Saturday, January 17
Los Angeles, CA
3:00 PM PT
UCLA
vs
Nebraska
Ciena Alipio
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
Gymnastics Hosts Nebraska Saturday in Home Opener
January 15, 2026 | Gymnastics
No. 9 UCLA vs. Nebraskaย
Date/Time: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 โ ย 3 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial)
Broadcast: B1G+
Talent: Evan Heiter, JaNay Honest
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; UCLA students free w/ valid Bruin Card
Theme: The Happiest Meet on Earth
Giveaways: 2026 schedule poster (first 5,000 fans), Bruin Ears (first 250 kids age 12 or younger)
HOME OPENER ย
No. 9 UCLA (4-2) hosts Nebraska (2-1) in the Bruins' home opener on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 3pm at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. It will be the Happiest Meet on Earth as fans are encouraged to dress up as their favorite prince, princess or character. The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive a 2026 UCLA Gymnastics schedule poster, and the first 250 children, age 12 or younger, will receive free Bruin ears. ย ย ย ย
HOW TO WATCHย
The UCLA-Nebraska meet will be broadcast on Big Ten Plus (B1G+), the Big Ten Network's subscription streaming platform that offers access to nearly 2,500 events annually. The Bruins will be streamed on B1G+ three more times this season. B1G+ subscriptions can be purchased directly at www.bigtenplus.com. ย ย
LAST TIME OUTย
In a battle between four of the Top 5 teams at last year's NCAA Championship, UCLA placed third at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad, scoring 197.000. Oklahoma and LSU each scored 197.500, with Oklahoma winning the tie-breaker, and Utah was fourth with a 195.900. The Bruins improved upon their season-opening team score, as well as on their scores on vault (49.275), bars (49.425) and floor (49.175). UCLA led after the first rotation after a strong start on uneven bars, led by a pair of 9.900 scores by Tiana Sumanasekera and Jordan Chiles. But a shaky beam rotation pushed the Bruins down to third place, and they were unable to catch up. Chiles finished second in the all-around with a 39.575 and tied for first place on floor exercise with a 9.925. ย
CHILES EARNS SECOND-STRAIGHT BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARDย
Jordan Chiles was selected the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week for the second consecutive week after posting a 39.575 all-around score at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad, the highest all-around total in the conference last week. Chiles earned UCLA's top marks on three of four events. She tied for first place on floor exercise with a 9.925, picking up her sixth individual title of the short season. She also scored 9.900 on vault and uneven bars and 9.850 on balance beam and has scored 9.900 or higher on seven of her eight routines this year. Her marks helped the Bruins record a season-best team total of 197.000, as well as season-best marks on vault (49.275), bars (49.425) and floor (49.175). She remains ranked No. 1 in the all-around with a season average of 39.650 and is ranked in the Top 10 on floor (No. 6) and vault (No. 10). She has won 13 career conference gymnast of the week awards, including eight in the Big Ten.
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA remains in the Top 10 nationally, ranking No. 9 after week two. The Bruins are ranked No. 7 on balance beam, No. 8 on uneven bars, No. 9 on vault and No. 20 on floor exercise. Jordan Chiles remains No. 1 in the all-around and is Top 20 on all four events - No. 6 on floor, No. 10 on vault, No. 15 on bars and No. 20 on beam. Ciena Alipio is tied for No. 10 on beam. Tiana Sumanasekera ranks No. 14 in the all-around and No. 18 on bars, and Katelyn Rosen is No. 24 in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
DANCING AND GYMNASTICS QUEEN ย
Fresh off a third-place showing on Season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars" this fall, Jordan Chiles continues to surge, ranking No. 1 in the nation in the all-around and earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors for the first two weeks of the season. She kicked off her senior season on Jan. 3 with a show-stopping performance at the Best of the West Quad. Chiles placed first on all four events and won the all-around with a score of 39.725, UCLA's highest all-around score in a season opener since Kyla Ross also recorded that score in 2020. In week 2, she placed second in the all-around with a 39.575 and won floor exercise for the second-straight week with a 9.925.ย
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Dancing with pro Ezra Sosa, Chiles became the first female gymnast to make the "Dancing with the Stars" finale since Laurie Hernandez in season 23 in 2016. Chiles competed on the show while simultaneously training for the 2026 gymnastics season and taking a full set of classes at UCLA. The two-time Olympian and 2024 gold medalist enters her senior year as a three-time NCAA Champion, 16-time All-American and reigning Big Ten floor exercise champion. Chiles has scored 11 perfect 10s in her career - six on floor exercise and five on uneven bars - and 23 9.975s. She holds career-highs of 10.0 on uneven bars and floor exercise, 9.975 on vault and balance beam and 39.900 in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย
ALIPIO MAKES FLOOR DEBUT ย
After competing exclusively on balance beam her first three seasons due to injuries, senior Ciena Alipio has taken the leap to multi-event gymnast, competing on floor exercise for the first time in her collegiate career at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. Alipio scored 9.800 to finish in the Top 15. She also posted UCLA's top balance beam score with a 9.925 and is nationally ranked No. 10 on that event. ย In the season opener, Alipio anchored the beam lineup for the first time in her career and scored 9.925 to place third en route to her first-ever Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honor. She also exhibitioned on floor exercise and scored 9.800. Alipio is a two-time first-team All-American on beam and won the Big Ten balance beam title in 2025 with her first career perfect 10. Prior to her senior season, the only other non-beam routine that she had performed in college came in an exhibition on floor exercise in the 2025 season opener. As an elite gymnast, Alipio placed third in the all-around at her last international event, the 2022 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland. She was also ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic. ย ย
SUPERB DEBUT BY SUMANASEKERA ย
Freshman Tiana Sumanasekera's collegiate debut was superb, as the five-time U.S. National Team member and 2024 Olympic alternate scored 9.950 on balance beam and 9.850 on floor exercise to place second behind only teammate Jordan Chiles on those two events in the season opener. Sumanasekera also scored 9.800 on vault and 9.850 in an exhibition uneven bars routine. Her beam score of 9.950 was the highest by a UCLA freshman in her collegiate debut in over 20 years, matching Tasha Schiwkert in 2005. Sumanasekera became the first Bruin ever to win BIg Ten Freshman of the Week honors with her season-opening performance. A week later at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, Sumanasekera made her all-around debut and scored 39.350, recording season-high marks on vault (9.875), bars (9.900) and floor (9.850). Sumanasekera now ranks 14th nationally in the all-around and 18th on bars. ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
UCLA's acclaimed freshman class have accounted for 37.5% of the Bruins' routines so far in 2026, with Tiana Sumanasekera competing seven routines, Ashlee Sullivan six and Nola Matthews five. Sumanasekera has contributed six 9.8+ scores, including a 9.950 on beam, 9.900 on bars, and 9.875 on vault. She is the first Bruin underclassman to compete in the all-around this year, scoring 39.350 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. Ashlee Sullivan, fresh off a win at the Arthur Gander Memorial in November, has competed three events in each of the first two meets. She matched or improved on each of her scores from week one to week two, with her high score coming on uneven bars with a 9.875. Four-time U.S. National Team member Nola Matthews has highs of 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on beam. Additionally, Jordis Eichman, who competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships, turned in a strong 9.825 on balance beam in an exhibition performance in the season opener.
ROSEN RETURNS TO ALL-AROUND ย
Junior Katelyn Rosen has returned to all-around duty for the first time since the 2024 Pac-12 Championships. Rosen scored a career-high 39.550 at those Pac-12 Championships but missed nearly two months of competition in 2025 and did not compete on vault during the season. She has earned an all-around spot in each of the first two meets, ย competing in the leadoff position on bars, beam and floor. After scoring 39.075 in the season opener, she improved to a 39.325 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, hitting season-highs of 9.825 on vault and beam, 9.875 on bars and 9.800 on floor. Rosen's career average in the all-around is 39.383, and she has hit 39+ in all nine all-around attempts. ย ย ย ย
MIKA MONEY ย
Sophomore Mika Webster-Longin continues to provide solid consistency for the Bruins, contributing 9.8+ scores on all six of her routines this season. In the season opener, she tied for fourth place on both bars and floor with scores of 9.850 and 9.825, respectively, and added a 9.800 on beam. She went 9.825 on bars and 9.800 on beam and floor last week at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. Webster-Longin's career average is 9.8 or higher on three events - 9.845 on bars, 9.814 on floor and 9.800 on beam, and she holds career-highs of 9.925 on vault and bars, 9.9 on floor and 9.8 on beam. The Belgian National Team member had a strong freshman season, being selected to the Big Ten All-Championship team after contributing a 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars to the Bruins' title run. ย ย ย ย ย
SENIOR STRIDES FROM ANYIMI ย
Madisyn Anyimi has had a strong start to her senior season, earning a spot in the Bruins' vault lineup in both meets and recording a seventh-place finish in season opener with a 9.800. Additionally, she hit a huge 9.850 on uneven bars in an exhibition performance at the Best of the West Quad, tying her career-high mark on the event. Anyimi enrolled at UCLA before walking onto the team in the 2023 season and has competed in 19 meets in her career, mostly on vault. She has hit all 22 routines she has competed, with highs of 9.85 on bars in 2024, 9.825 on vault in 2023 and 9.625 in her one floor appearance in 2023. Anyimi is a three-time WCGA Scholastic All-American, 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award-winner and 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar. ย ย ย
BARROS RAISES THE BAR ย
Junior Sydney Barros, who missed all of 2024 while rehabbing a knee injury, is working her way into the Bruin lineup, stepping in as a late sub on uneven bars in the season opener and scoring a career-high 9.800. Barros has four exhibition performances on both bars and floor under her belt but has only been in the competitive lineup twice. She has personal-best marks of 9.825 on each event in exhibition. Barros was the all-around champion at the 2023 Puerto Rican National Championships and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, qualifying to the World Championships. She was unable to compete at Worlds, however, after suffering a knee injury at the Central American Games. ย ย ย ย
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCES SHOWCASE BRUIN DEPTH ย ย
UCLA's depth was on full display in the season opener, as the Bruins hit 24-for-24 in competition and also saw five of seven exhibition routines score 9.800 or higher. On uneven bars, both Tiana Sumanasekera and Madisyn Anyimi scored 9.850, which would have tied for fourth place in the meet. On balance beam, freshmen Jordis Eichman and Ashlee Sullivan each scored 9.825. Ciena Alipio earned a 9.800 on floor exercise, equaling a Top 7 score in the meet. ย ย ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA returns three-time NCAA Champion Jordan Chiles, All-American and Big Ten beam champion Ciena Alipio, all-conference performers Katelyn Rosen and Macy McGowan, and Big Ten All-Championships team member Mika Webster-Longin while welcoming U.S. National Team members in freshmen Nola Matthews, Ashlee Sullivan and Tiana Sumanasekera. The Bruins, under the direction of 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year Janelle McDonald, are coming off a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships and an unbeaten Big Ten Conference season, complete with sweeps of the regular season and Conference Championship titles. ย
INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have not only represented their countries in international competition but won multiple medals. Jordan Chiles is a two-time Olympian and three-time medalist, winning team gold in 2024. She also won three medals at the 2023 World Championships, taking team gold and vault and floor exercise silver. Ciena Alipio placed third in the all-around at the 2021 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland and won team and balance beam silver and vault bronze at the 2019 Jesolo Trophy in Italy. Lauren Little won silver on vault at the 2018 International Gymnix Challenge Cup. Nola Matthews won gold on uneven bars and with the U.S. team at the 2023 Pan American Championships and uneven bars and floor exercise gold at the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup. Ashlee Sullivan won the all-around at the 2025 Arthur Gander Memorial and team gold at the 2025 DTB Mixed Cup and also has team gold at the 2022 and 2023 DTB Pokal Cups. Tiana Sumanasekera has totaled eight gold medals at the Pan American Championships, five gold medals at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2022 and team gold at the 2023 Pan American Games. Additionally, Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, and Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins travel to East Lansing, Mich. for a dual meet against Michigan State on Sunday, Jan. 25. The meet will be televised nationally on FOX at 1pm ET/10am PT.
Date/Time: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 โ ย 3 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial)
Broadcast: B1G+
Talent: Evan Heiter, JaNay Honest
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; UCLA students free w/ valid Bruin Card
Theme: The Happiest Meet on Earth
Giveaways: 2026 schedule poster (first 5,000 fans), Bruin Ears (first 250 kids age 12 or younger)
HOME OPENER ย
No. 9 UCLA (4-2) hosts Nebraska (2-1) in the Bruins' home opener on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 3pm at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. It will be the Happiest Meet on Earth as fans are encouraged to dress up as their favorite prince, princess or character. The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive a 2026 UCLA Gymnastics schedule poster, and the first 250 children, age 12 or younger, will receive free Bruin ears. ย ย ย ย
HOW TO WATCHย
The UCLA-Nebraska meet will be broadcast on Big Ten Plus (B1G+), the Big Ten Network's subscription streaming platform that offers access to nearly 2,500 events annually. The Bruins will be streamed on B1G+ three more times this season. B1G+ subscriptions can be purchased directly at www.bigtenplus.com. ย ย
LAST TIME OUTย
In a battle between four of the Top 5 teams at last year's NCAA Championship, UCLA placed third at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad, scoring 197.000. Oklahoma and LSU each scored 197.500, with Oklahoma winning the tie-breaker, and Utah was fourth with a 195.900. The Bruins improved upon their season-opening team score, as well as on their scores on vault (49.275), bars (49.425) and floor (49.175). UCLA led after the first rotation after a strong start on uneven bars, led by a pair of 9.900 scores by Tiana Sumanasekera and Jordan Chiles. But a shaky beam rotation pushed the Bruins down to third place, and they were unable to catch up. Chiles finished second in the all-around with a 39.575 and tied for first place on floor exercise with a 9.925. ย
CHILES EARNS SECOND-STRAIGHT BIG TEN GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARDย
Jordan Chiles was selected the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week for the second consecutive week after posting a 39.575 all-around score at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad, the highest all-around total in the conference last week. Chiles earned UCLA's top marks on three of four events. She tied for first place on floor exercise with a 9.925, picking up her sixth individual title of the short season. She also scored 9.900 on vault and uneven bars and 9.850 on balance beam and has scored 9.900 or higher on seven of her eight routines this year. Her marks helped the Bruins record a season-best team total of 197.000, as well as season-best marks on vault (49.275), bars (49.425) and floor (49.175). She remains ranked No. 1 in the all-around with a season average of 39.650 and is ranked in the Top 10 on floor (No. 6) and vault (No. 10). She has won 13 career conference gymnast of the week awards, including eight in the Big Ten.
IN THE RANKINGS ย
UCLA remains in the Top 10 nationally, ranking No. 9 after week two. The Bruins are ranked No. 7 on balance beam, No. 8 on uneven bars, No. 9 on vault and No. 20 on floor exercise. Jordan Chiles remains No. 1 in the all-around and is Top 20 on all four events - No. 6 on floor, No. 10 on vault, No. 15 on bars and No. 20 on beam. Ciena Alipio is tied for No. 10 on beam. Tiana Sumanasekera ranks No. 14 in the all-around and No. 18 on bars, and Katelyn Rosen is No. 24 in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
DANCING AND GYMNASTICS QUEEN ย
Fresh off a third-place showing on Season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars" this fall, Jordan Chiles continues to surge, ranking No. 1 in the nation in the all-around and earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors for the first two weeks of the season. She kicked off her senior season on Jan. 3 with a show-stopping performance at the Best of the West Quad. Chiles placed first on all four events and won the all-around with a score of 39.725, UCLA's highest all-around score in a season opener since Kyla Ross also recorded that score in 2020. In week 2, she placed second in the all-around with a 39.575 and won floor exercise for the second-straight week with a 9.925.ย
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Dancing with pro Ezra Sosa, Chiles became the first female gymnast to make the "Dancing with the Stars" finale since Laurie Hernandez in season 23 in 2016. Chiles competed on the show while simultaneously training for the 2026 gymnastics season and taking a full set of classes at UCLA. The two-time Olympian and 2024 gold medalist enters her senior year as a three-time NCAA Champion, 16-time All-American and reigning Big Ten floor exercise champion. Chiles has scored 11 perfect 10s in her career - six on floor exercise and five on uneven bars - and 23 9.975s. She holds career-highs of 10.0 on uneven bars and floor exercise, 9.975 on vault and balance beam and 39.900 in the all-around. ย ย ย ย ย
ALIPIO MAKES FLOOR DEBUT ย
After competing exclusively on balance beam her first three seasons due to injuries, senior Ciena Alipio has taken the leap to multi-event gymnast, competing on floor exercise for the first time in her collegiate career at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. Alipio scored 9.800 to finish in the Top 15. She also posted UCLA's top balance beam score with a 9.925 and is nationally ranked No. 10 on that event. ย In the season opener, Alipio anchored the beam lineup for the first time in her career and scored 9.925 to place third en route to her first-ever Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honor. She also exhibitioned on floor exercise and scored 9.800. Alipio is a two-time first-team All-American on beam and won the Big Ten balance beam title in 2025 with her first career perfect 10. Prior to her senior season, the only other non-beam routine that she had performed in college came in an exhibition on floor exercise in the 2025 season opener. As an elite gymnast, Alipio placed third in the all-around at her last international event, the 2022 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland. She was also ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic. ย ย
SUPERB DEBUT BY SUMANASEKERA ย
Freshman Tiana Sumanasekera's collegiate debut was superb, as the five-time U.S. National Team member and 2024 Olympic alternate scored 9.950 on balance beam and 9.850 on floor exercise to place second behind only teammate Jordan Chiles on those two events in the season opener. Sumanasekera also scored 9.800 on vault and 9.850 in an exhibition uneven bars routine. Her beam score of 9.950 was the highest by a UCLA freshman in her collegiate debut in over 20 years, matching Tasha Schiwkert in 2005. Sumanasekera became the first Bruin ever to win BIg Ten Freshman of the Week honors with her season-opening performance. A week later at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, Sumanasekera made her all-around debut and scored 39.350, recording season-high marks on vault (9.875), bars (9.900) and floor (9.850). Sumanasekera now ranks 14th nationally in the all-around and 18th on bars. ย
FABULOUS FRESHMEN ย ย
UCLA's acclaimed freshman class have accounted for 37.5% of the Bruins' routines so far in 2026, with Tiana Sumanasekera competing seven routines, Ashlee Sullivan six and Nola Matthews five. Sumanasekera has contributed six 9.8+ scores, including a 9.950 on beam, 9.900 on bars, and 9.875 on vault. She is the first Bruin underclassman to compete in the all-around this year, scoring 39.350 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. Ashlee Sullivan, fresh off a win at the Arthur Gander Memorial in November, has competed three events in each of the first two meets. She matched or improved on each of her scores from week one to week two, with her high score coming on uneven bars with a 9.875. Four-time U.S. National Team member Nola Matthews has highs of 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on beam. Additionally, Jordis Eichman, who competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships, turned in a strong 9.825 on balance beam in an exhibition performance in the season opener.
ROSEN RETURNS TO ALL-AROUND ย
Junior Katelyn Rosen has returned to all-around duty for the first time since the 2024 Pac-12 Championships. Rosen scored a career-high 39.550 at those Pac-12 Championships but missed nearly two months of competition in 2025 and did not compete on vault during the season. She has earned an all-around spot in each of the first two meets, ย competing in the leadoff position on bars, beam and floor. After scoring 39.075 in the season opener, she improved to a 39.325 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, hitting season-highs of 9.825 on vault and beam, 9.875 on bars and 9.800 on floor. Rosen's career average in the all-around is 39.383, and she has hit 39+ in all nine all-around attempts. ย ย ย ย
MIKA MONEY ย
Sophomore Mika Webster-Longin continues to provide solid consistency for the Bruins, contributing 9.8+ scores on all six of her routines this season. In the season opener, she tied for fourth place on both bars and floor with scores of 9.850 and 9.825, respectively, and added a 9.800 on beam. She went 9.825 on bars and 9.800 on beam and floor last week at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad. Webster-Longin's career average is 9.8 or higher on three events - 9.845 on bars, 9.814 on floor and 9.800 on beam, and she holds career-highs of 9.925 on vault and bars, 9.9 on floor and 9.8 on beam. The Belgian National Team member had a strong freshman season, being selected to the Big Ten All-Championship team after contributing a 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars to the Bruins' title run. ย ย ย ย ย
SENIOR STRIDES FROM ANYIMI ย
Madisyn Anyimi has had a strong start to her senior season, earning a spot in the Bruins' vault lineup in both meets and recording a seventh-place finish in season opener with a 9.800. Additionally, she hit a huge 9.850 on uneven bars in an exhibition performance at the Best of the West Quad, tying her career-high mark on the event. Anyimi enrolled at UCLA before walking onto the team in the 2023 season and has competed in 19 meets in her career, mostly on vault. She has hit all 22 routines she has competed, with highs of 9.85 on bars in 2024, 9.825 on vault in 2023 and 9.625 in her one floor appearance in 2023. Anyimi is a three-time WCGA Scholastic All-American, 2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award-winner and 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar. ย ย ย
BARROS RAISES THE BAR ย
Junior Sydney Barros, who missed all of 2024 while rehabbing a knee injury, is working her way into the Bruin lineup, stepping in as a late sub on uneven bars in the season opener and scoring a career-high 9.800. Barros has four exhibition performances on both bars and floor under her belt but has only been in the competitive lineup twice. She has personal-best marks of 9.825 on each event in exhibition. Barros was the all-around champion at the 2023 Puerto Rican National Championships and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, qualifying to the World Championships. She was unable to compete at Worlds, however, after suffering a knee injury at the Central American Games. ย ย ย ย
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCES SHOWCASE BRUIN DEPTH ย ย
UCLA's depth was on full display in the season opener, as the Bruins hit 24-for-24 in competition and also saw five of seven exhibition routines score 9.800 or higher. On uneven bars, both Tiana Sumanasekera and Madisyn Anyimi scored 9.850, which would have tied for fourth place in the meet. On balance beam, freshmen Jordis Eichman and Ashlee Sullivan each scored 9.825. Ciena Alipio earned a 9.800 on floor exercise, equaling a Top 7 score in the meet. ย ย ย
ABOUT THE BRUINS ย
UCLA returns three-time NCAA Champion Jordan Chiles, All-American and Big Ten beam champion Ciena Alipio, all-conference performers Katelyn Rosen and Macy McGowan, and Big Ten All-Championships team member Mika Webster-Longin while welcoming U.S. National Team members in freshmen Nola Matthews, Ashlee Sullivan and Tiana Sumanasekera. The Bruins, under the direction of 2025 Big Ten Coach of the Year Janelle McDonald, are coming off a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships and an unbeaten Big Ten Conference season, complete with sweeps of the regular season and Conference Championship titles. ย
INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS ย ย
The Bruin roster is filled with gymnasts who have not only represented their countries in international competition but won multiple medals. Jordan Chiles is a two-time Olympian and three-time medalist, winning team gold in 2024. She also won three medals at the 2023 World Championships, taking team gold and vault and floor exercise silver. Ciena Alipio placed third in the all-around at the 2021 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland and won team and balance beam silver and vault bronze at the 2019 Jesolo Trophy in Italy. Lauren Little won silver on vault at the 2018 International Gymnix Challenge Cup. Nola Matthews won gold on uneven bars and with the U.S. team at the 2023 Pan American Championships and uneven bars and floor exercise gold at the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup. Ashlee Sullivan won the all-around at the 2025 Arthur Gander Memorial and team gold at the 2025 DTB Mixed Cup and also has team gold at the 2022 and 2023 DTB Pokal Cups. Tiana Sumanasekera has totaled eight gold medals at the Pan American Championships, five gold medals at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2022 and team gold at the 2023 Pan American Games. Additionally, Sydney Barros qualified for the 2023 World Championships for Puerto Rico and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, and Mika Webster-Longin competed with Belgium at the 2024 European Championships.ย
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins travel to East Lansing, Mich. for a dual meet against Michigan State on Sunday, Jan. 25. The meet will be televised nationally on FOX at 1pm ET/10am PT.
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