2011 UCLA Schedule Date Opponent Time 1/7 at #5 Utah L 195.3-195.7 1/9 PAC-10 SHOWCASE 2nd, 195.925 1/14 at #23 Southern Utah L 194.425-194.75 1/23 at #2 Stanford L 194.825-196.2 1/28 at #7 Oregon State W 196.675-196.625 2/11 at IGI/Chicago Style Classic 3rd, 196.3 vs. #2 Stanford, #6 Oregon State 2/21 #25 NC STATE W 197.475-195.025 2/27 #12 DENVER, #21 MINNESOTA 1st, 196.65 #6 GEORGIA, #23 ARIZONA 2 pm at CS Fullerton 2 pm PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 pm at NCAA Regionals TBD NCAA Championships - Cleveland, OH NCAA Prelims TBD NCAA Super Six 4 pm ET NCAA Event Finals 1 pm ET Home meets are in BOLD CAPS and held in Pauley Pavilion. All times are local to site. UCLA Season-High Marks Courtney 9.925 9.85 9.875 9.9 39.3 De La Torre 9.8 9.925 Frattone 9.95 9.75 9.85 9.8 38.775 Gerber 9.825 9.875 9.875 9.8 39.225 Hopfner-Hibbs 9.875 9.9 9.95 9.95 39.55 Kushynski 9.0 9.8 McCullough 9.875 9.85 9.95 9.9 39.4 Peszek 9.925 Sato 9.675 8.925 Sawa 9.85 9.9 9.825 9.925 39.275 Taylor 9.15 Tom 9.475 9.675 9.825 9.9 Wong 9.85 9.8 9.825 9.85 Team 49.4 49.325 49.4 49.425 197.475 UCLA Career-High Marks Baer 9.85 9.775 9.85 Courtney 9.925 9.85 9.875 9.9 39.3 De La Torre 9.85 9.925 9.775 9.75 38.5 Frattone 9.95 9.825 9.85 9.9 39.325 Gerber 9.9 9.925 9.925 9.925 39.55 Hopfner-Hibbs 9.95 9.925 10.0 9.95 39.6 Kushynski 9.0 9.85 McCullough 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.925 39.4 Peszek 9.925 Pritchett 9.8 9.8 Sato 9.9 9.2* 9.95 9.9 Sawa 9.85 9.9 9.825 9.925 39.275 Taylor 9.85 9.15 Tom 9.825 9.75 9.9 9.9 38.325 Wong 9.85 9.9 9.825 9.9 Zamarripa 10.0 9.975 9.95 9.95 39.7 *Exhibition score UCLA Women's Gymnastics Weekly Press Release March 2, 2011 UCLA Sports Information PO Box 24044 Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Liza David Phone: 310/206-8140 Fax: 310/825-8664 Email: ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA Hosts Georgia, Arizona On Senior Day Bruins to honor senior class of 2011. This Week The eighth-ranked UCLA gymnastics team (9-6) will host sixth-ranked Georgia (7-4) and 23rdranked Arizona (10-5) on Sunday, Mar. 6 at 2 pm in the Bruins' regular season home finale. UCLA's seniors - undergraduate assistant coach Marci Bernholtz and gymnasts Talia Kushynski, Brittani McCullough, Mizuki Sato, Allison Taylor and Niki Tom - will be honored in pre-meet ceremonies. The Bruins' 2001 NCAA Championship team will be honored at the conclusion of the meet on the 10-year anniversary of their championship season. UCLA will also recognize all of its gymnastics alumni in attendance. Tickets Lower-level tickets cost $12 (adults)/$10 (youth 16 and under). Mid-level seating is $8 for adults/$6 for youth. UCLA students are free with student ID. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the UCLA Central Ticket Office (310/UCLA-WIN or tickets.ucla.edu) or at the event. Promotions Giveaway items include glow sticks and pom poms to the first 500 in attendance and meet programs to the first 2,000 in attendance. Live Coverage UCLABruins.com will host a free live video and audio feed, along with live scoring. Senior Salute Sunday's meet will be the last regular season home meet for seniors Talia Kushynski, Brittani McCullough, Mizuki Sato, Allison Taylor, Niki Tom and undergraduate assistant coach Marci Bernholtz. The seniors will be honored in pre-meet ceremonies. As a group, they have won one NCAA team championship (2010), two Pac-10 team championships (2009, 2010), three All-America honors, three Scholastic All-America honors, and six Pac-10 All-Academic awards. 2001 NCAA Championship Team Honored On 10-Year Anniversary At the conclusion of Sunday's meet, members of UCLA's 2001 NCAA Championship team will be honored on the 10-year anniversary of their Championship win, UCLA's third of six NCAA titles. The 2001 squad successfully defended its crown with a clutch performance on balance beam in their final rotation. Clinging to a one-tenth lead over home squad Georgia, the Bruins had no room for error as they headed to beam. As Georgia was scoring 49.5 on vault, the Bruins were feeding off the pressure, with five gymnasts scoring 9.9 or above. UCLA's total of 49.575 was the second-highest beam mark in school history and enough to capture a win by nearly two-tenths of a point. On that championship team were gymnasts Jeanette Antolin, Alyssa Beckerman, Mohini Bhardwaj, Angie D'Agostino, Jamie Dantzscher, Lindsey Dong, Christy Erickson, Stephanie Johnson, Malia Jones, Kristen Maloney, Kristin Parker, Trishna Patel, Carly Raab, Doni Thompson, Yvonne Tousek, Valerie Velasco, Jamie Williams and Onnie Willis, as well as coaches Valorie Kondos Field, Randy Lane, Steve Gerlach and Kaitie Dyson. In The Rankings UCLA moved up one spot to No. 8 in the national rankings with a RQS of 196.170. The Bruins are ranked eighth on vault (49.140), third on bars (49.235), ninth on beam (48.915) and fifth on floor (49.180). Individually, Brittani McCullough is the only all-arounder ranked in the Top 25, checking in at 21st (39.065). Tauny Frattone is tied for 12th on vault (9.870), Monique De La Torre and Aisha Gerber are tied for 19th on bars (9.855), and Niki Tom is tied for 20th on floor (9.850). Bruins In The Top 25 Rankings De La Torre 19t Frattone 12t Gerber 19t McCullough 21 Tom 20t Team 8 3 9 5 8 Battle Of Champions UCLA and Georgia have been the premier teams in the nation in the last 14 years, with the two teams combining for 13 of the last 14 NCAA titles and for 16 titles overall. The only other school to win a NCAA Championship during this 14-year span was Alabama in 2002. Overall, UCLA has won six NCAA titles (2010, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1997), while Georgia has won 10 (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 1999, 1998, 1993, 1989, 1987). The two teams also have a combined total of 67 individual NCAA champions - 37 for Georgia and 30 for UCLA. Bruins Win Tri-Meet Over Minnesota, Denver Ninth-ranked UCLA put together another solid team performance, winning its annual John Wooden Challenge on Feb. 27 in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins scored 196.65 to easily defeat 21st-ranked Minnesota, which placed second with 194.475, and 12th-ranked Denver, which placed third with 193.85. Bruin junior Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs won the all-around and three events to lead UCLA. Frattone Vaults Ahead Junior Tauny Frattone continues to be UCLA's top vaulter this season, ranking 12th in the nation and averaging a team-high 9.869. She has posted five consecutive wins on the event and has scored 9.8 or better in 19 consecutive meets and in 23 of 25 career meets. Frattone tied her career-high of 9.95 on Feb. 21 against NC State and was subsequently honored with the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week. She also scored a career-high 9.85 on beam in that meet and tied her seasonhigh on floor with a 9.8. Peszek Raising The Bar Freshman Samantha Peszek is settling well after a late start to the season due to a foot fracture. After sitting out the first five meets, she made her collegiate debut on Feb. 11 and tied for first on uneven bars with a 9.9 on her first collegiate routine. She was awarded the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honor for this routine. Last weekend, she scored a career-high 9.925 on bars to win the event. She is leading the team on bars with an of 9.883 and has won the event in two out of three meets so far. p. 1 of 4
Gerber Takes Lead On Beam Junior Aisha Gerber has taken over the all-important leadoff position on beam the last six meets. Although she is first in the lineup, she has maintained the team's highest season average, at 9.816. As a leadoff performer, she has scored 9.8 or better four times in six meets, including a 9.825 vs. NC State that led the way to a team season-high 49.4 on the event and a leadoff high 9.85 last Sunday. In her first leadoff performance at Southern Utah, her 9.775 score led the way towards a then-season-high 49.1 team mark. At Stanford, she led off with a 9.8, and at OSU, her 9.75 leadoff led to a season-high team score of 49.175 and a final rotation comeback win. Gerber had been fifth in the lineup in the first two meets of the season and scored 9.875 and 9.85. Oh Canada UCLA's Canadian trio of Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Aisha Gerber and Sydney Sawa have been amongst the team's standouts so far this season. Hopfner- Hibbs has twice earned Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week honors, first after winning the all-around (39.55), beam (9.95) and floor (9.95) at the Pac-10 Showcase, and then again this past weekend after winning the all-around (39.5), vault (9.875), beam (9.875) and floor (9.925). She also tied for first on bars at Utah with a 9.8 and at the IGI/Chicago Style with a season-high 9.9. Hopfner-Hibbs has been UCLA's top scorer in all five meets in which she has competed all-around. Gerber won beam at Utah with a 9.875 and has placed first on uneven bars in two meets. At Stanford, she placed second in the all-around with a 39.225, her highest allaround total since 2009. Sawa has been extremely consistent all season, hitting 25 of her 26 routines without a fall, including 24 in a row to start the year. Sawa is averaging 9.825 or better on both bars and floor. She won the all-around for the first time as a Bruin against NC State, scoring a career-high 39.275 and also tied for first on floor with a career-high 9.925. She has season-bests of 9.85 on vault, 9.9 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.925 on floor. Consistent Bruins UCLA ended its 2010 season with amazing consistency, hitting 95 of 96 postseason routines without a fall. Three returning Bruins missed just one routine all of last year (all on beam) - Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs and Brittani McCullough, who each went 40-for-41, and Aisha Gerber, who hit 30-for-31. Vanessa Zamarripa, who is redshirting this season, hit 52-for-53, and graduated senior Anna Li was a perfect 47-for-47. This season, McCullough is 24-for-26 on the year and has hit 114 of 120 career routines. Gerber has hit 51 of her last 53 routines and is 21-for-22 on the year. Hopfner-Hibbs is 23-of-24 in 2011 and has hit 78 of her last 80 routines. Freshmen Sydney Sawa is 25-for-26, and Olivia Courtney has hit 21-for-22. Senior Niki Tom has hit 16 of her 17 routines. Making The Grade Fifteen UCLA gymnasts made the UCLA Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher) for Fall 2010: Kaelie Baer, Monique De La Torre, Aisha Gerber, Danielle Greig, Tiffany Hyland, Talia Kushynski, Rachel Luba, Brittani McCullough, Samantha Peszek, Alyssa Pritchett, Mizuki Sato, Courtney Shannon, Allison Taylor, Niki Tom and Lichelle Wong. UCLA Signs Three Standouts For 2012 UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field announced another standout recruiting class in November with the signings of national letters-of-intent by U.S. national team member Cassie Whitcomb (Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy), Canadian national team member Christine Peng Peng Lee (Oakville Gymnastics), and former Junior Olympic national team member Dana McDonald (Novato Gymnastics). UCLA Hosts Pac-10 Championships Pauley Pavilion is playing host to the 2011 Pac-10 Championships on Mar. 19 at 4 pm. Tickets are on sale now at the UCLA Central Ticket Office (310-UCLA-WIN or tickets.ucla. edu). Ticket prices are $14 for adults/$12 for youth in the lower-level section and $10 for adults/$8 for youth in the midlevel seating. This is the first time UCLA has hosted the Pac-10 Championships since 2003. UCLA won the title that year with a Championship record score of 198.175. The Bruins are the two-time defending Pac-10 champions and have won a total of 15 Pac-10 team titles in the 24 years of the Championships. 2011 Bruin Bios 2011 Event Titles Courtney 1 1 2 1 De La Torre 1 Frattone 5 Gerber 2 1 Hopfner-Hibbs 1 2 3 3 2 McCullough 1 1 2 Peszek 2 Sawa 1 1 Kaelie Baer, Jr. Hit an exhibition bar routine at Southern Utah in her first meet since the 2009 season but injured her elbow during vault warmups Did not compete in 2010 due to injury Competed on three events as a freshman in 2009, primarily on vault and floor Scored a career-best 9.85 on vault at the NCAA Regionals Other career marks include 9.85 on floor and 9.775 on beam. Season High: UB - 9.525 (ex.) Career High: V - 9.85, BB - 9.775/9.8 (ex.), FX - 9.85 Olivia Courtney, Fr. Recorded season-high marks on vault (9.925) and floor (9.9) vs. NC State Won floor at the IGI/Chicago Style with a career-high 9.9 Did not compete at Stanford in order to rest a hamstring injury but came back the following the week to score 39.225 in the all-around, with a career-best 9.85 on bars Won the all-around at Southern Utah with a 39.3 and also won vault (career-high 9.9) and beam (9.875 on her first beam routine of the year) Also recorded a season-high 9.775 on bars at Southern Utah Scored 9.7+ on vault, bars and floor at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on three events at Utah, posting team-high scores on vault (9.875) and floor (9.85) Threeyear U.S. National Team member... Placed 10th at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials... Won the all-around and placed second on bars and floor at the 2009 CoverGirl Classic... Seventh in the all-around at the 2007 Visa Championships... Won a team gold medal and placed fifth in the all-around at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships. Season/Career High: V - 9.925, UB - 9.85, BB - 9.875, FX - 9.9, AA - 39.3 Monique De La Torre, So. Averaging 9.85 on bars and ranks 19th nationally Won her first event title on Feb. 21 vs. NC State, taking first place on bars with a 9.875 Returned to the vault lineup at the IGI/Chicago Style and tied her season-high with a 9.8 in the leadoff role Also competed on bars in Chicago and scored 9.85 Scored 9.875 on bars at Oregon State and also performed exhibition routines on vault and floor Did not compete at Southern Utah after tweaking her ankle in warmups but returned on uneven bars at Stanford and tied for fourth with a 9.825 Scored a career-high 9.925 on bars, placing second at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on vault (9.8) and bars (9.75) at Utah Saw action on all four events and was a regular in the vault and bars lineup in 2010 2011 UCLA Gymnastics Roster Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club) Notes Kaelie Baer (KAY-lee BEAR) 5-6 Jr. Columbus, IN (DeVeaus) Performed UB ex. at SUU but injured elbow on vault Olivia Courtney 5-2 Fr. Fairfax, VA (Orlando Metro) 2009 CoverGirl Classic AA champion Monique De La Torre 5-3 So. Glendale, AZ (Carter's Gymnastics Academy) Scored career-high 9.925 on UB at Pac-10 Showcase Tauny Frattone (fra-tone) 5-4 Jr. Lake Forest, CA (Olympic Gymnastics) Scored 9.8 or better on 22 of last 23 vaults, with 7 9.9+ marks Aisha Gerber (AY-sha) 5-4 Jr. Cambridge, ON (Oakville Gymnastics) 2nd-team All-American on beam Danielle Greig (Greg) 5-5 So. Auckland, NZ (Charter Oak Gliders) 2010 Scholastic All-American Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (HOFF-ner) 5-0 Jr. Toronto, ON (Sports Seneca) Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week in Week 1 Tiffany Hyland 5-8 Jr. Dove Canyon, CA (Diamond Elite) 3rd in AA at 2008 South African Nat'l Championships Kassidy Kozai (COZE-eye) 4-11 Fr. Encino, CA (All Olympia Gymnastics Center) 2-time Junior Olympic National Team member Talia Kushynski (TALL-ya coo-shin-ski) 5-2 Sr. Sherman Oaks, CA (Waller's GymJam Academy) Two-time Scholastic All-American Rachel Luba (LOO-buh) 5-1 Fr. Monterey, CA (Elite Gymnastics Academy) 2009 Level 10 Nationals competitor Brittani McCullough (muh-cull-uh) 5-4 RSr. Corona, CA (SCEGA) 2010 NCAA, Regional, Pac-10 Floor Champion Samantha Peszek (PESH-eck) 5-1 Fr. Indianapolis, IN (Sharp's Gymnastics/De Veau's) 2008 Olympic silver medalist Alyssa Pritchett 5-1 Jr. Orange, CA (Wildfire Gymnastics) Will sit out 2011 after undergoing foot surgery Mizuki Sato (mi-zoo-key SAH-toe) 5-2 Sr. Fair Oaks, CA (Technique Gymnastics) Suffered season-ending knee injury at SUU 1/14 Sydney Sawa (SAW-wah) 5-2 Fr. Calgary, AB (Calgary Gymnastics Centre) 2009 Canadian AA/UB champion & 2-time Worlds competitor Courtney Shannon 5-6 So. Lake Forest, CA (Olympica Gymnastics) 3rd on vault and beam at 2008 Level 10 State meet Allison Taylor 5-3 Sr. Dallas, TX (WOGA) 2010 Scholastic All-American Niki Tom 5-0 Sr. Northridge, CA (JAG) 2nd-team All-American on floor in 2009 Lichelle Wong 5-4 So. Ossendrecht, Holland (TSH Heerenveen) 2-time Dutch AA champion & Worlds competitor Vanessa Zamarripa (zam-uh-reep-uh) 5-1 Jr. O'Fallon, IL (Midwest Twisters) 2010-11 U.S. National Team member, will redshirt in 2011 Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field, 21st year Assistant Head Coach: Chris Waller, 9th year; Assistant Coach: Jim Foody, 4th year Volunteer Assistant Coach: P.J. Irvin; Undergraduate Assistant Coach: Marci Bernholtz; Team Manager: Brianna McCullough p. 2 of 4
Averaged 9.802 on vault in 11 meets and recorded a career-high of 9.85 five times, including three times in NCAA competition Season average of 9.852 on bars ranked third-best on the team... Competed five times on beam, with a high of 9.775, and twice on floor, with a high of 9.75. Season High: V - 9.8, UB - 9.925 Career High: V - 9.85, UB - 9.925, BB - 9.775, FX - 9.75, AA - 38.5 Tauny Frattone, Jr. Ranked No. 12 nationally on vault Won her fifth-straight vault title on Feb. 27, tying for first with a 9.875 Tied her career-high on vault Feb. 21 vs. NC State, scoring 9.95 to win vault for the fourth-straight meet Was awarded the Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week for her winning vault Also scored a career-high 9.85 on beam and a season-high 9.8 on floor vs. NC State Won vault title at the IGI/Chicago Style, scoring a 9.9, and also earned a season-high 9.75 on beam Won vault for the second-straight week with a 9.875 at Oregon State Recorded season-highs on all four events plus the all-around at Stanford, going 9.875 on vault to place first, 9.75 on bars, 9.35 on beam, 9.8 on floor and 38.775 in the all-around Tied for third on vault at Southern Utah, scoring 9.825 Scored 9.825 on vault at the Pac-10 Showcase Competed on vault, beam and floor at Utah and tied for third on vault with a 9.85 Contributed on all four events in 2010, mainly on vault and floor Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault... Ended the regular season nationally-ranked No. 14 on vault and held the No. 1 spot in week two... Averaged 9.865 on vault, third-best on the team, with a career-high score of 9.95... Competed on floor in every meet, with an average of 9.822... Set career-highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.9) and won the all-around with a career-best 39.325 at Cal State Fullerton... Competed four times on bars and averaged 9.794 on the event... Competed four times on beam, with a high of 9.775. Season High: V - 9.95, UB - 9.75, BB - 9.85, FX - 9.8, AA - 38.775 Career High: V - 9.95, UB - 9.825, BB - 9.85, FX - 9.9, AA - 39.325 Aisha Gerber, Jr. Leads the team in scoring average on beam (9.816) despite competing leadoff in the team's last six meets Averages 9.828 on bars and has scored 9.8 or higher in her last seven meets Ranks 19th nationally on bars Had her highest leadoff beam score on Feb. 27 with a 9.85 Scored 9.8 or higher on all three events in which she competed (vault, bars, beam) vs. NC State Competed on three events at OSU and tied her season-high on bars with a 9.875 Scored her highest all-around mark since 2009 with a 39.225 to place second at Stanford and also won bars for the second straight meet with a 9.85 Won bars at Southern Utah with a season-high 9.875 Third on beam at the Pac-10 Showcase with a 9.85 and led off on bars with a 9.85 Won beam at Utah with a 9.875 and also competed on bars Competed in the all-around as a freshman but was limited to mostly bars and beam in 2010 due to a preseason ankle injury Second-team All-American and second-team All-Pac-10 on beam in 2010... NACGC/W Scholastic All-American and a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honoree... Hit 30 of her 31 routines in 2010... First-team All-Pac- 10 on beam in 2009 and was third on the team with eight individual victories and 22 Top 3 finishes Became the first Canadian woman ever to medal at the American Cup when she placed third in the all-around in 2006 Won the 2005 Canadian national bars title and placed fifth in the all-around. Season High: V - 9.825, UB - 9.875, BB - 9.875, FX - 9.8, AA - 39.225 Career High: V - 9.9, UB - 9.925, BB - 9.925, FX - 9.925, AA - 39.55 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Jr. Won the all-around (39.5), vault (9.875), beam (9.875) and floor (9.925) on Feb. 27 and was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for a Pac-10 record-tying sixth time in her career Tied for first on beam (season-high-tying 9.95) and floor (9.925) vs. NC State Recorded the Bruins' top all-around mark at the IGI/Chicago Style (39.175) and tied for first on bars with a season-high 9.9 Did not compete at Stanford due to muscle spasms but returned to the all-around at Oregon State to tie for second with a 39.4 Also scored a season-high on bars at Oregon State (9.85) Was named the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for Week 1 Won the all-around at the Pac-10 Showcase with the nation's highest all-around score for week one (39.55) Also won beam and floor with scores of 9.95 and tied for fifth on vault with a 9.85 on a stuck vault Tied for first on bars at Utah (9.8) and placed third in the all-around (38.675) Six-time All-American (1st-team on vault and 2nd team in the all-around in 2010; 2nd-team in the all-around, vault, bars and floor in 2009)... Earned firstteam All-Pac-10 honors on all three events in which she competed at the Pac-10 Championships (vault, beam, floor)... Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection... Scored the first perfect 10 of her career on beam at Georgia Mar. 6 competing in the No. 2 spot... 2009 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year First-team All-Pac-10 in the all-around and was Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week three times 2008 Canadian Olympian Competed for Team Canada at the 2005-07 World Championships... Became the first Canadian woman ever to win a World Championship medal when she placed third on beam at the 2006 Worlds. Season High: V - 9.875, UB - 9.9, BB - 9.95, FX - 9.95, AA - 39.55 Career High: V - 9.95, UB - 9.925, BB - 10.0, FX - 9.95, AA - 39.6 Tiffany Hyland, Jr. Performed an exhibition beam routine at Cal in 2010 Did not compete in 2009 Placed third in the all-around and on floor and second on vault at the 2008 South African National Championships. Kassidy Kozai, Fr. Junior Olympic National Team member in 2010 and 2005 Won the uneven bars, placed second on floor, third in the all-around and on beam and fourth on vault at the 2010 Level 10 Regionals Uneven bars champion at the 2010 Level 10 State meet and also placed second in the all-around and floor and third on vault and beam Level 10 State champion in the all-around, beam and floor in 2005. Talia Kushynski, Sr. Competed on beam for the first time as a Bruin at Stanford and also earned a spot in the lineup on floor, scoring 9.725 Recorded UCLA's top floor score at Southern Utah, scoring 9.8 to place third Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American... Scored a career-high 9.85 to place third at Cal State Fullerton in her only competitive routine on floor last season... Performed exhibition floor three other times and beam once Exceptional dancer who has upgraded her floor tumbling this season and will contend for a spot in the regular lineup. Season High: BB - 9.0, FX - 9.8 Career High: BB - 9.0, FX - 9.85 Rachel Luba, Fr. Walk-on gymnast who trained at Elite Gymnastics Academy Competed at the 2009 Level 10 National Championships and 2009 Level 10 Regionals Second on beam and sixth in the all-around at the 2010 Level 10 States Competed at the 2007 Level 9 Western National Championships. Brittani McCullough, RSr. Tied season-high on floor on Feb. 27 with a 9.9 and placed second in the all-around with a 39.275 Set a new career-high on beam with a 9.95 to tie for first and also recorded season-highs on vault (9.875) and bars (9.85) vs. NC State Tied her season-high on bars with 9.825 in the leadoff spot at the IGI/Chicago Style Recorded a career-high 39.4 in the allaround and tied her career-best on beam to win with a 9.9 at Oregon State Named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week after her performance at OSU Scored season-highs of 9.9 on floor and 9.825 on bars at Stanford Tied for first on vault at the Pac-10 Showcase with a 9.875 Placed fourth in the all-around with a 39.15 Scored 9.8 on beam in just her second beam performance in three years Tied for first on bars at Utah with a 9.8 and also competed on vault Defending NCAA floor exercise champion Also won the NCAA Regional and Pac-10 floor titles Two-time first-team All-American Averaged 9.8+ on her three events last year - 9.883 on floor, 9.867 on vault and 9.807 on bars... Recorded a career-high 9.95 on vault at the NCAA Super Six and tied her career-high on floor with 9.925s at all four postseason meets In 2009, earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors on vault Hit all 30 of her routines in 2009 2008 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Made the U.S. National Team in her first effort after placing 11th in the all-around at the 2005 USA Championships... 2005 Level 10 national champion on vault, bars and floor and fourth in the all-around. Season High: V - 9.875, UB - 9.85, BB - 9.95, FX - 9.9, AA - 39.4 Career High: V - 9.95, UB - 9.925, BB - 9.95, FX - 9.925, AA - 39.4 Samantha Peszek, Fr. Won bars with a career-high 9.925 on Feb. 27 and is averaging a team-best 9.883 Scored 9.825 on bars in her first home meet Feb. 21 vs. NC State Made her collegiate debut at the IGI/Chicago Style, scoring 9.9 on bars to tie for first place Earned Pac-10 Special Performance of the Week honors for her debut performance Member of the U.S. team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2007 U.S. squads that won gold medals at the World Championships and Pan American Games... Member of the USA National Team since 2004... In 2009, placed second on beam at the Visa Championships and was second on vault at the CoverGirl Classic... Finished fourth at both the Visa Championships and Olympic Team Trials in 2008... Won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2008 Tyson American Cup... Miss the beginning of the season with a foot fracture. Season/Career High: UB - 9.925 Alyssa Pritchett, Jr. Will redshirt the 2011 season after undergoing foot surgery in the preseason Has competed on vault and floor, with career-bests of 9.8 on each event. Career High: V - 9.8, FX - 9.8 Mizuki Sato, Sr. Suffered season-ending knee injury on beam dismount at Southern Utah Led off on beam at the Pac-10 Showcase (9.6) and at Utah (9.675) Two-time Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection... UCLA's beam anchor the last six meets of 2010... Scored a career-high 9.95 on beam at Georgia Mar. 6 and tied for second place on the event with a 9.9 at the Pac-10 Championship... In 2009, earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on floor and was an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree. Season High: BB - 9.675, FX - 8.925 Career High: V - 9.9, UB - 9.2 (ex), BB - 9.95, FX - 9.925 Sydney Sawa, Fr. Has scored 9.9 or better on floor in her last two meets Hit her first 24 routines in a row without a fall and is 25-26 on the year Won the all-around with a career-high 39.275 and tied for first on floor with a career-high 9.925 vs. NC State on Feb. 21 Recorded a career-high 39.225 in the all-around and tied her career-high with a 9.85 on floor at Oregon State Scored 39.025 in p. 3 of 4
her all-around debut at Stanford and earned a season-high 9.85 on floor Tied for second with a 9.825 on her first beam routine of the year at Southern Utah Nabbed a pair of Top 5 finishes at the Pac-10 Showcase (5th on vault with a 9.85, 4th on bars with a 9.9) and a Top 10 finish on floor (9th with a 9.8) Scored a pair of 9.775s (bars and floor) and 9.75 on vault in her collegiate debut at Utah Competed at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships for Canada... 2009 Canadian all-around and bars national champion... Placed third on bars and floor at the World Cup in Montreal in 2009... First on beam and fourth in the all-around at the 2009 WOGA Classic... Second in the all-around, vault, beam and floor at Elite Canada in 2008. Season/Career High: V - 9.85, UB - 9.9, BB - 9.825, FX - 9.925, AA - 39.275 Allison Taylor, Sr. Competed on bars and exhibitioned on floor at Southern Utah Earned NACGC/W Scholastic All-American and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors in 2010 Competed on bars in four meets last season and scored a career-high 9.85 at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 26 to place second... Also scored 9.775 on bars twice in competition and twice in exhibition. Season High: UB - 9.15, FX - 9.25 (ex.) Career High: UB - 9.85, FX - 9.15/9.725 (ex) Niki Tom, Sr. Has the team's highest floor average at 9.836 and ranks 20th in the nation Scored 9.8+ on eight of her last nine routines overall Scored 9.875 on floor and received a 9.95 from one judge on Feb. 27 Tied her season-best on beam with a 9.825 and also scored 9.875 on floor vs. NC State Competed on three events at Stanford, scoring 9.825 on floor, 9.775 on beam and 9.475 on vault Tied for second on beam at Southern Utah with a season-high 9.825 Also competed on bars at SUU, scoring 9.675 Scored a career-high 9.9 on floor at the Pac-10 Showcase to place third Competed on beam (9.8) and floor (9.7) at Utah Second-team All-American on floor in 2009 Two-time Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection and 2009 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree Competed on beam in 12 meets last season and posted a career-high 9.9 on Mar. 14 in a leadoff routine In 2009, hit 26 of 28 routines she performed on the season First-team All-Pac-10 performer on beam. Season High: V - 9.475, UB - 9.675, BB - 9.825, FX - 9.9 Career High: V - 9.825, UB - 9.75, BB - 9.9, FX - 9.9, AA - 38.325 Lichelle Wong, So. Has hit last four beam routines either in competition or exhibition Scored a career-high 9.85 with a stuck vault vs. NC State Tied her season-high on floor at the IGI/Chicago-Style with a 9.85 Earned a season-high 9.8 on bars at Stanford Competed on bars for the first time this season at Southern Utah and scored 9.775 to tie for second Tied for fourth on beam at SUU with a 9.8 Tied for seventh on floor at the Pac-10 Showcase with a 9.85 Scored a career-high 9.825 to place third on beam at Utah and also tied for fifth on floor with a 9.75 Competed on bars and floor in 10 meets in 2010 before being sidelined at NCAA Regionals and Championships with a sprained ankle... Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors on bars and ranked 25th in the nation on the event... Dutch all-around champion in 2006 and 2009 and vault champion in 2008... Bars and floor national champion and vault runner-up in 2006... Competed at the 2007 and 2006 World Championships. Season High: V - 9.85, UB - 9.8, BB - 9.825, FX - 9.85 Career High: V - 9.85, UB - 9.9, BB - 9.825, FX - 9.9 Vanessa Zamarripa, Jr. Earned a spot on the U.S. National Team after placing eighth in the all-around at the Visa Championships in August... U.S. national runner-up on vault... Placed seventh at the CoverGirl Classic in July in her first elite meet... Won the 2010 NCAA vault championship with a final average score of 9.925... Earned first-team All-American honors in the all-around (tied for seventh place), vault (first) and floor (tied for seventh) and second-team honors on bars... Won the all-around and placed second on all four events at Regionals... 2010 Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year... Two-time All-Pac-10 honoree in the all-around... 2010 Pac-10 all-around and vault champion Third in the all-around at the 2009 NCAA Championships and became only the sixth UCLA gymnast ever to earn the maximum five All-America honors in one season... Has scored four career perfect 10s on vault - once in 2010 and three times in 2009 Will redshirt the 2011 season after tearing her Achilles tendon in December. Career High: V - 10.0, UB - 9.975, BB - 9.975, FX - 9.95, AA - 39.7 p. 4 of 4
Team - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 49.150 (2) 48.825 (1) 48.475 (2) 48.850 (1) 195.300 (2) 1/9 49.125 (2) 49.250 (3) 48.300 (4) 49.250 (1) 195.925 (2) 1/14 49.125 (1) 48.250 (2) 49.100 (1) 47.950 (2) 194.425 (2) 1/23 48.700 (2) 49.125 (1) 47.825 (2) 49.175 (2) 194.825 (2) 1/28 48.975 (1t) 49.275 (2) 49.175 (1) 49.250 (2) 196.675 (1) 2/11 49.200 (1) 49.275 (1) 48.975 (1t) 48.850 (3) 196.300 (3) 2/21 49.400 (1) 49.250 (1) 49.400 (1) 49.425 (1) 197.475 (1) 2/27 49.100 (1) 49.325 (1) 48.850 (1) 49.375 (1) 196.650 (1) Average 49.097 49.072 48.763 49.016 195.947 11 High 49.400 49.325 49.400 49.425 197.475 Career-Hi 49.725 49.825 49.725 49.875 198.875 Kaelie Baer - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 1/14 9.525 2/11 2/21 2/27 Average 11 High Career-Hi 9.850 9.800 9.850 Olivia Courtney - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.875 (2) 9.700 (10) 9.850 (1t) 1/9 9.725 (22t) 9.700 (28) 9.750 (13t) 1/14 9.900 (1) 9.775 (2t) 9.875 (1) 9.750 (5t) 39.300 (1) 1/28 9.775 (6t) 9.850 (7t) 9.800 (7t) 9.800 (8) 39.225 (4t) 2/11 9.850 (5t) 9.750 (14t) 9.175 (18) 9.900 (1t) 38.675 (7) 2/21 9.925 (2) 9.750 9.900 (3t) 2/27 9.850 (3t) 9.800 9.750 (13t) Average 9.843 9.755 9.617 9.814 39.067 11 High 9.925 9.850 9.875 9.900 39.300 Career-Hi 9.900 9.850 9.875 9.900 39.300 Monique De La Torre - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.800 (9) 9.750 (6) 1/9 9.725 (22t) 9.925 (2t) 1/14 1/23 9.825 (4t) 1/28 9.700 9.875 (4t) 8.950 2/11 9.800 (11t) 9.850 (8t) 2/21 9.875 (1) 2/27 9.850 (4t) 9.700 Average 9.775 9.850 11 High 9.800 9.925 Career-Hi 9.850 9.925 9.775 9.750 38.500 Tauny Frattone - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.850 (3t) 9.650 9.150 (11t) 9.750 (5t) 1/9 9.825 (10t) 1/14 9.825 (3t) 9.050 (11) 9.750 (5t) 1/23 9.875 (1) 9.750 (10) 9.350 (10) 9.800 (8t) 38.775 (7) 1/28 9.850 (1) 9.100 9.775 9.775 (9t) 2/11 9.900 (1) 9.750 (11t) 9.650 (15) 2/21 9.950 (1) 9.850 (4) 9.800 (8t) 2/27 9.875 (1t) 9.775 9.650 (10t) 9.775 (12) Average 9.869 9.400 9.550 9.757 38.775 11 High 9.950 9.750 9.850 9.800 38.775 Career-Hi 9.950 9.825 9.850 9.900 39.325 Aisha Gerber - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.675 (11t) 9.875 (1) 1/9 9.850 (11t) 9.850 (3t) 1/14 9.825 (3t) 9.875 (1) 9.775 (6) 8.975 (11) 38.450 (3) 1/23 9.775 (5) 9.850 (1t) 9.800 (4t) 9.800 (8t) 39.225 (2) 1/28 9.750 (8t) 9.875 (4t) 9.750 (10t) 2/11 9.800 (11) 9.800 (4t) 2/21 9.800 (6t) 9.850 (2t) 9.825 (5t) 2/27 9.850 (4t) 9.850 (2) Average 9.788 9.828 9.816 9.388 38.838 11 High 9.825 9.875 9.875 9.800 39.225 Career-Hi 9.900 9.925 9.925 9.925 39.550 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.850 (3t) 9.800 (1t) 9.300 (10) 9.725 (8t) 38.675 (3) 1/9 9.850 (5t) 9.800 (18) 9.950 (1) 9.950 (1) 39.550 (1) 1/14 9.800 (5) 1/28 9.825 (3t) 9.850 (7t) 9.850 (2t) 9.875 (3t) 39.400 (2t) 2/11 9.800 (11t) 9.900 (1t) 9.875 (2) 9.600 (17) 39.175 (4) 2/21 9.800 (7t) 9.950 (1t) 9.925 (1t) 2/27 9.875 (1t) 9.825 (6t) 9.875 (1) 9.925 (1) 39.500 (1) Average 9.833 9.829 9.800 9.833 39.260 11 High 9.875 9.900 9.950 9.950 39.550 Career-Hi 9.950 9.925 10.000 9.950 39.600 Talia Kushynski - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 8.925 1/14 9.800 (3) 1/23 9.000 (12) 9.725 (12) 2/11 9.625 2/21 9.650 2/27 9.575 Average 9.000 9.763 11 High 9.000 9.800 Career-Hi 9.500 9.850
Brittani McCullough - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.775 (10) 9.800 (1t) 1/9 9.875 (1t) 9.775 (19t) 9.800 (9t) 9.700 (19t) 39.150 (4) 1/14 1/23 9.825 (2t) 9.825 (4t) 9.300 (11) 9.900 (2) 38.850 (6) 1/28 9.775 (6t) 9.825 (10t) 9.900 (1) 9.900 (2t) 39.400 (2t) 2/11 9.850 (5t) 9.825 (10) 9.750 (11t) 9.575 (18) 39.000 (5) 2/21 9.875 (4) 9.850 (2t) 9.950 (1t) 9.375 (12) 39.050 (2) 2/27 9.750 (6t) 9.800 (10t) 9.825 (3) 9.900 (2t) 39.275 (2) Average 9.818 9.814 9.754 9.725 39.121 11 High 9.875 9.850 9.950 9.900 39.400 Career-Hi 9.950 9.925 9.950 9.925 39.400 Samantha Peszek - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 1/14 2/11 9.900 (1t) 2/21 9.825 (6) 2/27 9.925 (1) Average 9.883 11 High 9.925 Career-Hi - 9.925 Mizuki Sato - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.675 (9) 1/9 9.600 (22t) 1/14 9.350 (11) 8.925 (12) 2/11 2/21 2/27 Average 9.542 8.925 11 High 9.675 8.925 Career-Hi 9.900 9.200 9.950 9.900 Sydney Sawa - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.750 (11t) 9.775 (3t) 9.775 (4) 1/9 9.850 (5t) 9.900 (4t) 9.800 (9t) 1/14 9.775 (6t) 9.825 (2t) 9.675 (9) 1/23 9.750 (6t) 9.825 (4t) 9.600 (9) 9.850 (3t) 39.025 (4) 1/28 9.725 (11) 9.825 (10t) 9.825 (6) 9.850 (5t) 39.225 (4t) 2/11 9.800 (11t) 2/21 9.750 (9) 9.850 (2t) 9.750 (8t) 9.925 (1t) 39.275 (1) 2/27 9.750 (6t) 9.875 (3) 9.225 (13) 9.900 (2t) 38.750 (4) Average 9.769 9.842 9.645 9.825 39.069 11 High 9.850 9.900 9.825 9.925 39.275 Career-Hi 9.850 9.900 9.825 9.925 39.275 Allison Taylor - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 1/14 9.150 (10) 9.250 2/11 2/21 2/27 Average 9.15 11 High 9.15 Career-Hi 9.850 9.725 Niki Tom - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.800 (5) 9.700 (10t) 1/9 9.100 (39) 9.900 (3t) 1/14 9.675 (7) 9.825 (2t) 1/23 9.475 (11) 9.775 (6) 9.825 (7) 1/28 9.800 (7t) 9.825 (7) 2/11 9.800 (4t) 9.850 (6t) 2/21 9.825 (5t) 9.875 (6t) 2/27 9.650 (10t) 9.875 (4t) Average 9.475 9.675 9.697 9.836 11 High 9.475 9.675 9.825 9.900 Career-Hi 9.825 9.750 9.900 9.900 38.325 Lichelle Wong - Meet-by-Meet Scores/Placements 1/7 9.825 (3t) 9.750 (5t) 1/9 9.075 (40t) 9.850 (7t) 1/14 9.675 (10t) 9.775 (2t) 9.800 (4t) 1/23 8.300 (12) 9.800 (7) 2/11 9.700 9.850 (6t) 2/21 9.850 (5) 9.750 2/27 9.625 (14) 9.725 Average 9.363 9.788 9.567 9.817 11 High 9.850 9.800 9.825 9.850 Career-Hi 9.850 9.900 9.825 9.900 (underlined scores indicate exhibition routines)