Sydney Barros Season 2026

Career Highlights
2026 College Gym News Comeback Gymnast of the Year
2026 Big Ten Uneven Bars Co-Champion
2026 Big Ten All-Championship Team
Member of back-to-back Big Ten Championship teams and 2025 NCAA runner-up team
2023 Puerto Rican all-around national champion
Eighth all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships
2023 World Championships qualifier
Three-time U.S. National Team member

Best Marks 
UB - 9.950, 3/21/26
BB - 9.900, 3x, last 4/3/26
FX - 9.900, 5x, last 4/5/26

2026
Named the College Gym News Comeback Gymnast of the Year … Big Ten uneven bars co-champion after scoring a career-best 9.950 at the conference championships … Named to the Big Ten All-Championship team on bars … Competed on three events in each of the last 11 meets of the season after competing just one time in her first two years due to injuries … Recorded 12 scores of 9.900 or higher and 31 scores of 9.800 or higher in 35 total routines … Tied her career-best on beam with a 9.900 at the NCAA Regional second round and then tied her career-high on floor at the Regional Final with another 9.900 … Won her first-ever individual event title after tying for first on uneven bars at Big Fours with a 9.900 … Placed second with career-high-tying 9.900s on beam and floor against Michigan on Feb. 14 … Scored a career-high 9.900 on beam to tie for third against Minnesota on Feb. 7 … Competed on three events for the first time against Washington on Jan. 30 and recorded career-highs of 9.925 on bars, 9.900 on floor and 9.850 on beam … Competed on bars and floor at Michigan State Jan. 25 and scored 9.900 on both events; she also scored 9.850 in an exhibition on beam.

2025
Made her collegiate debut in the season-opening American Gold Classic, scoring 9.550 on bars … Exhibitioned three times on floor exercise, scoring 9.750 against Illinois, 9.800 against Michigan State and 9.825 vs. Stanford … Performed exhibition routines four times on bars, scoring a high of 9.825 at Washington.

2024
Enrolled at UCLA in January and redshirted the season.

Club
Won the all-around at the 2023 Puerto Rican National Championships … Placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships and earned qualification for the World Championships but was unable to compete due to injury … Three-time U.S. National Team member … Helped Team USA win bronze at the 2019 Junior World Championships, where she also placed fifth in the all-around and on vault … Placed second on floor exercise, third on beam and fifth in the all-around at the junior level at the 2019 U.S. Championships … Finished second in the all-around and on floor exercise and third on vault at the 2019 GK U.S. Classic as a junior … Competed at the Winter Cup, U.S. Classic and U.S. Championships at the senior level in 2021 … Earned Top 10 finishes in the all-around, bars and beam at the 2022 Winter Cup … Trained at Texas Dreams.

Personal
Full name is Sydney Tatiana Barros … Born in Atlanta, Ga. … Parents are Carine & Bifredo Barros … Has four siblings - older brothers Ito and Luis, older sister Fabiola, and younger brother Alex … Chose UCLA because of its “family-like team environment, top-notch coaching staff and overall attentiveness to their athletes” … Described her greatest athletic thrill as “the first time I represented Team USA in Gyor, Hungary. It was so fulfilling to see all my hard work being put on display on the biggest stage of my career” … The athletes that she has looked up to are Laurie Hernandez and Gabby Douglas … Enjoys listening to music, dancing and choreographing her own dances … Favorite apparatus is uneven bars … Plans to major in psychology and hopes to become a sports physical therapist.