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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 , Utah State will April start on , and UCLA will begin on . 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* – – 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 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 ; 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 (2000-2003) and Kentucky’s (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 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. 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. 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. Five underclassmen (freshmen Chloe Lashbrooke and Kalyany Steele and sophomores 17 Georgia 195.625 196.150 Norah Flatley, Margzetta Frazier and Samantha Sakti) competed a total of nine routines on Sunday. Adding on to 18 California 195.575 196.200 the 14 who competed on Sunday, two others - redshirt seniors Nicki Shapiro (uneven bars) and Macy Toronjo (" oor 19 Missouri 195.550 195.600 exercise) - performed exhibition routines, seeing their ! rst action of the season. 20 Aubrun 195.500 196.625 21 Arizona 195.488 195.950 FRESHMEN LOOK STRONG IN COLLEGIATE DEBUTS 22 Boise State 195.475 195.475 Three freshmen made strong collegiate debuts on January 4 at the Collegiate Challenge. Kalyany Steele was the only 23 Washington 195.350 195.350 freshman to break the competitive lineup, and she scored 9.8 on uneven bars to help the Bruins take the ! rst rotation 24 West Virginia 195.325 195.325 lead with a 49.425. Emma Andres and Chloe Lashbrooke performed exhibition routines on balance beam and " oor 25 Stanford 195.088 195.475 exercise, respectively. Andres scored 9.7 on beam, while Lashbrooke posted a 9.8 on " oor. Lashbrooke improved her NATIONAL RANKINGS - TOP 25 as of 1/13) mark on Jan. 12 in the scoring lineup, recording a mark of 9.875. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Dennis – – – 22 – BRUINS PLACE SECOND AT COLLEGIATE CHALLENGE Flatley – – – – – UCLA opened the 2020 season with a second-place ! nish at the Collegiate Challenge. The No. 4 Bruins scored Frazier – 2 – 4t 7 196.575 to ! nish behind No. 1 Oklahoma, who totaled 197.350. California was third with 196.200, and Stanford Kramer – – – 7t – was fourth with 195.475. The Bruins led after the ! rst rotation thanks to a 49.425 on the uneven bars, but falls from Ross 13t 1 12t 2 1 the ! rst two competitors on beam dropped the Bruins to second in the second rotation. UCLA rebounded to score Team 3t 2 – 1 5 meet-highs on " oor (49.425) and vault (49.225), but it wasn’t enough to unseat the Sooners. Kyla Ross won the all- PAC-12 RANKINGS - TOP 25 as of 1/13) aorund with a 39.725 and scored 9.9 or higher on all four events, including 9.95s on beam and " oor. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Dennis 7t – – 7 – STREAKS STOPPED Flatley – 10t – – – UCLA’s streak of 49+ rotations ended at 124 on Jan. 4 after UCLA’s 48.5 on beam. The last sub-49 score ad taken Frazier 11t 2 11 2 3 place in the ! rst rotation of the 2018 season opener … The Bruins had scored 49.5 or better on 44 of those 124 Hano 9 10t – – – rotations during the streak … UCLA’s streak of 30 straight meets scoring 49+ on all four apparatus was tied for the Kooyman – 13t – – – second-longest streak in NCAA history behind Oklahoma (34 from 2016-18). LSU also had 30 from 2016-18 … UCLA’s Kramer – – – 3 – 49+ streak on beam ended at 44, a new NCAA record … UCLA’s longest 49+ streak is now on " oor exercise (40). Lashbrooke – – – 9t Poston 10 – – – – SCOUTING THE COUGARS Ross 3 1 1 1 1 BYU enters the week ranked No. 15 in the nation with a season average of 195.663. The Cougars edged Nebraska in Tratz – – – 11t – Team 1 1 6 1 2 the season opener, 195.750-195.600 and placed second to Utah in the Best of Utah meet with a score of 195.575. Junior Abbey Miner won the all-around at the Best of Utah, scoring 39.250, collecting her second all-around win of the year. She currently ranks No. 17 in the nation in the all-around and was named the Mountain Rim Gymnastics EVENT TITLES Conference Gymnast of the Week. Her sister Sadie Miner was awarded the MRGC Vault Specialist of the Week. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA G. Glenn – – 1 – – SCOUTING THE AGGIES Poston 1 – – – – Utah State will match up against BYU for a second consecutive week. The Aggies were in second place after three Ross 1 1 1 2 2 rotations at the Best of Utah meet before dropping to fourth with a score of 194.150. Utah State ranks No. 34 in the Sakti – – 1 – – nation overall and No. 16 on vault and No. 22 on " oor exercise. Former UCLA All-American and NCAA champion Amy Team 2 1 – 2 1 Smith is in her third year as head coach at Utah State. TOP 3 FINISHES Gymnast V UB BB FX AA NEW ERA BEGINS AT UCLA Dennis 1 – – – – UCLA Gymnastics has a new leader for the ! rst time in 29 years. Following Hall of Fame head coach Valorie Kondos Frazier – 2 – 2 1 Field as head coach of the Bruins is , who was an assistant under Kondos Field for 17 years. Waller G. Glenn – – 1 – – helped guide the Bruins to four NCAA titles during his time as an assistant. In his ! rst season on staff in 2003, the Kramer – – – 1 – Bruins swept through the postseason, winning Pac-10, NCAA Regional and NCAA Championships. Also that year, Poston 1 – – – – he was the acting head coach when UCLA snapped the longest home-court winning streak in NCAA history for any Ross 2 1 2 2 2 sport, handing Utah its ! rst home loss in 23 years. Waller was voted by his peers the National Assistant Coach of Sakti – – 1 – – the Year in 2004 and the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2018. A champion gymnast himself, Waller won three NCAA titles with the Bruin men’s team, and he competed at the 1992 Olympics, where he placed ! fth on pommel horse.

Joining Waller’s staff are a few familiar faces. Associate Head Coach Kristina Comforte is a former UCLA All-American and Bruin record-holder on vault. Assistant Coach Dom Palange was a volunteer assistant coach for UCLA from 2014-16. Also on board is volunteer assistant coach and choreographer BJ Das, a former gymnast who spent last season as a volunteer coach at Utah.

2020 UCLA GYMNASTICS 2020 HONORS SOLID CORE RETURNS IN 2020 Margzetta Frazier UCLA returns all but three routines from the NCAA Championships and has eight All-Americans on the roster - Pac-12 Coaches’ Choice Award (1/8) reigning NCAA vault and  oor exercise co-champion Kyla Ross, Grace Glenn, Felicia Hano, , Gracie Kyla Ross Kramer, Nia Dennis, Margzetta Frazier and Norah Flatley.The Bruins lose 10.0-caliber routines on beam and  oor Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (1/7) from and consistent high marks on beam from All-American Brielle Nguyen but bring in seasoned UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (1/7) routines from William & Mary transfer Samantha Sakti and redshirt senior Nicki Shapiro. Daily Bruin Sports UCLA Athlete of the Week (1/15) UCLA’s strength lies in its depth. The Bruins have 22 gymnasts on the roster, including 11 who competed in at least Samantha Sakti 10 meets last season - Dennis, Flatley, Frazier, Grace Glenn, Hano, Kocian, Kramer, Ross, Sakti, Pauline Tratz and Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (1/7) Sekai Wright. UCLA € nished the 2019 regular season ranked in the Top 3 in the nation on all four events - No. 1 on bars and  oor, No. 2 on beam and No. 3 on vault. 9.95+ SCORES NEW FACES Gymnast V UB BB FX Total The Bruins welcome in 2020 four freshmen (Emma Andres, Paige Hogan, Chloe Lashbrooke and Kalyany Steele), Frazier – 2 – 1 3 sophomore transfer Samantha Sakti, and redshirt senior Nicki Shapiro. Steele is a former elite who placed 13th at G. Glenn – – 1 – 1 Kramer – – – 1 1 the 2017 USA Championships. Andres and Lashbrooke are both two-time Level 10 Nationals quali€ ers. Hogan is a Ross – 1 1 2 4 four-time Level 10 state champion. Sakti transferred from William & Mary, where she earned all-league honors on Sakti – – 1 – 1  oor exercise and scored a school-record 9.925 on  oor in her € rst meet. Shapiro returns to the Bruins after leaving Team 0 3 3 4 10 the sport for three years. She competed for UCLA as a freshman in 2016 and scored a career-high 9.925 on beam.

9.9+ SCORES SENIOR STRONG Gymnast V UB BB FX Total The heart of UCLA’s team lies in the nine-member senior class of Anna Glenn, Grace Glenn, Felicia Hano, Madison Dennis – – – 1 1 Kocian, Gracie Kramer, Kyla Ross, Mercedez Sanchez, Nicki Shapiro and Macy Toronjo. The senior class competed Frazier – 2 – 2 4 half of the team’s routines at last year’s NCAA Championships and have a combined 39 All-America honors between G. Glenn – – 1 – 1 them. Ross has more than half of those 39 honors alone (a school-record-tying 19). She, Grace Glenn and Felicia Kramer – – – 2 2 Poston 1 – – – 1 Hano all won Pac-12 individual titles last season, with Ross winning the all-around, bars and  oor, Glenn tying for the Ross 1 2 1 2 6 beam title, and Hano sharing the vault crown. Sakti – – 1 – 1 Tratz – – – 1 1 A LOOK BACK AT 2019 Team 2 4 3 8 17 UCLA went 19-1 in 2019, scoring 197 or higher in every meet for the € rst time in school history. The Bruins lost just once in the regular season - at Oklahoma by two-tenths of a point - and won the Pac-12 and NCAA Ann Arbor Regional and placed € rst in the NCAA semi€ nal but € nished in third place in the NCAA € nal. UCLA’s season began with legendary head coach announcing her retirement at the end of the season. Two weeks into the season, Katelyn Ohashi blew up the internet with her perfect 10  oor exercise routine, making her a viral sensation and leading to unprecedented levels of media attention and to record-setting attendance around the country. Kyla Ross set records herself, going 10 straight meets with at least one perfect 10 and setting a new NCAA record with 14 10s in a single season. She became the € rst gymnast ever to record two Gym Slams in a single season and ended her year with NCAA championships on vault and  oor, giving her NCAA titles on all four events in her career. NO. 1 IN SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS UCLA Gymnastics has the largest social media followings in all of women’s collegiate sports, ranking No. 1 across all women’s sports in combined followers on Facebook, Instagram and , a total over 750,000. The Bruins rank € rst among all NCAA gymnastics teams on Instagram (343k), Facebook (351k) and Twitter (67k). Among all UCLA teams, gymnastics ranks € rst on Instagram and Facebook, and UCLA Gymnastics is the most followed collegiate women’s team Instagram account in the nation. Follow the Bruins at @UCLAGymnastics on Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat and on Facebook at facebook.com/uclagymnastics. BRUIN BANTER Senior Felicia Hano returns as the host of Bruin Banter, UCLA’s weekly interview series. The guest for the second episode, which is scheduled to drop on Friday, is junior Kendal Poston. LOOKING AHEAD The Bruins will compete at Stanford on Monday, Jan. 27 at Maples Pavilion. STAY CONNECTED Download the UCLA Bruins Mobile App to your device, free of charge, to stay up-to-date on all things UCLA Athletics. The of€ cial app of UCLA Athletics allows fans to receive in-game stats and live updates during events, as well as participate in the Bruin Lights pregame light show at gymnastics and basketball events. Fans can also sign up to receive push noti€ cations about gameday promotions, game times, results and more; shop for UCLA gear with one click; and get breaking news from UCLA Athletics. When searching iTunes or Google Play, use the term “UCLA Bruins” for more direct access.

2020 UCLA GYMNASTICS TV ROSTER

Emma Nia Norah Margzetta Anna Grace ANDRES DENNIS FLATLEY FRAZIER GLENN GLENN 5-6/Fr./Rocklin, Calif. 5-1/Jr./Columbus, Ohio 4-11/So./West Des Moines, Iowa 5-1/So./Sicklerville, N.J. 5-1/Sr./Charlotte, N.C. 5-2/Sr./Charlotte, N.C.

Felicia Paige Madison Savannah Gracie Chloe HANO HOGAN KOCIAN KOOYMAN KRAMER LASHBROOKE 5-2/Sr./San Gabriel, Calif. 5-2/Fr./Simi Valley, Calif. 5-3/Sr./, Texas 5-3/Jr./Laguna Hills Calif. 5-3/Sr./San Clemente, Calif. 5-4/Fr./Scottsdale, Ariz.

Kendal Kyla Samantha Mercedez Nicki Kalyany POSTON ROSS SAKTI SANCHEZ SHAPIRO STEELE 5-0/Jr./Foothill Ranch, Calif. 5-7/Jr./Aliso Viejo, Calif. 5-0/So./Arcadia, Calif. 5-5/Sr./Agoura Hills, Calif. 5-1/RSr./Los Angeles, Calif. 5-2/Fr./Colorado Springs, Colo.

Sara Macy Pauline Sekai TAUBMAN TORONJO TRATZ WRIGHT 5-3/So./Fairfax, Calif. 4-11/RSr./Huntsville, Texas 5-7/Jr./Karlsruhe, Germany 5-6/So./Paramount, Calif.

Chris Kristina Dom BJ WALLER COMFORTE PALANGE DAS Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach