UCLA GYMNASTICS 2017 Contact: Liza David / Phone: (310) 206-8140 / Fax: (310) 825-8664 / E-Mail: [email protected] For Immediate Release: Feb. 14, 2017 in the same meet since Kristen Maloney and Jeanette THIS WEEK Antolin scored a pair of perfect 10s on vault at the NCAA 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Regionals on Apr. 3, 2004. #4 UCLA at #5 Utah Overall: 4-1 / Pac-12: 3-0 Saturday, Feb. 18 - 8pm MT (at Salt Lake City, Utah) 10.0 Club National Ranking: 4th TV: ESPNU (Bart Conner, Kathy Johnson Clarke, Laura Three Bruins have joined the 10.0 club this season, as Rutledge, Holly Rowe) Kyla Ross (Jan. 28), Madison Kocian (Feb. 11) and Chris- JANUARY tine Peng-Peng Lee (Feb. 11) have all scored perfect 10s Online: watchespn.com 7 #17 ARKANSAS (TV: PAC12) W 195.7-195.35 Live Stats: utahutes.com on the uneven bars in the last three weeks. Twenty-eight diff erent UCLA gymnasts have scored a total of 107 15 at #2 Oklahoma (TV: FSN) L 198.025-196.825 Twitter: @uclagymnastics perfect 10s, with 12 Bruins totaling 23 perfect 10s on 28 at #17 Oregon St. (TV: PAC12) W 197.325-196.700 uneven bars. Ross, Kocian and Lee are the fi rst Bruin #4 UCLA vs. Bridgeport, Utah State trio to score perfect 10s on the same event in one year Monday, Feb. 20 - 1pm PT (Pauley Pavilion) since 2004 when Kate Richardson, Jeanette Antolin and FEBRUARY TV: Pac-12 Networks (Brian Webber, Samantha Peszek) Kristen Maloney all scored perfect 10s on vault. 4 at Arizona St. (TV: PAC12) W 197.15-194.6 Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets Preston is Perfect on 9.95 Vault 11 STANFORD (TV: PAC12) W 198.125-194.175 Online: pac-12.com/now Sophomore Madison Preston was the third Bruin to 18 at #5 Utah (TV: ESPNU) 8 pm MT Live Stats: uclabruins.com receive a perfect score on one of her routines against 20 BRIDGEPORT/UTAH ST. (TV: PAC12) 1 pm Twitter: @uclagymnastics Stanford, scoring 9.95 on her 9.95-start value vault. Preston stuck a perfect Yurchenko layout full to score 25 ARIZONA (TV: PAC12) 1 pm UCLA Competes at Utah in Top 5 Showdown a career-high. She is averaging 9.925 on her two vaults Saturday this season and ranks fourth in the nation on the event. MARCH No. 4 UCLA (4-1, 3-0 in the Pac-12) faces No. 5 Utah (7-1, Perfect Scores Abound for Ross 5 CALIFORNIA (TV: PAC12) 1 pm 2-1 in the Pac-12) in a Top 5 matchup Saturday, Feb. 18 in Freshman Kyla Ross, a member of the gold medal- 12 NORTH CAROLINA (TV: PAC12) 12 pm Salt Lake City. The meet will be televised live on ESPNU winning 2012 U.S. Olympic team and a fi ve-time World at 8pm MT/7pm PT. Olympic medalists Bart Conner and medalist, has performed fi ve routines in her last three 18 at Pac-12 Championships (TV: PAC12) TBD Kathy Johnson Clarke will be on the call, with additional meets that have earned at least one perfect score. Ross reporting from Laura Rutledge and Holly Rowe. earned the nation’s fi rst perfect 10 of the season on APRIL uneven bars at the Bruins’ Jan. 28 meet at Oregon State. Bruins Host Tri-Meet Monday Her perfect 10 was the fi rst by a Bruin since Danusia 1 at NCAA Regionals TBD Two days after competing at Utah, the Bruins will return Francis scored a 10 on beam on Mar. 6, 2016 and UCLA’s 14 at NCAA Semifi nals (TV: ESPNU) 12pm/7pm CT home for a tri-meet against Bridgeport and Utah State fi rst perfect 10 on bars since Samantha Peszek in 2014. 15 at NCAA Finals (TV: ESPNU) 8 pm CT on Monday, Feb. 20 in Pauley Pavilion. The meet will Ross nearly scored another perfect 10 the following be televised live on Pac-12 Networks at 1pm. UCLA week at Arizona State, receiving a 9.975 on beam, and All home meets are BOLD and held at Pauley Pavilion. alumna and three-time NCAA champion Samantha she earned a 9.975 on bars last week against Stanford. All times listed are local to site. Peszek will call the action with Brian Webber. Following She has also scored 9.925 on her 9.95 start-valued vault the competition, the Bruins will conduct a post-meet in two of the last three meets, receiving the maximum autograph session. 9.95 score from one of the two judges. NATIONAL RANKINGS - TOP 25 Presidents Day Promotion Kocian, Lee Win Pac-12 Weekly Awards Gymnast V UB BB FX AA In honor of Presidents Day on Monday, free admission For the third consecutive week, a Bruin has won two of for up to four guests to Monday’s meet will be granted Cipra 16t – – – – the three Pac-12 Weekly Awards. Madison Kocian earned Kocian 25 – 13t 7 18 to anyone sharing the last name of any of the 44 Presi- her second consecutive Freshman of the Week honors, Lee – 2 – – – dents of the United States. UCLA is also honoring all and Christine Peng-Peng Lee recieved her second Ohashi – – – 24t – military members by granting four free admissions Specialist of the Week award of the season. Both Bruins Preston 4 – – 24t – with military ID. scored perfect 10s on uneven bars this past weekend. Ross 12 – – – – UCLA Scores Nation’s Highest Team Total Kocian last week was the Pac-12 Gymnast and Freshman Team 4 2 6 13 4 of the Week, and the week prior to that, Kyla Ross earned UCLA made a strong statement on Saturday, record- Specialist and Freshman of the Week honors. Kocian ing a national-best team score of 198.125 in a nearly was also voted the UCLA/MuscleMilk Student-Athlete four-point victory over Stanford. The score was UCLA’s of the Week, beating out men’s basketball’s Lonzo Ball, highest since also recording 198.125 en route to win- CAREER-HIGH MARKS softball’s Delaney Spaulding and men’s volleyball’s JT ning the 2004 NCAA Super Six Team FInals. The Bruins Hatch in a Twitter vote by fans. hit 24-for-24, with 10 scores of 9.9 or higher, including Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Cipra 9.875 – 9.850 9.975 – two perfect 10s and two 9.975s, and just three scores Kramer Hits First 10.0-Start Value Vault Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – under 9.8. Eleven career-high marks were achieved During Saturday’s win over Stanford, freshman Gracie Gerber 9.625 – 9.925 9.850 – by nine Bruins - Angi Cipra (vault), Madison Preston Kramer became the fi rst Bruin to hit a 10.0-start value Hall 9.900 – – 9.875 – (vault), Gracie Kramer (vault), Sonya Meraz (bars), Stella vault - a Yurchenko 1.5. Kramer scored a career-best Hano 9.825 – – 9.050 – Savvidou (bars and fl oor), Madison Kocian (bars and 9.925 on the vault to place second. Kramer has vaulted Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – fl oor), Peng-Peng Lee (bars), Katelyn Ohashi (beam), in every meet this season but had been throwing the Kocian 9.875 10.00 9.950 9.950 39.625 and Napualani Hall (fl oor). Kramer 9.925 – – 9.825 – 9.95-start value Yurchenko full in the four previous Lee 9.925 10.00 9.975 – – Perfect Pair meets, with a high mark of 9.8. Meraz 9.850 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.400 Madison Kocian and Christine Peng-Peng Lee made In the Rankings Mossett 9.850 9.900 9.875 9.950 39.425 history when they became the fi rst UCLA duo to score Ohashi 9.775 9.925 9.975 9.900 39.375 UCLA moved up one spot in the national rankings to No. Preston 9.950 – – 9.925 – perfect 10s on uneven bars in the same meet. The per- 4 with a season average of 197.025. The Bruins remain Ross 9.925 10.00 9.975 9.150 38.425 fect 10s were the fi rst of their careers, and the second second on bars and sixth on beam and moved up to Savvidou – 9.875 9.825 9.925 – and third by a Bruin gymnast on bars this season. Kyla fourth on vault and 13th on fl oor. Madison Kocian ranks Toronjo – – 9.850 – – Ross scored the fi rst 10.0 on Jan. 28. Kocian and Lee are in the Top 25 in the all-around (18th) and on vault (25th), the fi rst Bruins to score perfect 10s on the same event *underlined denotes exhibition score beam (13th) and fl oor (seventh). Christine Peng-Peng history in the season opener when they became the Lee has moved up to second on bars. Four Bruins are fi rst two Olympic gold medalists ever to compete in 2017 EVENT TITLES ranked on vault - Madison Preston (4th), Kyla Ross (12th), an NCAA women’s gymnastics meet. Kocian won team Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Angi Cipra (16th) and Kocian (25th). Katelyn Ohashi and gold as a member of the Final Five along with uneven Gerber – – 1 – – Preston are ranked 24th on fl oor. Rankings are currently bars silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, while Ross won Kocian – 2 1 3 4 based on average score but will fl ip to regional qualify- team gold at the 2012 Olympics in London (along with Lee – 4 1 – – ing score (RQS) next week.