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. 5 UCLA at No. 15 BYU, with No. 34 Utah State January Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 – 6 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. PT Sat. 4 at Collegiate Challenge 2nd/196.575 Provo, Utah (Marriott Center) vs. #1 Oklahoma, #9 California, #22 Stanford TV: BYUtv Sun. 12 Boise State P12N 3 p.m. Sat. 18 at #15 BYU BYUTV 5 p.m. w/ /#34 Utah State Mon. 27 at Stanford 7 p.m. Fri. 31 Washington P12N 7 p.m. February 3-1 3-1 0-3 Sun. 9 Arizona P12N 2 p.m. Sat. 15 at Arizona State P12N 2 p.m. Sun. 23 Utah ESPN2 3 p.m. BRUINS TRAVEL TO BYU FOR TRI-MEET Sat. 29 at Oregon State P12N 1 p.m. No. 5-ranked UCLA (3-1) will travel to Provo, Utah to take on No. 15 BYU (3-1) and No. 34 Utah State (0-3) on March Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Marriott Center on the BYU campus. The meet will take place at 6 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. PT and Sun. 8 California P12N 1 p.m. will be broadcast live on BYUtv. Sat. 14 Bridgeport P12N 2 p.m. Sat. 21 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N TBD MEET SETUP (West Valley City, Utah) The three teams will compete one at a time, similar to a dual meet. BYU will begin the meet on vault, Utah State will April start on uneven bars, and UCLA will begin on balance beam. Th-Sa 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBD BRUINS VS. BRUIN Fri. 17 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPNU TBD Former UCLA All-American Amy Smith, who co-captained UCLA’s ! rst-ever NCAA Championship squad in 1997 and (Fort Worth, Texas) Sat. 18 at NCAA Super Six ABC TBD served on the Bruin coaching staff in 1988 and 2012, is the head coach of Utah State. The Aggies rank No. 34 overall (Fort Worth, Texas) and No. 16 on vault and No. 22 on " oor. All times are listed in PT. UCLA WINS HOME OPENER On the strength of a show-stopping " oor exercise set, No. 3 UCLA won its home opener over Boise State, 196.800- CAREER-BEST MARKS Gymnast V UB BB FX AA 195.475. The Bruins scored a national-best 49.725 on " oor exercise, as ! ve of six gymnasts scored 9.925 or higher. Andres – – 9.700* – – Kyla Ross was the high scorer on " oor with a 9.975, and she also scored her ! rst perfect 10 of the season on the Dennis 9.950 9.950 9.975 9.975 39.425 uneven bars. Ross won the all-around for the second-straight meet with a score of 39.725. Also winning event titles Flatley 9.750 9.975 9.925 9.750 39.275 were Kendal Poston on vault with a career-high 9.9 and Grace Glenn on beam with a career-best 9.975. Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.950 39.550 A. Glenn 9.900 9.875 9.900 – – ROSS SETS NCAA RECORD ON BARS G. Glenn 9.750 9.350 9.975 – – Kyla Ross set a new NCAA record on Jan. 12 with her 10th career perfect 10 on bars, setting a new NCAA record on Hano 9.950 9.875 9.825 10.000 38.650 that event. Ross’s perfect 10 was her ! rst-ever on bars in Pauley Pavilion; the other nine were all scored on the road. Kocian 9.875 10.000 9.950 9.950 39.625 With 20 career perfect 10s, Ross ranks ! fth all-time in the NCAA and is eight away from the all-time record of 28 Kooyman – 9.875 – 9.825 – Kramer 9.925 – – 9.950 – held by UCLA’s Jamie Dantzscher (2000-2003) and Kentucky’s Jenny Hansen (1993-96). Last year, Ross set NCAA Lashbrooke – – – 9.875 – records for most 10s in a single-season (14) and most consecutive meets with a perfect 10 (10). Poston 9.900 - 9.850 – – Ross 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 39.850 FLOORED ON FLOOR Sanchez – 9.750* 9.750* – – UCLA posted a national-high 49.725 on " oor exercise against Boise State, the sixth-highest " oor score in school Sakti 9.800 – 9.950 9.925 – history. Nia Dennis started the set with a bang, with her Beyonce Homecoming tribute igniting the Pauley Pavilion Shapiro – 9.725 9.925 – – crowd of 7,147 and scoring 9.925. Pauline Tratz matched her score with a 9.925, and freshman Chloe Lashbrooke Steele – 9.800 – – – followed with a 9.875 in her collegiate debut. Gracie Kramer and Margzetta Frazier went back-to-back with 9.95s, Toronjo – 9.800 9.850* 9.950 – and Kyla Ross ! nished the set with a 9.975. UCLA ranks ! rst in the nation on " oor, averaging 49.575, and is the Tratz 9.925 – – 9.950 – Wright 9.875 – – 9.775* – only school in the nation with three athletes ranked in the Top 10 - No. 2 Ross (9.963 average), No. 4 Frazier (9.938) Team 49.725 49.825 49.750 49.875 198.875 and No. 7 Kramer (9.925). 2020 SEASON-BEST MARKS GLENN NEARLY GETS ELUSIVE LEADOFF 10 Gymnast V UB BB FX AA With a stunning routine on the balance beam against Boise State, senior Grace Glenn came ever so close to recording Andres – – 9.700* – – an elusive leadoff perfect 10, a feat that is believed to never have happened in NCAA Gymnastics. Glenn, the reigning Dennis 9.875 – – 9.925 – Pac-12 beam co-champion, was picture-perfect on the event, showing off strong tumbling, impressive " exibility and Flatley – 9.875 9.350 9.250 – jumps and an unmatched artistry that earned her a perfect 10 from one of the two judges and a ! nal score of 9.975, Frazier 9.825 9.950 9.825 9.925 39.550 G. Glenn – – 9.975 – – a new career-high and the highest leadoff beam score ever recorded by a Bruin. Glenn has six scores of 9.95 or Hano 9.850 9.850 9.175 – – better on beam in her career. Kooyman – 9.825 – – – Kramer 9.825 – – 9.950 – POSTON WINS FIRST EVENT TITLE Lashbrooke – – – 9.875 – Junior Kendal Poston recorded her ! rst-ever event title, scoring a career-high 9.9 on vault to take ! rst place in Poston 9.900 – 9.650 – – the dual meet against Boise State. Poston, who had totaled just four competitive routines in her career prior to this Ross 9.900 10.00 9.950 9.975 39.725 season, earned a 9.95 from one of the two judges on her handspring front pike half vault. She also hit her vault in the Sanchez – 9.675* – – – season opener, scoring 9.775, and averages 9.837 on the year. Additionally, Poston competed an exhibition routine Steele – 9.800 – – – on the balance beam and scored 9.875, tied for the second-highest mark on the squad. Toronjo – – – 9.775* – Tratz – – – 9.925 – DYNAMIC DUO Team 49.300 49.425 48.500 49.725 196.800 Senior Kyla Ross and sophomore Margzetta Frazier are among the best all-around duos in the country. averaging * indicates exhibition performance 39.619 between them in the Bruins’ ! rst two meets. Ross, the two-time reigning Pac-12 all-around champion, ranks 2020 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK ONE TOP 25 RANKINGS No. 1 in the nation, having scored 39.725 in both of UCLA’s meets. Frazier, in her ! rst season competing all-around, RK TEAM Avg. Score High Score ranks seventh with an average of 39.512. She scored 39.475 in her debut and improved to 39.550 last weekend. 1 Oklahoma 197.513 197.675 Ross and Frazier are ranked 1-2 in the nation on uneven bars, with Ross averaging 9.963 with a season-high of 2 Florida 197.350 197.350 10.0 and Frazier scoring career-best 9.950 in both meets, and 2-4 on " oor exercise, with Ross averaging 9.963 3 Denver 196.725 196.750 and Frazier 9.938. Ross is one of two athletes with a 9.975 on " oor, and Frazier tied her career-high last weekend 4 Utah 196.713 197.000 with a 9.95. 5 UCLA 196.688 196.800 6 Minnesota 196.475 196.475 SAKTI STUNS IN DEBUT 7 LSU 196.225 196.725 Sophomore Samantha Sakti was stunning in her UCLA debut Jan. 4, tying Kyla Ross for ! rst place on balance 8 Maryland 196.150 196.150 beam with a career-high score of 9.95. The Arcadia, Calif. native transferred to UCLA from William & Mary, where 9 Alabama 196.025 196.025 she was an all-conference honoree on " oor exercise and a three-time conference gymnast of the week. After her 10 Nebraska 195.988 196.375 11 Kentucky 195.938 196.525 performance at the Collegiate Challenge, Sakti was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week. She is far from just a 12 Iowa State 195.750 195.750 beam specialist, however, as she owns William & Mary’s school record on " oor exercise with a 9.925. 13 Illinois 195.688 195.850 UCLA SHOWCASES DEPTH 14 Central Michigan 195.675 195.675 15 BYU 195.663 195.750 The Bruins have been showcasing their depth in the ! rst two meets, competing 12 gymnasts in the season opener 16 Michigan 195.650 195.650 and 14 in the home opener.