Thursday, March 30
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
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Second Round (UCLA, Missouri, Stanford, Boise State)
Emily Lee
Photo by: Ric Tapia
No. 4 UCLA Hosts NCAA Los Angeles Regional
March 26, 2023 | Gymnastics
No. 4 UCLA at NCAA Los Angeles Regionalย
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Schedule:ย
ย ย ย ย First Round: BYU vs. Boise State, 3/29, ย 2pm PT
ย ย ย ย Second Round Session 1: 3/30, 2pm PT
ย ย ย ย Second Round Session 2: 3/30, 7pm PT
ย ย ย ย Regional Final: 4/1, 5pm PTย
Broadcast: ESPN+
TV Talent: Brian Webber/JaNay Honest (First Round); Bart Conner/Kathy Johnson Clarke (Second Round, Final)
Live Stats: uclabruins.com
UCLA HOSTS LOS ANGELES REGIONAL WITH NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP BERTHS ON LINEย
UCLA (15-5-2) is the No. 4 national seed and the No. 1 seed at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional and will compete for one of two available berths in the NCAA Championships, which will be held in Fort Worth, Texas Apr. 13-15. The NCAA Regional meet will take place in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom from March 29-April 1, beginning with a first-round play-in dual meet between BYU and Boise State on Wednesday, March 29 at 2pm PT. The winner of that dual will advance to the second round on Thursday, March 30. Session 1 of the second round will see Utah, Auburn, Southern Utah and Washington battle at 2pm. UCLA, Missouri, Stanford and the winner of BYU/Boise State will match up at 7pm in Session 2. The top two teams from each semifinal will advance to the regional final on Saturday, Apr. 1 at 5pm. The top two finishers in the final will advance to the NCAA Championships, along with the top individual all-arounder and event finishers not on a qualifying team. ย
FOLLOW LIVEย
All sessions of the NCAA Regional will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Brian Webber and JaNay Honest will call the first round, and Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke will call the second rounds and final. The first round will be contested as a dual meet. The second round and final meets will be conducted ย shotgun style, with all four events going at the same time. Live scoring links can be found at uclabruins.com. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
In the second round, UCLA will begin competition on balance beam, then move to floor exercise, then vault and will end on uneven bars. The first round winner of BYU/Boise State will have Olympic order and will begin the meet on vault. Stanford will start on uneven bars, and Missouri will begin on floor exercise. In Session 1, Washington starts on vault, Southern Utah on uneven bars, Utah on balance beam and Auburn on floor exercise.ย
OLYMPIC-SIZED REGIONAL ย
A total of eight Olympians will be at the Los Angeles Regional, including 2020 U.S. silver team medalists Jordan Chiles (UCLA), Sunisa Lee (Auburn) and Grace McCallum (Utah). UCLA has three 2020 Olympians in its sophomore class - Chiles, U.S. alternate Emma Malabuyo and Canadian Brooklyn Moors. Utah has three 2020 Olympians as well in McCallum, Great Britain bronze medalist Amelie Morgan and U.S. alternate Kara Eaker. Auburn's Lee is the most decorated of the group, as the Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. Stanford's Isabela Onyshko represented Canada in the 2016 Olympics.
UCLA ALUMNAE RETURN ย
Two former UCLA All-American gymnasts return to their stomping grounds this week for the NCAA Los Angeles Regional. Hallie Mossett, who was an All-American on floor exercise in 2017, returns for the second time this season as an assistant coach for Stanford. Olivia Courtney, who earned nine All-America honors from 2011-14, comes back as a first-year assistant coach for three individual competitors from Long Island University, along with head coach Randy Lane, who had multiple stints as an assistant coach for the Bruins.ย
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
The Bruins have won 24 NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019. At last season's regional final at NC State, the Bruins finished third behind Michigan and Missouri, missing out on a Championship berth by the smallest possible margin, .025. Two individuals qualified for the NCAA Championships - Jordan Chiles on uneven bars and floor exercise and Norah Flatley in the all-around. This is the first time since 2010 that UCLA has hosted a Regional and the first time since 2016 that UCLA has even competed at a Regional less than two time zones away (at Utah).ย
BRUINS EARN 10 ALL-AMERICA, 12 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Chae Campbell, Jordan Chiles and Selena Harris combined to earn 10 regular season All-America and 12 All-Pac-12 honors. On the All-America front, Campbell was a second-team honoree on vault and floor. Chiles earned first-team honors in the all-around, vault, bars and floor. Harris was a first-team selection in the all-around and a second-team honoree on vault, bars and beam. Chiles and Harris earned All-Pac-12 honors on all four events and the all-around, becoming the first pair of teammates ever to earn the maximum five All-Pac-12 awards in the same season. Campbell was a first-team All-Pac-12 honoree on vault and floor.
HARRIS NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF YEAR
Selena Harris was voted the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, becoming the 10th Bruin to earn the honor. Harris has been not only the top freshman in the conference but one of the top gymnasts in the nation, ranking in the Top 7 in the all-around every week of the season, including two weeks at No. 3. She finished the regular season ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 3 in the Pac-12 behind only a pair of Olympians. She earned Top 3 finishes in the all-around and on uneven bars and balance beam at last weekend's Pac-12 Championships. The Las Vegas native has competed 43 out of 44 possible routines this season and hit every single routine, averaging over 9.9 on bars, beam and floor and just a hair under 9.9 at 9.873 on vault. Her season average in the all-around is 39.648, and she has scored 39.500 or higher in all 10 all-around attempts. She has totaled 33 scores of 9.9 or higher and 11 scores of 9.95 or higher, including a 9.975 on vault and one on bars. Harris has 10 individual victories this season - four on beam and two each in the all-around, vault and bars. She was named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week a Pac-12 record-tying six times this season and tied the conference record by winning the award in five consecutive weeks.
LAST TIME OUT ย
UCLA fought back from an early deficit, jumping from fourth to second place at the Pac-12 Championships, just .075 behind first-place Utah. The Bruins climbed the standings after each rotation but came up just shy in the final round despite a 49.600 on floor. Jordan Chiles won two events, taking first place on uneven bars with a 9.975 and tying for first with fellow Olympian Jade Carey on floor exercise with a 9.975. Freshman Selena Harris finished third in the all-around with a score of 39.625, and placed second on bars and third on beam with scores of 9.950. UCLA started slow on vault, scoring 49.175 in the first rotation to fall behind early but rebounded in the next rotation to score a meet-high 49.575 on bars to move into a tie for third. A 49.5 on beam in rotation three pushed UCLA into second, but the Bruins' 49.6 on floor wasn't enough to catch up to Utah, who earned 49.425 on vault to solidify the win.
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA finished the regular season ranked No. 4 in the national rankings for the second consecutive week. The Bruins finished Top 5 on three events - No. 1 on floor exercise and No. 5 on uneven bars and balance beam - and No. 11 on vault. Jordan Chiles ranked No. 2 in the all-around with a school record 39.810 NQS, No. 1 on uneven bars, No. 3 on vault, No. 4 on floor and No. 18 on beam. Selena Harris is No. 6 in the all-around, No. 9 on beam, No. 12 on bars, No. 14 on vault and No. 25 on floor. Chae Campbell ranks No. 12 on floor and No. 14 on vault.ย
PAC-12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS ย
UCLA won its first regular season Pac-12 title since the conference began awarding them in 2020, finishing in a four-way tie for first place with Utah, California and Oregon State. The Bruins, Bears and Beavers finished with conference records of 4-1-2, while Utah was 5-2-0. This was the second consecutive year the regular season finished in a four-way tie; Utah, California, Oregon State and Arizona State were the first-place finishers in 2022.
CONSISTENCY QUEENS ย
Through 11 meets this season, UCLA has hit 261 of 264 routines without a fall. Two of those falls came in one meet, on beam Jan. 29, which means that the Bruins have had 42 of 44 clean rotations this season, scoring 49.0 or higher 42 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 21 consecutive meets on vault, 20 on floor and 17 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, fourth on floor exercise and 11th on beam, while earning four first-team regular season All-America honors. Chiles has competed in the all-around in every meet for UCLA this season, scoring 39+ in all 11 contests and averaging 39.668. Her all-around score of 39.900 vs. Iowa State on March 11 is the highest score in the nation this season and the No. 5 mark of all-time. She finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the all-around with a NQS of 39.810, the highest ever by a UCLA gymnast. Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year on Feb. 11 on floor exercise and scored back-to-back 10s on uneven bars Mar. 5 and 11 to bring her career 10.0 total to six. She has also posted 13 scores of 9.975 this season and a team-high 26 scores of 9.950 or greater. She leads the team with 33 individual event victories.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.
CAMPBELL CONSISTENCY ย
Junior Chae Campbell has scored 9.900 or higher on floor exercise in all nine meets she has competed this year, averaging 9.933, and in 14 of her last 15 floor routines, including two perfect 10s. She finished the regular season ranked No. 12 nationally on floor and earned first-team All-Pac-12 and second-team All-America honors. Campbell also ranks 14th nationally on vault and averages a team-best 9.905. She has scored 9.9 or higher on vault 22 times in her career, including four perfect 9.95s, most recently on March 5 to pick up her first event victory of the season. On floor, her career average is 9.915, and she has posted 24 total scores of 9.9 or higher. Campbell has hit 118 of 120 routines in her career and held a streak of 100 in a row from Jan. 23, 2021-Jan. 29, 2023.
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.ย
LEE-DOFF STRENGTH ย ย
Sophomore Emily Lee has come up big in the leadoff position this season, recording leadoff 9.9+ scores eight times. On beam, she has six 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 six 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 on March 11 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. ย ย 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 seven 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 dual meet on March 11 with a 9.9. The 2018 World silver medalist on beam and 2019 Canadian champion on bars has recorded eight 9.9+ scores on 16 routines and averages 9.883 on bars and 9.832 on beam. Six of her last seven uneven bars scores have been 9.9 or higher, including her last four consecutive.
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 six meets. She posted a career-high-tying 9.950 on March 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 six scores of 9.9 or higher on the event, with a season-best of 9.95 at Utah. She provided a pair of 9.9+ routines at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor. Malabuyo also stepped in on vault three times this season, with a high of 9.825. ย ย ย
MARGZETTA HITS 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 122 consecutive routines and counting. The three-time All-American has not had a single score dip below 9.500 in her 47 meets, and she has scored 9.9 or better on floor exercise in each of her last seven meets. Frazier has career averages of 9.882 on bars, 9.873 on floor, 9.800 on beam and 9.794 on vault. Another Bruin also hit the 100 mark for consecutive hit routines this season. ย
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 home 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
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 during every week of competition this season. The Bruins have scored 197+ in all but one meet this season, just missing the 197 mark by one-tenth on Jan. 21. They have also scored 197.8 or higher in six consecutive meets, including two meets at 198+. UCLA's season-high of 198.275 set March 11 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. ย
FLOORED BY TOP-RANKED FLOOR SQUAD ย
The Bruins spent the last five weeks of the the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor exercise, ending the season in the top spot for the first time since the Bruins' three-year run at No. 1 from 2018-20. The floor squad has two All-Americans in Chiles and Campbell and three first-team All-Pac-12 honorees in Chiles, Campbell and Harris and produced a season-high score of 49.675 and a national-best season average of 49.564. UCLA's NQS of 49.630 was its highest since the 2019 Bruins recorded a NCAA record floor NQS of 49.720. The Bruins' Pac-12 lineup of Emily Lee, Emma Malabuyo, Harris, Margzetta Frazier, Campbell and Chiles recorded a meet-high 49.600, with every score going 9.875 or higher, including a 9.975 from Chiles to win a share of the title. All six Bruins have scored 9.9 or higher this season, and all average 9.84 or better, with Chiles leading the way at 9.952. Campbell and Harris also average over 9.9, at 9.933 and 9.913, respectively. Malabuyo is approaching a 9.9 average at 9.895. Frazier holds a 9.860 average, and Lee is at 9.844 in the leadoff spot.
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Schedule:ย
ย ย ย ย First Round: BYU vs. Boise State, 3/29, ย 2pm PT
ย ย ย ย Second Round Session 1: 3/30, 2pm PT
ย ย ย ย Second Round Session 2: 3/30, 7pm PT
ย ย ย ย Regional Final: 4/1, 5pm PTย
Broadcast: ESPN+
TV Talent: Brian Webber/JaNay Honest (First Round); Bart Conner/Kathy Johnson Clarke (Second Round, Final)
Live Stats: uclabruins.com
UCLA HOSTS LOS ANGELES REGIONAL WITH NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP BERTHS ON LINEย
UCLA (15-5-2) is the No. 4 national seed and the No. 1 seed at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional and will compete for one of two available berths in the NCAA Championships, which will be held in Fort Worth, Texas Apr. 13-15. The NCAA Regional meet will take place in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom from March 29-April 1, beginning with a first-round play-in dual meet between BYU and Boise State on Wednesday, March 29 at 2pm PT. The winner of that dual will advance to the second round on Thursday, March 30. Session 1 of the second round will see Utah, Auburn, Southern Utah and Washington battle at 2pm. UCLA, Missouri, Stanford and the winner of BYU/Boise State will match up at 7pm in Session 2. The top two teams from each semifinal will advance to the regional final on Saturday, Apr. 1 at 5pm. The top two finishers in the final will advance to the NCAA Championships, along with the top individual all-arounder and event finishers not on a qualifying team. ย
FOLLOW LIVEย
All sessions of the NCAA Regional will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Brian Webber and JaNay Honest will call the first round, and Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke will call the second rounds and final. The first round will be contested as a dual meet. The second round and final meets will be conducted ย shotgun style, with all four events going at the same time. Live scoring links can be found at uclabruins.com. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
In the second round, UCLA will begin competition on balance beam, then move to floor exercise, then vault and will end on uneven bars. The first round winner of BYU/Boise State will have Olympic order and will begin the meet on vault. Stanford will start on uneven bars, and Missouri will begin on floor exercise. In Session 1, Washington starts on vault, Southern Utah on uneven bars, Utah on balance beam and Auburn on floor exercise.ย
OLYMPIC-SIZED REGIONAL ย
A total of eight Olympians will be at the Los Angeles Regional, including 2020 U.S. silver team medalists Jordan Chiles (UCLA), Sunisa Lee (Auburn) and Grace McCallum (Utah). UCLA has three 2020 Olympians in its sophomore class - Chiles, U.S. alternate Emma Malabuyo and Canadian Brooklyn Moors. Utah has three 2020 Olympians as well in McCallum, Great Britain bronze medalist Amelie Morgan and U.S. alternate Kara Eaker. Auburn's Lee is the most decorated of the group, as the Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. Stanford's Isabela Onyshko represented Canada in the 2016 Olympics.
UCLA ALUMNAE RETURN ย
Two former UCLA All-American gymnasts return to their stomping grounds this week for the NCAA Los Angeles Regional. Hallie Mossett, who was an All-American on floor exercise in 2017, returns for the second time this season as an assistant coach for Stanford. Olivia Courtney, who earned nine All-America honors from 2011-14, comes back as a first-year assistant coach for three individual competitors from Long Island University, along with head coach Randy Lane, who had multiple stints as an assistant coach for the Bruins.ย
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
The Bruins have won 24 NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019. At last season's regional final at NC State, the Bruins finished third behind Michigan and Missouri, missing out on a Championship berth by the smallest possible margin, .025. Two individuals qualified for the NCAA Championships - Jordan Chiles on uneven bars and floor exercise and Norah Flatley in the all-around. This is the first time since 2010 that UCLA has hosted a Regional and the first time since 2016 that UCLA has even competed at a Regional less than two time zones away (at Utah).ย
BRUINS EARN 10 ALL-AMERICA, 12 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Chae Campbell, Jordan Chiles and Selena Harris combined to earn 10 regular season All-America and 12 All-Pac-12 honors. On the All-America front, Campbell was a second-team honoree on vault and floor. Chiles earned first-team honors in the all-around, vault, bars and floor. Harris was a first-team selection in the all-around and a second-team honoree on vault, bars and beam. Chiles and Harris earned All-Pac-12 honors on all four events and the all-around, becoming the first pair of teammates ever to earn the maximum five All-Pac-12 awards in the same season. Campbell was a first-team All-Pac-12 honoree on vault and floor.
HARRIS NAMED PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF YEAR
Selena Harris was voted the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, becoming the 10th Bruin to earn the honor. Harris has been not only the top freshman in the conference but one of the top gymnasts in the nation, ranking in the Top 7 in the all-around every week of the season, including two weeks at No. 3. She finished the regular season ranked No. 6 nationally and No. 3 in the Pac-12 behind only a pair of Olympians. She earned Top 3 finishes in the all-around and on uneven bars and balance beam at last weekend's Pac-12 Championships. The Las Vegas native has competed 43 out of 44 possible routines this season and hit every single routine, averaging over 9.9 on bars, beam and floor and just a hair under 9.9 at 9.873 on vault. Her season average in the all-around is 39.648, and she has scored 39.500 or higher in all 10 all-around attempts. She has totaled 33 scores of 9.9 or higher and 11 scores of 9.95 or higher, including a 9.975 on vault and one on bars. Harris has 10 individual victories this season - four on beam and two each in the all-around, vault and bars. She was named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week a Pac-12 record-tying six times this season and tied the conference record by winning the award in five consecutive weeks.
LAST TIME OUT ย
UCLA fought back from an early deficit, jumping from fourth to second place at the Pac-12 Championships, just .075 behind first-place Utah. The Bruins climbed the standings after each rotation but came up just shy in the final round despite a 49.600 on floor. Jordan Chiles won two events, taking first place on uneven bars with a 9.975 and tying for first with fellow Olympian Jade Carey on floor exercise with a 9.975. Freshman Selena Harris finished third in the all-around with a score of 39.625, and placed second on bars and third on beam with scores of 9.950. UCLA started slow on vault, scoring 49.175 in the first rotation to fall behind early but rebounded in the next rotation to score a meet-high 49.575 on bars to move into a tie for third. A 49.5 on beam in rotation three pushed UCLA into second, but the Bruins' 49.6 on floor wasn't enough to catch up to Utah, who earned 49.425 on vault to solidify the win.
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA finished the regular season ranked No. 4 in the national rankings for the second consecutive week. The Bruins finished Top 5 on three events - No. 1 on floor exercise and No. 5 on uneven bars and balance beam - and No. 11 on vault. Jordan Chiles ranked No. 2 in the all-around with a school record 39.810 NQS, No. 1 on uneven bars, No. 3 on vault, No. 4 on floor and No. 18 on beam. Selena Harris is No. 6 in the all-around, No. 9 on beam, No. 12 on bars, No. 14 on vault and No. 25 on floor. Chae Campbell ranks No. 12 on floor and No. 14 on vault.ย
PAC-12 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS ย
UCLA won its first regular season Pac-12 title since the conference began awarding them in 2020, finishing in a four-way tie for first place with Utah, California and Oregon State. The Bruins, Bears and Beavers finished with conference records of 4-1-2, while Utah was 5-2-0. This was the second consecutive year the regular season finished in a four-way tie; Utah, California, Oregon State and Arizona State were the first-place finishers in 2022.
CONSISTENCY QUEENS ย
Through 11 meets this season, UCLA has hit 261 of 264 routines without a fall. Two of those falls came in one meet, on beam Jan. 29, which means that the Bruins have had 42 of 44 clean rotations this season, scoring 49.0 or higher 42 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 21 consecutive meets on vault, 20 on floor and 17 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, fourth on floor exercise and 11th on beam, while earning four first-team regular season All-America honors. Chiles has competed in the all-around in every meet for UCLA this season, scoring 39+ in all 11 contests and averaging 39.668. Her all-around score of 39.900 vs. Iowa State on March 11 is the highest score in the nation this season and the No. 5 mark of all-time. She finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the all-around with a NQS of 39.810, the highest ever by a UCLA gymnast. Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year on Feb. 11 on floor exercise and scored back-to-back 10s on uneven bars Mar. 5 and 11 to bring her career 10.0 total to six. She has also posted 13 scores of 9.975 this season and a team-high 26 scores of 9.950 or greater. She leads the team with 33 individual event victories.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.
CAMPBELL CONSISTENCY ย
Junior Chae Campbell has scored 9.900 or higher on floor exercise in all nine meets she has competed this year, averaging 9.933, and in 14 of her last 15 floor routines, including two perfect 10s. She finished the regular season ranked No. 12 nationally on floor and earned first-team All-Pac-12 and second-team All-America honors. Campbell also ranks 14th nationally on vault and averages a team-best 9.905. She has scored 9.9 or higher on vault 22 times in her career, including four perfect 9.95s, most recently on March 5 to pick up her first event victory of the season. On floor, her career average is 9.915, and she has posted 24 total scores of 9.9 or higher. Campbell has hit 118 of 120 routines in her career and held a streak of 100 in a row from Jan. 23, 2021-Jan. 29, 2023.
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.ย
LEE-DOFF STRENGTH ย ย
Sophomore Emily Lee has come up big in the leadoff position this season, recording leadoff 9.9+ scores eight times. On beam, she has six 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 six 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 on March 11 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. ย ย 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 seven 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 dual meet on March 11 with a 9.9. The 2018 World silver medalist on beam and 2019 Canadian champion on bars has recorded eight 9.9+ scores on 16 routines and averages 9.883 on bars and 9.832 on beam. Six of her last seven uneven bars scores have been 9.9 or higher, including her last four consecutive.
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 six meets. She posted a career-high-tying 9.950 on March 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 six scores of 9.9 or higher on the event, with a season-best of 9.95 at Utah. She provided a pair of 9.9+ routines at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring 9.925 on beam and 9.900 on floor. Malabuyo also stepped in on vault three times this season, with a high of 9.825. ย ย ย
MARGZETTA HITS 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 122 consecutive routines and counting. The three-time All-American has not had a single score dip below 9.500 in her 47 meets, and she has scored 9.9 or better on floor exercise in each of her last seven meets. Frazier has career averages of 9.882 on bars, 9.873 on floor, 9.800 on beam and 9.794 on vault. Another Bruin also hit the 100 mark for consecutive hit routines this season. ย
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 home 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
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 during every week of competition this season. The Bruins have scored 197+ in all but one meet this season, just missing the 197 mark by one-tenth on Jan. 21. They have also scored 197.8 or higher in six consecutive meets, including two meets at 198+. UCLA's season-high of 198.275 set March 11 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. ย
FLOORED BY TOP-RANKED FLOOR SQUAD ย
The Bruins spent the last five weeks of the the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor exercise, ending the season in the top spot for the first time since the Bruins' three-year run at No. 1 from 2018-20. The floor squad has two All-Americans in Chiles and Campbell and three first-team All-Pac-12 honorees in Chiles, Campbell and Harris and produced a season-high score of 49.675 and a national-best season average of 49.564. UCLA's NQS of 49.630 was its highest since the 2019 Bruins recorded a NCAA record floor NQS of 49.720. The Bruins' Pac-12 lineup of Emily Lee, Emma Malabuyo, Harris, Margzetta Frazier, Campbell and Chiles recorded a meet-high 49.600, with every score going 9.875 or higher, including a 9.975 from Chiles to win a share of the title. All six Bruins have scored 9.9 or higher this season, and all average 9.84 or better, with Chiles leading the way at 9.952. Campbell and Harris also average over 9.9, at 9.933 and 9.913, respectively. Malabuyo is approaching a 9.9 average at 9.895. Frazier holds a 9.860 average, and Lee is at 9.844 in the leadoff spot.
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