The Bruins officially open their season on Jan. 4 at the Collegiate Challenge in Anaheim where they will face No. Outside of the Bruins, two other Pac-12 teams are ranked in the Top-10 with Utah ranked at No. The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from North America and … 1 Oklahoma, California and Stanford at 6:30 p.m. UCLA’s first home meet will be on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. vs Boise State. "Ana brings world class skill, experience and character to our program," said Waller. Malabuyo, the 2017 USA Junior National champion on floor exercise, was a 2018-19 senior national team member and a three-time junior national team member (2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16). In 2017, she established herself as one of the top juniors in the nation, winning the U.S. Classic junior all-around and floor titles and placing second on beam before winning four medals at the P&G Championships (floor gold, all-around and bars silver and vault bronze). She is incredibly kind and likeable, and yet deceivingly competitive.". She began her coaching career as an assistant coach and … A former professional ballerina with no previous sports or athletic coaching experience, Kondos Field will enter her 29th and final year as head coach and 37th year on the UCLA coaching staff. ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu. Also in 2019, she won gold medals in the all-around, bars, beam and floor at the Elite Canada meet and won uneven bars gold at the International Gymnix. 4-ranked 2020 Bruins’ gymnastics team in the intrasquad-style exhibition meet to a crowd of 1,313 fans at Pauley Pavilion Saturday evening. pic.twitter.com/9PSSkszsq3, — Pamchenkova (@Pamchenkova) December 9, 2019. Kristina Comforte, a former member of the gymnastics team, makes her return to UCLA in the role of associate head coach after stints at the University of Illinois and Illinois Gymnastics Institute. He was voted the National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2004 and the West Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2018, awards that are voted on by his peers in the gymnastics community. 11. “They have a lot of extra dancing and are super dramatic. But I think overall it went really really fine, and today was a really good tester for the rest of the season. In UCLA’s official release announcing Waller’s promotion, UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero said: Chris Waller has been an integral member of the UCLA Gymnastics coaching staff for the past 17 seasons, helping to build the culture of the program to where it is today, and playing a major role in the team’s success.