UCLA Gymnastics Adds Three More Bruins for 2025 Squad
April 09, 2024 | Gymnastics
An additional three Level 10 standouts will join the UCLA Gymnastics team in 2025, The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach Janelle McDonald announced today. Enrolling in the fall will be Bronwyn Hoffman, Riley Jenkins and Mika Webster-Longin.
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Hoffman, who trains at AOGC and attends Palisades HS, has competed at the last two Level 10 National Championships. She medaled in the all-around at the 2023 Region 1 Championships, placing third with a personal best score of 38.125, and was a third-place finisher on uneven bars at the 2022 Regionals. Hoffman was a U.S. elite qualifier in 2018 and 2019 and competed at the 2018 U.S. Classics.
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"Bronwyn brings a great gymnastics skill set to the team and has beautiful lines and execution that will be well received in NCAA Gymnastics," McDonald said. "She is an all-around athlete, but her form and execution will make her someone we look to on uneven bars, especially. She has a sweet disposition and determination to be her best that is going to fit in well with our Bruin Family."ย
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Jenkins is another local gymnast who trains at The Klub Gymnastics and attends Burbank HS. She has had a stellar 2024 season, winning the Level 10 State all-around, vault and floor exercise titles, sweeping all four events and the all-around at the WOGA Classic, winning three events and placing third in the other at the Pacific Classic and winning three events and the all-around at the Palm Springs Gymnastics Cup.
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"Riley is a strong and powerful gymnast who will increase our depth and can make an immediate impact for us, particularly on vault and floor," said McDonald. "She has an energetic and determined spirit that will add to the culture of our team."ย
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McDonald also pointed to the local ties of Hoffman and Jenkins. "Growing up watching our team and cheering for the Bruins has given them both a passion and enthusiasm for UCLA that was infectious and felt early on in the recruiting process," she said. "I knew right away that they would both make the most out of their opportunities here at UCLA."ย ย
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Webster-Longin is a member of the Belgium National Team and recently competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, recording a Top 20 all-around finish in the Team Challenge. The Richmond, Calif. native who trains at East Bay Gymnastics, won the Level 10 national all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise titles in 2023 a month after capturing the Region 1 balance beam and floor exercise titles. In 2022, she earned a Top 20 all-around finish at the Level 10 Nationals and was seventh in the all-around at the Region 1 Championships. ย
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"Mika is a strong all-around athlete who showcases a beautiful and artistic quality in her gymnastics that will translate well to the NCAA stage," McDonald stated. "She is an incredibly intelligent, driven and hard-working leader who will fit right into our Bruin Family and make a positive impact on our team on and off the competition floor."ย
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Hoffman, Jenkins and Webster-Longin will combine with early signees Sasha Fujisaka, Macy McGowan and Camryn Richardson to form the 2025 UCLA freshman class.
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Hoffman, who trains at AOGC and attends Palisades HS, has competed at the last two Level 10 National Championships. She medaled in the all-around at the 2023 Region 1 Championships, placing third with a personal best score of 38.125, and was a third-place finisher on uneven bars at the 2022 Regionals. Hoffman was a U.S. elite qualifier in 2018 and 2019 and competed at the 2018 U.S. Classics.
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"Bronwyn brings a great gymnastics skill set to the team and has beautiful lines and execution that will be well received in NCAA Gymnastics," McDonald said. "She is an all-around athlete, but her form and execution will make her someone we look to on uneven bars, especially. She has a sweet disposition and determination to be her best that is going to fit in well with our Bruin Family."ย
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Jenkins is another local gymnast who trains at The Klub Gymnastics and attends Burbank HS. She has had a stellar 2024 season, winning the Level 10 State all-around, vault and floor exercise titles, sweeping all four events and the all-around at the WOGA Classic, winning three events and placing third in the other at the Pacific Classic and winning three events and the all-around at the Palm Springs Gymnastics Cup.
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"Riley is a strong and powerful gymnast who will increase our depth and can make an immediate impact for us, particularly on vault and floor," said McDonald. "She has an energetic and determined spirit that will add to the culture of our team."ย
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McDonald also pointed to the local ties of Hoffman and Jenkins. "Growing up watching our team and cheering for the Bruins has given them both a passion and enthusiasm for UCLA that was infectious and felt early on in the recruiting process," she said. "I knew right away that they would both make the most out of their opportunities here at UCLA."ย ย
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Webster-Longin is a member of the Belgium National Team and recently competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, recording a Top 20 all-around finish in the Team Challenge. The Richmond, Calif. native who trains at East Bay Gymnastics, won the Level 10 national all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise titles in 2023 a month after capturing the Region 1 balance beam and floor exercise titles. In 2022, she earned a Top 20 all-around finish at the Level 10 Nationals and was seventh in the all-around at the Region 1 Championships. ย
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"Mika is a strong all-around athlete who showcases a beautiful and artistic quality in her gymnastics that will translate well to the NCAA stage," McDonald stated. "She is an incredibly intelligent, driven and hard-working leader who will fit right into our Bruin Family and make a positive impact on our team on and off the competition floor."ย
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Hoffman, Jenkins and Webster-Longin will combine with early signees Sasha Fujisaka, Macy McGowan and Camryn Richardson to form the 2025 UCLA freshman class.
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