Inconsistencies in health and sporadic levels of performance have plagued the UCLA gymnastics team for the majority of the season.
These were defining characteristics in the team’s loss to Utah in January.
One score is not like the other, or at least the story behind the score means more than the number itself.
The UCLA women’s gymnastics team defeated the Washington Huskies 196.675-195.650 Sunday afternoon in Seattle.
Every pointed toe and perfect handstand counts during a meet, and as the UCLA gymnastics team travels to compete against the University of Washington Huskies this weekend, the gymnasts will focus on nailing each element in every performance.
Redshirt junior Samantha Peszek swung around the bar once, twice, three times and landed firmly on the mat, solidifying a perfect routine. The judges rewarded her perfection with a perfect score of 10.
The UCLA gymnastics team is progressing through its season with spring in mind. The team hopes to be at its best by the end of the winter season to contend for a national championship in the spring, according to assistant coach Chris Waller.
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During the first rotation of last year’s meet against Utah, the UCLA gymnastics team posted six vault scores 9.8 or above and Utah saw two gymnasts fall on the uneven bars.
UCLA gymnastics associate head coach and former UCLA gymnast Chris Waller lightheartedly claimed that he once owned a faster motorcycle than former teammate Michael Chaplin, whom he will see again soon from the other side of the mat.
The UCLA gymnastics team crowded around sophomore Danusia Francis as she stuck the landing on her beam routine. She flipped sideways once, lightly landed on the beam, and immediately lifted off again into another flip that propelled her off the beam and solidly onto the floor mat.
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