2023 – 5th – Eliminated in National Semifinal
2022 – 12th – Eliminated in Regional Final
2021 – 12th – Eliminated in National Semifinal
2020 – 3rd – COVID
2019 – 3rd – National Finalist
2018 – 1st – National Champion
2017 – 4th – National Finalist
2016 – 5th – National Finalist
2015 – 11th – Eliminated in National Semifinal
2014 – 8th – Eliminated in National Semifinal

Team Total
1. 198.875 (February 22, 2004)
2. 198.575 (February 9, 2003)
3. 198.400 (March 23, 2019)
3. 198.400 (February 16, 2003)
5. 198.350 (March 3, 2002)

Team Vault — 49.725 (April 3, 2004)
Team Bars — 49.825 (February 22, 2004)
Team Beam — 49.750 (April 21, 2018)
Team Floor — 49.875 (February 22, 2004)

All-Around
1. Mohini Bhardwaj, 39.975 (March 18, 2001)
2. Jordan Chiles, 39.900 (March 11, 2023)
2. Jamie Dantzscher, 39.900 (March 3, 2002)
4. Jordan Chiles, 39.875 (March 5, 2023)
4. Jeanette Antolin, 39.875 (February 22, 2004)

Individual Vault — 10.000
–Selena Harris
–Kyla Ross x5
–Vanessa Zamarripa x9
–Tauny Frattone
–Kristina Comforte
–Kristen Maloney
–Jeanette Antolin x12
–Kate Richardson
–Jamie Dantzscher x3
–Onnie Willis x2
–Heidi Moneymaker x2
–Lena Degteva
–Leah Homma
–Dee Fischer
–Kareema Marrow

Individual Bars — 10.000
–Jordan Chiles x4
–Kyla Ross x11
–Madison Kocian x2
–Peng Peng Lee x4
–Sam Peszek
–Anna Li x2
–Tasha Schwikert x2
–Kristen Maloney
–Yvonne Tousek x2
–Jamie Dantzscher x8
–Mohini Bhardwaj x3
–Leah Homma
–Megan Fenton

Individual Beam — 10.000
–Emma Malabuyo
–Grace Glenn
–Kyla Ross x4
–Peng Peng Lee x6
–Katelyn Ohashi x2
–Danusia Francis x2
–Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
–Kate Richardson x4
–Mohini Bhardwaj
–Kristen Maloney

Individual Floor — 10.000
–Jordan Chiles x4
–Chae Campbell x2
–Gracie Kramer
–Kyla Ross x2
–Katelyn Ohashi x9
–Felicia Hano
–Sydney Sawa
–Kristen Maloney x2
–Tasha Schwikert x2
–Kate Richardson x4
–Jeanette Antolin x2
–Jamie Dantzscher x17
–Onnie Willis x2
–Mohini Bhardwaj x4
–Kristin Parker
–Stella Umeh
–Kareema Marrow
–Amy Thorne

In the first season under Janelle McDonald, UCLA emerged from the darkness of those back-to-back double-digit finishes in 2021 and 2022 to return to nationals, making a serious push for a spot in the championship from the more stacked of the two semifinals.

While a semifinal exit is never going down in history among all-time UCLA results, it appears at least a strong indicator of upward trajectory.

Olympic deferrals are the story of UCLA’s roster departures in 2024, with the absence of Jordan Chiles looming as inevitable blow to scoring potential on all four events and the late deferral of Ana Padurariu removing two additional postseason routines that were not the result of graduation. 

Paige Anastasi‘s Level 10 claim to fame may very well be winning a Region 6 bars title this year despite being from Brestyan’s, though her best scores have typically come on vault, where she placed 15th at nationals this season.

Sydney Barros most recently qualified to 2023 worlds representing Puerto Rico but had to give up her spot due to injury and is now slated to join UCLA’s roster in January after originally planning to defer the 2024 season. Initial expectations are always muted for January entrants, even more so for those who are injured, but in the land of eventually, UCLA will expect four big lineup routines from Barros when all is settled.

Alex Irvine took third place on vault in the specialist session of Dev Nationals in 2022, and UCLA is hoping to develop a 10.0-start full-on vault from her.

Nya Reed is a transfer from Florida who returns to college gymnastics after a sabbatical in 2023. She owns a career high of 10.000 on floor and 9.975 on vault and will be expected to jump into a position of honor in both lineups right away.

Katelyn Rosen had a strong elite season in 2022, taking third at the US Classic and 12th at US Nationals, and comes to UCLA with the difficulty and preparation that should see her in all four lineups from the get-go.

Frida Esparza (SR)

It’s been a while. Esparza missed the entirety of the 2023 season, as well as a big chunk of the 2022 season, with injuries, but she is back to competing bars and beam now, and not a minute too soon.

Without Chiles and Padurariu, UCLA’s supply of bars and beam options can start to look a little light, which Esparza’s renewed presence would help solve in a significant way, particularly on bars where her routine has 9.9+ potential every time out.

2023 Event Ranking: 11

UCLA’s 2024 vault lineup still looks like it will suffer a little from the traditional California problem of not having an entire lineup of 10.0 starts. But help is here. Nya Reed brings her Yurchenko 1.5 from the Land of 10.0 Starts called the SEC, and Katelyn Rosen has one of her own, a strong pair that will join Selena Harris’s 1.5 and Chae Campbell’s full-that-scores-like-a-1.5 to make a top-quality quartet.

The rest is a question. In the realm of dreams and ideals, UCLA will have the handspring pike 1/2 from Brooklyn Moors, but it’s not always around. At Meet the Bruins, we also saw a piked Luconi from Alex Irvine and a handspring pike 1/2 from Clara Wren, both 10.0 starts but not yet at the level that would outscore a regular Yurchenko full from Paige Anastasi, or Emily Lee. Either way, solid scores, but UCLA could really use some of these other 10.0 starts coming along.

2023 Event Ranking: 5

UCLA had to go to work a little bit to fill out the depth of bars options this season, but if everyone is healthy and hitting, there should be a very strong six here. Frida Esparza and Emma Malabuyo returning on this event changed what was going to look like a problematic ghost town in the middle of this rotation. Esparza had the best routine at Meet the Bruins with her Maloney + Bhardwaj, Malabuyo is lovely on bars when physically able, and both should see a place in the 2024 lineup. (Adding the caveat that also applies on all the apparatuses that if Sydney Barros is there and healthy enough to do bars, she should be in this lineup.)

Leading the way will still be Marz Frazier and Selena Harris as the default 9.9+s in the group, with a very believable new entry from Katelyn Rosen and the traditional stalwart leadoff hit from Campbell. If something happens to anyone, UCLA will have Emily Lee, who also competed several bars routines last year, and ideally the dramatic return of 2021-level Sara Ulias, but barring that, there aren’t too, too many people with college bars experience here.

2023 Event Ranking: 5

UCLA’s roster is unusual this season in that vault and floor look deeper with options than beam. Typically, beam is the deepest event for college teams by far in terms of having the most warm bodies who could go and do something, but this year’s UCLA team will have to work to hone a very specific group of exceptional beamers to remain one of the top teams on this event.

In terms of the lineup, Malabuyo and Harris are excellent and will be a 9.950-a-thon again, and Emily Lee has shown herself to be the kind of leadoff who can get 9.9s from the first spot. Check, check, and check. Rosen definitely looks ready to come into this lineup, giving UCLA a 4th check mark, and then we start to have a talk.

Alipio would be a lock here under normal circumstances but is on her way back from injury so still lives in the maybe pile. Especially if it takes her some time to get back, we’re looking at Esparza becoming particularly important here.

Esparza’s beam number is not always at the same level as bars (half of her career beam scores are sub-9.8), but she has the skills, the execution, and the talent to be a major beamer. Speaking of which, Chae Campbell. Another gymnast who has more than sufficient beam talent, Campbell might need to be counted on to join the grand tradition of making her senior season the Figured Out Beam year. Which is exciting and terrifying. There will also be Emma Andres, who is always hanging around performing worthwhile beam but hasn’t done an actual competition beam in her first four years, which doesn’t usually scream lineup. You never know.

2023 Event Ranking: 1

Floor is the winner, once again, and this is going to be one tough lineup to make in 2024. The responsible tweens of the gymternet WILL be calling in bomb threats when certain people don’t end up making this lineup.

In terms of parsing it out, Chae Campbell, Nya Reed and Selena Harris are the biggest three. The top NQSs on the team, they must be in the lineup weekly, otherwise what is even happening. Marz Frazier should also return to this lineup, though UCLA will have the depth here to save Marz for when the lights are the brightest as needed. Katelyn Rosen has a strong DLO and is also brewing a potion at the beginning of her routine, so that tells you she’s definitely making this lineup. Those are the rules.

Then we talk Brooklyn Moors, who continues to be Brooklyn Moors, but is going to have to show the consistent landing control to earn her spot in this challenging rotation against someone like Malabuyo, who scored so well every week last season that it would seem insane for her not to be in this lineup. That’s a top-tier group of seven that doesn’t even include someone like Emily Lee, who competed a bunch last season and got a few 9.900s along the way. UCLA shouldn’t need to put anyone up on floor who is getting lower than 9.9s ever.