UCLA GYMNASTICS 2017 Contact: Liza David / Phone: (310) 206-8140 / Fax: (310) 825-8664 / E-Mail: [email protected] for Immediate Release: Mar
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UCLA GYMNASTICS 2017 Contact: Liza David / Phone: (310) 206-8140 / Fax: (310) 825-8664 / E-Mail: [email protected] For Immediate Release: Mar. 24, 2017 9.9 or higher and has the most individual victories on THIS WEEK the team with 15, although she has competed mainly on 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 5 UCLA at NCAA Champaign Regional (Host: Illinois) three events. Ross ranks No. 1 in the nation on uneven bars No. 4 on beam and No. 19 on vault and won the Overall: 13-4-1 / Pac-12: 5-1 Saturday, Apr. 1 - 4 pm CT (State Farm Arena) Pac-12 title with the fi rst-ever perfect 10 on beam at the National Ranking: 5th Online: fi ghtingillini.com Championship meet. Live Stats: fi ghtingillini.com JANUARY Twitter: @uclagymnastics Five Bruins Named to All-Pac-12 Team Five Bruin gymnasts earned a total of 12 All-Pac-12 7 #17 ARKANSAS (TV: PAC12) W 195.7-195.35 honors in 2017, tying with Utah for the most in the 15 at #2 Oklahoma (TV: FSN) L 198.025-196.825 UCLA Seeks NCAA Championship Berth conference. UCLA honorees were Madison Kocian (1st 28 at #17 Oregon St. (TV: PAC12) W 197.325-196.700 No. 5 UCLA (13-4-1) is the No. 1 seed at the NCAA Cham- team AA, FX,; 2nd team V, BB), Kyla Ross (1st team V, UB, paign Regional and will compete for one of two available BB), Christine Peng-Peng Lee (1st team UB, 2nd team BB), berths in the NCAA Championships, which will be held Katelyn Ohashi (1st team BB, 2nd team FX) and Hallie FEBRUARY in St. Louis, Mo. Apr. 14-15. The NCAA Regional meet Mossett (1st team FX) 4 at Arizona St. (TV: PAC12) W 197.15-194.6 will take place at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center on Saturday, Apr. 1 at 4 pm CT. Also competing Five Earn Regular Season All-America Honors 11 STANFORD (TV: PAC12) W 198.125-194.175 at the Regional are 10th-ranked Oregon State, 16th- Five Bruins - Madison Kocian, Christine Peng-Peng Lee, 18 at #5 Utah (TV: ESPNU) L 197.875-197.5 ranked Iowa, 19th-ranked Illinois, 22nd-ranked Eastern Hallie Mossett, Katelyn Ohashi and Kyla Ross - have 20 #24 UTAH ST./BRIDGEPORT (TV: PAC12) 1st, Michigan and 26th-ranked Ohio State. earned regular season All-America honors for 2017. Receiving fi rst-team honors are Kocian in the all-around, 195.875 Follow Live Ross and Lee on bars, Ohashi and Ross on bars and 25 ARIZONA (TV: PAC12) W 197.725-196.275 A live stream, including one on each apparatus, as Kocian on floor. Second-team honorees are Kocian well as live stats, will be provided on fi ghtingillini.com. and Mossett on fl oor. UCLA has now produced 68 All- Live updates can be found on Twitter by following @ Americans who have totaled 331 All-America honors. MARCH UCLAGymnastics. 10.0 Club 5 #19 CALIFORNIA (TV: PAC12) W 197.525-196.8 Rotation Order Four Bruins have joined the 10.0 club this season, as Kyla 12 NORTH CAROLINA (TV: PAC12) W 197.8-195.4 The rotation order for the Regional was determined by Ross (Jan. 28, Feb. 18, Feb. 20, Mar. 18), Madison Kocian 18 at Pac-12 Championships (TV: PAC12) T-3rd, 197.1 blind draw prior to the selections. The No. 1 seed Bruins (Feb. 11), Christine Peng-Peng Lee (Feb. 11, Mar. 12) and will begin the meet on uneven bars and move to balance Katelyn Ohashi (Mar. 5, Mar. 12) have all scored perfect beam in rotation two. Following a bye, their competi- 10s. The four perfect 10 scorers this season are the most APRIL tion will resume in rotation four on fl oor exercise. UCLA by a Bruin team since 2004, when fi ve diff erent gymnasts 1 at NCAA Regionals 4pm CT wraps up its day on vault in rotation fi ve and ends on a scored 10s (Jeanette Antolin, Jamie Dantzscher, Kristen 14 at NCAA Semifi nals (TV: ESPNU) 12pm/7pm CT bye. Oregon State begins on vault, Iowa starts on a bye Maloney, Kate Richardson and Yvonne Tousek). The nine before fl oor, Illinois begins on a bye before bars, Eastern perfect 10 routines are tied with Oklahoma for the most 15 at NCAA Finals (TV: ESPNU) 8 pm CT Michigan is on beam, and Ohio State begins on fl oor. in the nation this year, and they are the most by a Bruin Rot. V Bye UB BB Bye FX squad since the 2004 team scored a school-record 20, All home meets are BOLD and held at Pauley Pavilion. 1 OSU ILL UCLA OHST IOWA EMU including 11 alone by Jeanette Antolin. All times listed are local to site. 2 EMU OSU ILL UCLA OHST IOWA 3 IOWA EMU OSU ILL UCLA OHST Twenty-nine diff erent UCLA gymnasts have scored a 4 OHST IOWA EMU OSU ILL UCLA total of 113 perfect 10s over the years. Twelve have 5 UCLA OHST IOWA EMU OSU ILL NATIONAL RANKINGS - TOP 25 totaled 25 perfect 10s on uneven bars, and seven have 6 ILL UCLA OHST IOWA EMU OSU Gymnast V UB BB FX AA scored 13 perfect 10s on balance beam. Ross, Kocian Regional Championship History Kocian – – 17t 10t 5 and Lee are the fi rst Bruin trio to score perfect 10s on the Lee – 3 17t – – The Bruins have won 21 regional titles, most recently same event in one year since Richardson, Antolin and Mossett – – – 16t – athe 2015 Columbus Regional, where Christine Peng- Maloney all did so on vault in 2004. Ross and Ohashi are Ohashi – – 1 – – Peng Lee won three events (vault, bars and beam). the fi rst pair of Bruins to score perfect 10s on beam in Ross 19t 1 4t – – UCLA placed second at last year’s Regional meet at Utah the same season since Maloney and Mohini Bhardwaj Team 8 2 3 7 5 but had event winners on every apparatus - Madison in 2001. And Ohashi and Ross are just the second and Preston on vault, Lee on bars, Danusia Francis on beam third Bruins ever to score multiple 10s on beam in the and Sadiqua Bynum on fl oor. same year, joining Kate Richardson who did it in 2003 CAREER-HIGH MARKS and 2004. Ohashi was the fi rst Bruin ever to score back- Lee Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Year to-back perfect 10s on beam. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA After a vote of conference coaches, senior Christine Cipra 9.875 – 9.850 9.975 – Peng-Peng Lee became UCLA’s fi rst-ever Pac-12 Special- UCLA’s Perfect 10s in 2017 (9) Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – ist of the Year winner. Lee, who competes on bars and UB - Kyla Ross at Oregon State (Jan. 28) Gerber 9.625 – 9.925 9.850 – beam, ranks in the Top 20 in the nation on both events, UB - Madison Kocian vs. Stanford (Feb. 11) Hall 9.900 – – 9.875 – checking in at No. 3 on bars and No. 17 on beam. She has UB - Christine Peng-Peng Lee vs. Stanford (Feb. 11) Hano 9.825 – – 9.050 – Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – two perfect 10s on bars, along with three other scores UB - Kyla Ross at Utah (Feb. 18) Kocian 9.875 10.00 9.950 9.950 39.625 of 9.95 or higher. On beam, she has six scores of 9.9 or BB - Kyla Ross vs. Utah State/Bridgeport (Feb. 20) Kramer 9.925 – – 9.225 – better, including a 9.975. Lee was selected as a fi nalist BB - Katelyn Ohashi vs. Cal (Mar. 5) Lee 9.925 10.00 9.975 – – fo the AAI Award, which is presented to the top senior UB - Christine Peng-Peng Lee vs. UNC (Mar. 12) Meraz 9.875 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.400 gymnast in the nation. BB - Katelyn Ohashi vs. UNC (Mar. 12) Mossett 9.850 9.900 9.900 9.975 39.425 BB - Kyla Ross at Pac-12 Championships (Mar. 18) Ohashi 9.775 9.925 10.00 9.925 39.375 Ross Voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Preston 9.950 – 9.775 9.925 – Kyla Ross became the eighth Bruin and fi rst since 2011 Perfect Scores Abound for Ross Ross 9.925 10.00 10.00 9.400 39.225 to win Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. The 2012 Olympic Sanchez – 9.750 9.750 – – Freshman Kyla Ross, a member of the gold medal- gold medalist has consistently provided big scores Savvidou 9.800 9.900 9.825 9.925 – winning 2012 U.S. Olympic team and a fi ve-time World for the Bruins this season, leading the team with four Toronjo – – 9.850 9.950 – medalist, has performed nine routines in her last nine perfect 10s, two each on bars and beam. She leads the meets that have earned at least one perfect score. Ross *underlined denotes exhibition score team with 10 scores of 9.95 or higher and 17 scores of has scored four perfect 10s (two each on bars and beam). Madison Kocian is tied for fi fth in the all-around, tied for a guest spot on Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family talk Three of those perfect 10s have come on the road. Ross 10th on fl oor, and tied for 17th on beam. UCLA has two show that aired Mar.