Senior Kaelie Baer takes a deep breath.

She exhales and sprints into a run, her pace quickening with each step. Seconds later, she’s spinning through the air, her body twisting a full 360 degrees before she lands dead center and salutes the judges.

The UCLA gymnastics team, which is set to compete at the NCAA Championships on April 20, has one thing in mind heading into the meet: stick the landing.

UCLA finished the meet ahead of Arkansas, which also qualified for the championships, over Boise State, Missouri, Maryland and New Hampshire.

After clinching the first ever Pac-12 Championship title by a slim margin, the UCLA gymnastics team understands the importance of fine-tuning routines as it heads into the postseason.

Blanketed in a sea of black T-shirts and red body paint, Stegeman Coliseum was buzzing with the applause of Georgia fans as UCLA entered the arena of its cross-country rival Friday night.

Unfortunately for the Bruins, the crowd ““ and the momentum of the meet ““ shifted strictly in favor of Georgia by the beginning of the third rotation, leaving UCLA to settle for second place by the end of the competition.

Four years ago, sophomore Samantha Peszek stood atop the podium during the medal ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

A sea of black and orange greeted the UCLA Bruins as they entered Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore., on Friday night. Bruin fans were few and far between in the crowd, and many Oregon State fans donned pink for the Beavers’ annual “Pink Out” meet in support of breast cancer awareness.

In preparation for its meet today, the UCLA gymnastics team have taken a page out of legendary coach John Wooden’s book.

For the UCLA gymnastics team, Sunday’s meet against Stanford was a story of replacements.

After two hit-or-miss rotations for the Bruins, redshirt junior Alyssa Pritchett took a moment to pray before her floor routine.