Jordan Chiles is perfect on bars and wins on the floor to take two individual titles, but UCLA falls short in its NCAA gymnastics championship finals bid.
As she walked down the stairs after UCLA’s final bar routine, with hopes of advancing to the NCAA finals fading quickly with every stuck landing in Utah’s beam lineup, the first-year Bruins coach extended her arms over her head.McDonald brought the Bruins back to the national stage by rekindling the program’s joyful dynamic that persisted even as the season ended Thursday with a third-place finish at the NCAA semifinals.
Sophomore Jordan Chiles won national floor and bars titles, highlighted by a 10 on bars that punctuated UCLA’s meet with an exciting finish. But the elation from Chiles’ score was quickly clouded by disappointment. Utah’s Maile O’Keefe scored her own 10 on beam, which pushed Utah past UCLA on the scoreboard.
UCLA’s Jordan Chiles competes on floor exercise during the NCAA gymnastics championship semifinals Thursday.
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