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UCLA GYMNASTICS UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-8140 Gymnastics Contact: Liza David ([email protected]) 2020 SCHEDULE No. 3 UCLA at No. 18 Oregon State January Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 – 1 p.m. PT Sat. 4 at Collegiate Challenge 2nd/196.575 Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum) vs. #1 Oklahoma, #9 California, #22 Stanford Sun. 12 Boise State W 196.800-195.475 MEET INFORMATION Sat. 18 at #15 BYU w/ #34 Utah St. 1st/197.425 TV: Pac-12 Network Mon. 27 at #25 Stanford 1st/197.575 TV Talent: Jim Watson, Amanda Borden at Fri. 31 #11 Washington L 196.250-196.700 Live Stats: osubeavers.com February 8-3 (3-2) 8-5 (3-2) Sun. 9 #20 Arizona W 197.675-195.375 Sat. 15 at #30 Arizona State W 197.200-195.475 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 56-21-1 Sun. 23 #3 Utah L 198.025-198.075 Sat. 29 at #18 Oregon State P12N 1 p.m. UCLA won last year’s dual meet in Corvallis, 197.900- 197.450 and has won the last six regular season duals. March OSU’s last dual meet win came at home in 2013. Sun. 8 California P12N 1 p.m. Sat. 14 Bridgeport P12N 2 p.m. UCLA HEADS TO CORVALLIS Sat. 21 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N TBD No. 3 UCLA (8-3, 3-2 in the Pac-12) will make its last regular season road trip this weekend when it faces Oregon (West Valley City, Utah) State (8-5, 3-2) on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 1pm in Gill Coliseum. The meet will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with April Jim Watson and Amanda Borden on the call. Th-Sa 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD Fri. 17 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPNU TBD BRUINS BREAK 198 BARRIER (Fort Worth, Texas) In an electrifying down-to-the-wire battle against Utah, the Bruins recorded a season-high score of 198.025 yet fell Sat. 18 at NCAA Super Six ABC TBD to the Utes, who scored 198.075 after Abby Paulson scored a perfect 10 on beam on their ! nal routine. The Bruins (Fort Worth, Texas) had tied the meet halfway through the ! nal rotation, but when Utah ! nished with a 9.95, 9.975 and 10.0, it allowed All times are listed in PT. the Utes to drop a 9.8 score, giving them a school record total of 49.775. UCLA did everything it could in the ! nal rotation to snatch the victory, scoring 49.8 on " oor, but the Bruins’ total fell just short. As a team, UCLA posted season- CAREER-BEST MARKS high marks on vault (49.375), beam (49.525) and " oor (49.8), and six Bruins earned career-high marks - Savannah Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Kooyman (9.9 on bars), Kalyany Steele (9.925 on bars), Grace Glenn (10.0 on beam), Felicia Hano (9.825 on beam), Andres 9.750 – 9.775* 9.875 – Chloe Lashbrooke (9.9 on " oor), and Nia Dennis (9.975 on " oor). Additionally, the Bruins received season-high marks Dennis 9.950 9.950 9.975 9.975 39.425 from Gracie Kramer (9.85 on vault), Kyla Ross (9.95 on vault, 9.975 on beam and " oor), Nicki Shapiro (9.9 on beam) Flatley 9.750 9.975 9.950 9.950 39.275 Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.950 39.550 and Hano (9.95 on " oor). A. Glenn 9.900 9.875 9.900 – – GLENN EARNS HISTORIC LEADOFF 10 G. Glenn 9.750 9.350 10.00 – – Senior Grace Glenn made NCAA history by becoming the ! rst gymnast ever to record a leadoff perfect 10 on the Hano 9.950 9.875 9.825 10.00 39.475 Kocian 9.875 10.000 9.950 9.950 39.625 balance beam. Glenn had been " irting with a perfect 10 all season, scoring 9.975 twice and 9.95 once, and this Kooyman – 9.900 – 9.825 – time, she was not denied. Perfect scores are extremely rare in the early part of the lineup and unprecedented on Kramer 9.925 – – 10.00 – beam. UCLA’s Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs scored a 10 as the No. 2 competitor on beam at Georgia in 2010, and Nia Dennis Lashbrooke 9.825 – – 9.900 – scored a 9.95 on her 9.95-start value vault against Utah in 2018. Poston 9.900 – 9.900 – – Ross 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 39.850 FLOOR PARTY GOES NEXT LEVEL Sanchez – 9.750* 9.750* – – UCLA became the ! rst team in the nation this season to score 49.8 on any single apparatus, recording 49.8 on " oor Sakti 9.800 – 9.950 9.925 – exercise in the Utah meet. The score was the fourth-highest " oor total in school history and the highest team score Shapiro – 9.725 9.925 – – on any event in the NCAA this year. The Bruins received 9.975 scores from Nia Dennis, Gracie Kramer and Kyla Ross, Steele – 9.925 – – – a 9.95 from Felicia Hano, a 9.925 from leadoff Norah Flatley and a 9.9 from Chloe Lashbrooke. UCLA has been Toronjo – 9.800 9.850* 9.950 – ranked No. 1 in the nation on " oor all season and remains No. 1 this week with a NQS of 49.565. The Bruins’ season Tratz 9.925 – – 9.950 – Wright 9.875 – – 9.775* – average of 49.569 is also best in the nation. Team 49.725 49.825 49.750 49.875 198.875 ROSS, GLENN EARN PAC-12 HONORS 2020 SEASON-BEST MARKS For the second time this year, both Kyla Ross and Grace Glenn earned Pac-12 honors in the same week, with Ross Gymnast V UB BB FX AA receiving her fourth Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award of the season and Glenn earning her second Pac-12 Special- Andres 9.750 – 9.775* 9.875 – ist of the Week award. Ross, who was the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week last week, recorded a season-high 39.825 Dennis 9.900 – 9.875 9.950 – against Utah to remaining unbeaten in the all-around this season with seven victories. Ross earned a season-high Flatley – 9.875 9.950 9.950 – 9.95 on vault, tied her season-bests on balance beam and " oor exercise with 9.975s and tied for second on uneven Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.925 39.550 bars with a 9.925. Her victories in the all-around and on vault and " oor exercise give her 28 out of 37 individual G. Glenn – – 10.00 – – wins this season. Hano 9.900 9.850 9.825 9.950 39.475 Kocian – 9.950 – 9.875 – Kooyman – 9.900 – – – Glenn made NCAA history on Sunday by becoming the ! rst leadoff performer ever to score a perfect 10 on the balance Kramer 9.850 – – 10.00 – beam. The 10 was her ! rst career perfect mark, and she earned her third beam title of the year. Glenn’s score paved Lashbrooke 9.825 – – 9.900 – the way for UCLA to score a season-high 49.525 on beam and a season-high team total of 198.025. The reigning Poston 9.900 – 9.900 – – Pac-12 beam champion ranks No. 6 in the nation on the event. Glenn is the ! rst gymnast this season to earn multiple Ross 9.950 10.00 9.975 9.975 39.825 Specialist of the Week awards, having previously won the award on Jan. 29. Sanchez – 9.750* – – – Shapiro – – 9.900 – – FRESHMEN CONTINUE TO SHINE Steele – 9.925 – – – For the third-straight meet, UCLA’s freshmen have had standout performances. Kalyany Steele recorded another career- Toronjo – – 9.725* 9.775* – high on uneven bars with a 9.925 that put her in a tie for second place on the event. Chloe Lashbrooke earned her Tratz 9.850 – – 9.925 – second-straight career-best mark of 9.9 on " oor exercise, contributing to the Bruins’ season-high score of 49.8. Steele Team 49.375 49.525 49.525 49.800 198.025 is averaging 9.875 on bars in her last three meets, and Lashbrooke is averaging 9.875 over ! ve routines this season. * indicates exhibition performance 2020 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK FIVE TOP 25 RANKINGS AMAZING GRACIE RK TEAM NQS Avg. Senior Gracie Kramer has captivated on ! oor exercise, ranking No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in the Pac-12. She has 1 Oklahoma 197.930 197.836 won ! oor in four consecutive meets and in a team-leading " ve overall. Kramer, who scored her " rst career perfect 2 Florida 197.690 197.739 10 on Jan. 31, averages 9.939 and has scored 9.95 or higher in four-straight meets and in six of eight meets this 3 UCLA 197.335 197.191 season. Since the start of the 2018 season, she has hit 37 consecutive ! oor routines without a fall, with 24 of those 4 Utah 197.200 197.214 routines going 9.9 or higher. Kramer’s perfect 10 is still the only 10 on ! oor in the nation this season. 5 LSU 197.165 196.936 6 Denver 197.075 196.819 THE BOSS REMAINS UNBEATEN 7 Michigan 197.045 196.975 Kyla Ross keeps rolling this season, winning the all-around in all seven meets in which she has competed all-around.