Friday, February 9
Corvallis, OR
8:00 PM
UCLA
at
Oregon State
Ciena Alipio
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
Gymnastics Continues Pac-12 Play in Corvallis Friday
February 08, 2024 | Gymnastics
#8 UCLA vs. #18 Oregon Stateย
Date: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 โ ย 8 pm PT
Location: Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum)
TV: Pac-12 Oregon
TV Talent: Rich Burk, Alisa Mowe
Live Stats: Virtiusย
UCLA TRAVELS TO OREGON STATE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT MATCHUPย
No. 8 UCLA will trek up to Corvallis, Ore. for a Friday, Feb. 9 dual meet against No. 18 Oregon State. The meet ย will take place in Gill Coliseum at 8pm PT and televised live on Pac-12 Oregon, with streaming available to authenticated users on the Pac-12 Now app and www.pac-12.com/live. ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA continued to climb up the rankings, moving up three spots to No. 8 after recorded its season-high mark of 198.075 against Arizona. The Bruins rank No. 2 on floor No. 5 on vault, No. 9 on beam, and No. 18 on bars. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 5 in the all-around, No. 7 on vault, No. 12 on bars, No. 21 on beam and No. 14 on floor. Chae Campbell ranks No. 5 on vault and No. 21 on floor, Emma Malabuyo ranks No. 17 on beam, and Nya Reed and Emma Andres are tied for No. 9 on floor. ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA recorded its first 198 of the season, along with season-high totals on bars (49.425), beam (49.525) and floor (49.750) to hand Arizona its first loss of the season, 198.075-196.525. Selena Harris won the all-around with a career-high 39.775 and captured first on bars with a 9.95 and beam and floor with scores of 9.975. Nya Reed won vault with a 9.95 and tied Harris for first on floor with a 9.975, both season-highs for the graduate transfer. Freshman Katelyn Rosen also had a standout performance, scoring career-best marks of 39.500 in the all-around, 9.95 on floor and 9.925 on bars.ย
A LOOK AT THE BEAVERS ย
Oregon State holds a 6-3 overall record and enters the week ranked No. 18 in the nation with an average team score of 196.565. The Beavers, who have a season-high score of 197.575, rank No. 7 on bars, No. 15 on vault and No. 18 on beam. Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey has scored 10 career perfect 10s and hit all 114 routines of her collegiate career. Five different Beaver gymnasts have won Pac-12 weekly honors this season - Carey (Specialist 2x), Taylor DeVries (Newcomer), Sophia Esposito (Newcomer), Natalie Briones (Coaches' Choice) and Sage Thompson (Coaches' Choice). Oregon State is coached by former UCLA All-American and two-time Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year Tanya Chaplin, who is in her 27th year as head coach of the Beavers. Associate Head Coach Michael Chaplin also competed for UCLA and won NCAA team and still rings championships in 1987. ย ย ย ย
BRUINS NEARLY SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS ย
UCLA accomplished a near-sweep of the Pac-12 Gymnastics weekly awards, winning three of the four after a season-best performance against Arizona. Selena Harris was named the Gymnast of the Week, Nya Reed earned Specialist of the Week honors, and Katelyn Rosen repeated as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. Harris captured her first career Gymnast of the Week distinction after dominating the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week category a year ago with a conference record-tying six wins. She won the all-around in the Arizona meet with a career-high 39.775, scored meet-winning and career-high 9.975s on balance beam and floor exercise, won the uneven bars with a season-best 9.950, and placed second on vault with a 9.875. Reed claimed her first-ever Pac-12 award as the Specialist of the Week. The Florida graduate transfer was the SEC Specialist of the Week four times in her career. Reed won both events she competed last week, scoring season-highs of 9.950 on vault and 9.975 on floor. The two wins were her first as a Bruin. Rosen won Freshman/Newcomer of the Week for the second-straight week after improving her all-around score to 39.500, the fourth-highest all-around total by any freshman this year. She also set new career-bests on uneven bars with a 9.925 and on floor exercise with a 9.950. She also added a 9.875 on vault.
SELENA SLAYS ย ย
Selena Harris continues to impress in her second season, averaging 39.615 in the all-around, with a season and career-high of 39.775 set Feb. 2. Harris, who has hit all 75 of her routines in her short career, has scored 39.475 or higher in all 18 career all-around appearances. She leads UCLA this season with 11 event victories, 15 Top 3 finishes, and 12 scores of 9.9 or higher. In the national rankings, she is No. 5 in the all-around, No. 7 on bars, No. 12 on vault, No. 14 on floor and No. 21 on beam. Harris has scored season-bests of 9.975 on beam and floor and 9.95 on vault and bars.ย
REED ALL ABOUT IT ย ย
Graduate transfer and six-time All-American Nya Reed has made a seamless transition into the Bruin program, competing on vault and floor in every meet so far this season and ranking No. 9 in the nation on floor. This week, she won her first Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award after winning vault with a 9.95 and tying for first on floor with a 9.975. She averages a team-best 9.925 on floor, along with 9.830 on vault. ย ย ย
KATE THE GREAT ย ย
Katelyn Rosen is proving to be one of the top freshmen in the nation this season, averaging 39.375 in the all-around, with a high of 39.500 set last week against Arizona. Her 39.500 was the fourth-highest all-around score by a freshman this season, and her all-around average of 39.375 ranks her at No. 26 nationally and third among freshmen. Rosen has competed at least two events in every meet and has posted season-highs of 9.95 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.9 on vault and 9.85 on beam. She has won the last two Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week awards. ย ย ย ย
LEE-DOFF LOVE ย ย
Junior Emily Lee has mastered the leadoff position on beam since 2023 and has become just as solid on vault this year, sticking her vaults in two of the Bruins' last four meets. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 13, she scored a career-high 9.9 on her Yurchenko layout full (9.95 start value), and against Washington on Jan. 27, she earned a 9.875. Both of those vaults led the way for UCLA to record season-high marks of 49.4. On beam, Lee has scored 9.9 or higher three times, including a 9.925 against Arizona that led to a team season-best of 49.525. Last season, Lee scored a career-high 9.95 in the beam leadoff spot on Mar. 11 and had eight total scores ย of 9.9 or higher. ย
CAMPBELL FULLY PERFECT ย ย
One of the best vaulters in the nation is senior Chae Campbell who ranks No. 5 nationally even with the start value of her Yurchenko full vault half a tenth lower than everyone else in the Top 10. Last season, she was the only first-team All-American who competed a 9.95 start-value vault, and she placed fifth overall at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.9. This year, she is averaging 9.910, with two perfect scores of 9.95 and three stuck vaults. She has seven career perfect 9.95 marks and two event victories on vault this year. Campbell also has two event wins on floor exercise and averages 9.906 this season, with a high of 9.95.
NEW FACESย
UCLA welcomes a graduate transfer and four freshmen 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 all five of UCLA's meets this season. Reed is averaging 9.925 on floor exercise to rank No. 9 nationally, and 9.830 on vault. Rosen averages 9.8 or higher on vault, bars and beam and has highs of 9.95 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.9 on vault, 9.85 on beam and 39.5 in the all-around. Anastasi has a high of 9.825 on vault and debuted a Yurchenko 1.5 on Jan. 27 Irvine made her debut in Denver with an exhibition uneven bars routine that scored 9.7 and earned a spot in the competitive lineup against Washington. She hit two strong exhibitions against Arizona, scoring 9.775 on vault and 9.8 on floor.ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins returned 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. She has earned a spot in the beam lineup the last four meets and recorded a memorable 9.9 in her competitive debut at the Collegiate Quad. In her first competitive floor routine of the season against Arizona, she scored a career-high 9.925. Four-time All-American and 2021 Pac-12 bars champion Margzetta Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She went 133 routines in her career before her first-ever fall. Frazier's streak lasted from Jan. 4, 2019 to Jan. 21, 2024. Last year, Frazier finished fourth overall on floor at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.9500. 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 DREAMSย
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. Friday's meet at Oregon State will be her last with the team before her first World Cup meet in Cairo, which takes place Feb. 15-18. 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
Additionally, 12 Bruins were named to the UCLA Directors Honor Roll in Fall 2023, led by 4.0 students Maddie Anyimi and Katelyn Rosen.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will host Utah on Monday, Feb. 19 at 2:30pm in their annual alumni meet. The meet will be televised live on ESPNU.
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Date: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 โ ย 8 pm PT
Location: Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum)
TV: Pac-12 Oregon
TV Talent: Rich Burk, Alisa Mowe
Live Stats: Virtiusย
UCLA TRAVELS TO OREGON STATE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT MATCHUPย
No. 8 UCLA will trek up to Corvallis, Ore. for a Friday, Feb. 9 dual meet against No. 18 Oregon State. The meet ย will take place in Gill Coliseum at 8pm PT and televised live on Pac-12 Oregon, with streaming available to authenticated users on the Pac-12 Now app and www.pac-12.com/live. ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGSย
UCLA continued to climb up the rankings, moving up three spots to No. 8 after recorded its season-high mark of 198.075 against Arizona. The Bruins rank No. 2 on floor No. 5 on vault, No. 9 on beam, and No. 18 on bars. Individually, Selena Harris ranks No. 5 in the all-around, No. 7 on vault, No. 12 on bars, No. 21 on beam and No. 14 on floor. Chae Campbell ranks No. 5 on vault and No. 21 on floor, Emma Malabuyo ranks No. 17 on beam, and Nya Reed and Emma Andres are tied for No. 9 on floor. ย
LAST TIME OUTย
UCLA recorded its first 198 of the season, along with season-high totals on bars (49.425), beam (49.525) and floor (49.750) to hand Arizona its first loss of the season, 198.075-196.525. Selena Harris won the all-around with a career-high 39.775 and captured first on bars with a 9.95 and beam and floor with scores of 9.975. Nya Reed won vault with a 9.95 and tied Harris for first on floor with a 9.975, both season-highs for the graduate transfer. Freshman Katelyn Rosen also had a standout performance, scoring career-best marks of 39.500 in the all-around, 9.95 on floor and 9.925 on bars.ย
A LOOK AT THE BEAVERS ย
Oregon State holds a 6-3 overall record and enters the week ranked No. 18 in the nation with an average team score of 196.565. The Beavers, who have a season-high score of 197.575, rank No. 7 on bars, No. 15 on vault and No. 18 on beam. Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey has scored 10 career perfect 10s and hit all 114 routines of her collegiate career. Five different Beaver gymnasts have won Pac-12 weekly honors this season - Carey (Specialist 2x), Taylor DeVries (Newcomer), Sophia Esposito (Newcomer), Natalie Briones (Coaches' Choice) and Sage Thompson (Coaches' Choice). Oregon State is coached by former UCLA All-American and two-time Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year Tanya Chaplin, who is in her 27th year as head coach of the Beavers. Associate Head Coach Michael Chaplin also competed for UCLA and won NCAA team and still rings championships in 1987. ย ย ย ย
BRUINS NEARLY SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS ย
UCLA accomplished a near-sweep of the Pac-12 Gymnastics weekly awards, winning three of the four after a season-best performance against Arizona. Selena Harris was named the Gymnast of the Week, Nya Reed earned Specialist of the Week honors, and Katelyn Rosen repeated as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. Harris captured her first career Gymnast of the Week distinction after dominating the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week category a year ago with a conference record-tying six wins. She won the all-around in the Arizona meet with a career-high 39.775, scored meet-winning and career-high 9.975s on balance beam and floor exercise, won the uneven bars with a season-best 9.950, and placed second on vault with a 9.875. Reed claimed her first-ever Pac-12 award as the Specialist of the Week. The Florida graduate transfer was the SEC Specialist of the Week four times in her career. Reed won both events she competed last week, scoring season-highs of 9.950 on vault and 9.975 on floor. The two wins were her first as a Bruin. Rosen won Freshman/Newcomer of the Week for the second-straight week after improving her all-around score to 39.500, the fourth-highest all-around total by any freshman this year. She also set new career-bests on uneven bars with a 9.925 and on floor exercise with a 9.950. She also added a 9.875 on vault.
SELENA SLAYS ย ย
Selena Harris continues to impress in her second season, averaging 39.615 in the all-around, with a season and career-high of 39.775 set Feb. 2. Harris, who has hit all 75 of her routines in her short career, has scored 39.475 or higher in all 18 career all-around appearances. She leads UCLA this season with 11 event victories, 15 Top 3 finishes, and 12 scores of 9.9 or higher. In the national rankings, she is No. 5 in the all-around, No. 7 on bars, No. 12 on vault, No. 14 on floor and No. 21 on beam. Harris has scored season-bests of 9.975 on beam and floor and 9.95 on vault and bars.ย
REED ALL ABOUT IT ย ย
Graduate transfer and six-time All-American Nya Reed has made a seamless transition into the Bruin program, competing on vault and floor in every meet so far this season and ranking No. 9 in the nation on floor. This week, she won her first Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award after winning vault with a 9.95 and tying for first on floor with a 9.975. She averages a team-best 9.925 on floor, along with 9.830 on vault. ย ย ย
KATE THE GREAT ย ย
Katelyn Rosen is proving to be one of the top freshmen in the nation this season, averaging 39.375 in the all-around, with a high of 39.500 set last week against Arizona. Her 39.500 was the fourth-highest all-around score by a freshman this season, and her all-around average of 39.375 ranks her at No. 26 nationally and third among freshmen. Rosen has competed at least two events in every meet and has posted season-highs of 9.95 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.9 on vault and 9.85 on beam. She has won the last two Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week awards. ย ย ย ย
LEE-DOFF LOVE ย ย
Junior Emily Lee has mastered the leadoff position on beam since 2023 and has become just as solid on vault this year, sticking her vaults in two of the Bruins' last four meets. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 13, she scored a career-high 9.9 on her Yurchenko layout full (9.95 start value), and against Washington on Jan. 27, she earned a 9.875. Both of those vaults led the way for UCLA to record season-high marks of 49.4. On beam, Lee has scored 9.9 or higher three times, including a 9.925 against Arizona that led to a team season-best of 49.525. Last season, Lee scored a career-high 9.95 in the beam leadoff spot on Mar. 11 and had eight total scores ย of 9.9 or higher. ย
CAMPBELL FULLY PERFECT ย ย
One of the best vaulters in the nation is senior Chae Campbell who ranks No. 5 nationally even with the start value of her Yurchenko full vault half a tenth lower than everyone else in the Top 10. Last season, she was the only first-team All-American who competed a 9.95 start-value vault, and she placed fifth overall at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.9. This year, she is averaging 9.910, with two perfect scores of 9.95 and three stuck vaults. She has seven career perfect 9.95 marks and two event victories on vault this year. Campbell also has two event wins on floor exercise and averages 9.906 this season, with a high of 9.95.
NEW FACESย
UCLA welcomes a graduate transfer and four freshmen 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 all five of UCLA's meets this season. Reed is averaging 9.925 on floor exercise to rank No. 9 nationally, and 9.830 on vault. Rosen averages 9.8 or higher on vault, bars and beam and has highs of 9.95 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.9 on vault, 9.85 on beam and 39.5 in the all-around. Anastasi has a high of 9.825 on vault and debuted a Yurchenko 1.5 on Jan. 27 Irvine made her debut in Denver with an exhibition uneven bars routine that scored 9.7 and earned a spot in the competitive lineup against Washington. She hit two strong exhibitions against Arizona, scoring 9.775 on vault and 9.8 on floor.ย
BACK FOR MOREย
The Bruins returned 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. She has earned a spot in the beam lineup the last four meets and recorded a memorable 9.9 in her competitive debut at the Collegiate Quad. In her first competitive floor routine of the season against Arizona, she scored a career-high 9.925. Four-time All-American and 2021 Pac-12 bars champion Margzetta Frazier is back in her sixth year with the program after redshirting in 2022 with a foot fracture. She went 133 routines in her career before her first-ever fall. Frazier's streak lasted from Jan. 4, 2019 to Jan. 21, 2024. Last year, Frazier finished fourth overall on floor at the NCAA Championships with a career-best 9.9500. 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 DREAMSย
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. Friday's meet at Oregon State will be her last with the team before her first World Cup meet in Cairo, which takes place Feb. 15-18. 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
Additionally, 12 Bruins were named to the UCLA Directors Honor Roll in Fall 2023, led by 4.0 students Maddie Anyimi and Katelyn Rosen.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will host Utah on Monday, Feb. 19 at 2:30pm in their annual alumni meet. The meet will be televised live on ESPNU.
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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
Frida Esparza - 2025 NCAA Semifinals Bars (9.925)
Saturday, August 09