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]) 2018 SCHEDULE No. 4 UCLA at Metroplex Challenge January Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 – 7 p.m. (CT) / 5 p.m. (PT) @ Fort Worth, Texas (Fort Worth Convention Center) Sat. 6 #22 Ohio State W 196.250-193.200 vs. LSU, North Carolina State, Washington Sun. 14 at Elevate the Stage 1st, 197.200 vs. Stanford, Utah, Washington (Reno, Nev.) Sat. 20 at Arizona W 197.300-195.750 Sat. 27 at Metroplex Challenge 5 p.m. vs. LSU, NC State, Washington (Fort Worth, Texas) 5-0 3-0 5-0 3-2 February Sun. 4 Oklahoma ESPN 1 p.m. Sat. 10 at California P12N 11:30 a.m. Sun. 18 Utah P12N 5 p.m. UCLA COMPETES AT METROPLEX CHALLENGE No. 4 UCLA (5-0) will conclude a three-meet road swing on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Sun. 25 Oregon State P12N 3 p.m. Worth, Texas. The Metroplex Challenge’s collegiate meet is a quad meet with UCLA, No. 2 LSU (3-0), No. 28 North March Carolina State (5-0) and No. 14 Washington (3-2). The meet will take place at the Fort Worth Convention Center at 7 Sun. 4 at Masters Classic 12 p.m. pm CT/5 pm PT and will be live streamed on FloGymnastics for PRO subscribers. vs. Nebraska, Iowa State, Kent State (Lincoln, Neb.) BRUINS BACK ON PODIUM Sun. 11 at Stanford P12N 1 p.m. For the second time in the last three weeks, UCLA will compete on podium. The Bruins won their earlier podium meet Tue. 13 San Jose State P12N 12 p.m. at Elevate the Stage in Reno on Jan. 14, scoring 197.200 to down Utah, Washington and Stanford, and will compete Sat. 24 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N TBD on podium at the NCAA Championships in April. (Tucson, Ariz.) SCOUTING THE FIELD April LSU enters the week ranked No. 2 in the nation with a season average of 197.283 and a season-high mark of Sat. 7 at NCAA Regionals TBD 197.450 set last weekend against Alabama. The Tigers have ! nished second at the last two NCAA Championships Fri. 20 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPN2 or ESPNU TBD and return two NCAA individual champions in 2017 vault champion Kennedi Edney and 2017 bars co-champion (St. Louis, Mo.) Sarah Finnegan. Washington is averaging 195.800 this season and is coming off a season-high performance in Sat. 21 at NCAA Super Six ESPNU 4 p.m. a 196.325-194.850 win over California. The Huskies are coached by 2017 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and 2000 (St. Louis, Mo.) Olympic medalist Elise Ray. North Carolina State is undefeated in 2018 with a 5-0 record and is coming off a season- high 196.350 last weekend, the Wolfpack’s highest team score in six years. All times are listed in PT time. QUICK FACTS KONDOS FIELD NEARS CAREER WIN 500 UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field is just one victory away from her 500th coaching victory. Now in her 28th Gymnastics History year as head coach of the Bruins, she holds a career coaching record of 499-118-3 (.807). The Pac-12 Gymnastics First Season 1974 Coach of the Century has won six NCAA Championships and four national coach of the year honors. In 2010, she All-Time Record 711-208-4 (.772) NCAA Championship Appearances 33 became the second active coach ever to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. NCAA Championships 6 (last 2010) NCAA Regional Titles 22 GRACE GLENN EARNS PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS Pac-12 Conference Championships 17 UCLA continues to own the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award, with redshirt freshman Grace Glenn honored for the ! rst time. Glenn scored a career-high 9.95 on beam at Arizona to help UCLA record a national-best 49.525 on Team Information the event and a team season-best 197.300 overall. Glenn kept the Specialist of the Week award in the Bruin family, 2017 Record 13-4-1 2017 Pac-12 Record (! nish) 5-1 (T-3rd) as Christine Peng-Peng Lee had won the other two awards this season. Gymnasts Returning/Lost 16/5 All-Americans Returning/Lost 5/2 BEAMING BRUINS UCLA posted a national-best 49.525 on balance beam at Arizona last weekend, improving the team’s season average to 49.192. Three Bruins contributed scores of 9.95 - redshirt freshman Grace Glenn, junior Katelyn Ohashi CAREER-BEST MARKS and sixth-year senior Christine Peng-Peng Lee. Also contributing season-high marks to the beam total were leadoff Gymnast V UB BB FX AA competitor Brielle Nguyen (9.85) and sophomore Felicia Hano (9.825). UCLA achieved that high mark without the N. Dennis 9.850 9.875 9.750 9.800 39.225 services of reigning NCAA beam champion Kyla Ross, who was rested on three events last week. R. Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – A. Glenn 9.800 – 9.850 – – FLOORS UP G. Glenn – – 9.950 – – UCLA ranks No. 3 in the nation on " oor exercise with an average of 49.350. The Bruins, who have a season-best Hall 9.900 – – 9.875 – of 49.425, have four gymnasts ranked in the Top 20 nationally - No. 8 Kyla Ross, No. 14 Pauline Tratz, and No. 16 Hano 9.8625 – 9.725 9.875 – Felicia Hano and Gracie Kramer. All four Bruins are averaging over 9.875 or higher this season. Kramer and Ross Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – have been quite the 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup, scoring 9.9 to start the rotation in each of the ! rst two meets. Kocian 9.875 10.00 9.950 9.950 39.625 Hano and Tratz on the back end have scored no lower than 9.875. UCLA tumbling on " oor has been impressive, Kooyman – 9.700 – 9.100 – Kramer 9.925 – – 9.900 – with Kramer doing a front double full-punch front, Ross starting with a whip-double back, Hano and Katelyn Ohashi Lee 9.925 10.00 10.00 – – starting with double layouts, Nia Dennis with a double Arabian and Tratz with a full-in. Meraz 9.875 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.400 KOCIAN RETURNS ON BEAM Nguyen – – 9.900 9.900 – Two-time Olympic medalist and three-time World champion Madison Kocian made her return to competition on Ohashi 9.775 9.925 10.00 9.925 39.375 Saturday at Arizona, coming back from an August shoulder surgery to compete on balance beam. Kocian, a Dallas Ross 9.925 10.00 10.00 9.900 39.575 Sanchez – 9.750 9.750 – – native, had an impressive freshman campaign despite competing with a torn labrum that she suffered at the 2016 Savvidou 9.800 9.900 9.825 9.925 – Olympic Trials. She competed in the all-around in all but two meets in 2017 and amassed a total of 16 individual Toronjo – – 9.850 9.950 – victories. Kocian earned All-America honors in the all-around and on " oor and was the NCAA Regional bars and " oor Tratz 9.875 – – 9.900 – champion. 2018 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK TWO RANKINGS (as of 1/22) ROLLING IN THE DEEP RK TEAM Avg Score High Score With 16 Bruins seeing the ! oor at Arizona, the Bruins showcased their depth in a big way. Thirteen gymnasts 1 Oklahoma 197.538 197.550 competed, and three others performed exhibition routines. Seven Bruins competed on just one apparatus, with Kyla 2 LSU 197.238 197.450 Ross (bars) and Grace Glenn (beam) picking up event wins. Madison Kocian made her season debut on beam, as 3 Utah 197.142 197.450 did Anna Glenn (vault, beam) and Stella Savvidou (! oor) in exhibition performances that each scored 9.8 or higher. 4 UCLA 196.917 197.300 5 Florida 196.450 197.125 BRUINS SUPPORT SURVIVORS 6 Kentucky 196.325 196.950 In a show of support for sexual assault survivors, UCLA wore teal ribbons at last weekend’s meet and will continue 7 Alabama 196.308 196.725 to do so during the season. UCLA is planning to honor survivors at its next home meet on Feb. 4 against Oklahoma 8 Michigan 196.242 197.550 as part of the “Together We Rise Meet.” UCLA will distribute 5,000 teal pom poms and 1,000 teal wristbands to fans 9 Boise State 196.038 196.225 who attend the meet. 10 Arkansas 196.008 196.525 11 Georgia 195.950 196.725 FRESH FACES 12 Nebraska 195.925 196.300 UCLA’s newcomers have been strong so far this season. Nia Dennis has averaged 39.138 in the all-around, with a 13 Denver 195.875 196.800 high of 39.225 set in Reno. She recorded season-highs on vault (9.85) and bars (9.875) last weekend at Arizona. 14 Washington 195.800 196.325 Competing on vault and ! oor, Pauline Tratz averages 9.833 on vault and 9.892 on ! oor, with a pair of 9.9s in her 14 Arizona State 195.800 196.475 last two ! oor performances. Redshirt freshman Grace Glenn has competed on beam in each meet and won Pac-12 16 Auburn 195.650 196.625 Specialist of the Week honors this week after scoring a career-high 9.95 at Arizona.