The UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team represents the

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and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. They currently compete in

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, Los Angeles, CA. The team, coached by Janelle McDonald, has won 21 Regional titles and 7 NCAA National Championships, most recently in 2018. The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from North America and beyond, including Austria, Germany, Guatemala, and Ireland. Some notable former and current UCLA gymnasts include U.S.

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Michelle Giuda, psychologist Onnie Willis Rogers,

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Heidi Moneymaker, and

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gymnasts

Jamie Dantzscher Jamie Annette Dantzscher (born May 2, 1982) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Early life Dantzscher was born in Canoga Park, California and raised in ...

Mohini Bhardwaj Mohini Bhardwaj (born September 29, 1978) is an American retired artistic gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a silver medal with the American team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is a member of the ...

, Kate Richardson,

Tasha Schwikert Tasha Schwikert Warren (born November 21, 1984) is a retired American gymnast who is a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, a World Gymnastics Championships team gold medalist, the 2001 and 2002 U.S. senior national all-around champion and the 2005 and 2 ...

Kristen Maloney Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10, 1981) is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She won bronze in the team event at the 2000 Olympic Games. Maloney was also the U.S. senior all-around national champion in 1998 ...

, Yvonne Tousek, Stella Umeh,

Luisa Portocarrero Luisa Fernanda Portocarrero Diaz (born May 05, 1977) is a Guatemalan artistic gymnast. As an elite level gymnast, she represented Guatemala at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to the Olympics, she participated in the 1 ...

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Elyse Null ( Hopfner-Hibbs, born September 12, 1989) is a Canadian former elite gymnast, UCLA gymnastics alumna, and YouTube personality. She was born in Mississauga, Ontario. Elite career She first started gymnastics in 1993, and competed in ...

Sam Peszek Samantha Nicole Peszek (born December 14, 1991) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which won silver. Following her elite gymnastics career, Peszek competed fo ...

, Peng Peng Lee,

Jennifer Pinches Jennifer McIlveen (née Pinches) (born 25 May 1994) is a retired artistic gymnast who competed for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and subsequently for the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team in the NCAA. In 2020, Pinches ...

Jordyn Wieber Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning ...

(former Bruins team manager and volunteer assistant coach),

Kyla Ross Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles. Ross w ...

Madison Kocian Madison Taylor Kocian (born June 15, 1997) is a retired American artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 world champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the " Final ...

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, and

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Highlights

*1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004: Won national championship. *2008 Canadian Olympic Gymnastics team member

attended UCLA, a member of the team in 2008–2009 season. * 2009: The Bruins won the 2009 Pac-10 title, their 14th, and was 7th seeded in the NCAA National Championships. They competed at the NCAA North Central Regionals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, Apr. 4 with Florida (#6), Minnesota (#18), Denver (#20), Iowa State (#23) and Iowa (#28). The Bruins came in second behind Florida. In the second session of the national championships, the Bruins finished tie for third place with

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. But Utah won the tie breakers by counting all the scores of the six competitors in each event and advanced to the Super Six team finals. *2010: The team won its 15th Pacific-10 Championship, with

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scoring a perfect 10 on uneven bars. Vanessa Zamarripa won all-around and vault, and was named 2010 Pac-10 Gymnast Of The Year. * 2010: UCLA Gymnastics won the Los Angeles Regional and qualified for the

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in Gainesville, Florida.

again scored a perfect 10 on the uneven bars at

, where both of her parents,

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and

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won medals at the

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. *2010: USA Olympic team silver medalist Samantha Peszek is attending UCLA, and is a new member of the 2011 UCLA gymnastics team. *2010: The team won its sixth NCAA title at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, FL. * 2011: UCLA finished second in the national competition; Athens Regional champions; Samantha Peszek was first in balance beam with a 9.90 score. *

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: Third-place finish in team competition; Olivia Courtney was third in uneven bars, and

was second in floor exercise. *

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: UCLA was 4th in the team competition held at its own

; Four Bruins finished as top-eight performers in individual competition, three (Olivia Courtney, Kaelie Baer, and Vanessa Zamarripa) on vault and one (Danusia Francis) on beam. *

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: UCLA did not qualify to Saturday night's Super Six competition in Birmingham, AL. Two Bruins competed on Sunday in event finals, Samantha Peszek and Olivia Courtney. * 2015: UCLA captured the team's 21st Regional Championship with a score of 197.500 points at the NCAA Columbus Regional. Samantha Peszek was the All Around Co-Champion with 39.6 points; Samantha Peszek also won the balance beam with a 9.950 score. *

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: UCLA finished second at the Salt Lake City Regional, held at the University of Utah's Jon M. Huntsman Center with a score of 196.375. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Gymnastics Championships for the 32nd time, assigned to the Semifinal II. Seniors Danusia Francis and Sadiqua Bynum and junior Angi Cipra were awarded regular season All-America honors by the National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC/W). * 2017: UCLA finished 4th at the NCAA Super Six Finals. Freshman

won both the balance beam and the uneven bars titles; she also received four perfect 10.0 scores throughout the season. Freshman

also scored a perfect 10.0 on February 11. * 2018: UCLA won their seventh NCAA title in St Louis. Peng Peng Lee and

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also won individual titles on the balance beam and floor exercise, respectively. * 2019: Coach Valorie Kondos Field will retire from coaching. An attendance record of 12,907 at

was set during a meet with Stanford on March 10, 2019. Senior

set a Pac-12 record by winning the conference's Specialist of the Week award for the sixth time and her 10th career award this season.

completed a " gym slam" on March 17, 2019, at Miss Val's final home meet in

by recording a perfect 10 score on the

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won the Pac-12 championship with a score of 198.4, setting a new Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship record. Kyla Ross was the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, and Valorie Kondos Field was the Coach of the Year (her fifth Pac-12 honor). *2020: On January 31, senior Gracie Kramer became the first of two gymnasts to score a perfect 10 on the floor exercise during the season; her routine garnered millions of views online. On February 23, senior Grace Glenn scored the first leadoff 10.0 on the balance beam in NCAA history; junior

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' floor routine from the same meet went viral on Twitter and Facebook, leading to her appearance on the

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on March 11.

scored three 10.0 scores during the season, two on bars and the other on the last vault of her career; this brought her career total to 22 perfect scores, tied 4th with Maggie Nichols in NCAA history. On March 12, the NCAA cancelled the remainder of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The team finished the season ranked third, with an RQS of 197.565 after the tenth week of competition.

Championships

Super Six appearances

Four on the Floor appearances

Coaches

Head coaches

:* ''record includes invitationals and conference championships as of 2021.''

Coaches for the 2022–2023 season

Current roster

Future recruits

Gymnasts who have committed to UCLA.

2023–2024 commits

* Sydney Barros – 2019 Junior World bronze medalist (team) * Katelyn Rosen

NCAA Championships

With the titles in 2018, UCLA now has 40 NCAA individual titles and 7 team titles:

Awards and honors

; Honda Award Winners * Kyla Ross, 2020 *

Christine Peng-Peng Lee Christine Jennifer Peng-Peng Lee (born June 27, 1993) is a retired Canadians, Canadian artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Canadian team that qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and committed to attend University of ...

, 2018 * Kristen Maloney, 2005 * Onnie Willis, 2003 * Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001 * Jill Andrews, 1990 *

Sharon Shapiro Sharon Shapiro is an American former gymnast. She won five gold medals at the 1977 Maccabiah Games. In 1978, she was the U.S. National Champion in the vault. She was a two-time National Collegiate All-Around Champion. In 1981, she won the Honda-B ...

, 1981 ;AAI Award (National Senior of the Year) * Vanessa Zamarripa, 2013 * Jamie Dantzscher, 2004 * Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001 * Donna Kemp, 1984 ;Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year * Kyla Ross, 2019 & 2020 * Vanessa Zamarripa, 2010 & 2013 * Tasha Schwikert, 2007 * Kate Richardson, 2006 * Kristen Maloney, 2005 * Jeanette Antolin, 2004 * Onnie Willis, 2003 * Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 * Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001 * Heidi Moneymaker, 2000 * Kiralee Hayashi, 1999 * Stella Umeh, 1998 * Leah Homma, 1995 & 1997 * Jill Andrews, 1988 & 1990 * Tanya Service, 1987 & 1989 ;Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year * Chae Campbell, 2021 * Kyla Ross, 2017 * Olivia Courtney, 2011 * Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, 2009 * Brittani McCullough, 2008 * Ariana Berlin, 2006 * Tasha Schwikert, 2005 * Kate Richardson, 2003 * Doni Thompson, 2000 ;Pac-12 Specialist of the Year * Katelyn Ohashi, 2018 & 2019 * Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 2017 ;Pac-12 Scholar-Athletes of the Year * Pauline Tratz, 2021 * Madison Kocian, 2020 * Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 2018 ;National Coach of the Year * Valorie Kondos Field, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1989 * Jerry Tomlinson, 1989 ;National Asst. Coach of the Year * Chris Waller, 2004 * Randy Lane, 2000

Past Olympians

* Gigi Zosa (

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) *

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(

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alternate) *

( 1992) * Stella Umeh (1992) * Yvonne Tousek ( 1996,

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) * Michelle Conway (2000) *

(2000)

(2000)

* Kate Richardson (2000, 2004) *

(2000, 2004 alternate) Bronze medal olympic

* Alyssa Beckerman (2000 alternate) *

(2004)

* Samantha Peszek (

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)

(2008) *

(

)

(2012) * Peng-Peng Lee (2012 honorary captain) *

(2012 alternate) *

(

)

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(2016 alternate) *

Danusia Francis Danusia May Francis-Reid (born 13 May 1994) is a retired British artistic gymnast who represented Great Britain and Jamaica in international competition. She was a reserve athlete for Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team. She attended UCLA and c ...

(

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) *

(2020)

(2020) *

Emma Malabuyo Emma Malabuyo (born November 5, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She is a five-time member of the U.S. National Team (2016–19, 2021). She was an alternate for the 2020 Olympic team. She is currently competing for the UCLA Bruins gymn ...

(2020 alternate)

Men's gymnastics team

The Bruins men's gymnastics team won two NCAA national champions in 1984 and 1987. The program was discontinued during university budget cuts in 1995 despite a record of athletic and academic success. Notable alumni of UCLA men's gymnastics include: *

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, 1984 Olympic gold medallist *

Mitch Gaylord Mitchell Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast, actor, and Olympic gold medalist. Early life Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Fred and Linda Gaylord, and is Jewish. Gaylord graduated from Grant High Schoo ...

, 1984 NCAA all-around champion & Olympic gold medallist *

Brian Ginsberg Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He also won gold medals at both the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games while competing on United States men's ...

, two-time US junior national gymnastics champion *

Scott Keswick Scott Keswick is a retired American gymnast who competed in the 1992 Olympic Games. Childhood and junior career Keswick was born on 3 March 1970 in Washington, DC. The son of an Air Force sergeant, Keswick moved around as a child. He considers La ...

, 1992 US Olympian and world rings and high bar finalist * Stephen McCain, 2000 US Olympian and 2001 world silver medallist * Chainey Umphrey, 1996 US Olympian and world high bar finalist *

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, 1982, 1983 NCAA all-around champion & 1984 2x Olympic gold medallist * Chris Waller, 1990 NCAA high bar champion and previous women's team head coach (2020-2022) * Freddy Behin, 1995, 1996, 1997 Finalist USA National Championships, 1996 World Championship

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ucla Bruins Gymnastics Team