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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: January 24, 2017 Bruins Win Season Opener Over Arkansas THIS WEEK Using 13 competitors throughout the day, UCLA de- 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS #8 UCLA at #17 Oregon State feated Arkansas, 195.7-195.35 in the season opener on Overall: 1-1 / Pac-12: 0-0 Saturday, Jan. 28 - 1:30 pm Jan. 7. The Bruins used strong 49.25 performances on National Ranking: 8th TV: Pac-12 Los Angeles (Daron Sutton, Samantha vault and uneven bars in the fi rst two rotations to build Peszek) a strong enough lead to withstand errors on balance JANUARY Live Stats: osubeavers.com beam and fl oor exercise. Senior Hallie Mossett clinched the victory for the Bruins with her 9.8 on fl oor on the 7 #17 ARKANSAS (TV: PAC12) W 195.7-195.35 fi nal routine of the meet. Freshman Madison Kocian 15 at #2 Oklahoma (TV: FSN) L 198.025-196.825 Bruins Travel to Oregon State won the all-around and three events, and sophomore 28 at #17 Oregon State (TV: PAC12) 1:30 pm After a week off , No. 8 UCLA returns to competition Madison Preston earned fi rst-place fi nishes on both events in which she competed (vault and fl oor). Christine on Saturday, Jan. 28 to face No. 17 Oregon State in Gill FEBRUARY Coliseum. The meet will be televised live on Pac-12 Los Peng-Peng Lee and Kyla Ross tied with Kocian for the Angeles and Pac-12 Oregon at 1:30 pm PT and delayed bars title, and Mikaela Gerber tied for fi rst with Kocian 4 at Arizona State (TV: PAC12) 1:30 pm MT at 9pm PT on Pac-12 National. Daron Sutton and UCLA on beam, Gerber’s fi rst career win. 11 STANFORD (TV: PAC12) 2 pm alumna and three-time NCAA champion Samantha 18 at Utah (TV: ESPNU) 8 pm MT Peszek will be on the call. In the Rankings UCLA enters the week ranked No. 8 in the nation with a 20 BRIDGEPORT/UTAH ST. (TV: PAC12) 1 pm Follow Live season average of 196.263. The Bruins are ranked third 25 ARIZONA (TV: PAC12) 1 pm Live stats will be available at osubeavers.com. Live on bars, tied for sixth on vault and 12th on beam. Chris- updates can be found on Twitter: @UCLAGymnastics. tine Peng-Peng Lee and Kyla Ross are tied for seventh on MARCH bars. Madison Kocian is ninth on beam and 15th on fl oor, Kocian, Ross Become First Olympic Gold and Madison Preston is tied for 11th on vault and 20th 5 CALIFORNIA (TV: PAC12) 1 pm Medalists to Compete Collegiately on fl oor. Rankings are currently based on average score. 12 NORTH CAROLINA (TV: PAC12) 12 pm UCLA freshmen Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross made UCLA vs. Oregon State 18 at Pac-12 Championships (TV: PAC12) TBD history in the season opener when they became the Oregon State enters this week’s meet undefeated and fi rst two Olympic gold medalists ever to compete in APRIL an NCAA women’s gymnastics meet. Kocian won team ranked No. 17 in the nation after a pair of dual meet wins gold as a member of the Final Five along with uneven on the road and a home tri-meet victory last weekend. 1 at NCAA Regionals TBD The Beavers started the year with a 195.575-195.275 bars silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, while Ross won 14 at NCAA Semifi nals (TV: ESPNU) 12pm/7pm CT win at No. 8 Auburn and posted a score of 196.9 last team gold at the 2012 Olympics in London (along with 15 at NCAA Finals (TV: ESPNU) 8 pm CT UCLA volunteer coach Jordyn Wieber) as a member of weekend, going 24-for-24. Oregon State is led by re- turning All-Americans Madeline Gardiner, Erika Aufi ero the Fierce Five. All home meets are BOLD and held at Pauley Pavilion. and Kaytianna McMillan. Gardiner is also the reigning All times listed are local to site. Kocian won the all-around with a 39.425 in her colle- Pac-12 beam co-champion and was an alternate for giate debut and also tied for fi rst place on uneven bars Team Canada at the 2012 Olympics. Head coach Tanya Chaplin, a former UCLA All-American and two-time (9.875), balance beam (9.85) and fl oor exercise (9.875) NATIONAL RANKINGS - TOP 25 and fourth place on vault (9.825). Ross tied for fi rst on Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year, is in her 20th year as head uneven bars (9.875) and placed third on vault (9.875). coach at Oregon State. Earlier this month, she earned Gymnast V UB BB FX AA She also competed on balance beam and scored 9.7. her 300th career regular season victory. Kocian – – 9 15 – Lee – 7t – – – UCLA holds a 51-20-1 all-time record against Oregon Preston 11t – – 20t – UCLA Improves by Over a Point at Oklahoma Ross – 7t – – – State and won both matchups last year, winning a dual The Bruins improved upon their season-opening total Team 6t 3 12 – 8 by over a point, scoring 196.825 in a dual meet loss to meet in Pauley Pavilion in February, 197.475-196.225, Oklahoma, who scored a national-best 198.025. The and winning the Pac-12 title in March ahead of second- Bruins were strong on uneven bars and balance beam, place Oregon State. The Bruins last competed in Corvallis scoring 49.35 on bars and 49.425 on beam. Christine in the 2015 season opener, which was won by UCLA, Peng-Peng Lee and Kyla Ross tied for fi rst place on bars 196.000-195.450. UCLA has won the last three dual meets. The Beavers’ last dual meet win came in 2013 in with scores of 9.925, and Lee fi nished second on beam CAREER-HIGH MARKS with a 9.95 on a routine that earned a perfect 10 from Corvallis, 196.725-196.075. one judge. Madison Kocian rebounded from a rough Streaks Gymnast V UB BB FX AA start on uneven bars, earning the Bruins’ top scores on Cipra 9.875 – 9.850 9.975 – Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – vault (9.875) and fl oor (9.9) and adding a season-best Mikaela Gerber has a streak of 28 consecutive hit rou- Gerber 9.625 – 9.925 9.850 – 9.925 on beam. tines dating back to 2015. She hit all 19 of her routines last year, including all 14 as the leadoff on beam … Hall 9.900 – – 9.850 – Hano 9.825 – – 9.050 – Lee Named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Katelyn Ohashi has hit 25 consecutive routines without a Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – UCLA’s fi rst Pac-12 weekly honor of the season went fall … Four Bruin returners competed in all 14 meets last Kocian 9.875 9.875 9.925 9.900 39.425 to Christine Peng-Peng Lee, who was named Pac-12 season - Mikaela Gerber, JaNay Honest, Sonya Meraz and Kramer 9.800 – – – – Lee 9.925 9.950 9.975 – – Specialist of the Week on Jan. 17 after her performance Madison Preston. Meraz has competed in 26-straight meets, and Gerber has competed in 21-straight. Meraz 9.850 9.850 9.900 9.900 39.400 at Oklahoma. Lee tied for fi rst on uneven bars for the Mossett 9.850 9.900 9.875 9.950 39.425 second-straight meet, recording a score of 9.925, and About the Bruins Ohashi 9.775 9.925 9.925 9.900 39.375 scored 9.95 on balance beam, earning a perfect 10 from Preston 9.900 – – 9.925 – one of the two judges. This is the fourth Pac-12 weekly UCLA returns 12 athletes from last year’s Pac-12 Cham- Ross 9.875 9.925 9.825 – – honor of her career; she was Pac-12 Newcomer of the pionship squad, including All-Americans Angi Cipra and Savvidou – 9.875 9.825 9.400 – Toronjo – – 9.850 – – Week twice in 2015 and Specialist of the Week once. Christine Peng-Peng Lee, All-Pac-12 honoree Katelyn *underlined denotes exhibition score Ohashi, and Pac-12 uneven bars co-champion JaNay her vault, as her Yurchenko layout full (9.95 start value) Honest. The Bruins will have to replace three important scored 9.9 in the season opener. 2017 EVENT TITLES seniors in All-American Sadiqua Bynum, All-American Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Sophina DeJesus and NCAA beam champion Danusia Raising the Bar Gerber – – 1 – – Francis, but bring in two Olympic gold medalists in UCLA’s uneven bars lineup features some of the world’s Kocian – 1 1 1 1 Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross, plus former U.S. national best on the event. Madison Kocian is the reigning World Lee – 2 – – – team member Felicia Hano. Additionally, the Bruins get co-champion and Olympic silver medalist on the event. Preston 1 – – 1 – back 2015 Level 10 all-around champion Macy Toronjo, Christine Peng-Peng Lee won a World Cup title on bars Ross – 2 – – – who redshirted last season with a torn rotator cuff . UCLA in 2012 and has won the event at each of the last two is coached by Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century NCAA Regional Championships. Lee performs three dif- 2017 TOP 3 FINISHES Valorie Kondos Field, Associate Head Coaches Chris fi cult release moves - a Ray, a Bhardwaj and a Shaposh Waller and Randy Lane, and volunteer coach and 2012 half.