{"id":138453,"date":"2026-01-18T03:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/138453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:35:21","slug":"jordan-chiles-earns-first-perfect-10-in-vault-leads-ucla-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/138453\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Chiles earns first perfect 10 in vault, leads UCLA to win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jordan Chiles delivered her first career perfect 10 on the vault, helping the No. 9 UCLA women\u2019s gymnastics team defeat Nebraska during its home opener at packed Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Her vault featured a double twisting Yurchenko \u2014 a roundoff onto the springboard, a back handspring onto the vault and a layout somersault with two full twists before landing. Given the power required to execute the somersault and twists, it is often difficult to stick the landing required to score a perfect 10. Chiles has been practicing the powerful vault throughout the preseason, coach Janelle McDonald said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so consistent,\u201d McDonald said. \u201c… Just the way she\u2019s been training … and also competing the last two weeks, I felt like the stick was coming.<\/p>\n

\u201c… It was very special to see her nail it here today, the first meet in Pauley.\u201d<\/p>\n

After winning back-to-back Big Ten gymnast of the week awards, Chiles won the all-around individual title Saturday, finishing with a total of 39.675. UCLA swept the top three individual spots, with Tiana Sumanasekera and Katelyn Rosen joining Chiles.<\/p>\n

In the team competition, the Bruins outscored the Cornhuskers 197.325-195.25.<\/p>\n

Throughout the past week, UCLA emphasized improving the small details such as landing correctly. The team\u2019s dismounts were nearly perfect against Nebraska, especially on the balance beam.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just proud that we were able to turn around from last week and really [show] what we really do in practice,\u201d said Chiles, an Olympic gold medalist whose top goal this season is helping the Bruins win a national title.<\/p>\n

\"UCLA's <\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019s Jordan Chiles earned a perfect 10 for her vault routine against Nebraska on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion.<\/p>\n

(Gina Ferazzi\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

UCLA started strong on the vault during their first rotation, with Sumanasekera and Rosen both scoring 9.8. Madisyn Anyimi received a mark of 9.75 with Ashlee Sullivan hitting a 9.9 right before Chiles delivered her perfect 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such great depth on this team,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe truly have the talent, the grit, the want \u2014 everything that a dream team has.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team rushed Chiles to celebrate the perfect vault score that helped the Bruins take an early lead, with a team score of 49.250. Nebraska started off on the bars and trailed UCLA with a 49.05 score.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me four years, finally to get a 10 on vault, and I\u2019m just very proud of myself,\u201d Chiles said. \u201cAnd that just means I have, you know, more opportunities to really feel encouraged and feel … powerful going into everything that I need to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"UCLA's <\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019s Jordan Chiles celebrates after her dismount on the balance beam during a meet against Nebraska at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday.<\/p>\n

(Gina Ferazzi\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

UCLA built on its lead with a team score of 49.325 on the bars after Rosen opened with a 9.85. Sumanasekera followed with a 9.825 and Mika Webster-Longin earned a 9.85 from her performance. Freshman Sullivan earned a career high 9.9 and Chiles capped the rotation with a 9.9.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers totaled a 48.675 on the vault and trailed the Bruins 97.725 to 98.575.<\/p>\n

During the third rotation, the Bruins moved to the balance beam, an event they struggled with during their third place finish in Utah last week.<\/p>\n

Rosen and Sumanesekera were nearly perfect, each scoring 9.9. Webster-Longin earned a 9.875 before Chiles topped her best mark on the beam after receiving a 9.975. Ciena Alipio followed it with another 9.975 performance to total 49.626, extending the Bruins\u2019 lead by 2.050 going into the last rotation of the day.<\/p>\n

\"UCLA's <\/p>\n

UCLA\u2019s Tiana Sumanasekera rotates high over the vault during a meet against Nebraska at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday.<\/p>\n

(Gina Ferazzi\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

UCLA closed out the meet with the floor exercise, an event in which they placed first last week.<\/p>\n

Rosen and Webster-Longin had rough starts, with slips during landings. Ciena, Sumanasekera and Sullivan boosted the team\u2019s average after they earned 9.875 marks on their routines. Chiles closed out the Bruins\u2019 win with a 9.8 on the floor.<\/p>\n

Entering UCLA\u2019s home opener, McDonald said her team put in extra work during practice to continue their growth. She noted that every minute of practice, the Bruins were working on improving from the previous week with intention, but she still sees room for improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like we started to see a lot of the little details start to get dialed in,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like all of that translated yet onto the competition floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDonald said her team is getting closer to realizing its potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing in the gym is building confidence and consistency,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cWhen they are able to bring that out, it\u2019s gonna be pretty exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Chiles delivered her first career perfect 10 on the vault, helping the No. 9 UCLA women\u2019s gymnastics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[70216,8932,70215,66622,70214,66621,66625,48,52,51,47,50,49,39734,70217,17677,18158,10368,70213,1092,23009],"class_list":["post-138453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-balance-beam","tag-bruins","tag-early-lead","tag-first-rotation","tag-gymnastics-team","tag-jordan-chiles","tag-katelyn-rosen","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mark","tag-mika-webster-longin","tag-nebraska","tag-no","tag-score","tag-tiana-sumanasekera","tag-ucla","tag-vault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}