 9.500 in her 46 meets. Frazier has career averages of 9.882 on bars, 9.872 on floor, 9.800 on beam and 9.795 on vault. Another Bruin also hit the 100 mark for consecutive hit routines this season. Junior Chae Campbell's 9.925 vault and 9.825 uneven bars against Oregon State on Jan. 29 gave her 99 and 100 straight hits without a fall. Her streak ended there, however, after a fall on beam, just her second fall in 28 meets. She has hit 115 of 117 routines in her career. ย ย ย
FRESHMAN HARRIS COMPETING LIKE A VETERAN ย
Since day one, freshman Selena Harris has been competing like a seasoned veteran, hitting all 39 routines she has competed this season and posting all-around scores of 39.5 or better in all nine meets in which she has done all four events. She ranks in the Top 20 nationally on three events (No. 7 on beam, No. 10 on vault, and No. 12 on bars) and No. 5 in the all-around. Harris has 10 individual victories this season, second-most on the team, and is averaging over 9.9 on bars, beam and floor and 9.880 on vault. She tied a Pac-12 record held by California's Toni-Ann Williams (2015) with five consecutive Freshman of the Week awards and tied another record held by Olympians Williams (2015), MyKayla Skinner of Utah (2017) and Jade Carey of Oregon State (2022) by winning a total of six Freshman of the Week awards in one season. ย
LEE-DOFF STRENGTH ย ย
Sophomore Emily Lee has come up big in the leadoff position this season, recording leadoff 9.9+ scores seven times. On beam, she has five scores of 9.900 or higher, including a career-high 9.950 that gave her her first career event victory and led UCLA to a season-high-tying 49.625, the fifth-highest beam score in school history. Lee has also been successful in the leadoff position on floor, scoring 9.850 on her first-ever floor routine against Oregon State and earning leadoff 9.900s in three of her last five meets. Leading off on vault at Arizona on Feb. 26, she scored a career-high 9.875, helping the Bruins tie their then-season-high score of 49.400. Lee made her all-around debut last week and scored 39.500 to place third in the Iowa State meet. This season marks the first time Lee has competed since 2021, as she missed all of 2022 recovering from a ruptured Achilles at the Olympic Trials.
MALABUYO GIVES BRUINS BOOST ย ย
Sophomore Emma Malabuyo has been on fire on floor exercise this season, averaging 9.895 while mostly competing in the two-spot, and scoring 9.9 or higher in her last five meets. She posted a career-high-tying 9.950 on Mar. 5 to place second in the meet against Stanford. She has totaled three Top 3 finishes on floor as well as beam this year. UCLA's beam anchor, Malabuyo has five scores of 9.9 or higher on the event, with a season-best of 9.95 at Utah. Malabuyo also stepped in on vault twice this season, providing scores of 9.825 and 9.800.
CAMPBELL CONSISTENCY ย
Four-time All-American Chae Campbell has scored 9.900 or higher on floor exercise in all eight meets she has competed this year, averaging 9.938, and she ranks No. 9 in the nation on the event. She has scored 9.900 or higher in 13 of her last 14 floor routines, including two perfect 10s. Campbell also ranks 10th nationally on vault and averages 9.906. She has 21 9.9+ vaults in her career, including four perfect 9.95s. On floor, her career average is 9.916, and she has posted 23 total scores of 9.9 or higher. Campbell made history this season by becoming the first gymnast in Pac-12 history to win at least one of the conference's four weekly awards. After being named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the first time, she completed her set. She also won one Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award in 2022, three Freshman of the Week honors in 2021 and one Coaches Choice award in 2023.
SUPER STARTย
First-year head coach Janelle McDonald is off to a super start in her coaching career, with the Bruins up to No. 4 in the overall rankings and sitting in the Top 6 in each of the first 10 weeks of competition. The Bruins are ranked in the Top 10 on all four events, including No. 1 on floor exercise. UCLA's season-high of 198.275 set last weekend ranks as the sixth-best score in program history, and their 197.975 at California on Feb. 18 ranks as their highest away score since the 2019 season. Additionally, UCLA's season-opening total of 197.725 at the Super 16 was the highest by a UCLA team in a season opener since the 2005 team scored 197.300 in a dual meet at Utah. It was also just the fourth time in school history that a UCLA team has scored 197 in the first meet of the year. The Bruins have scored 197+ in all but one meet this season, just missing by one-tenth on Jan. 21. ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA TO HOST NCAA REGIONALS ย
For the first time in 13 years, UCLA will host the NCAA Regionals in Pauley Pavilion. The three-day, nine-team competition will begin on March 29 with a first round dual meet between the two lowest-seeded teams. The winner will advance to the second round, which will take place on March 30 with two quad meets. The top two teams from each of the two quad meets will meet in the regional final on April 1, with the top two finishers advancing to the NCAA Championships. Tickets for the NCAA Regionals are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets. The complete field for the Regional will be announced on March 20.ย
UCLA had been scheduled to host the Regionals in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the pandemic. ย
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Date: Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023ย
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), Amanda Borden (analyst)
Event Streams: pac-12.com
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA COMPETES FOR 20TH PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPย
No. 4 UCLA (8-4-2) is the No. 1 seed at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, which will take place on Saturday, Mar. 18 in West Valley City, Utah. The 19-time Pac-12 champion Bruins will compete in the evening session at 6pm MT, along with No. 2 seed Utah, No. 3 seed California and No. 4 seed Oregon State. Competing in the afternoon session at 1pm MT are No. 5 seed Arizona State, No. 6 seed Stanford, No. 7 seed Washington and No. 8 seed Arizona. 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 Amanda Borden on the call. The Championships will be conducted shotgun style, with all four events going at the same time. Live streams of each individual apparatus will be available to authenticated subscribers on Pac-12.com and on the Pac-12 Now app. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will have Olympic order and will begin the meet on vault. After vault, the Bruins will move to uneven bars, balance beam and then conclude on floor exercise. No. 2 seed Utah will start on uneven bars. No. 4 seed Oregon State will begin on balance beam, and No. 3 seed California will start on floor exercise. ย In Session 1, No. 5 seed Arizona State starts on vault, No. 6 Stanford on uneven bars, No. 7 Washington on balance beam and No. 8 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 33 years. Oregon State (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2013), Stanford (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008) and Utah (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022) are the only other teams to win Pac-12 titles.ย
UCLA has dominated individually at the Pac-12 Championships, winning a conference-best 104 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 24 titles on uneven bars, 22 on floor exercise, 20 on balance beam and 18 on vault. ย
A LOOK BACK AT 2022 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ย
Fifth-seeded UCLA finished in first place after Session 1 and fourth place overall at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships, scoring 196.950. Norah Flatley led four UCLA all-arounders with a fifth-place finish and 39.450 score. She led the field on balance beam after Session 1 with a 9.925 and finished fifth overall. Emma Malabuyo led on floor exercise after Session 1 and earned third place overall with a 9.925. Chae Campbell was UCLA's other Top 3 finisher, tying for second on vault with a 9.900. Utah won its second consecutive team title out of Session 2, scoring 198.000.ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA moved up to No. 4 in the national rankings after spending three consecutive weeks ranked No. 5. The Bruins are ranked in the Top 10 on all four events, ranking No. 1 on floor exercise, No. 5 on balance beam, No. 6 on uneven bars and No. 9 on vault. Jordan Chiles ranks in the Top 12 on all four events and the all-around, ranking first on bars, second in the all-around, third on vault, fourth on floor and 11th on beam. Selena Harris is fifth in the all-around and Top 12 on vault (10th), bars (12th) and beam (seventh). Chae Campbell ranks No. 9 on floor and No. 10 on vault.ย
LAST TIME OUTย
No. 5 UCLA joined the 198 club for the first time in 2023, posting a season-best 198.175 in a comfortable 198.175-196.825 win over Stanford. Jordan Chiles scored a perfect 10 on bars and recorded a career-high of 39.875 in the all-around. Led by Chae Campbell's perfect 9.95 vault, the Bruins took a slight lead over Stanford after the first rotation, 49.350-49.300. UCLA pulled away in the next rotation, however, with a 49.725 on uneven bars, the third-highest bars score in school history. Chiles' perfect 10 was the last of five consecutive scores of 9.9 or higher in the rotation. After scoring 49.425 on beam, the Bruins had five scores of 9.9 or higher and tied their season-best on floor with a 49.675. ย ย ย
CHILES WINS FIFTH PAC-12 GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD ย
Jordan Chiles won her second consecutive and fifth Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor of the season after posting the highest all-around score in the nation this season. Her 39.900 also ranks as the fifth-highest score of all-time and the second-highest by a Bruin. Additionally, the 2020 Olympic and 2022 World medalist recorded her second consecutive perfect 10 on uneven bars. Chiles won every event, tying for first on vault (9.975) and beam (9.950) and winning bars (10.0) and floor (9.975). She has scored 9.9 or higher on 26 out of her last 28 routines and 9.95 or higher on 21 of those 28 and now ranks No. 2 in the nation in the all-around, No. 1 on bars, No. 3 on vault, No. 4 on floor and No. 11 on beam. ย
HARRIS TIES PAC-12 RECORD WITH SIXTH FRESHMAN HONORย
Selena Harris captured her record-tying sixth Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week award after recording career-highs on vault (9.975), beam (9.950), floor (9.925) and all-around (39.75) in the regular season finale. She placed first or second on every event, tying for first on vault and beam and placing second in the all-around and tying for second on bars and floor. Harris has hit all 39 routines she has competed this season and has scored 39.5 or higher in every all-around attempt (nine meets). She enters the week ranked No. 5 in the nation in the all-around โ the only freshman ranked in the Top 10 โ and is No. 7 on beam, No. 10 on vault and No. 12 on bars. Earlier this season, Harris tied a Pac-12 record for consecutive Freshman of the Week honors with five.ย
CONSISTENCY QUEENS ย
Through 10 meets this season, UCLA has hit 238 of 240 routines without a fall. Both of those falls came in one meet, on beam Jan. 29, which means that the Bruins have had 39 of 40 clean rotations this season, scoring 49.0 or higher 38 times. UCLA has scored 49+ in every meet on vault, bars and floor and has not gone under 49 on beam since scoring 48.8 on Jan. 29. The Bruins have scored 49+ in 20 consecutive meets on vault, 19 on floor and 16 on bars.ย
CHILES CONTINUES SUCCESS ย
After spending the summer and fall winning multiple medals in national and international competition, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles has seen continued success in NCAA competition, ranking second nationally in the all-around, first on uneven bars, third on vault and floor exercise and 11th on beam, and winning four Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards. Chiles has been on an absolute tear the last seven meets, averaging 39.800 in the all-around and recording scores of 9.9 or higher on 26 out of 28 routines, 21 of those going 9.95 or higher. She has four 39.8+ scores in the last five weeks, including a career-high 39.900 last week that is the highest in the nation this season and ranks as the No. 2 score in school history. Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year on Feb. 11 with her third career 10 on floor exercise and has scored back-to-back 10s on uneven bars the last two meets to bring her career 10.0 total to six. She has also posted 11 scores of 9.975 this season and a team-high 24 scores of 9.950 or greater. She leads the team with 31 individual event victories and had an all-around and event sweep in the Bruins' last meet. ย ย ย
Chiles competed at her first-ever World Championships in the fall and helped lead the U.S. to the team gold medal with a strong all-around performance before adding two silver medals in the individual event finals, on vault and floor exercise. The Bruin sophomore also won the floor exercise title and finished second on vault at the Paris World Challenge Cup in the summer and was a three-time bronze medalist (all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise) at the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. ย ย
CAMPBELL REACHES PERFECTION ย ย
For the fourth time in her career and first time this season, junior Chae Campbell recorded a perfect score on her Yurchenko full vault. With a start value of 9.95, Campbell scored the maximum 9.95 with a stuck vault in the Bruins' dual meet against Stanford on March 5 to earn her first vault victory of the season. She is averaging a team-best 9.906 on vault this year and has scored 9.9 or higher in seven of nine meets. She ranks No. 10 in the nation, the highest of any gymnast performing a 9.95-start valued vault. ย
PADURARIU CONTINUES TO PAD STATS ย ย
Sophomore Ana Padurariu is having a stellar season and has scored at least one 9.9 in each of her last six meets, including two recent meets with career-high scores of 9.95, on beam at Arizona on Feb. 26 and on bars against Stanford on March 5. Padurariu tied for second place on bars in her last meet on March 11 with a 9.9. The 2018 World silver medalist on beam and 2019 Canadian champion on bars has recorded seven 9.9+ scores on 14 routines and averages 9.881 on bars and 9.829 on beam. Five of her last six uneven bars scores have been 9.9 or higher.
MORE MOORS ย ย
Sophomore Brooklyn Moors added another event to her return from a preseason knee injury, performing exhibitions on floor exercise in the Bruins' last two meets, with a high of 9.875. Moors had performed an exhibition on vault on Feb. 26 at Arizona, scoring 9.600. A regular in UCLA's floor lineup last season, she has a career-high of 9.925 and finished last ย year with five 9.9+ scores in her last six meets. The 2020 Canadian Olympian was a three-time World finalist on floor exercise and the 2021 national floor champion. ย ย ย
CENTURY MARKย
Redshirt senior Margzetta Frazier hit the century mark for consecutive routines without a fall after landing her vault at Washington on Jan. 21 and has since extended her streak to 119 consecutive routines and counting. The three-time All-American has not had a single score dip below 9.500 in her 46 meets. Frazier has career averages of 9.882 on bars, 9.872 on floor, 9.800 on beam and 9.795 on vault. Another Bruin also hit the 100 mark for consecutive hit routines this season. Junior Chae Campbell's 9.925 vault and 9.825 uneven bars against Oregon State on Jan. 29 gave her 99 and 100 straight hits without a fall. Her streak ended there, however, after a fall on beam, just her second fall in 28 meets. She has hit 115 of 117 routines in her career. ย ย ย
FRESHMAN HARRIS COMPETING LIKE A VETERAN ย
Since day one, freshman Selena Harris has been competing like a seasoned veteran, hitting all 39 routines she has competed this season and posting all-around scores of 39.5 or better in all nine meets in which she has done all four events. She ranks in the Top 20 nationally on three events (No. 7 on beam, No. 10 on vault, and No. 12 on bars) and No. 5 in the all-around. Harris has 10 individual victories this season, second-most on the team, and is averaging over 9.9 on bars, beam and floor and 9.880 on vault. She tied a Pac-12 record held by California's Toni-Ann Williams (2015) with five consecutive Freshman of the Week awards and tied another record held by Olympians Williams (2015), MyKayla Skinner of Utah (2017) and Jade Carey of Oregon State (2022) by winning a total of six Freshman of the Week awards in one season. ย
LEE-DOFF STRENGTH ย ย
Sophomore Emily Lee has come up big in the leadoff position this season, recording leadoff 9.9+ scores seven times. On beam, she has five scores of 9.900 or higher, including a career-high 9.950 that gave her her first career event victory and led UCLA to a season-high-tying 49.625, the fifth-highest beam score in school history. Lee has also been successful in the leadoff position on floor, scoring 9.850 on her first-ever floor routine against Oregon State and earning leadoff 9.900s in three of her last five meets. Leading off on vault at Arizona on Feb. 26, she scored a career-high 9.875, helping the Bruins tie their then-season-high score of 49.400. Lee made her all-around debut last week and scored 39.500 to place third in the Iowa State meet. This season marks the first time Lee has competed since 2021, as she missed all of 2022 recovering from a ruptured Achilles at the Olympic Trials.
MALABUYO GIVES BRUINS BOOST ย ย
Sophomore Emma Malabuyo has been on fire on floor exercise this season, averaging 9.895 while mostly competing in the two-spot, and scoring 9.9 or higher in her last five meets. She posted a career-high-tying 9.950 on Mar. 5 to place second in the meet against Stanford. She has totaled three Top 3 finishes on floor as well as beam this year. UCLA's beam anchor, Malabuyo has five scores of 9.9 or higher on the event, with a season-best of 9.95 at Utah. Malabuyo also stepped in on vault twice this season, providing scores of 9.825 and 9.800.
CAMPBELL CONSISTENCY ย
Four-time All-American Chae Campbell has scored 9.900 or higher on floor exercise in all eight meets she has competed this year, averaging 9.938, and she ranks No. 9 in the nation on the event. She has scored 9.900 or higher in 13 of her last 14 floor routines, including two perfect 10s. Campbell also ranks 10th nationally on vault and averages 9.906. She has 21 9.9+ vaults in her career, including four perfect 9.95s. On floor, her career average is 9.916, and she has posted 23 total scores of 9.9 or higher. Campbell made history this season by becoming the first gymnast in Pac-12 history to win at least one of the conference's four weekly awards. After being named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the first time, she completed her set. She also won one Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award in 2022, three Freshman of the Week honors in 2021 and one Coaches Choice award in 2023.
SUPER STARTย
First-year head coach Janelle McDonald is off to a super start in her coaching career, with the Bruins up to No. 4 in the overall rankings and sitting in the Top 6 in each of the first 10 weeks of competition. The Bruins are ranked in the Top 10 on all four events, including No. 1 on floor exercise. UCLA's season-high of 198.275 set last weekend ranks as the sixth-best score in program history, and their 197.975 at California on Feb. 18 ranks as their highest away score since the 2019 season. Additionally, UCLA's season-opening total of 197.725 at the Super 16 was the highest by a UCLA team in a season opener since the 2005 team scored 197.300 in a dual meet at Utah. It was also just the fourth time in school history that a UCLA team has scored 197 in the first meet of the year. The Bruins have scored 197+ in all but one meet this season, just missing by one-tenth on Jan. 21. ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA TO HOST NCAA REGIONALS ย
For the first time in 13 years, UCLA will host the NCAA Regionals in Pauley Pavilion. The three-day, nine-team competition will begin on March 29 with a first round dual meet between the two lowest-seeded teams. The winner will advance to the second round, which will take place on March 30 with two quad meets. The top two teams from each of the two quad meets will meet in the regional final on April 1, with the top two finishers advancing to the NCAA Championships. Tickets for the NCAA Regionals are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets. The complete field for the Regional will be announced on March 20.ย
UCLA had been scheduled to host the Regionals in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the pandemic. ย
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Gymnastics - Inside Gymnastics Cover Presentation
Thursday, October 02
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