Margzetta Frazier is determined to finish her UCLA gymnastics career on a high note at the NCAA championships in Fort Worth.
punctuated her final floor routine at Pauley Pavilion with a pointed finger, a career high and a trash can. It was perfect.
“The 10, that was crazy, oh my gosh,” Frazier said, “but the fact that I was able to pull through for [my teammates] and they trusted me to do it, that meant more than a 10.”Support from her teammates has helped Frazier compete through “crippling” anxiety that leaves her ill during competition and makes her final season of gymnastics her most meaningful.
The then-freshman led off on bars. The Bruins, who were the defending national champions, finished third as two gymnasts stepped out of bounds on floor, signs of heightened emotions during former head coach’s last meet before retirement. There was so much pressure, Frazier remembered recently. “She never had one doubt, one drop of negativity in her head,” Frazier said of herself as a freshman. “Never, ever.”
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