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UCLA, Utah Renew Rivalry Saturday Night
March 13, 2025 | Gymnastics
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 5 Utahย
Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 โ ย 7 p.m. MT / 6 p.m. PT
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
Broadcast: FOX
Talent:ย Connor Onion, Samantha Peszek, Olivia Karas (sideline)
Live Stats: virti.us
UCLA-UTAH RIVALRY CONTINUESย
Now in separate conferences, Big Ten regular season champion UCLA (13-2) will compete at Big 12 regular season champion Utah (11-4) on the Utes' Senior Day on Saturday, March 15 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Top 5 matchup between the No. 4 Bruins and No. 5 Utes will be broadcast live nationally on FOX at 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA raised its National Qualifying Score (NQS) from 197.525 to 197.600 but dropped one spot to No. 4 in the national rankings. The Bruins are No. 2 on floor exercise, No. 3 on balance beam, No. 7 on vault and No. 9 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remains ranked No. 1 on floor for the fourth-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors ranks No. 4. Three Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 7), Emily Lee (No. 12) and Ciena Alipio (No. 20). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 5) and Chae Campbell (No. 14). On uneven bars, Chiles ranks No. 4, and ย Frida Esparza ranks No. 14. Both Chiles and Campbell are ranked in the all-around at No. 17 and No. 22, respectively.
A LOOK AT THE UTESย
Utah won the Big 12 regular season title after going unbeaten in conference play. The Utes are ranked in the Top 5 as a team and in the Top 10 on all four events - No. 4 on bars and beam, No. 6 on vault and No. 8 on floor. Senior Grace McCallum, a teammate of UCLA's Jordan Chiles at the 2020 Olympics, ranks No. 1 in the nation on bars, No. 7 on beam, No. 8 in the all-around and No. 17 on floor. McKenna Smith ranks No. 7 on vault, No. 15 on floor and No. 20 on beam. Utah is coming off a 197.225-195.875 win at Washington and posted a season-high of 198.075 the meet before in a win over Denver. Utah leads the overall series with UCLA, 40-14, and has won the last five dual meets against the Bruins. UCLA's last dual meet win over Utah came in 2019 in Salt Lake City, 198.025-197.625. UCLA also has a quad meet win over Utah in 2024 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad in West Valley City, Utah.
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA won its Senior Day meet, beating No. 12 Stanford, 197.675-197.100, in front of a program record crowd of 12,918 in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The Bruins used strong performances on balance beam (49.575) and floor exercise (49.525) in the final two rotations to take the over half-point victory. UCLA has won nine straight meets, scoring 197 or higher in all nine. Each graduating senior had their shining moments during the meet, including team-best scores of 9.925 on beam from Emily Lee and Emma Malabuyo, a career-high-tying 9.900 on beam and 9.925 on floor from Brooklyn Moors, and a 9.900 on vault from Chae Campbell, but it was junior Jordan Chiles who stole the show, winning the all-around with a 39.750. Chiles also won vault, bars and floor with scores of 9.950. ย ย ย
CHILES WINS SIXTH BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD
For the sixth time this season, UCLA junior Jordan Chiles was selected the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week. Chiles recorded the highest all-around score in the Big Ten and sixth-highest in the nation this season with a 39.750 to lead UCLA to a 197.675-197.100 win over Stanford. Chiles' all-around win was her fourth consecutive and fifth overall, and she also captured first place on three events with scores of 9.950. Her floor victory was her ninth consecutive, and she has won vault and bars in four meets each. She leads the team with 18 individual victories, 15 scores of 9.950 or higher and 22 scores of 9.900 or higher. Chiles has now won 11 conference gymnast of the week honors in her career, as she received honors from the Pac-12 five times in 2023. ย ย ย
BEST SHOW IN LA ... AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ย
UCLA has been competing in front of big crowds all over the country this season. On March 9, the Bruins set a new home attendance record, attracting 12,918 fans into Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom for the home finale against Stanford. The Bruins averaged 9,185 fans at home meet this season, the second-largest average in school history. UCLA has been a big draw on the road as well. In Big Ten play, the Bruins' road attendance average is 7,336, with a school-record 7,287 in attendance at Maryland, the second-largest crowd in Washington history (7,046), 11,314 at Michigan, and a program record crowd of 3,695 at Ohio State. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting nine consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only three teams have done this more than six times in a row this year - UCLA, Oklahoma (11) and Missouri (7). The queens of consistency on the squad have been Brooklyn Moors (30-for-30), Macy McGowan (30-for-30), Emily Lee (24-for-24) and Frida Esparza (10-for-10). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' Top 6 scores this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.560, while its home average is 197.463. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles was featured in Nike's Super Bowl commercial, honored by Time Magazine as one of its 2025 Women of the Year, appeared on "Good Morning America" and "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and released her book, I'm That Girl. Chiles has seamlessly made the transition from Olympic medalist to UCLA Bruin (again). She made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately win gold and bronze at the 2024 Olympics. She rejoined the Bruin team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended and has competed on at least three events in every meet, even with limited training time prior to the season. The six-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week has five all-around victories in seven meets and scored a season-best 39.750 on March 9, the highest all-around score in the Big Ten this season. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added another 10 on Feb. 1, this time on floor exercise to clinch a UCLA comeback victory on the final event. That walk-off 10 was Chiles' fifth floor 10 of her career and 10th 10 overall, ranking her No. 5 all-time at UCLA with 10 career 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars and floor with five 10s on each event. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and Katelyn Ohashi (9) have more than Chiles on floor. 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 been ranked in the Top 5 on floor exercise all season, including a two-week stint at No. 1. She is currently tied for fourth in the nation with a NQS of 9.955. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has seven scores of 9.950 or higher, with a pair of career-highs of 9.975, most recently on Feb. 23 at Michigan. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured six event titles. She has competed on three events in all 10 meets this season and has hit all 30 of her routines. The last season she competed in three events was 2022, as she has mostly served as a floor specialist the last two years while dealing with injuries. She earned Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 21 after earning season-high marks on each event at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and finishing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Moors ranks second on the team with seven scores of 9.95 or higher this season and is third on the squad with 14 scores of 9.9 or higher. She tied her career-high on beam last week against Stanford with a 9.900. 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 in the Top 10 all season long. She is currently No. 7 in the nation with an NQS of 9.925 and holds a season average of 9.902. She has scored 9.900 or higher in eight of 10 meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in eight meets, including a team-best five wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.865 on beam in her career and has 11 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, recording a NQS of 9.900. Malabuyo averages 9.845 on floor over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved against Illinois in a second-place showing. On uneven bars, she has recorded career-high marks of 9.925 twice this season, most recently at Michigan on Feb. 23. Malabuyo ranks second on the Bruin squad in 9.9+ scores with 16, including a team-high eight on beam. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee sets the tone for the No. 3 beam squad in the nation. The Bruins are averaging 49.343 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher six times this year, including four times on the road. Lee started each of those six 49.4+ rotations with scores of 9.900 or higher, including a season-high and meet-winning 9.925 on Feb. 14 and another 9.925 on March 9. Her 9.900 at Washington was the first of six 9.9+ scores on beam, marking the first time since 2016 that a UCLA team had all six competitors score 9.9 or higher on beam. The Bruins matched that feat on March 9 with another full set of 9.9+ scores against Stanford. UCLA scored a season-best 49.625 in the Washington meet, the No. 6 mark in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.853 and has scored 9.900 or higher 57% of the time (21 times in 37 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.817 with a high of 9.900, and in four floor leadoff performances, she is averaging 9.825. She made her floor season debut against Michigan State on Feb. 1, scoring 9.875 to help the Bruins post a national-best 49.800 floor mark. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 103 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a low start value. ย ย ย
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in eight meets, averaging a team-best 39.431. She ranks No. 22 in the nation with a 39.420 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in seven meets this season and has two victories, winning against Illinois on Jan. 25 with a 39.400 and posting what was the Big Ten's top all-around mark for a month on Feb. 7 with a 39.625 at Washington. Campbell won Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors that week, the second conference gymnast of the week honor of her career. Campbell ranks 14th in the nation on vault with a NQS of 9.895. She averages 9.872 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 twice this year. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.835 with four scores of 9.900 or higher. She tied her career-high on Feb. 7 at Washington, scoring 9.925. On floor, Campbell averages 9.881 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She has scored season-highs of 9.875 on uneven bars in three of her last four meets in the leadoff position, punctuating those routines with stuck double front dismounts.
C-ING THE TOP 25 ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio has become a mainstay in the Top 25 rankings the last month. Currently ranked 20th, Alipio holds a NQS of 9.895 and has scored 9.850 or better in seven meets this season and 9.900 or higher in four meets. She recorded a career-high mark of 9.950 on Feb. 7 at Washington to place first and help the Bruins earn a season-best team score of ย 49.625, the No. 6 mark in school history. ย ย ย ย ย ย
ESPARZA'S ELECTRIC NIGHT ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had an electric night on Feb. 14, starting the day by playing the national anthem on electric guitar and then ending it by tying for first place on uneven bars with a career-high 9.975, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges for the first time in her career. Esparza has been lights out for UCLA on bars this season and ranks No. 14 in the nation with a NQS of 9.910 and a season average of 9.873. She is tied for the team lead with four uneven bars victories and leads with six Top 3 finishes. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin, each three-time Level 10 National champions, have been integral competitors on the Bruin squad all season. McGowan has hit all 30 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.872 on floor and 9.835 on bars. She has not scored under 9.725 on any event this season and is tied for third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled five scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including four on floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and had a breakthrough performance Feb. 14 against Penn State, capturing her first event win with a career-high 9.850 on vault, earning a career-best 9.900 to lead off on floor, and scoring 9.825 on bars. She came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third, and she hit another career-high on uneven bars at her last meet on March 9, scoring 9.925 to finish in second place. Webster-Longin has totaled seven Top 3 finishes this season, including a second-place tie on vault (9.875) with McGowan at the Big Four meet. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed three times on vault this season after missing the first month due to a preseason injury and has scored a high of 9.850 on her Yurchenko 1.5 vault. ย ย ย ย ย 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 9.975 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 22 in the nation in the all-around and has captured two all-around wins, including a win Feb. 7 at Washington with a then-Big Ten-best 39.625. Esparza has four event victories on uneven bars and scored career-highs in back-to-back meets with a 9.950 on Feb. 7 and 9.975 on Feb. 14. She ranks 14th in the nation and third in the Big Ten with a NQS of 9.910.
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 has performed exhibitions in five meets, scoring highs of 9.825 on both floor and bars. Barros is a former three-time U.S. National Team member and bronze medalist at the 2019 Junior World Championships. ย ย
BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSย
UCLA Gymnastics won the school's first-ever Big Ten regular season championship in any sport after completing a perfect 9-0 record in Big Ten play. The Bruins clinched the title on March 2 after finishing first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State. UCLA now has a total of 22 conference championships in women's gymnastics - 19 Pac-12 Championship titles, one WCAA Championship, one Pac-12 regular season title and one Big Ten regular season title. ย ย
CAMPBELL, MALABUYO NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
Chae Campbell and Emma Malabuyo were announced as nominees for the 2025 AAI Award, which is presented to the nation's top senior gymnast. Campbell, who was nominated for the second time, is an eight-time All-American and all-conference performer who holds career-highs of 10.0 on floor, 9.950 on vault and bars, 9.925 on beam and 39.725 in the all-around. She has hit ย has hit 197 of 201 career routines and currently ranks No. 22 in the nation and No. 5 in the Big Ten in the all-around. Malabuyo is a two-time beam All-America, three-time all-conference performer and three-time Scholastic All-American. The 2024 Olympian has been ranked near the top of the balance beam rankings all season and is currently No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten. She holds career-high marks of 10.0 on beam, 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on vault and 39.500 in the all-around. 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
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will begin postseason play on Saturday, March 22 at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. UCLA is the top seed at the Championships and will compete in the last session at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The Bruins will have Olympic order and start the meet on vault, finishing on floor exercise.ย
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Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 โ ย 7 p.m. MT / 6 p.m. PT
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
Broadcast: FOX
Talent:ย Connor Onion, Samantha Peszek, Olivia Karas (sideline)
Live Stats: virti.us
UCLA-UTAH RIVALRY CONTINUESย
Now in separate conferences, Big Ten regular season champion UCLA (13-2) will compete at Big 12 regular season champion Utah (11-4) on the Utes' Senior Day on Saturday, March 15 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Top 5 matchup between the No. 4 Bruins and No. 5 Utes will be broadcast live nationally on FOX at 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT. ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA raised its National Qualifying Score (NQS) from 197.525 to 197.600 but dropped one spot to No. 4 in the national rankings. The Bruins are No. 2 on floor exercise, No. 3 on balance beam, No. 7 on vault and No. 9 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remains ranked No. 1 on floor for the fourth-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors ranks No. 4. Three Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 7), Emily Lee (No. 12) and Ciena Alipio (No. 20). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 5) and Chae Campbell (No. 14). On uneven bars, Chiles ranks No. 4, and ย Frida Esparza ranks No. 14. Both Chiles and Campbell are ranked in the all-around at No. 17 and No. 22, respectively.
A LOOK AT THE UTESย
Utah won the Big 12 regular season title after going unbeaten in conference play. The Utes are ranked in the Top 5 as a team and in the Top 10 on all four events - No. 4 on bars and beam, No. 6 on vault and No. 8 on floor. Senior Grace McCallum, a teammate of UCLA's Jordan Chiles at the 2020 Olympics, ranks No. 1 in the nation on bars, No. 7 on beam, No. 8 in the all-around and No. 17 on floor. McKenna Smith ranks No. 7 on vault, No. 15 on floor and No. 20 on beam. Utah is coming off a 197.225-195.875 win at Washington and posted a season-high of 198.075 the meet before in a win over Denver. Utah leads the overall series with UCLA, 40-14, and has won the last five dual meets against the Bruins. UCLA's last dual meet win over Utah came in 2019 in Salt Lake City, 198.025-197.625. UCLA also has a quad meet win over Utah in 2024 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad in West Valley City, Utah.
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA won its Senior Day meet, beating No. 12 Stanford, 197.675-197.100, in front of a program record crowd of 12,918 in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The Bruins used strong performances on balance beam (49.575) and floor exercise (49.525) in the final two rotations to take the over half-point victory. UCLA has won nine straight meets, scoring 197 or higher in all nine. Each graduating senior had their shining moments during the meet, including team-best scores of 9.925 on beam from Emily Lee and Emma Malabuyo, a career-high-tying 9.900 on beam and 9.925 on floor from Brooklyn Moors, and a 9.900 on vault from Chae Campbell, but it was junior Jordan Chiles who stole the show, winning the all-around with a 39.750. Chiles also won vault, bars and floor with scores of 9.950. ย ย ย
CHILES WINS SIXTH BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD
For the sixth time this season, UCLA junior Jordan Chiles was selected the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week. Chiles recorded the highest all-around score in the Big Ten and sixth-highest in the nation this season with a 39.750 to lead UCLA to a 197.675-197.100 win over Stanford. Chiles' all-around win was her fourth consecutive and fifth overall, and she also captured first place on three events with scores of 9.950. Her floor victory was her ninth consecutive, and she has won vault and bars in four meets each. She leads the team with 18 individual victories, 15 scores of 9.950 or higher and 22 scores of 9.900 or higher. Chiles has now won 11 conference gymnast of the week honors in her career, as she received honors from the Pac-12 five times in 2023. ย ย ย
BEST SHOW IN LA ... AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ย
UCLA has been competing in front of big crowds all over the country this season. On March 9, the Bruins set a new home attendance record, attracting 12,918 fans into Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom for the home finale against Stanford. The Bruins averaged 9,185 fans at home meet this season, the second-largest average in school history. UCLA has been a big draw on the road as well. In Big Ten play, the Bruins' road attendance average is 7,336, with a school-record 7,287 in attendance at Maryland, the second-largest crowd in Washington history (7,046), 11,314 at Michigan, and a program record crowd of 3,695 at Ohio State. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting nine consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only three teams have done this more than six times in a row this year - UCLA, Oklahoma (11) and Missouri (7). The queens of consistency on the squad have been Brooklyn Moors (30-for-30), Macy McGowan (30-for-30), Emily Lee (24-for-24) and Frida Esparza (10-for-10). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' Top 6 scores this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.560, while its home average is 197.463. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles was featured in Nike's Super Bowl commercial, honored by Time Magazine as one of its 2025 Women of the Year, appeared on "Good Morning America" and "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and released her book, I'm That Girl. Chiles has seamlessly made the transition from Olympic medalist to UCLA Bruin (again). She made her much-anticipated return to UCLA after a one-year absence to train for and ultimately win gold and bronze at the 2024 Olympics. She rejoined the Bruin team on Dec. 14 after the fall quarter ended and has competed on at least three events in every meet, even with limited training time prior to the season. The six-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week has five all-around victories in seven meets and scored a season-best 39.750 on March 9, the highest all-around score in the Big Ten this season. She scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added another 10 on Feb. 1, this time on floor exercise to clinch a UCLA comeback victory on the final event. That walk-off 10 was Chiles' fifth floor 10 of her career and 10th 10 overall, ranking her No. 5 all-time at UCLA with 10 career 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars and floor with five 10s on each event. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and Katelyn Ohashi (9) have more than Chiles on floor. 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 been ranked in the Top 5 on floor exercise all season, including a two-week stint at No. 1. She is currently tied for fourth in the nation with a NQS of 9.955. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has seven scores of 9.950 or higher, with a pair of career-highs of 9.975, most recently on Feb. 23 at Michigan. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured six event titles. She has competed on three events in all 10 meets this season and has hit all 30 of her routines. The last season she competed in three events was 2022, as she has mostly served as a floor specialist the last two years while dealing with injuries. She earned Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on Jan. 21 after earning season-high marks on each event at Maryland, tying for first on floor with a 9.950, tying for second on vault with a 9.875 and finishing fifth on beam with a 9.850. Moors ranks second on the team with seven scores of 9.95 or higher this season and is third on the squad with 14 scores of 9.9 or higher. She tied her career-high on beam last week against Stanford with a 9.900. 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 in the Top 10 all season long. She is currently No. 7 in the nation with an NQS of 9.925 and holds a season average of 9.902. She has scored 9.900 or higher in eight of 10 meets this season, with a high of 9.975, and has earned Top 2 finishes in eight meets, including a team-best five wins. The 2024 Philippines Olympian and two-time All-American averages 9.865 on beam in her career and has 11 scores of 9.950 or better, including one 10.0 and five 9.975s. She has also been strong on floor exercise, recording a NQS of 9.900. Malabuyo averages 9.845 on floor over her career, with a career-high of 9.950 and season-best of 9.925, which she achieved against Illinois in a second-place showing. On uneven bars, she has recorded career-high marks of 9.925 twice this season, most recently at Michigan on Feb. 23. Malabuyo ranks second on the Bruin squad in 9.9+ scores with 16, including a team-high eight on beam. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE LEE-DER ย ย
In her usual No. 1 spot on balance beam, leadoff legend Emily Lee sets the tone for the No. 3 beam squad in the nation. The Bruins are averaging 49.343 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher six times this year, including four times on the road. Lee started each of those six 49.4+ rotations with scores of 9.900 or higher, including a season-high and meet-winning 9.925 on Feb. 14 and another 9.925 on March 9. Her 9.900 at Washington was the first of six 9.9+ scores on beam, marking the first time since 2016 that a UCLA team had all six competitors score 9.9 or higher on beam. The Bruins matched that feat on March 9 with another full set of 9.9+ scores against Stanford. UCLA scored a season-best 49.625 in the Washington meet, the No. 6 mark in school history. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.853 and has scored 9.900 or higher 57% of the time (21 times in 37 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.817 with a high of 9.900, and in four floor leadoff performances, she is averaging 9.825. She made her floor season debut against Michigan State on Feb. 1, scoring 9.875 to help the Bruins post a national-best 49.800 floor mark. A queen of consistency, Lee has hit all 103 of her routines in her career without a fall, with her only sub-9.6 score coming due to a low start value. ย ย ย
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in eight meets, averaging a team-best 39.431. She ranks No. 22 in the nation with a 39.420 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in seven meets this season and has two victories, winning against Illinois on Jan. 25 with a 39.400 and posting what was the Big Ten's top all-around mark for a month on Feb. 7 with a 39.625 at Washington. Campbell won Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honors that week, the second conference gymnast of the week honor of her career. Campbell ranks 14th in the nation on vault with a NQS of 9.895. She averages 9.872 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 twice this year. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.835 with four scores of 9.900 or higher. She tied her career-high on Feb. 7 at Washington, scoring 9.925. On floor, Campbell averages 9.881 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She has scored season-highs of 9.875 on uneven bars in three of her last four meets in the leadoff position, punctuating those routines with stuck double front dismounts.
C-ING THE TOP 25 ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio has become a mainstay in the Top 25 rankings the last month. Currently ranked 20th, Alipio holds a NQS of 9.895 and has scored 9.850 or better in seven meets this season and 9.900 or higher in four meets. She recorded a career-high mark of 9.950 on Feb. 7 at Washington to place first and help the Bruins earn a season-best team score of ย 49.625, the No. 6 mark in school history. ย ย ย ย ย ย
ESPARZA'S ELECTRIC NIGHT ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had an electric night on Feb. 14, starting the day by playing the national anthem on electric guitar and then ending it by tying for first place on uneven bars with a career-high 9.975, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges for the first time in her career. Esparza has been lights out for UCLA on bars this season and ranks No. 14 in the nation with a NQS of 9.910 and a season average of 9.873. She is tied for the team lead with four uneven bars victories and leads with six Top 3 finishes. ย ย ย ย ย ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
Macy McGowan and Mika Webster-Longin, each three-time Level 10 National champions, have been integral competitors on the Bruin squad all season. McGowan has hit all 30 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.872 on floor and 9.835 on bars. She has not scored under 9.725 on any event this season and is tied for third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault, 9.875 on bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled five scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including four on floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and had a breakthrough performance Feb. 14 against Penn State, capturing her first event win with a career-high 9.850 on vault, earning a career-best 9.900 to lead off on floor, and scoring 9.825 on bars. She came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third, and she hit another career-high on uneven bars at her last meet on March 9, scoring 9.925 to finish in second place. Webster-Longin has totaled seven Top 3 finishes this season, including a second-place tie on vault (9.875) with McGowan at the Big Four meet. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed three times on vault this season after missing the first month due to a preseason injury and has scored a high of 9.850 on her Yurchenko 1.5 vault. ย ย ย ย ย 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 9.975 on bars and 9.900 on balance beam. Campbell currently ranks No. 22 in the nation in the all-around and has captured two all-around wins, including a win Feb. 7 at Washington with a then-Big Ten-best 39.625. Esparza has four event victories on uneven bars and scored career-highs in back-to-back meets with a 9.950 on Feb. 7 and 9.975 on Feb. 14. She ranks 14th in the nation and third in the Big Ten with a NQS of 9.910.
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 has performed exhibitions in five meets, scoring highs of 9.825 on both floor and bars. Barros is a former three-time U.S. National Team member and bronze medalist at the 2019 Junior World Championships. ย ย
BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSย
UCLA Gymnastics won the school's first-ever Big Ten regular season championship in any sport after completing a perfect 9-0 record in Big Ten play. The Bruins clinched the title on March 2 after finishing first at the Big Four meet at Ohio State. UCLA now has a total of 22 conference championships in women's gymnastics - 19 Pac-12 Championship titles, one WCAA Championship, one Pac-12 regular season title and one Big Ten regular season title. ย ย
CAMPBELL, MALABUYO NOMINATED FOR AAI AWARD
Chae Campbell and Emma Malabuyo were announced as nominees for the 2025 AAI Award, which is presented to the nation's top senior gymnast. Campbell, who was nominated for the second time, is an eight-time All-American and all-conference performer who holds career-highs of 10.0 on floor, 9.950 on vault and bars, 9.925 on beam and 39.725 in the all-around. She has hit ย has hit 197 of 201 career routines and currently ranks No. 22 in the nation and No. 5 in the Big Ten in the all-around. Malabuyo is a two-time beam All-America, three-time all-conference performer and three-time Scholastic All-American. The 2024 Olympian has been ranked near the top of the balance beam rankings all season and is currently No. 7 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten. She holds career-high marks of 10.0 on beam, 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on vault and 39.500 in the all-around. 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
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will begin postseason play on Saturday, March 22 at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. UCLA is the top seed at the Championships and will compete in the last session at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The Bruins will have Olympic order and start the meet on vault, finishing on floor exercise.ย
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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