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Gymnastics to Compete in Quad Meet in Denver Jan. 21
January 18, 2024 | Gymnastics
No. 11 UCLA at No. 10 Denver, w/ No. 1 Oklahoma, Stanfordย
Date/Time: Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 โ ย 2 pm MT / 1 pm PT
Location: Denver, Colo. (Magness Arena)
Live Stream: denverpioneers.com ($)
Live Stats: sidearmstats.comย
UCLA TRAVELS TO DENVER FOR SUNDAY QUAD MEETย
No. 11 UCLA will wrap up a three-week stretch of road quad meets on Sunday, Jan. 21 at Denver. The Bruins will take on No. 1 Oklahoma for the second-straight week, No. 10 Denver for the first time since the 2019 NCAA Championships, and Stanford for the first of three matchups this season. The meet will take place at Denver's Magness Arena at 2pm MT/1pm PT. A fee-based live stream is available at denverpioneers.com. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA moved up one spot to No. 11 in the national rankings after posting 197.100 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. The Bruins rank No. 3 on vault, No. 12 on bars and floor and No. 29 on beam. This is UCLA's highest vault ranking since they were also ranked No. 3 on Feb. 10, 2020. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 6 in the all-around, No. 4 on bars and No. 7 on vault. Chae Campbell ranks No. 4 on vault, Brooklyn Moors is No. 10 on floor, Emma Andres is No. 17 on beam, and Nya Reed is No. 22 on floor. ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA scored 197.100 to place third at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. The Bruins finished ahead of fourth-place and No. 2-ranked Utah (196.975) for their first win over the Utes since 2019, but they were just edged out by No. 5 LSU (197.150) for second-place. No. 1 Oklahoma won the meet with a 197.900. Sophomore Selena Harris won the all-around with a score of 39.650. She also placed first on vault and beam with scores of 9.950.The Bruins were in second place for the first three rotations, aided in part by a season-high 49.4 on vault, but were outpaced in the final rotation when LSU scored 49.65 on bars. ย
HARRIS BEATS TOUGH FIELDย
Sophomore Selena Harris is picking up where she left off in 2023 when she was named the College Gym News Freshman of the Week. After recording a 39.55 to place second in the all-around at the Super 16, Harris improved to 39.65 to win the Collegiate Quad, beating out, among others, the reigning NCAA all-around champion and the 2023 NCAA all-around bronze medalist. Harris scored 9.95 on both vault and beam to the win those events and added a 9.925 on bars and 9.825 on floor. She has scored 39.5 or higher in every meet in which she has competed in the all-around, a streak that now sits at 15 straight meets. ย ย
ANDRES MAKES STELLAR BEAM DEBUTย
Graduate student Emma Andres made a stellar competitive debut on balance beam at the Collegiate Quad, scoring 9.9 on her first-ever counting routine. Her performance was good for sixth place in the meet and has moved her into No. 17 in the nation on beam. Andres had battled injuries the last two seasons, missing all of 2022 and performing exhibitions routines in just two meets in 2023. She had only performed a total of five exhibition beam routines since her freshman year in 2020 and had not been in the competitive lineup on any event since 2021. ย ย
NEW FACESย
UCLA welcomes a graduate transfer and four freshmen and a graduate transfer onto the squad in 2024. Nya Reed brings four years of experience at the University of Florida, where she was a six-time All-American with career-high scores of 9.975 on vault and 10.0 on floor. The freshman class is a mix of national team members in Sydney Barros and Katelyn Rosen and Level 10 standouts in Paige Anastasi and Alex Irvine. Barros is a three-time U.S. national team member and current Puerto Rican all-around champion. Rosen was a member of the 2020 U.S. National Team and the 2022 U.S. Classic floor champion. Anastasi is a four-time Level 10 nationals competitor and the 2023 Region 6 all-around, vault and bars champion. Irvine won a bronze medal on vault at the 2022 Level 10 nationals.ย
Reed, Rosen and Anastasi have competed in both of UCLA's meets this season. Reed currently ranks No. 22 in the nation on floor with a 9.9 average. Rosen has been particularly impressive on beam, averaging 9.838 while following low marks in each meet. She is also averaging 9.85 on vault and bars and scored 9.9 on bars at the Collegiate Quad. Anastasi is averaging 9.813 on vault.ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins return the services of three 2023 seniors - Emma Andres, Margzetta Frazier and Chloe Lashbrooke - for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Andres competed in three meets as a freshman in 2020 and in every meet in 2021 before an injury derailed her 2022 season. She came back in 2023 to perform a total of three exhibition routines, scoring highs of 9.850 on beam and 9.700 on floor in the regular season finale. Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She enters her final year having hit all 131 routines in her career without a fall, a streak she extended to 133 after the Collegiate Quad. Last year, Frazier earned first-team All-America honors on floor after finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.9500. Frazier is also a three-time All-American on uneven bars and the 2021 Pac-12 bars champion. After missing all of the 2021 season and most of 2022 with an Achilles injury, Lashbrooke came back in 2023 to compete on floor in three meets and exhibition in two others, posting a high of 9.875 against Iowa State. She holds a career average of 9.839 on the event. ย
OLYMPIC YEAR DEFERRALSย
The Bruins will be without the services of Jordan Chiles and Ana Padurariu in 2024 as they pursue their Olympic dreams. Chiles is training for her second Olympic spot after winning team silver at the 2020 Olympics and team gold and vault and floor silver at the 2022 World Championships. She also recently won team gold, vault silver and all-around bronze at the Pan American Games. The nine-time All-American had a banner 2023 season, winning the NCAA and Pac-12 bars and floor titles and scoring five perfect 10s (three on bars, two on floor). She was also named the WCGA West Region Gymnast of the Year and College Gym News Sportswoman of the Year. Padurariu is training in hopes of qualifying for her first Olympic berth with Team Canada. A member of Canada's national team from 2015-20 and a World silver medalist on beam in 2018, Padurariu was on the 2020 Olympic path before an ankle injury changed her course. After a successful 2023 collegiate campaign, during which she scored career-highs of 9.95 on bars and beam, Padurariu returned to the elite scene, demoing at the 2023 Canadian National Championships in May and participating in national team training camps in Canada. Emma Malabuyo will also be pursuing an Olympic berth under the Philippines flag but is remaining on the team and competing with the Bruins between qualifying competitions. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
MALABUYO MAKES HISTORY FOR PHILIPPINES ย ย
Junior Emma Malabuyo made history for the Philippines this past summer at the Asian Championships, recording the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast with her silver medal-winning performance on floor exercise. Malabuyo scored 13.166 in the event finals, just 0.067 off first place. She also competed in the balance beam final, placing fifth overall with a score of 12.166. The Asian Championships were Malabuyo's first elite competition since the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, after which she was selected as an alternate for the Olympic Games. Her silver medal was her first international medal since winning silver on balance beam and floor exercise at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy. Malabuyo plans to compete on the World Cup circuit in hopes of qualifying for the Olympics. Her first scheduled meet is at the Cairo World Cup Feb. 15-18. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo now represents the Philippines but was a U.S. national team member for five years and an alternate for the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics. Brooklyn Moors competed at the 2020 Olympics for Canada and was an all-around and floor finalist at three World Championships. Frida Esparza competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and was previously a three-time U.S. National Team member. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Margzetta Frazier, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
LATEST VIRAL STAR ย
It took just one preseason meet for a Bruin to go viral. Graduate transfer Nya Reed has the honors this season, with a partial video of her Meet the Bruins floor exercise routine, which pays tribute to her sorority Delta Sigma Theta, surpassing three million views on social media. She has been featured on ESPN, BET, Essence and more. Reed's floor music features music by 2 Chainz ("Money Maker", Too Short ("Blow the Whistle"), CeeLo Green ("I'll Be Around"), Cameo ("Candy") and Cheryl Lynn ("Got To Be Real"). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA returns four All-Americans from a 2023 team that finished fifth in the nation and won a share of the regular season Pac-12 title. Chae Campbell, Margzetta Frazier, Selena Harris and Emma Malabuyo each earned first-team All-America acclaim at the NCAA Championships last season, with Campbell placing fifth on vault, Frazier and Harris tying for fourth on floor, Harris finishing sixth in the all-around and Malabuyo placing fourth on beam. The Bruins are coming off a record-setting 2023 season that saw the team set a new school record for most meets in a season without a fall (12). UCLA had an incredible hit rate of 98.81%, the highest in the NCAA over the last 15 years. Eleven Bruin gymnasts hit every competitive routine without a fall during the year, including Selena Harris with 55 hit routines, Emily Lee with 43, Margzetta Frazier with 39, Ciena Alipio with 14 and Maddie Anyimi with 12, and no one had more than one fall on the year. ย ย ย ย
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES ย
Seven returners and eight Bruins overall earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors in 2023. Current senior Katie McNamara (labor studies) earned her third career honor. Juniors Mia Erdoes (business economics), Emily Lee (physiological science), Emma Malabuyo (communication), Brooklyn Moors (sociology) and Ana Padurariu (psychology) all earned their second-straight honor. Sophomore Maddie Anyimi (applied mathematics) and senior Chae Campbell (communication) each received their first Scholastic All-America distinction. The WCGA Scholastic All-America team recognizes gymnasts who carry a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average or a 3.5 grade point average for the academic year. Additionally, senior Sara Ulias (molecular, cellular, & development biology) was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll, one of a program-best 10 Bruins to earn that distinction in 2023.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will compete at home for the first time in 2024 when they host Washington on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 6pm in the home and Pac-12 opener. Tickets are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets.
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Date/Time: Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 โ ย 2 pm MT / 1 pm PT
Location: Denver, Colo. (Magness Arena)
Live Stream: denverpioneers.com ($)
Live Stats: sidearmstats.comย
UCLA TRAVELS TO DENVER FOR SUNDAY QUAD MEETย
No. 11 UCLA will wrap up a three-week stretch of road quad meets on Sunday, Jan. 21 at Denver. The Bruins will take on No. 1 Oklahoma for the second-straight week, No. 10 Denver for the first time since the 2019 NCAA Championships, and Stanford for the first of three matchups this season. The meet will take place at Denver's Magness Arena at 2pm MT/1pm PT. A fee-based live stream is available at denverpioneers.com. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA moved up one spot to No. 11 in the national rankings after posting 197.100 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. The Bruins rank No. 3 on vault, No. 12 on bars and floor and No. 29 on beam. This is UCLA's highest vault ranking since they were also ranked No. 3 on Feb. 10, 2020. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 6 in the all-around, No. 4 on bars and No. 7 on vault. Chae Campbell ranks No. 4 on vault, Brooklyn Moors is No. 10 on floor, Emma Andres is No. 17 on beam, and Nya Reed is No. 22 on floor. ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA scored 197.100 to place third at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. The Bruins finished ahead of fourth-place and No. 2-ranked Utah (196.975) for their first win over the Utes since 2019, but they were just edged out by No. 5 LSU (197.150) for second-place. No. 1 Oklahoma won the meet with a 197.900. Sophomore Selena Harris won the all-around with a score of 39.650. She also placed first on vault and beam with scores of 9.950.The Bruins were in second place for the first three rotations, aided in part by a season-high 49.4 on vault, but were outpaced in the final rotation when LSU scored 49.65 on bars. ย
HARRIS BEATS TOUGH FIELDย
Sophomore Selena Harris is picking up where she left off in 2023 when she was named the College Gym News Freshman of the Week. After recording a 39.55 to place second in the all-around at the Super 16, Harris improved to 39.65 to win the Collegiate Quad, beating out, among others, the reigning NCAA all-around champion and the 2023 NCAA all-around bronze medalist. Harris scored 9.95 on both vault and beam to the win those events and added a 9.925 on bars and 9.825 on floor. She has scored 39.5 or higher in every meet in which she has competed in the all-around, a streak that now sits at 15 straight meets. ย ย
ANDRES MAKES STELLAR BEAM DEBUTย
Graduate student Emma Andres made a stellar competitive debut on balance beam at the Collegiate Quad, scoring 9.9 on her first-ever counting routine. Her performance was good for sixth place in the meet and has moved her into No. 17 in the nation on beam. Andres had battled injuries the last two seasons, missing all of 2022 and performing exhibitions routines in just two meets in 2023. She had only performed a total of five exhibition beam routines since her freshman year in 2020 and had not been in the competitive lineup on any event since 2021. ย ย
NEW FACESย
UCLA welcomes a graduate transfer and four freshmen and a graduate transfer onto the squad in 2024. Nya Reed brings four years of experience at the University of Florida, where she was a six-time All-American with career-high scores of 9.975 on vault and 10.0 on floor. The freshman class is a mix of national team members in Sydney Barros and Katelyn Rosen and Level 10 standouts in Paige Anastasi and Alex Irvine. Barros is a three-time U.S. national team member and current Puerto Rican all-around champion. Rosen was a member of the 2020 U.S. National Team and the 2022 U.S. Classic floor champion. Anastasi is a four-time Level 10 nationals competitor and the 2023 Region 6 all-around, vault and bars champion. Irvine won a bronze medal on vault at the 2022 Level 10 nationals.ย
Reed, Rosen and Anastasi have competed in both of UCLA's meets this season. Reed currently ranks No. 22 in the nation on floor with a 9.9 average. Rosen has been particularly impressive on beam, averaging 9.838 while following low marks in each meet. She is also averaging 9.85 on vault and bars and scored 9.9 on bars at the Collegiate Quad. Anastasi is averaging 9.813 on vault.ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins return the services of three 2023 seniors - Emma Andres, Margzetta Frazier and Chloe Lashbrooke - for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Andres competed in three meets as a freshman in 2020 and in every meet in 2021 before an injury derailed her 2022 season. She came back in 2023 to perform a total of three exhibition routines, scoring highs of 9.850 on beam and 9.700 on floor in the regular season finale. Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She enters her final year having hit all 131 routines in her career without a fall, a streak she extended to 133 after the Collegiate Quad. Last year, Frazier earned first-team All-America honors on floor after finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.9500. Frazier is also a three-time All-American on uneven bars and the 2021 Pac-12 bars champion. After missing all of the 2021 season and most of 2022 with an Achilles injury, Lashbrooke came back in 2023 to compete on floor in three meets and exhibition in two others, posting a high of 9.875 against Iowa State. She holds a career average of 9.839 on the event. ย
OLYMPIC YEAR DEFERRALSย
The Bruins will be without the services of Jordan Chiles and Ana Padurariu in 2024 as they pursue their Olympic dreams. Chiles is training for her second Olympic spot after winning team silver at the 2020 Olympics and team gold and vault and floor silver at the 2022 World Championships. She also recently won team gold, vault silver and all-around bronze at the Pan American Games. The nine-time All-American had a banner 2023 season, winning the NCAA and Pac-12 bars and floor titles and scoring five perfect 10s (three on bars, two on floor). She was also named the WCGA West Region Gymnast of the Year and College Gym News Sportswoman of the Year. Padurariu is training in hopes of qualifying for her first Olympic berth with Team Canada. A member of Canada's national team from 2015-20 and a World silver medalist on beam in 2018, Padurariu was on the 2020 Olympic path before an ankle injury changed her course. After a successful 2023 collegiate campaign, during which she scored career-highs of 9.95 on bars and beam, Padurariu returned to the elite scene, demoing at the 2023 Canadian National Championships in May and participating in national team training camps in Canada. Emma Malabuyo will also be pursuing an Olympic berth under the Philippines flag but is remaining on the team and competing with the Bruins between qualifying competitions. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
MALABUYO MAKES HISTORY FOR PHILIPPINES ย ย
Junior Emma Malabuyo made history for the Philippines this past summer at the Asian Championships, recording the highest-ever placement by a Filipina gymnast with her silver medal-winning performance on floor exercise. Malabuyo scored 13.166 in the event finals, just 0.067 off first place. She also competed in the balance beam final, placing fifth overall with a score of 12.166. The Asian Championships were Malabuyo's first elite competition since the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, after which she was selected as an alternate for the Olympic Games. Her silver medal was her first international medal since winning silver on balance beam and floor exercise at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy. Malabuyo plans to compete on the World Cup circuit in hopes of qualifying for the Olympics. Her first scheduled meet is at the Cairo World Cup Feb. 15-18. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo now represents the Philippines but was a U.S. national team member for five years and an alternate for the U.S. at the 2020 Olympics. Brooklyn Moors competed at the 2020 Olympics for Canada and was an all-around and floor finalist at three World Championships. Frida Esparza competed for Mexico at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and was previously a three-time U.S. National Team member. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Margzetta Frazier, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
LATEST VIRAL STAR ย
It took just one preseason meet for a Bruin to go viral. Graduate transfer Nya Reed has the honors this season, with a partial video of her Meet the Bruins floor exercise routine, which pays tribute to her sorority Delta Sigma Theta, surpassing three million views on social media. She has been featured on ESPN, BET, Essence and more. Reed's floor music features music by 2 Chainz ("Money Maker", Too Short ("Blow the Whistle"), CeeLo Green ("I'll Be Around"), Cameo ("Candy") and Cheryl Lynn ("Got To Be Real"). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA returns four All-Americans from a 2023 team that finished fifth in the nation and won a share of the regular season Pac-12 title. Chae Campbell, Margzetta Frazier, Selena Harris and Emma Malabuyo each earned first-team All-America acclaim at the NCAA Championships last season, with Campbell placing fifth on vault, Frazier and Harris tying for fourth on floor, Harris finishing sixth in the all-around and Malabuyo placing fourth on beam. The Bruins are coming off a record-setting 2023 season that saw the team set a new school record for most meets in a season without a fall (12). UCLA had an incredible hit rate of 98.81%, the highest in the NCAA over the last 15 years. Eleven Bruin gymnasts hit every competitive routine without a fall during the year, including Selena Harris with 55 hit routines, Emily Lee with 43, Margzetta Frazier with 39, Ciena Alipio with 14 and Maddie Anyimi with 12, and no one had more than one fall on the year. ย ย ย ย
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES ย
Seven returners and eight Bruins overall earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors in 2023. Current senior Katie McNamara (labor studies) earned her third career honor. Juniors Mia Erdoes (business economics), Emily Lee (physiological science), Emma Malabuyo (communication), Brooklyn Moors (sociology) and Ana Padurariu (psychology) all earned their second-straight honor. Sophomore Maddie Anyimi (applied mathematics) and senior Chae Campbell (communication) each received their first Scholastic All-America distinction. The WCGA Scholastic All-America team recognizes gymnasts who carry a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average or a 3.5 grade point average for the academic year. Additionally, senior Sara Ulias (molecular, cellular, & development biology) was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll, one of a program-best 10 Bruins to earn that distinction in 2023.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will compete at home for the first time in 2024 when they host Washington on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 6pm in the home and Pac-12 opener. Tickets are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets.
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