Saturday, February 1
2:30 PM (PT)
UCLA
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Michigan State
Jordan Chiles finishes her floor routine with a flourish
Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
Gymnastics Hosts Michigan State Saturday in Top 10 Matchup
January 29, 2025 | Gymnastics
No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 5 Michigan Stateย
Date: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 โ ย 2:30 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Broadcast: FOX
Talent: Connor Onion, Samantha Peszek, JaNay Honest (sideline)
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; UCLA students free w/ valid Bruin Card
UCLA HOSTS MICHIGAN STATE SATURDAY IN TOP 10 MATCHUPย
No. 6 UCLA (5-2 overall, 2-0 in the Big Ten) will host No. 5 Michigan State (5-1, 2-0) on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2:30 p.m. PT in a Top 10 matchup at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The dual meet is a matchup of the two top-ranked teams in the Big Ten. Michigan State is the defending Big Ten champions. UCLA is in its first year as a member of the conference. The Bruins won 20 Pac-12/Pac-10 titles between 1987-2024 and has seven NCAA championships. ย ย
HISTORIC BROADCAST ย
Saturday's meet between the Bruins and Spartans will be the first-ever gymnastics meet televised on FOX. On the call will be Connor Onion and UCLA alumna Samantha Peszek, a three-time NCAA Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympic silver medalist. Another UCLA alumna, 2018 NCAA champion JaNay Honest, will serve as the sideline reporter. ย ย
ALUMNI MEET, OLYMPIAN RECOGNITION ย
UCLA Gymnastics is excited to welcome its alumni to Saturday's meet. The alumni will be recognized on the floor at the conclusion of the meet. In addition, UCLA Athletics is hosting an Olympic reunion for all living UCLA Olympians on Saturday. The UCLA Olympians will be recognized during the meet. ย ย
MEET PROMOSย
The first 1,000 fans will receive a Best Show in LA UCLA Gymnastics t-shirt. UCLA students will also be eligible to enter a raffle for Beats Studio Pro Headphones. ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA has five gymnasts ranked in the Top 25 of the week four national rankings, which are based on average score. Jordan Chiles and Chae Campbell are in the Top 20 in the all-around, at eighth and 17th, respectively. Chiles also ranks eighth on floor and 16th on vault and bars. Emma Malabuyo holds UCLA's highest individual ranking, slotting in at No. 3 on beam. Brooklyn Moors ranks fourth on floor, and Frida Esparza is 11th on bars. ย As a team, UCLA ranks sixth overall, second on floor, fifth on beam, 12th on vault and 18th on bars.
ABOUT THE SPARTANSย
Michigan State is coming off a 196.800-195.750 win at Ohio State. The Spartans. who rank No. 4 in the nation on vault with an average of 49.306, went lights-out on the event, sticking four vaults and scoring a season-high 49.450. Nikki Smith scored her third 9.950 of the season and is ranked No. 2 in the nation with an average of 9.919. Sage Kellerman ranks No. 8 on vault with a 9.888 average and No. 15 on bars with a 9.881 average. Skyla Schulte ranks in the Top 10 on floor, checking in at No. 8 with an average of 9.912. The Spartans posted a season-high mark of 197.500 on Jan. 17 in a dual meet win against Michigan. ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA celebrated its first home conference meet with a 197.200-194.750 victory over Illinois in front of 7,647 in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The Bruins led from start to finish and earned scores of 49+ on all four events, capping the day with a 49.500 on floor exercise. Graduate student Chae Campbell won the all-around with a score of 39.400. Campbell played a pivotal role in UCLA earning its third consecutive 197+ score, as she followed two low beam marks with a strong 9.850 routine that shifted the momentum back to the Bruins. She also contributed a vault score of 9.925 on her stuck Yurchenko full, tying Jordan Chiles for first, to help UCLA earn a season-best team score of 49.325. ย ย ย ย
GOLDEN GIRL RETURNS ย
Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately compete in the Olympics. Chiles, who rejoined the team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended, has jumped right in with the Bruin squad, competing in three events in three of four meets and in the all-around once despite limited training time. She earned her first victory of the season at the American Gold Classic in week one with a first-place score of 9.900 on vault and followed it up with a floor win at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad with a nearly-perfect 9.975. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year and ninth of her career at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a 10.0 on uneven bars. Chiles now ranks No. 6 all-time at UCLA with nine career 10s and No. 3 on bars with five 10s. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars. During Chiles' last NCAA season in 2023, she captured the NCAA uneven bars and floor exercise titles and helped lead UCLA to a fifth-place NCAA finish and Pac-12 regular season co-championship.ย
GIMME MOORS ย
2020 Canadian Olympian Brooklyn Moors has competed on three events in all four meets this season, marking the first time she has competed three events since Feb. 27, 2022. The graduate student has been mostly a floor specialist the last two seasons while dealing with injuries but has come on strong for her final season, adding vault and beam back into her repertoire. Moors won floor exercise at the season opener with a 9.900 and scored 9.825 on just her second beam routine in three years. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, she tied her career-high on floor with a 9.950 and added scores of 9.800 on vault and 9.775 on beam. She hit season-highs on all three events at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and placing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Last week against Illinois, she tied her career-best on beam with a 9.875. She currently ranks fourth in the nation on floor.
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee set the tone for two of the biggest team beam scores in the nation. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 11, Lee kicked off the Bruins' competition with a 9.900 on beam, paving the way for a run of four additional scores of 9.875 or higher, including a meet-winning 9.925 from Emma Malabuyo. The Bruins' starting score of 49.475 gave the Bruins a lead that was never threatened. A week later, Lee improved on her season-best mark with a lead off 9.925 that was the second-highest beam score of the night, surpassed only by Malabuyo's 9.975. UCLA's team score of 49.550 was the highest in the nation on beam at the time and ranks as the ninth-highest beam score in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.845 and has scored 9.900 or higher 55% of the time (17 times in 31 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.831, third-best on the squad. Last week vs. Illinois, she started the meet with a career-high-tying 9.900 as the Bruins went on to score a team season-high of 49.325. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 87 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a start value deficiency. ย ย ย
BUYO BEAM QUEEN ย ย
Senior Emma Malabuyo has solidified her status as one of the best beam workers in the NCAA, ranking No. 3 in the nation with an average of 9.925. She has scored 9.900 or higher in her four meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in each meet, including two wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.861 on beam in her career and has 10 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, averaging 9.838 over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved last week against Illinois for a second-place showing. ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUIN DEBUTS ย
Three Bruins made their collegiate debuts in the season opener, with sophomore Sydney Barros and freshmen Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin seeing action for the first time. Barros, who had not competed in a year and a half after suffering a torn ACL in the summer of 2023, earned a spot in the lineup on uneven bars and contributed a 9.550. McGowan had a strong first meet, earning Top 10 finishes on all three events on which she competed, scoring 9.850 on vault, 9.800 on bars and 9.775 on floor. Webster-Longin showed all four events, competing on vault and floor and performing exhibition routines on bars and beam. She produced UCLA's second-highest mark on floor with a 9.825 and added a 9.775 on her exhibition bars. McGowan and Webster-Longin have competed in each meet thus far, with McGowan doing vault, bars and floor in each meet and Webster-Longin competing vault in three meets and bars and floor in two meets. McGowan produced the first 9.9 by a Bruin freshman this season with her 9.900 on floor at Maryland on Jan. 18.ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins return the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Campbell is an eight-time All-American, three-time perfect 10 scorer on floor exercise and the 2021 Pac-12 floor co-champion and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Esparza earned all-conference honors on uneven bars as a freshman and owns career-highs of 9.950 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 17 in the nation in the all-around with an average of ย 39.400 and captured her first all-around win of the season against Illinois, scoring 39.400. Esparza has two event victories on uneven bars, winning the Sprouts Collegiate Quad and the dual meet against Illinois with season-best marks of 9.925. She ranks 11th in the nation and first in the Big Ten with an average of 9.888.
BABY BRUINSย
UCLA welcomes a five-member freshman class in 2025, led by three-time Level 10 National champions Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin. McGowan won the all-around, vault and floor at both the 2024 Nationals and Region 1 Championships. Webster-Longin was the 2023 all-around, bars and floor Level 10 national champion. She spent her 2024 competing elite with the Belgian National Team, seeing action at the DtB Pokal Competition in Germany and at the European Championships in Italy. Sasha Fujisaka brings in four years of experience at Level 10 Nationals, as well as a perfect 10 score on uneven bars and four Region 1 titles, but will be sitting out this season due to injury. Bronwyn Hoffman is a two-time Level 10 Nationals competitor and 2023 Region 1 all-around medalist. Riley Jenkins is coming off a strong 2024 season, placing second in the all-around at the 2024 Level 10 All-Stars, second on vault and floor at the Region 1 Championships and winning the state all-around, vault and floor titles. ย ย ย ย ย
BARROS IS BACK ย
Sophomore Sydney Barros is back in action for her first year of competition in collegiate gymnastics. The 2023 Puerto Rican all-around national champion and World Championships qualifier missed the 2024 NCAA season after tearing her ACL at the 2023 Central American Games and made her Bruin competitive debut at the American Gold Classic, scoring 9.550 on uneven bars, and performed a show-stopping floor exercise exhibition vs. Illinois that scored 9.750. Barros is a former three-time U.S. National Team member and bronze medalist at the 2019 Junior World Championships. ย ย
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo represented the Philippines at the 2024 Olympics and was the 2024 Asian Championships floor exercise champion and all-around bronze medalist and 2023 Asian Championships floor bronze medalist. 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. Freshman Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
THE GRADUATESย
UCLA has four graduate students on the 2025 roster. Chae Campbell and Carissa Clay are enrolled in UCLA's Transformative Coaching and Leadership program in the School of Education. Frida Esparza is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing, and Brooklyn Moors is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in project management. ย ย
NEW STAFF ย
Joining head coach Janelle McDonald and assistant coach BJ Das on the Bruin coaching staff in 2025 are assistant coaches Mark Freeman and Lacy Dagen. Freeman comes to UCLA from Stanford, where he served as an assistant coach of the four-time defending national championship men's team. He coached 2024 Olympic bronze medalists Brody Malone and Asher Hong, as well as 2020 Olympic alternates Akash Modi and Brandon Briones. Dagen was an assistant coach at Arizona State in 2024, helping guide the Sun Devils to the NCAA Regional final and No. 16 national finish. She also coached at her alma mater Oregon State in 2023, as well as at UC Davis in 2022.ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA is led by three Olympians in Jordan Chiles, Emma Malabuyo and Brooklyn Moors, an eight-time All-American in Chae Campbell, and all-conference gymnasts Frida Esparza and Katelyn Rosen. The Bruins, who were affected by Olympic deferrals and absences, finished 17th last season but regain the services of Olympic champion Jordan Chiles, who missed all of 2024 while training for her second Olympic Games, and World Championships qualifier Sydney Barros, who redshirted in 2024 due to injury. UCLA also gains a strong freshman class, led by three-time Level 10 national champions Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins travel to Washington for a Friday, Feb. 7 meet at 6:30pm in Seattle before returning home to host Penn State on Valentine's Day at 8pm.ย
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Date: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 โ ย 2:30 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
Broadcast: FOX
Talent: Connor Onion, Samantha Peszek, JaNay Honest (sideline)
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; UCLA students free w/ valid Bruin Card
UCLA HOSTS MICHIGAN STATE SATURDAY IN TOP 10 MATCHUPย
No. 6 UCLA (5-2 overall, 2-0 in the Big Ten) will host No. 5 Michigan State (5-1, 2-0) on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2:30 p.m. PT in a Top 10 matchup at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The dual meet is a matchup of the two top-ranked teams in the Big Ten. Michigan State is the defending Big Ten champions. UCLA is in its first year as a member of the conference. The Bruins won 20 Pac-12/Pac-10 titles between 1987-2024 and has seven NCAA championships. ย ย
HISTORIC BROADCAST ย
Saturday's meet between the Bruins and Spartans will be the first-ever gymnastics meet televised on FOX. On the call will be Connor Onion and UCLA alumna Samantha Peszek, a three-time NCAA Champion and 2008 U.S. Olympic silver medalist. Another UCLA alumna, 2018 NCAA champion JaNay Honest, will serve as the sideline reporter. ย ย
ALUMNI MEET, OLYMPIAN RECOGNITION ย
UCLA Gymnastics is excited to welcome its alumni to Saturday's meet. The alumni will be recognized on the floor at the conclusion of the meet. In addition, UCLA Athletics is hosting an Olympic reunion for all living UCLA Olympians on Saturday. The UCLA Olympians will be recognized during the meet. ย ย
MEET PROMOSย
The first 1,000 fans will receive a Best Show in LA UCLA Gymnastics t-shirt. UCLA students will also be eligible to enter a raffle for Beats Studio Pro Headphones. ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA has five gymnasts ranked in the Top 25 of the week four national rankings, which are based on average score. Jordan Chiles and Chae Campbell are in the Top 20 in the all-around, at eighth and 17th, respectively. Chiles also ranks eighth on floor and 16th on vault and bars. Emma Malabuyo holds UCLA's highest individual ranking, slotting in at No. 3 on beam. Brooklyn Moors ranks fourth on floor, and Frida Esparza is 11th on bars. ย As a team, UCLA ranks sixth overall, second on floor, fifth on beam, 12th on vault and 18th on bars.
ABOUT THE SPARTANSย
Michigan State is coming off a 196.800-195.750 win at Ohio State. The Spartans. who rank No. 4 in the nation on vault with an average of 49.306, went lights-out on the event, sticking four vaults and scoring a season-high 49.450. Nikki Smith scored her third 9.950 of the season and is ranked No. 2 in the nation with an average of 9.919. Sage Kellerman ranks No. 8 on vault with a 9.888 average and No. 15 on bars with a 9.881 average. Skyla Schulte ranks in the Top 10 on floor, checking in at No. 8 with an average of 9.912. The Spartans posted a season-high mark of 197.500 on Jan. 17 in a dual meet win against Michigan. ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA celebrated its first home conference meet with a 197.200-194.750 victory over Illinois in front of 7,647 in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The Bruins led from start to finish and earned scores of 49+ on all four events, capping the day with a 49.500 on floor exercise. Graduate student Chae Campbell won the all-around with a score of 39.400. Campbell played a pivotal role in UCLA earning its third consecutive 197+ score, as she followed two low beam marks with a strong 9.850 routine that shifted the momentum back to the Bruins. She also contributed a vault score of 9.925 on her stuck Yurchenko full, tying Jordan Chiles for first, to help UCLA earn a season-best team score of 49.325. ย ย ย ย
GOLDEN GIRL RETURNS ย
Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately compete in the Olympics. Chiles, who rejoined the team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended, has jumped right in with the Bruin squad, competing in three events in three of four meets and in the all-around once despite limited training time. She earned her first victory of the season at the American Gold Classic in week one with a first-place score of 9.900 on vault and followed it up with a floor win at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad with a nearly-perfect 9.975. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year and ninth of her career at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a 10.0 on uneven bars. Chiles now ranks No. 6 all-time at UCLA with nine career 10s and No. 3 on bars with five 10s. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars. During Chiles' last NCAA season in 2023, she captured the NCAA uneven bars and floor exercise titles and helped lead UCLA to a fifth-place NCAA finish and Pac-12 regular season co-championship.ย
GIMME MOORS ย
2020 Canadian Olympian Brooklyn Moors has competed on three events in all four meets this season, marking the first time she has competed three events since Feb. 27, 2022. The graduate student has been mostly a floor specialist the last two seasons while dealing with injuries but has come on strong for her final season, adding vault and beam back into her repertoire. Moors won floor exercise at the season opener with a 9.900 and scored 9.825 on just her second beam routine in three years. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, she tied her career-high on floor with a 9.950 and added scores of 9.800 on vault and 9.775 on beam. She hit season-highs on all three events at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and placing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Last week against Illinois, she tied her career-best on beam with a 9.875. She currently ranks fourth in the nation on floor.
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee set the tone for two of the biggest team beam scores in the nation. At the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 11, Lee kicked off the Bruins' competition with a 9.900 on beam, paving the way for a run of four additional scores of 9.875 or higher, including a meet-winning 9.925 from Emma Malabuyo. The Bruins' starting score of 49.475 gave the Bruins a lead that was never threatened. A week later, Lee improved on her season-best mark with a lead off 9.925 that was the second-highest beam score of the night, surpassed only by Malabuyo's 9.975. UCLA's team score of 49.550 was the highest in the nation on beam at the time and ranks as the ninth-highest beam score in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.845 and has scored 9.900 or higher 55% of the time (17 times in 31 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.831, third-best on the squad. Last week vs. Illinois, she started the meet with a career-high-tying 9.900 as the Bruins went on to score a team season-high of 49.325. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 87 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a start value deficiency. ย ย ย
BUYO BEAM QUEEN ย ย
Senior Emma Malabuyo has solidified her status as one of the best beam workers in the NCAA, ranking No. 3 in the nation with an average of 9.925. She has scored 9.900 or higher in her four meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in each meet, including two wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.861 on beam in her career and has 10 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, averaging 9.838 over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved last week against Illinois for a second-place showing. ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUIN DEBUTS ย
Three Bruins made their collegiate debuts in the season opener, with sophomore Sydney Barros and freshmen Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin seeing action for the first time. Barros, who had not competed in a year and a half after suffering a torn ACL in the summer of 2023, earned a spot in the lineup on uneven bars and contributed a 9.550. McGowan had a strong first meet, earning Top 10 finishes on all three events on which she competed, scoring 9.850 on vault, 9.800 on bars and 9.775 on floor. Webster-Longin showed all four events, competing on vault and floor and performing exhibition routines on bars and beam. She produced UCLA's second-highest mark on floor with a 9.825 and added a 9.775 on her exhibition bars. McGowan and Webster-Longin have competed in each meet thus far, with McGowan doing vault, bars and floor in each meet and Webster-Longin competing vault in three meets and bars and floor in two meets. McGowan produced the first 9.9 by a Bruin freshman this season with her 9.900 on floor at Maryland on Jan. 18.ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins return the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility. Campbell is an eight-time All-American, three-time perfect 10 scorer on floor exercise and the 2021 Pac-12 floor co-champion and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Esparza earned all-conference honors on uneven bars as a freshman and owns career-highs of 9.950 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 17 in the nation in the all-around with an average of ย 39.400 and captured her first all-around win of the season against Illinois, scoring 39.400. Esparza has two event victories on uneven bars, winning the Sprouts Collegiate Quad and the dual meet against Illinois with season-best marks of 9.925. She ranks 11th in the nation and first in the Big Ten with an average of 9.888.
BABY BRUINSย
UCLA welcomes a five-member freshman class in 2025, led by three-time Level 10 National champions Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin. McGowan won the all-around, vault and floor at both the 2024 Nationals and Region 1 Championships. Webster-Longin was the 2023 all-around, bars and floor Level 10 national champion. She spent her 2024 competing elite with the Belgian National Team, seeing action at the DtB Pokal Competition in Germany and at the European Championships in Italy. Sasha Fujisaka brings in four years of experience at Level 10 Nationals, as well as a perfect 10 score on uneven bars and four Region 1 titles, but will be sitting out this season due to injury. Bronwyn Hoffman is a two-time Level 10 Nationals competitor and 2023 Region 1 all-around medalist. Riley Jenkins is coming off a strong 2024 season, placing second in the all-around at the 2024 Level 10 All-Stars, second on vault and floor at the Region 1 Championships and winning the state all-around, vault and floor titles. ย ย ย ย ย
BARROS IS BACK ย
Sophomore Sydney Barros is back in action for her first year of competition in collegiate gymnastics. The 2023 Puerto Rican all-around national champion and World Championships qualifier missed the 2024 NCAA season after tearing her ACL at the 2023 Central American Games and made her Bruin competitive debut at the American Gold Classic, scoring 9.550 on uneven bars, and performed a show-stopping floor exercise exhibition vs. Illinois that scored 9.750. Barros is a former three-time U.S. National Team member and bronze medalist at the 2019 Junior World Championships. ย ย
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have represented their countries in international competition. Emma Malabuyo represented the Philippines at the 2024 Olympics and was the 2024 Asian Championships floor exercise champion and all-around bronze medalist and 2023 Asian Championships floor bronze medalist. 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. Freshman Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships. Other U.S. National Team competitors were Ciena Alipio, Emily Lee and Katelyn Rosen.ย
THE GRADUATESย
UCLA has four graduate students on the 2025 roster. Chae Campbell and Carissa Clay are enrolled in UCLA's Transformative Coaching and Leadership program in the School of Education. Frida Esparza is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in marketing, and Brooklyn Moors is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in project management. ย ย
NEW STAFF ย
Joining head coach Janelle McDonald and assistant coach BJ Das on the Bruin coaching staff in 2025 are assistant coaches Mark Freeman and Lacy Dagen. Freeman comes to UCLA from Stanford, where he served as an assistant coach of the four-time defending national championship men's team. He coached 2024 Olympic bronze medalists Brody Malone and Asher Hong, as well as 2020 Olympic alternates Akash Modi and Brandon Briones. Dagen was an assistant coach at Arizona State in 2024, helping guide the Sun Devils to the NCAA Regional final and No. 16 national finish. She also coached at her alma mater Oregon State in 2023, as well as at UC Davis in 2022.ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA is led by three Olympians in Jordan Chiles, Emma Malabuyo and Brooklyn Moors, an eight-time All-American in Chae Campbell, and all-conference gymnasts Frida Esparza and Katelyn Rosen. The Bruins, who were affected by Olympic deferrals and absences, finished 17th last season but regain the services of Olympic champion Jordan Chiles, who missed all of 2024 while training for her second Olympic Games, and World Championships qualifier Sydney Barros, who redshirted in 2024 due to injury. UCLA also gains a strong freshman class, led by three-time Level 10 national champions Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins travel to Washington for a Friday, Feb. 7 meet at 6:30pm in Seattle before returning home to host Penn State on Valentine's Day at 8pm.ย
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