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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. 4 UCLA vs. No. 30 Arizona State January Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 – 3 p.m. MT / 2 p.m. PT Sat. 4 at Collegiate Challenge 2nd/196.575 Tempe, Ariz. (Desert Financial Arena) 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 Networks Mon. 27 at #25 Stanford 1st/197.575 TV Talent: Daron Sutton, Samantha Peszek at Fri. 31 #11 Washington L 196.250-196.700 Live Stats: thesundevils.com Tickets: $10 (ticketmaster.com) February 7-2 4-5 Sun. 9 #20 Arizona W 197.675-195.375 Sat. 15 at #30 Arizona State P12N 2 p.m. All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 64-23 Sun. 23 Utah ESPN2 3 p.m. Sat. 29 at Oregon State P12N 1 p.m. UCLA has won 17 consecutive regular season matchups, including last year’s dual meet at home, 197.775-196.125. March ASU’s last victory came in 2001 in Tempe. Sun. 8 California P12N 1 p.m. Sat. 14 Bridgeport P12N 2 p.m. BRUINS HEAD TO DESERT Sat. 21 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N TBD No. 4-ranked UCLA (7-2) travels to Tempe, Ariz. for a Pac-12 dual meet against No. 30 Arizona State (4-5) on Saturday, (West Valley City, Utah) Feb. 15. The meet will take place at 3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks with Daron April Sutton and Samantha Peszek on the call. Th-Sa 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD Fri. 17 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPNU TBD LAST TIME OUT (Fort Worth, Texas) UCLA hit 24-for-24 routines and scored a season-high team total in a 197.675-195.375 victory over No. 20 Arizona Sat. 18 at NCAA Super Six ABC TBD on Feb. 9. The Bruins posted season-highs on vault (49.325) and beam (49.375) and received contributions from (Fort Worth, Texas) 14 different gymnasts, including three freshmen who all earned a score of 9.85 or higher in the meet. Kyla Ross All times are listed in PT. won the all-around with a score of 39.7, and Felicia Hano placed second in her 2020 all-around debut, scoring a career-high 39.475. Hano tied for ! rst on vault with Ross with a 9.9 and on " oor with Gracie Kramer with a 9.95. CAREER-BEST MARKS Ross won bars and beam with 9.975s. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Andres 9.750 – 9.775* 9.875 – FISH NETS SEASON-HIGHS Dennis 9.950 9.950 9.975 9.975 39.425 Competing in the all-around Feb. 9 for just the second time at UCLA, senior Felicia Hano scored a career-best 39.475, Flatley 9.750 9.975 9.950 9.950 39.275 recording season-highs on vault (9.9), beam (9.8) and " oor (9.95) and picking up her ! rst event titles of the season Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.950 39.550 (vault, " oor). Hano’s previous all-around performance came on Jan. 20, 2018, also against Arizona, and she scored A. Glenn 9.900 9.875 9.900 – – 38.650. She currently ranks tied for eighth in the nation in the all-around and 10th on " oor exercise. G. Glenn 9.750 9.350 9.975 – – Hano 9.950 9.875 9.825 10.00 39.475 THE BOSS REMAINS UNBEATEN Kocian 9.875 10.000 9.950 9.950 39.625 Kyla Ross keeps rolling this season, winning the all-around in all six meets this year and racking up a total of 20 Kooyman – 9.875 – 9.825 – individual event wins (six on vault, ! ve on bars, four on beam and three on " oor). Ross is averaging 39.692 in the Kramer 9.925 – – 10.00 – Lashbrooke 9.825 – – 9.875 – all-around this season, with four scores of 39.7 or higher and a season-best of 39.750. She ranks ! rst in the nation Poston 9.900 – 9.900 – – on uneven bars, second in the all-around, ! fth on balance beam and tied for sixth on vault and " oor exercise. Ross 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 39.850 FRESHMEN TAKE CENTER STAGE Sanchez – 9.750* 9.750* – – Sakti 9.800 – 9.950 9.925 – UCLA’s freshman class made its biggest combined contribution of the season against Arizona, with three of the four Shapiro – 9.725 9.925 – – freshmen competing a total of four routines and two exhibitions. Emma Andres made her collegiate debut after ! ve Steele – 9.850 – – – exhibition performances in previous meets, scoring 9.75 on vault and a third-place mark of 9.875 on " oor exercise. Toronjo – 9.800 9.850* 9.950 – She also exhibitioned on beam, scoring 9.7. Kalyany Steele competed on uneven bars for the third time this year and Tratz 9.925 – – 9.950 – hit a career-best 9.85. Chloe Lashbrooke led off on " oor exercise with a 9.85 and exhibitioned on vault. Lashbrooke Wright 9.875 – – 9.775* – has competed on " oor three times this season and is averaging 9.858, ranking in the Top 20 in the Pac-12. Team 49.725 49.825 49.750 49.875 198.875 POSTON POSTS ANOTHER PERSONAL BEST 2020 SEASON-BEST MARKS Junior Kendal Poston continues to " ourish this season, recording yet another career-high on balance beam against Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Arizona. Poston earned a 9.9, receiving a 9.95 from one of the two judges, to help the Bruins tie their season-best on Andres 9.750 – 9.775* 9.875 – Dennis 9.900 – 9.875 9.950 – beam with a 49.375. Poston placed third on the event and also tied for third on vault with a 9.850. Her 9.9 on beam Flatley – 9.875 9.950 9.950 – was her second 9.9 score of her career; she earned a 9.9 on vault in the home opener on Jan. 12. Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.925 39.550 FOUR ON THE FLOOR G. Glenn – – 9.975 – – Hano 9.900 9.850 9.800 9.950 39.475 UCLA ranks No. 1 in the nation on " oor exercise with a season average of 49.538 and has a whopping four gymnasts Kocian – 9.950 – 9.875 – in the Top 10 - No. 4 Gracie Kramer, No. 6 Kyla Ross and Margzetta Frazier, and No. 10 Felicia Hano. The Bruins have Kooyman – 9.825 – – – scored 49.425 or higher in every meet and 49.5 or higher in three meets, with a high of 49.725 against Boise State Kramer 9.825 – – 10.00 – on Jan. 12. Kramer scored the only perfect 10 on " oor in the nation so far this season on Jan. 31, while Ross has a Lashbrooke 9.825 – – 9.875 – pair of 9.975s. Hano, Frazier, Nia Dennis and Norah Flatley have each scored a 9.95 this season. Every Bruin who Poston 9.900 – 9.850 – – has competed on " oor this year has a season-high of at 9.875 or better. Ross 9.900 10.00 9.975 9.975 39.750 Sanchez – 9.750* – – – RAISING THE BAR Shapiro – – 9.800 – – UCLA has shown strong consistency on uneven bars, ranking second in the nation with a season average of 49.446. The Steele – 9.850 – – – Bruins have scored 49.375 or higher in every meet, with a high of 49.525 on Jan. 18 at BYU. Three Bruins are ranked Toronjo – – – 9.775* – in the Top 5 nationally on bars - No. 1 Kyla Ross (9.963 average), No. 4 Margzetta Frazier (9.921) and No. 5 Madison Tratz 9.825 – – 9.925 – Kocian (9.919). All three gymnasts have scored 9.9 or higher on every bars routine this season, with Ross posting Team 49.325 49.525 49.375 49.725 197.675 * indicates exhibition performance a pair of perfect 10s Jan. 12 and Jan. 18. Kocian has two career perfect 10s on bars, achieved in 2017 and 2019. 2020 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK FIVE TOP 25 RANKINGS KRAMER FINDS PERFECTION RK TEAM Avg. Score High Score Senior Gracie Kramer became the ! rst gymnast in the nation to score a 10 on " oor with her " awless performance 1 Oklahoma 197.782 198.250 against Washington Jan. 31, earning the All-American her ! rst-ever Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award. The 10.0 2 Florida 197.650 198.375 was the ! rst of her career and the 150th in UCLA history. Kramer, who has won " oor three times in the last four meets, 3 Utah 197.065 197.550 averages 9.938 on " oor this season, good for fourth in the nation and ! rst in the Pac-12. 4 UCLA 197.050 197.675 5 Denver 196.992 197.425 ROSS RECORD WATCH 6 Alabama 196.865 197.550 Kyla Ross recorded her 21st career perfect 10 on uneven bars Jan. 18 at BYU, moving into a tie for fourth on the 7 Michigan 196.815 197.350 NCAA’s all-time perfect 10 list. She is seven away from tying the all-time record of 28 held by UCLA’s Jamie Dantzscher 8 Minnesota 196.775 197.400 (2000-03) and Kentucky’s Jenny Hansen (1993-96).