Thursday, April 3
Salt Lake City, Utah
12:00 PM PT
UCLA
at
NCAA Regionals Second Round
Jordan Chiles
Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
UCLA Begins NCAA Regional Competition Thursday
April 01, 2025 | Gymnastics
No. 5 Seed UCLA at NCAA Regionals Second Roundย
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025 โ ย 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
Broadcast: ESPN+
Talent: Jason Ross Jr., Bridget Sloan
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: utahtickets.com/ncaagym
UCLA BEGINS REGIONAL ACTION THURSDAYย
Big Ten champion and No. 5 seed UCLA (24-3) will kick off NCAA Regional competition on Thursday, April 3 at the NCAA Utah Regional second round. The Bruins will compete against No. 12 seed Minnesota and unseeded Southern Utah and Boise State in the afternoon session at 1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT. No. 4 seed Utah, No. 13 Stanford, Denver and the winner of the BYU/Utah State first round matchup will compete in the evening session at 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT. The top two teams from each session will advance to the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday, April 5 at 5 p.m. MT/4 p.m. PT. The top two teams from the Regional Final, along with the top individual all-arounder and event finishers not on a qualifying team, will move on the NCAA Championships. All sessions of the Regionals will be broadcast live on ESPN+. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will begin Thursday's meet on floor exercise and end on balance beam. Minnesota will have Olympic order and begin on vault. Southern Utah starts on uneven bars, and Boise State begins on balance beam. ย
A LOOK AT THE FIELDย
Minnesota is ranked No. 10 in the nation and finished in third place at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a season-high 197.425. The Gophers are led by 12-time All-American and nine-time perfect 10 scorer Mya Hooten. Minnesota has qualified to the NCAA Championships six times, most recently in 2022. Southern Utah ranks No. 24 in the nation and holds a season-high team total of 196.900. The Thunderbirds are ranked No. 18 on floor and No. 21 on vault. Boise State ranks No. 30 nationally and posted a season-high of 196.775 two weeks ago. The Broncos are No. 20 on bars, thanks in part to two-time All-American Emily Lopez, who also ranks No. 20 on the event. ย ย ย
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
The Bruins have won 24 NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019. The Bruins placed third in the second round last season but finished second in the 2023 Regional Final to qualify for the NCAA Championships. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA finishes the regular season ranked No. 5 in the national rankings and No. 1 on floor exercise, No. 4 on balance beam, No. 7 on vault and No. 8 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remained at No. 1 on floor for the sixth-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors moved up to No. 3. Four Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 6), Ciena Alipio and Chae Campbell (No. 15) and Emily Lee (No. 20). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 7) and Chae Campbell (No. 15). Chiles and Frida Esparza are tied for seventh on uneven bars. Chiles ranks No. 11 and Campbell No. 20 in the all-around.
ALL-AMERICAN LEADERS ย
Six Bruin gymnasts earned a total of 10 WCGA regular season All-America honors for 2025. The six honorees are the most by any school this season and also tie a school record set by the 2018 and 2019 squads. Jordan Chiles led the Bruins with four All-America honors (first-team vault, bars and floor; second-team all-around), boosting her career total to 13. Chae Campbell was UCLA's other multi-event All-American, earning second-team acclaim on vault and beam to increase her career total to 10 All-America awards. Emma Malabuyo became a three-time All-American after receiving first-team honors on beam. Earning first-time honors were Brooklyn Moors (first-team floor), Frida Esparza (first-team bars) and Ciena Alipio (second-team beam). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUINS SWEEP BIG TEN ย
UCLA swept through the Big Ten in its first year in the conference, going unbeaten in conference play to win the regular season title and then winning the Big Ten Championships with a Championship record score of 198.450. The Bruins became the first UCLA team to win both the regular season and conference championships in the same year. UCLA's last conference sweep came in 2019, when it went 7-0 in Pac-12 Conference play and won the Pac-12 Championships with a record score of 198.400. The conference championship was UCLA's 21st of all-time (1 Big Ten, 19 Pac-12, 1 WCAA). The Bruins have also won two regular season conference titles (one each in the Big Ten and Pac-12). ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
Top-seeded UCLA came from behind to win the Big Ten Championship with a Championships record score of 198.450. The Bruins tied their season-high on vault with a 49.350 in the first rotation but found themselves in third place. They moved up to second at the halfway mark after all six gymnasts scored 9.900 or higher on uneven bars, led by Frida Esparza's 9.950. A school record-tying 49.750 on balance beam pulled the Bruins within .025 of first-place Michigan State. The Bruins counting five scores of 9.925 or higher on beam, led by a perfect 10 from Ciena Alipio. UCLA closed the meet on floor exercise, scoring 49.800 for the second time this season, with back-to-back perfect 10s from Brooklyn Moors and Jordan Chiles sealing the victory. ย ย ย ย
CAMPBELL WINS BIG TEN ALL-AROUND TITLE
Graduate student Chae Campbell became UCLA's first-ever Big Ten all-around champion, winning the title with a career-high-tying 39.725. Campbell scored 9.9 or higher on all four events and recorded season or career-highs on three. She started the meet with a stuck Yurchenko full vault for a season-high-tying and third-place mark of 9.925. She led off on uneven bars with a season-high 9.900, then tied her career-high on balance beam with a 9.950. She also scored a 9.950 on floor exercise to secure the all-around win, her third of the season.ย
PERFECT TRIO
Three Bruins scored perfect 10s at the Big Ten Championships - Ciena Alipio on balance beam and Brooklyn Moors and Jordan Chiles on floor exercise. The last time three different Bruins scored perfect 10s in a meet was Feb. 4, 2018, when Peng-Peng Lee scored a 10 on beam and Felicia Hano and Katelyn Ohashi scored 10s on floor. Alipio's 10 was the first of her career and the first by a Bruin on beam since Emma Malabuyo on Mar. 12, 2022. Moors' perfect score was also the first of her career. She becomes the 19th Bruin to score a 10 on floor exercise. Chiles earned her second floor 10 of the year and third overall 10 of the season. She now has 11 career 10s (six on floor and five on bars), tying Katelyn Ohashi for fourth overall in career perfect 10s by a Bruin. UCLA now has 174 perfect 10s in school history. ย ย ย
McDONALD NAMED BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR
The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach Janelle McDonald was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading UCLA to an unbeaten regular season record and a record-setting Big Ten Championship performance. The regular season title was her second in three years, and the conference championship win was the first of her coaching career. McDonald's Bruins rose from No. 10 in the preseason poll to as high as No. 2 and have been ranked in the Top 5 for the last seven weeks and in the Top 10 for the last 10 weeks. They have scored 197+ in 11 consecutive meets, a feat that has not been accomplished by a Bruin team in the regular season since 2019. McDonald's Conference Coach of the Year award is the program's eighth in school history and first since Valorie Kondos Field won in 2019. ย ย ย
UCLA JOINS 198 CLUB
UCLA's introduction to the 198 club in 2025 was a big one, as the Bruins recorded the nation's second-highest away score of the season, 198.450, to win the Big Ten title. The 198.450 score was also a Big Ten Championship record and the second-highest score ever by a Big Ten team. UCLA set other records at the Big Ten Championships, tying its school record on balance beam with a 49.750 and tying its Big Ten record on floor exercise with a 49.800. ย ย
EIGHT BRUINS EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
A total of eight UCLA gymnasts were named to the All-Big Ten Teams for 2025, the most of any team in the conference. The regular season Big Ten champions placed four gymnasts on the All-Big Ten first team โ junior Jordan Chiles, graduate students Chae Campbell and Brooklyn Moors, and senior Emma Malabuyo. Selected to the second team were freshman Macy McGowan, senior Emily Lee, graduate student Frida Esparza and junior Ciena Alipio. McGowan was also named to the All-Freshman team. Additionally Malabuyo was UCLA's honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
PROGRAM-RECORD 11 HONORED ON ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN TEAMย
UCLA Gymnastics set a new program record with 11 team members selected to the academic all-conference team in 2025. Named to the Winter Academic All-Big Ten team were graduates Chae Campbell, Frida Esparza and Brooklyn Moors; seniors Mia Erdoes, Emily Lee and Emma Malabuyo; juniors Ciena Alipio, Madisyn Anyimi and Clara Wren; and sophomores Paige Anastasi and Katelyn Rosen. The previous record for UCLA was 10, set in each of the last two seasons. ย ย ย ย
THREE MEETS, THREE FLOORS ย
Chae Campbell has produced legendary floor exercise routines year after year at UCLA, and in the past three meets has performed three different routines. She brought back her freshman year floor routine on Senior Day March 9, performing that routine in front of a full house for the first time. Campbell originally debuted the routine in 2021 during the COVID pandemic when spectators were either not allowed in competitions or limited in small numbers and won the Pac-12 floor title with that routine. She brought back another fan favorite on March 15 at Utah, performing her 2024 Black Panther routine while competing in UCLA's new Black Panther-inspired leotard that she designed. And she clinched the Big Ten all-around title on March 22 with her 2025 Missy Elliott routine, scoring 9.950 to tie for third place. ย 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 for their 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. The Bruins' attendance average in road meets is 8,509, 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. UCLA also competed in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,558 at Utah on March 15. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting 11 consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only Oklahoma has also accomplished this feat this season, holding a streak of 13 meets. The queens of consistency on the squad have been Macy McGowan (36-for-36), Brooklyn Moors (35-for-35), Emily Lee (27-for-27) and Frida Esparza (12-for-12). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' top seven marks this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.668, while its home average is 197.463. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month and a half, junior 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", "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and "SportsCenter", and released her New York Times best-selling book, I'm That Girl, all while competing every weekend for the Bruins. 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 eight all-around attempts and scored a season-best 39.750 on March 9, the highest all-around score in the Big Ten this season. She was ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor exercise for the last six weeks of the season and is also ranked No. 7 on vault and uneven bars. Chiles earned four regular season All-America honors, receiving first-team acclaim on vault, bars and floor and second-team honors in the all-around.ย
Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added her first floor 10 of 2025 on ย Feb. 1, a walk-off 10 to clinch a UCLA comeback victory over Michigan State on the final routine of the meet. She ended another meet with a 10 on floor on Mar. 22 at the Big Ten Championships, putting a cherry on top of the Bruins' conference championship with her sixth career floor 10 and 11th 10 overall. She is now tied with Katelyn Ohashi for No. 4 all-time at UCLA in career perfect 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars with five 10s and on floor with six 10s. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and 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
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in 10 meets, averaging a Big Ten-best 39.470. She ranks No. 20 in the nation with a 39.495 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in eight meets this season and has three victories, most recently winning the Big Ten all-around title with a career-high-tying 39.725. Campbell has been strong on all four events this season, earning second-team All-America honors on vault and beam and ranking 15th nationally on those two events. She averages 9.880 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 three times this year. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.854 with six scores of 9.900 or higher. She has scored a career-high 9.950 in each of her last two meets. On floor, Campbell averages 9.890 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She scored a season-high of 9.900 on uneven bars in the leadoff position at the Big Ten Championships.
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 finished the regular season ranked third in the nation with a NQS of 9.960, and she holds the second-highest season average in the nation, 9.948. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has nine scores of 9.950 or higher, including her first career perfect 10 to claim a share of the Big Ten title. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured seven event titles. She has competed on three events in 11 of 12 meets this season and has hit all 35 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. The first-team floor exercise All-American ranks second on the team with nine scores of 9.95 or higher this season. 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. The first-team balance beam All-American ranks No. 6 in the nation with an NQS of 9.935 and holds a season average of 9.906. She has scored 9.900 or higher in 10 of 12 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 9.867 on beam in her career and has 12 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 9.848 on floor over her career and tied her career-best of 9.950 at the Big Ten Championships. 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 20, including a team-high 10 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 49.385 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher eight times this year, including six times on the road. Lee has seven leadoff 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. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.854 and has scored 9.900 or higher 56% of the time (22 times in 39 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.813 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 106 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
C-ING TENS ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio scored her first career perfect 10 on a big stage, winning a share of the Big Ten balance beam title and leading the Bruins to a school record beam score of 49.750. Alipio became just the third Bruin to score a perfect 10 on beam at the conference championships, joining Kyla Ross and Peng-Peng Lee. Alipio earned her first career All-America honor this year, receiving second-team regular season acclaim after finishing the regular season ranked No. 15 in the nation with a NQS of 9.915. She also earned her first career all-conference nod, being selected to the All-Big Ten second team. Alipio has scored 9.850 or better in nine meets this season and 9.900 or higher in six meets. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
ELECTRIC ESPARZA ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had been electric for the Bruins this season on uneven bars, ranking No. 7 nationally with a NQS of 9.940 and earning first-team regular season All-America honors. She had a career night on Feb. 14 against Penn State, 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 leads the team with five uneven bars victories and eight Top 3 finishes and was named to the All-Big Ten second team. She has scored 9.950 in each of her last two meets. 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 36 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.856 on floor and 9.846 on bars. She is ranked third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault and bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled eight scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including five on floor. In her last meet at the Big Ten Championships, she contributed a pair of 9.900s on bars and floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and made her all-around debut at Utah March 15, scoring 39.175. At the Big Ten Championships, she tied for third on vault with a career-high-tying 9.925 and added a 9.900 on uneven bars. She captured her first career event win with a then-career-high 9.850 on vault and then came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third. She hit another career-high on uneven bars on March 9, scoring 9.925 to finish in second place. Webster-Longin has totaled eight Top 3 finishes this season. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed four 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
ROSEN RETURNS ย ย ย
Sophomore Katelyn Rosen made a triumphant return to the competitive lineup at the Big Ten Championships. In her first competition in nearly two months, she hit a 9.925 on balance beam in the two spot to help the Bruins achieve a school record-tying beam score of 49.750, earning a perfect 10 from one of the four judges. Rosen also competed on floor exercise, leading off with a season-best 9.875 to get UCLA started towards a 49.800 floor score and Championship victory. She regained her spot in the lineup after a stellar performance at Utah on March 15, hitting ย 9.850 on bars, 9.800 on floor and 9.875 on beam in exhibition performances. Last season, Rosen was an all-conference performer in the all-around and posted career-high scores of 9.950 on beam and floor, 9.925 on uneven bars and 9.900 on vault. ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins returned the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility, and they have each delivered with their best seasons. Campbell, now a 10-time All-American, won the Big Ten all-around title with a career-high-tying 39.725 and leads the Big Ten with an all-around season average of 39.470. Esparza earned her first career All-America honors, finishing the regular season ranked No. 7 in the nation with a NQS of 9.940. She also earned second-team All-Big Ten acclaim. Esparza has a team-high five event victories on uneven bars and scored a career-high 9.975 on Feb. 14. She is tied for the team lead on bars with four 9.950+ scores and seven 9.900+ scores.
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
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Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025 โ ย 1 p.m. MT / 12 p.m. PT
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (Jon M. Huntsman Center)
Broadcast: ESPN+
Talent: Jason Ross Jr., Bridget Sloan
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: utahtickets.com/ncaagym
UCLA BEGINS REGIONAL ACTION THURSDAYย
Big Ten champion and No. 5 seed UCLA (24-3) will kick off NCAA Regional competition on Thursday, April 3 at the NCAA Utah Regional second round. The Bruins will compete against No. 12 seed Minnesota and unseeded Southern Utah and Boise State in the afternoon session at 1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT. No. 4 seed Utah, No. 13 Stanford, Denver and the winner of the BYU/Utah State first round matchup will compete in the evening session at 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT. The top two teams from each session will advance to the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday, April 5 at 5 p.m. MT/4 p.m. PT. The top two teams from the Regional Final, along with the top individual all-arounder and event finishers not on a qualifying team, will move on the NCAA Championships. All sessions of the Regionals will be broadcast live on ESPN+. ย ย ย
ROTATION ORDERย
UCLA will begin Thursday's meet on floor exercise and end on balance beam. Minnesota will have Olympic order and begin on vault. Southern Utah starts on uneven bars, and Boise State begins on balance beam. ย
A LOOK AT THE FIELDย
Minnesota is ranked No. 10 in the nation and finished in third place at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a season-high 197.425. The Gophers are led by 12-time All-American and nine-time perfect 10 scorer Mya Hooten. Minnesota has qualified to the NCAA Championships six times, most recently in 2022. Southern Utah ranks No. 24 in the nation and holds a season-high team total of 196.900. The Thunderbirds are ranked No. 18 on floor and No. 21 on vault. Boise State ranks No. 30 nationally and posted a season-high of 196.775 two weeks ago. The Broncos are No. 20 on bars, thanks in part to two-time All-American Emily Lopez, who also ranks No. 20 on the event. ย ย ย
REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ย
The Bruins have won 24 NCAA Regional titles, most recently in 2019. The Bruins placed third in the second round last season but finished second in the 2023 Regional Final to qualify for the NCAA Championships. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA finishes the regular season ranked No. 5 in the national rankings and No. 1 on floor exercise, No. 4 on balance beam, No. 7 on vault and No. 8 on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles remained at No. 1 on floor for the sixth-straight week, while Brooklyn Moors moved up to No. 3. Four Bruins are ranked on balance beam - Emma Malabuyo (No. 6), Ciena Alipio and Chae Campbell (No. 15) and Emily Lee (No. 20). Two Bruins are ranked on vault - Chiles (No. 7) and Chae Campbell (No. 15). Chiles and Frida Esparza are tied for seventh on uneven bars. Chiles ranks No. 11 and Campbell No. 20 in the all-around.
ALL-AMERICAN LEADERS ย
Six Bruin gymnasts earned a total of 10 WCGA regular season All-America honors for 2025. The six honorees are the most by any school this season and also tie a school record set by the 2018 and 2019 squads. Jordan Chiles led the Bruins with four All-America honors (first-team vault, bars and floor; second-team all-around), boosting her career total to 13. Chae Campbell was UCLA's other multi-event All-American, earning second-team acclaim on vault and beam to increase her career total to 10 All-America awards. Emma Malabuyo became a three-time All-American after receiving first-team honors on beam. Earning first-time honors were Brooklyn Moors (first-team floor), Frida Esparza (first-team bars) and Ciena Alipio (second-team beam). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUINS SWEEP BIG TEN ย
UCLA swept through the Big Ten in its first year in the conference, going unbeaten in conference play to win the regular season title and then winning the Big Ten Championships with a Championship record score of 198.450. The Bruins became the first UCLA team to win both the regular season and conference championships in the same year. UCLA's last conference sweep came in 2019, when it went 7-0 in Pac-12 Conference play and won the Pac-12 Championships with a record score of 198.400. The conference championship was UCLA's 21st of all-time (1 Big Ten, 19 Pac-12, 1 WCAA). The Bruins have also won two regular season conference titles (one each in the Big Ten and Pac-12). ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
Top-seeded UCLA came from behind to win the Big Ten Championship with a Championships record score of 198.450. The Bruins tied their season-high on vault with a 49.350 in the first rotation but found themselves in third place. They moved up to second at the halfway mark after all six gymnasts scored 9.900 or higher on uneven bars, led by Frida Esparza's 9.950. A school record-tying 49.750 on balance beam pulled the Bruins within .025 of first-place Michigan State. The Bruins counting five scores of 9.925 or higher on beam, led by a perfect 10 from Ciena Alipio. UCLA closed the meet on floor exercise, scoring 49.800 for the second time this season, with back-to-back perfect 10s from Brooklyn Moors and Jordan Chiles sealing the victory. ย ย ย ย
CAMPBELL WINS BIG TEN ALL-AROUND TITLE
Graduate student Chae Campbell became UCLA's first-ever Big Ten all-around champion, winning the title with a career-high-tying 39.725. Campbell scored 9.9 or higher on all four events and recorded season or career-highs on three. She started the meet with a stuck Yurchenko full vault for a season-high-tying and third-place mark of 9.925. She led off on uneven bars with a season-high 9.900, then tied her career-high on balance beam with a 9.950. She also scored a 9.950 on floor exercise to secure the all-around win, her third of the season.ย
PERFECT TRIO
Three Bruins scored perfect 10s at the Big Ten Championships - Ciena Alipio on balance beam and Brooklyn Moors and Jordan Chiles on floor exercise. The last time three different Bruins scored perfect 10s in a meet was Feb. 4, 2018, when Peng-Peng Lee scored a 10 on beam and Felicia Hano and Katelyn Ohashi scored 10s on floor. Alipio's 10 was the first of her career and the first by a Bruin on beam since Emma Malabuyo on Mar. 12, 2022. Moors' perfect score was also the first of her career. She becomes the 19th Bruin to score a 10 on floor exercise. Chiles earned her second floor 10 of the year and third overall 10 of the season. She now has 11 career 10s (six on floor and five on bars), tying Katelyn Ohashi for fourth overall in career perfect 10s by a Bruin. UCLA now has 174 perfect 10s in school history. ย ย ย
McDONALD NAMED BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR
The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach Janelle McDonald was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading UCLA to an unbeaten regular season record and a record-setting Big Ten Championship performance. The regular season title was her second in three years, and the conference championship win was the first of her coaching career. McDonald's Bruins rose from No. 10 in the preseason poll to as high as No. 2 and have been ranked in the Top 5 for the last seven weeks and in the Top 10 for the last 10 weeks. They have scored 197+ in 11 consecutive meets, a feat that has not been accomplished by a Bruin team in the regular season since 2019. McDonald's Conference Coach of the Year award is the program's eighth in school history and first since Valorie Kondos Field won in 2019. ย ย ย
UCLA JOINS 198 CLUB
UCLA's introduction to the 198 club in 2025 was a big one, as the Bruins recorded the nation's second-highest away score of the season, 198.450, to win the Big Ten title. The 198.450 score was also a Big Ten Championship record and the second-highest score ever by a Big Ten team. UCLA set other records at the Big Ten Championships, tying its school record on balance beam with a 49.750 and tying its Big Ten record on floor exercise with a 49.800. ย ย
EIGHT BRUINS EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORS
A total of eight UCLA gymnasts were named to the All-Big Ten Teams for 2025, the most of any team in the conference. The regular season Big Ten champions placed four gymnasts on the All-Big Ten first team โ junior Jordan Chiles, graduate students Chae Campbell and Brooklyn Moors, and senior Emma Malabuyo. Selected to the second team were freshman Macy McGowan, senior Emily Lee, graduate student Frida Esparza and junior Ciena Alipio. McGowan was also named to the All-Freshman team. Additionally Malabuyo was UCLA's honoree for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
PROGRAM-RECORD 11 HONORED ON ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN TEAMย
UCLA Gymnastics set a new program record with 11 team members selected to the academic all-conference team in 2025. Named to the Winter Academic All-Big Ten team were graduates Chae Campbell, Frida Esparza and Brooklyn Moors; seniors Mia Erdoes, Emily Lee and Emma Malabuyo; juniors Ciena Alipio, Madisyn Anyimi and Clara Wren; and sophomores Paige Anastasi and Katelyn Rosen. The previous record for UCLA was 10, set in each of the last two seasons. ย ย ย ย
THREE MEETS, THREE FLOORS ย
Chae Campbell has produced legendary floor exercise routines year after year at UCLA, and in the past three meets has performed three different routines. She brought back her freshman year floor routine on Senior Day March 9, performing that routine in front of a full house for the first time. Campbell originally debuted the routine in 2021 during the COVID pandemic when spectators were either not allowed in competitions or limited in small numbers and won the Pac-12 floor title with that routine. She brought back another fan favorite on March 15 at Utah, performing her 2024 Black Panther routine while competing in UCLA's new Black Panther-inspired leotard that she designed. And she clinched the Big Ten all-around title on March 22 with her 2025 Missy Elliott routine, scoring 9.950 to tie for third place. ย 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 for their 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. The Bruins' attendance average in road meets is 8,509, 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. UCLA also competed in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,558 at Utah on March 15. ย
CONSISTENCY IS KEY ย ย
UCLA has been one of the most consistent teams in the country this season, posting 11 consecutive scores of 197 or higher. Only Oklahoma has also accomplished this feat this season, holding a streak of 13 meets. The queens of consistency on the squad have been Macy McGowan (36-for-36), Brooklyn Moors (35-for-35), Emily Lee (27-for-27) and Frida Esparza (12-for-12). Also speaking to consistency, three of the Bruins' top seven marks this season have been 197.550 scores on the road. UCLA's road average since Week 2 is 197.668, while its home average is 197.463. ย ย
CHILES REALLY IS THAT GIRL ย
In the past month and a half, junior 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", "The Jennifer Hudson Show" and "SportsCenter", and released her New York Times best-selling book, I'm That Girl, all while competing every weekend for the Bruins. 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 eight all-around attempts and scored a season-best 39.750 on March 9, the highest all-around score in the Big Ten this season. She was ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor exercise for the last six weeks of the season and is also ranked No. 7 on vault and uneven bars. Chiles earned four regular season All-America honors, receiving first-team acclaim on vault, bars and floor and second-team honors in the all-around.ย
Chiles scored her first perfect 10 of the year at Maryland on Jan. 18, receiving a perfect mark on uneven bars, and she added her first floor 10 of 2025 on ย Feb. 1, a walk-off 10 to clinch a UCLA comeback victory over Michigan State on the final routine of the meet. She ended another meet with a 10 on floor on Mar. 22 at the Big Ten Championships, putting a cherry on top of the Bruins' conference championship with her sixth career floor 10 and 11th 10 overall. She is now tied with Katelyn Ohashi for No. 4 all-time at UCLA in career perfect 10s. She is also No. 3 on bars with five 10s and on floor with six 10s. Only Kyla Ross (11) and Jamie Dantzscher (7) have scored more 10s on bars, and only Dantzscher (17) and 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
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE ย ย
Graduate student Chae Campbell has competed in the all-around in 10 meets, averaging a Big Ten-best 39.470. She ranks No. 20 in the nation with a 39.495 NQS. Campbell has finished in the Top 3 in the all-around in eight meets this season and has three victories, most recently winning the Big Ten all-around title with a career-high-tying 39.725. Campbell has been strong on all four events this season, earning second-team All-America honors on vault and beam and ranking 15th nationally on those two events. She averages 9.880 on her 9.950 start-value vault and posted highs of 9.925 three times this year. Beam has become a strong suit for Campbell this season, as she is averaging 9.854 with six scores of 9.900 or higher. She has scored a career-high 9.950 in each of her last two meets. On floor, Campbell averages 9.890 on the year, with a high of 9.975 set Feb. 1 against Michigan State. She scored a season-high of 9.900 on uneven bars in the leadoff position at the Big Ten Championships.
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 finished the regular season ranked third in the nation with a NQS of 9.960, and she holds the second-highest season average in the nation, 9.948. Moors has not scored lower than 9.900 this year and has nine scores of 9.950 or higher, including her first career perfect 10 to claim a share of the Big Ten title. Moors has placed in the Top 3 on floor in every meet and has captured seven event titles. She has competed on three events in 11 of 12 meets this season and has hit all 35 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. The first-team floor exercise All-American ranks second on the team with nine scores of 9.95 or higher this season. 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. The first-team balance beam All-American ranks No. 6 in the nation with an NQS of 9.935 and holds a season average of 9.906. She has scored 9.900 or higher in 10 of 12 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 9.867 on beam in her career and has 12 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 9.848 on floor over her career and tied her career-best of 9.950 at the Big Ten Championships. 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 20, including a team-high 10 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 49.385 on beam and have earned 49.4 or higher eight times this year, including six times on the road. Lee has seven leadoff 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. In her career as a leadoff performer on beam, Lee is averaging 9.854 and has scored 9.900 or higher 56% of the time (22 times in 39 meets). Her leadoff prowess is not confined to beam. As the vault leadoff this year, she is averaging 9.813 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 106 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
C-ING TENS ย ย ย
Junior Ciena Alipio scored her first career perfect 10 on a big stage, winning a share of the Big Ten balance beam title and leading the Bruins to a school record beam score of 49.750. Alipio became just the third Bruin to score a perfect 10 on beam at the conference championships, joining Kyla Ross and Peng-Peng Lee. Alipio earned her first career All-America honor this year, receiving second-team regular season acclaim after finishing the regular season ranked No. 15 in the nation with a NQS of 9.915. She also earned her first career all-conference nod, being selected to the All-Big Ten second team. Alipio has scored 9.850 or better in nine meets this season and 9.900 or higher in six meets. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
ELECTRIC ESPARZA ย ย
Graduate student Frida Esparza had been electric for the Bruins this season on uneven bars, ranking No. 7 nationally with a NQS of 9.940 and earning first-team regular season All-America honors. She had a career night on Feb. 14 against Penn State, 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 leads the team with five uneven bars victories and eight Top 3 finishes and was named to the All-Big Ten second team. She has scored 9.950 in each of her last two meets. 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 36 of her routines this season and averages over 9.8 on each of her three events, including 9.856 on floor and 9.846 on bars. She is ranked third on the team in routines competed in 2025. McGowan has career-best marks of 9.900 on vault and bars and 9.950 on floor and has compiled eight scores of 9.900 or higher this year, including five on floor. In her last meet at the Big Ten Championships, she contributed a pair of 9.900s on bars and floor. Webster-Longin has also competed in every meet for UCLA and made her all-around debut at Utah March 15, scoring 39.175. At the Big Ten Championships, she tied for third on vault with a career-high-tying 9.925 and added a 9.900 on uneven bars. She captured her first career event win with a then-career-high 9.850 on vault and then came back the next meet at Michigan to score a career-high 9.925 on vault to place third. She hit another career-high on uneven bars on March 9, scoring 9.925 to finish in second place. Webster-Longin has totaled eight Top 3 finishes this season. Additionally, Riley Jenkins has competed four 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
ROSEN RETURNS ย ย ย
Sophomore Katelyn Rosen made a triumphant return to the competitive lineup at the Big Ten Championships. In her first competition in nearly two months, she hit a 9.925 on balance beam in the two spot to help the Bruins achieve a school record-tying beam score of 49.750, earning a perfect 10 from one of the four judges. Rosen also competed on floor exercise, leading off with a season-best 9.875 to get UCLA started towards a 49.800 floor score and Championship victory. She regained her spot in the lineup after a stellar performance at Utah on March 15, hitting ย 9.850 on bars, 9.800 on floor and 9.875 on beam in exhibition performances. Last season, Rosen was an all-conference performer in the all-around and posted career-high scores of 9.950 on beam and floor, 9.925 on uneven bars and 9.900 on vault. ย
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins returned the services of two fifth-year seniors in Chae Campbell and Frida Esparza for their extra year of Covid-19 eligibility, and they have each delivered with their best seasons. Campbell, now a 10-time All-American, won the Big Ten all-around title with a career-high-tying 39.725 and leads the Big Ten with an all-around season average of 39.470. Esparza earned her first career All-America honors, finishing the regular season ranked No. 7 in the nation with a NQS of 9.940. She also earned second-team All-Big Ten acclaim. Esparza has a team-high five event victories on uneven bars and scored a career-high 9.975 on Feb. 14. She is tied for the team lead on bars with four 9.950+ scores and seven 9.900+ scores.
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
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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