Spectator Guide
Team Competition
Uneven Bars
Collegiate team competition involves the totaling of the five best individual scores
on each event to arrive at a team score. Each team can put up a maximum of six
competitors on each event. Two judges per event evaluate each athlete’s performance. The judges’ scores are then averaged to arrive at a final mark. A perfect
team score is 200.
This event requires tremendous upper body strength. A smooth routine with circling moves, handstands, flips, release and regrasp moves, kips and flight from bar
to bar will usually score well. Ten or more skills are required. Special requirements
include a minimum of two bar changes, two different flight elements and a minimum
C level dismount.
In a dual meet, the host team begins on vault, followed by the uneven bars, balance
beam and floor exercise. The visitor flip-flops with the host, starting on bars, and
moving onto the vault, floor exercise and finishing on the balance beam. If there are
more than two teams competing, each team will start on a different event, following
the home order, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
Vault
The object is to get as high as possible off the horse, to stay up in the air long
enough to flip and/or twist and to land far from the horse in perfect control. A
proper, motionless landing is called “sticking” the vault.Vaults are divided into four
categories: handsprings, forward saltos, backward saltos and vaults from a roundoff. Each vault has a maximum value, usually from 8.8 to 10.0. The vault is judged in
the areas of pre-flight (board to horse), repulsion (push off the horse), after-flight
(distance and height), and landing. Gymnasts may only perform one vault. At the
individual event finals at the NCAA Championships, gymnasts must perform two
different vaults, which will be averaged for a final score.
Vault - Tasha Schwikert
Bars - Anna Li
Balance Beam
The balance beam is 16 feet long, four feet high and a mere four inches wide. Beam
routines combine dance elements such as turns, leaps and jumps with acrobatic
skills such as cartwheels, somersaults in the air, handsprings and rolls. Performing
on the beam requires precise movement and intense concentration throughout
the entire routine, which lasts from 70 to 90 seconds. Special requirements on
beam include a dance or acro/dance combination, a full turn, a large leap or jump
requiring a split, an element close to the beam and an acrobatic series with two
ore more flight elements.
Floor Exercise
Floor exercise is an artistic event that combines powerful tumbling with beautiful
dance.The selection of music and choreography showcase each gymnast’s individual
style. Two tumbling passes are required, with three different saltos required within
the exercise. The combination of creative dance and daring acrobatics makes floor
exercise one of the most enjoyable events.
Beam - Kristina Comforte
Floor - Ashley Jenkins
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JILL (ANDREWS) SPRAGUE (1987-90)
Graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1994 and is a
Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco, handling labor and employment litigation
on behalf of the city.
SUSIE ERICKSON (1996-99)
Graduated from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC
Santa Barbara in 2002 and works and lives in Irvine as a biologist, doing plant and
wildlife surveys. She was married in June.
JEANETTE ANTOLIN (2001-04)
Started her own company called J and E Custom Clothier, which specializes in making
custom suits, shirts, ties and other apparel for men.
JANET FERRARI (1982-85)
Entrepreneur who lives in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Has been through careers in accounting, commercial television production and currently owns a thriving window
washing business.
MOHINI BHARDWAJ (1988-2001)
Continued to train elite after her collegiate career ended and was the team captain
for the U.S. at the 2004 Olympics. She won a team silver medal at the Olympics and
placed sixth on floor exercise. She is now a coach at Waller’s GymJam Academy.
HOLLY (BREMER) LEADINGHAM (1992-93)
After graduating from UCLA, she earned a Masters Degree in Kinesiology from
Indiana University then worked for Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, NC as the Employee Wellness Director. She is now a systems analyst for the ATM and Check
Card computer systems. Married John Leadingham in May 2003, and the couple
has a baby boy, Jonathan Michael, who was born in August 2004. She also teaches
spinning and yoga classes and enjoys running and competing in triathlons. She has
run four marathons so far.
TREENA CAMACHO (1991-94)
Worked in the UCLA Athletic Department since graduating and was the executive
assistant to UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero.
JAMIE DANTZSCHER (2001-04)
Graduated with a degree in Psychology and is currently doing residential real estate
and coaching part-time at Champion Gymnastics in Pasadena, Calif. She will soon be
working as a personal trainer and performs occasionally in gymnastics shows.
CORINNE (CHEE) DENUCCI (1993-96)
Since graduating in 1996, she and another former UCLA gymnast, Mike DeNucci,
moved to Connecticut and got married in 1998. She went on to the Physician Associate Program at Yale University. After graduating, she worked for almost three
years at an outpatient Family Practice clinic and is now staying at home full-time
to take care of her two children, Danny, who was born in 2004, and Emily, who
was born in 2006.
LENA DEGTEVA (1997-2000)
Currently works as an assistant designer for the clothing company Velvet. She
previously spent two years at BCBG after graduating from the Fashion Institute of
Design and Merchandise. Keeps connected with gymnastics by doing choreography
for local gymnastics clubs, and she also volunteers at Cedars-Sinai.
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ANNE DIXON (1994-97)
Graduated from law school at the University of San Diego and is now a stay-athome mom with four children.
MAURA DRISCOLL FARDEN (1986-87)
Worked in sports broadcasting as an gymnastics analyst on Prime Sports and ESPN
and for Lifetime Sports as the halftime host for WNBA games.While at Lifetime, she
also hosted a sports documentary series, Breaking Through, and earned a Gracie
Allen Award and a Women’s Sports Foundation Award for excellence in sports
reporting. She won a second Gracie Allen Award in 2003 for her work on the
show “Newborn Woman”. Maura has also covered women’s collegiate basketball,
women’s team triathlon, the LPGA Tournament of Champions, synchronized skating,
the first-ever nationally televised women’s ice hockey
game between the US and Canada in 1997, downhill
skiing for NBC, The Westminster Dog Show for USA
Network, Pro Beach Volleyball for Fox Sports Net and
a series of in-flight programs for United Airlines. She is
currently hosting a series of shows for The Newborn
Channel andTheWellness Channel, which air in hospitals
nationwide, and in 2007, she will begin work as the host
for an on-line TV show at Barnes&Noble.com. Maura
lives in Hingham, Mass. with her husband Scott Farden
and two daughters, Kelsey (10) and Lily (7).
Maura Driscoll Farden
CHRISTY ERICKSON (2001-05)
In her third year of law school at American University,
Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. Her focus is International Environmental Law. She is also currently working in the legal department at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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DEE (FISCHER) MURPHY (1993-96)
Works for Inform-Ventures as a PR and Marketing specialist for clients Lexus and
Scion. She still auditions for commercials for fun and recently booked a national
Dreyers commercial. Married in September 2005 to Patrick Murphy, who is a fitness
and nutrition specialist for stars such as Eva Longoria.
RHONDA FAEHN (1990-92)
Head gymnastics coach at the University of Florida after previous assistant coaching
jobs at Nebraska and Maryland. Honored as the SEC Coach of the Year in 2006 and
was twice named the Southeast Region Coach of theYear. In 2001 while at Nebraska,
she was named the National Assistant Coach of the Year.
ANDREA FONG BESMEHN (1995-98)
Married in November 2006 to Paul Besmehn. Works at Levi’s in San Francisco as
the Executive Assistant to the President.
LESLEY GOLDBERG (1984-87)
Owns her own personal training studio in Beverly Hills.
KIM (HAMILTON) ANTHONY (1987-90)
Has been married for 16 years to former UCLA and
NFL player Corwin Anthony. They have two athletic
boys, ages 10 and 12, and live in South Florida. Kim
is a television host and reporter and has worked as a
gymnastics analyst for Fox Sports and ESPN. She has
also done sideline reporting for NBA games and NCAA
women’s basketball tournament games. She currently
hosts a TV Magazine show in Miami, called “InSide” and
is a motivational speaker. She is also a mentor to the U.S.
national gymnastics team and at-risk high school girls in
Kim Anthony
Miami. She hopes to start a foundation that will take the
sport of gymnastics into the inner-cities of America.
DONNA (HARRIS) VIDMAR (1979-82)
Married to UCLA Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar. They
live in Coto de Caza, Calif. and have five kids, all of whom have done gymnastics at
some point in their lives.
KIRALEE HAYASHI (1996-1999)
Involved in brain imaging research at UCLA, studying the effects of brain-related
diseases and the genetic risk for disease. Kiralee also took her love for performance
to a new stage, finding her passion in acting. She worked on one play and two
independent films last year.
LISA HILEY (1996-1999)
Engineer living in Los Angeles.
LEAH HOMMA (1994-1997)
Owns her own business - A.Y. Rover designer dog beds - and coaches at Broadway
Gymnastics.
MALIA JONES (2000-03)
Graduated in 2004 with degrees in political science and history.Performed in“Mystique
de la Mer” and “Cirque de la Mer” at SeaWorld San Diego. In those two shows, she
combined dance, tumbling, fast track, aerial tissue and web, Chinese poles and Russian
Swing. She now performs in the show “Le Rêve” at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
ANNE (KITABAYSHI) FRETWELL (1980-83)
After a career in advertising sales, she and her husband Chuck and twins Cody &
Kylie moved in 2005 from Thousand Oaks, Calif. to West Linn, Ore., where she is
now a stay-at-home mom.
LIZ LAHEY (1994-95)
Lives in Malibu, Calif. and is a talent agent representing celebrities for domestic and
international commercial endorsements. Also travels and works with two charities
in Africa - The Siyazisiza Trust in South Africa that creates self-reliance programs for
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rural communities in Kwazulu-Natal, and in Nigeria with Richard Branson’s charity
division called “Virgin Unite” on a project called “Heaven’s Angels” that brings medical
supplies via motorcycle to remote communities in rural Nigeria.
CHERYL B. LEADER (1978-82)
Founder & President of INDIVISION Productions. Cheryl writes, directs and produces educational videos in English/Spanish for the Latino community. Currently,
she has landed the “Healthy Homes” project for the City of Long Beach’s Health
& Human Resources Dept., as well as maintaining development on young HEART
diaries, a television edutainment series/book collection sharing unexplored myths
and legends from Hispanic cultural origins to inspire Latina youth. Voted one of
the Top 100 Producers by AV Video Multimedia, Cheryl’s work has garnered many
local & national awards, and she has been inducted into the Xicano Retrospective
archives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
CAROLINE LEE (1985-88)
Currently living in Los Gatos, Calif. and working at Accenture as a Program Manager.
AMY LUCENA (1986-89)
Partner in an art consulting firm, Fidelity Arts, Inc., where she has worked since
graduating from UCLA. She works closely with designers and architects to handle
the clients’ art needs, from blueprint to installation, and travels the world purchasing
and commissioning art, as well as supervising its installation.
KRISTEN MALONEY (2001-05)
Performing with Cirque du Soleil.
YOLANDE MAVITY (1988-91)
Full-time graduate student in physical therapy at Cal State Northridge who is due to
graduate with a Masters degree in 2008. Previously worked as Events Manager forThe
Broad Foundations, a non-profit foundation that focuses governance, management
and labor relations for K-12 urban education
DAWN (MELCHER) BEIGEL (1980-81)
Mother of two and competitive racewalker.
TRISHNA PATEL (2001-04)
Interned for a year in Washington D.C. and currently works in Marketing and PR.
She recently received her real estate license and hopes to work in the residential
real estate market on the side. She also hopes to pursue a career in the media and
is contemplating graduate school for an MBA. In her spare time, she coaches, writes
and runs the LA marathon once a year.
CARLY RAAB (2000-04)
Working on her Ph.D in counseling psychology with a specialization in sport psychology at the University of North Texas.
PAULA (RASMUSSEN) KUHLMAN (1989-93)
Attended medical school at the University of Chicago and did her pediatrics residency in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai medical center. She is now working part time
as a pediatrician and spending time with her two young children. Has been married
to Chris Kuhlman since 1994.
TANYA (SERVICE) CHAPLIN (1986-89)
Head gymnastics coach at Oregon State, where she has earned two Pac-10 Coach of
the Year honors. She and husband Michael Chaplin, who was also a UCLA gymnast,
have a daughter, Alana.
SHARON SHAPIRO (1980-82)
Has been working for the past 10 years
in marketing at the PlayStation division
of Sony. Married to Mike Goldstone and
lives in Northern California.
AMY SMITH (1995-97)
Assistant coach at the University of
Missouri.
CARMEN TAUSEND (1997-98)
Performing in the show Le Rêve in Tanya Chaplin
Las Vegas.
DONI THOMPSON (2000-03)
Was an assistant coach for the women’s team at San Jose State in 2006 and now
coaches at JDR Gymnastics at Stanford. Married to J.D. Reive in May 2006.
DEBORAH MINK (1997)
Coaches at Olympic Gymnastics Academy.
HEIDI MONEYMAKER (1997-2000)
Works as a stunt woman in Hollywood. Her latest
project has her working on stunts for Ocean’s Thirteen and Spider-Man 3,and she was Drew Barrymore’s
stunt double in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. She has
also worked in many television shows and movies,
including Mission: Impossible 3, Poseidon, Van Helsing,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 24 and The OC and has worked
on many projects alongside another former UCLA Heidi Moneymaker with
gymnast, Karin Silvestri.
fellow stunt double Casey
O’Neal on the set of Mission:
KRIS MONTERA-JACKSON (1983-84)
Impossible 3
Graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in
Business-Economics and is currently living with her husband, Richard, and children,
Andrew (15), Trevor (12), and Taylor (7), in Huntington Beach, Calif. She remained
involved in the sport as a judge at the collegiate and club levels.
KAREN (NELSON) LINN (1990-94)
Graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. Married former UCLA
football player and head strength & conditioning coach Mike Linn in 1997.They have
two children, ages 7 and 5, and are currently living in St. Louis, Mo. She is a stayat-home-mom and an independent consultant for Tastefully Simple, a direct sales
company offering unique, easy to prepare gourmet foods.
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YVONNE TOUSEK (2001-04)
Performing with Cirque du Soleil.
STELLA UMEH (1995-98)
Performed with Cirque du Soleil for five years
and is now acting in the theater company
Multi-Cultural Theatre Space. She also works
with at-risk teenage girls and is a motivational
speaker.
VALERIE VELASCO (1999-2002)
Lives in Fullerton and works as a corporate
accountant and property manager. She also
coaches at Gym Max.
Lena Degteva, Leah Homma and
ONNIE (WILLIS) ROGERS (2000-03)
Stella Umeh reunited in 2007
Enrolled in the graduate program for Applied
Psychology at New York University, where she
is studying child and adolescent development. Also works as a literacy instructor
for second graders at an inner-city school in the South Bronx. Married in 2003 to
Chad Rogers and graduated from UCLA in 2004. Prior to starting graduate school,
she worked as the gymnastics program director at the YMCA in Seattle, Wash. and
coached a small team of level 8 gymnasts.
AMY YOUNG (2000)
Works in Southern California as a Senior District Retail Lending Manager for HSBC,
one of the Top 3 largest banks in the world. She oversees seven different locations
within Southern California, including Pasadena, Downtown LA, Beverly Hills, Encino,
San Gabriel, Rowland Heights and Chinatown.
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LAURA NEUSTEDTER (1988-91)
Has been working as a graduate student intern at UC Berkeley’s Athletic Study
Center and just earned an MA in Education at the University of San Francisco. She
hopes to continue her education in a PhD program that will eventually lead to a
career focusing on academic policy making for student athletes and the NCAA.Also
coaches at the American Gymnastics Club in San Francisco. Participated in four
productions of the San Francisco Opera as an acrobat from 2002-04.
TRINA TINTI (1984-87)
Former UCLA assistant coach and California head coach.Was married in July 2005.
Earned a Masters degree in Education and is an Admissions Counselor at a Bay Area
University and coaches part time for fun.
UCLA Gymnastics Legacy Endowment
UCLA Gymnastics has established a legacy of athletic and academic excellence.
The Bruins have captured five NCAA titles, including four of the past seven national
championships, and 16 NCAA Regional titles. Since 1987, UCLA has won 12 Pac-10
Conference titles. For six of the last seven years, UCLA gymnasts have earned the
highest team GPA in the athletic department and posted a higher cumulative GPA
than the average UCLA student.
Their accomplishments on the competition floor, in the classroom and in life set
a standard of excellence unmatched by any other NCAA Gymnastics team in the
last decade.
The UCLA GYMNASTICS LEGACY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN was
established to assist in continuing this legacy of Bruin excellence. The goal of this
campaign is to fully endow all 12 of our gymnastics scholarships. Endowments are
$150,000 each and can be paid out over a five-year period.
UCLA Athletics would like to thank our contributing endowment members for
their generous support of our five fully endowed scholarships.
Evelyn Dees
Carl & Bette McBain
Don Shepherd - 2 Full Scholarship Endowments
Scott Tedmon, Ike Vanden Eykel, Diana Chan, Sharon Shapiro
Don Shepherd and the 2005 Bruin team
The Bruin Gymnastics Family is looking to individual, business and corporate donors
to complete our Legacy Endowment Campaign.
For further information, please contact Ken McGuire, UCLA Athletics Office of
Development at (310) 206-3577.
Bruin 10.0 Club
The Bruin 10.0 Club is the official support group of the UCLA Gymnastics team.
One of the most visible things the Bruin 10.0 Club has done was establish a tailgating
tradition at the Bruin home meets, three hours prior to the event between Pauley
Pavilion and the Central Ticket Office. The Bruin 10.0 Club provides the food, fun
and festivities before every home meet.
In addition, the Bruin 10.0 has provided the main support for UCLA Gymnastics’
fundraising efforts. Most of the money brought in from Bruin 10.0 endeavors goes
to the continuous purchase of gymnastics equipment. The primary goal with the
Bruin 10.0 funds is to ensure that the Bruin student-athletes have the safest training
environment that the latest and best equipment can provide.
Along with updating the team’s training equipment, last season’s Bruin 10.0 donations went to completing the separate set of equipment that is kept in the Pauley
Pavilion tunnel for home meets, and to the purchase of a video replay system in
the training gym.
For more information or to offer assistance at the tailgates, please email the new
Bruin 10.0 President, Sue Berlin, at hsma@aol.com.
Champion Level - $500 or more (100% tax deductible)
Gold Level - $200 to $299 (100% tax deductible)
• Quarterly Coaches Newsletter
• Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet
• Two (2) Olympic Sport Cards
• Athletic Department Gift
• Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper
• Team Media Guide
• Women’s Gymnastics item autographed by the 2007-08 team and coach
• Quarterly Coaches Newsletter
• Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet
• Two (2) Olympic Sport Cards
• Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper
• Team Media Guide
MVP Level - $300 to $499 (100% tax deductible)
• Quarterly Coaches Newsletter
• Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet
• Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper
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• Quarterly Coaches Newsletter
• Invitations to Women’s Gymnastics Social and Banquet
• Two (2) Olympic Sport Cards
• Monthly Bruin Blue Newspaper
• Team Media Guide
• Athletic Department Gift
Blue Membership - $100-199 (100% tax deductible)
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Media Information
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Television and photo credentials entitle video and still
photographers to shoot from designated spots on the
floor. Please consult with sports information staff to find
out where the photography areas are. Flash and strobe
photography are strictly forbidden.
Interview Policies
International Gymnast
Magazine
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All interviews must be arranged by the Sports Information
Office. Athletes have been instructed not to grant any
interview, in person or by telephone, not arranged by
the Sports Information Office. Telephone numbers are
private and will not be released. Please do not expect
team members to be available if you have not made
prior arrangements.
Inside Gymnastics Magazine
Interview Availability
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The UCLA team is scheduled to practice Tuesday-Friday
from 8-11 am at UCLA’s Yates Gym in the John Wooden
Center.Gymnasts and coaches are available after practice,
depending on class schedules. Arrangements for access
to the gym must be made in advance to the Sports
Information Office.The best time to reach Head Coach
Valorie Kondos Field in her office is after 1 pm.
1100 S. Flower St., Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(p)213-743-7800
(f)213-763-4633
Travel Information
For security purposes, the UCLA Sports Information
Office does not release to the general public any travel
information for UCLA athletic teams. If you would like
to reach a member of the UCLA gymnastics team on the
road, please contact the Sports Information Office.
ESPN Plaza
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Photography
Gymnastics Outlets
ESPN
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Media and photography credentials for UCLA home
meets may be obtained by working press only by writing
or calling Liza David at the UCLA Sports Information
Office, PO Box 24044, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310)
206-8140, ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu.All requests should
be submitted at least 24 hours in advance. Press and
photo credentials can be picked up at lower gate two
of Pauley Pavilion.
Obtaining Information
UCLA gymnastics news,results,statistics,biographies,diaries, Q&As and more can be found at uclabruins.com.
Live Scoring
Gymnastics Support Staff
Live scoring is available for all of UCLA’s home meets
and selected away meets at uclabruins.com.
Streaming Video
Live streaming video of UCLA’s home meets will be
available at uclabruins.com. The UCLA All-Access pass
allows fans to view live streaming video for all four of
UCLA’s regular season meets,as well as audio and video of
other UCLA athletic events. Users will need a high speed
internet connection and Windows Media Player.
Pauley Pavilion
Lorita Granger
Staff Athletic Trainer
Jessica Hooper
Student Athletic Trainer
Henry Hyunh
Student Athletic Trainer
Darren O’Hara
Student Athletic Trainer
John Wooden Center
The John Wooden Center is located on the campus of
UCLA. From Los Angeles International Airport, take
Century Blvd. east to the San Diego Freeway (405).Take
the San Diego Freeway north to Sunset Blvd. going East.
Turn right at Westwood Plaza. Parking is straight ahead
at Lot 4. A daily parking pass costs $8.
Liza David
Sports Information
Jon Fussell
Strength & Conditioning
Coach
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Brian Campbell
Massage Therapist
Helen Hsueh
Administrative Assistant
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Pauley Pavilion is located on the campus of UCLA.
From Los Angeles International Airport, take Century
Blvd. east to the San Diego Freeway (405).Take the San
Diego Freeway north to Wilshire Blvd. East.Turn left on
Westwood Blvd. and stop at the parking kiosk. Parking,
which costs $8, is available in Lots 6 or 8, which are
adjacent to Pauley Pavilion.
Administrator Biographies
Dr. Gene Block
Key Athletic
Department Staff
Chancellor • Stanford ’70 • 1st Year
Dr. Gene Block became chancellor of UCLA in summer 2007, taking the helm of a world-class institution comprising
37,000 students and 27,000 faculty and staff, with an annual budget of $3.6 billion.As chief executive officer, he oversees
all aspects of the university’s three-part mission of education, research and service.
Previously, Dr. Block served as vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, where he also held the Alumni
Council Thomas Jefferson Professorship in Biology.With academic expertise in biological clocks, he conducts research
on the neurobiology of circadian rhythms in higher organisms, leading a research lab funded by the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). From 1991 to 2002, he directed the National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Center
for Biological Timing. In 1997, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He
has invented a number of devices and holds a patent for a non-contact respiratory monitor for the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Dr. Block joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1978 as an assistant professor of biology. He served as vice provost for research from 1993
to 1998 and then as vice president for research and public service until his appointment as vice president and provost in 2001. He also headed an
NIH graduate training program aimed at increasing the number of scientists from underrepresented groups. In 1998, he received the Commonwealth
of Virginia’s Outstanding Public Service Award for his work with Virginia’s business community.
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Faculty Athletic Rep.
A native of Monticello, NY, Dr. Block holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a master’s and Ph.D.in psychology from
the University of Oregon. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, working with the late Colin Pittendrigh, “the father of biological
timing” and distinguished biologist and former Stanford President, Donald Kennedy. Dr. Block and his wife, Carol, have two adult children.
Dan Guerrero
Athletic Director • UCLA ’74 • 6th Year
In just five years as UCLA’s Director of Athletics, Daniel G. Guerrero has boldly placed his imprint on the school’s
athletic program.
Guerrero, one of the most respected and talented administrators in intercollegiate athletics, has rapidly placed his mark
on the program as the director of athletics at UCLA. He is currently serving as the chair of the NCAA’s Division I Men’s
Basketball Academic Enhancement Group. He is also a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.
In June, he was selected 2007 NACDA Division I West Region Athletic Director of the Year.
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Asso. A.D., Academic Admissions Srvcs.
In his first five years, Guerrero has clearly established a pattern of “image and substance” that few in his profession can
match. UCLA stands as the No. 1 University in the nation for NCAA Team Championships (100) won, a number that
continues to grow under his direction. UCLA teams have won 14 NCAA championships (the highest total in the nation in that span), finished second
12 times and have had an additional 17 Top Five finishes. A staggering 94 teams (of 115 possible) have qualified for NCAA post-season competition,
and the football team has appeared in five bowl games. The program has also won 32 conference championships in 14 different sports, produced
286 All-Americans and featured four Honda Award winners, including the 2003-04 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
This past year, UCLA won an NCAA championship in women’s water polo, the school’s 100th NCAA team title, and placed second in men’s soccer
and women’s tennis, third in women’s golf, tied for third in men’s basketball, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball, fourth in women’s gymnastics,
fifth in women’s outdoor track and field, tied for fifth in men’s tennis, seventh in men’s golf and women’s indoor track and field, ninth in men’s outdoor
track and field, tied for ninth in baseball and 15th in women’s swimming. UCLA played in its fifth straight bowl game in football, placed 14th in the
NCAA in women’s rowing’s varsity eight and won four league titles.
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Marketing/Promotions
Guerrero, 55, came to UCLA in 2002 from UC Irvine, where he had served as UCI’s fifth Director of Athletics for 10 years. Prior to arriving at UC
Irvine, he was the Athletic Director for five years at Cal State Dominguez Hills (1988-92). He received his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1974
and played second base in the Bruin baseball program for four years. Born on November 10, 1951 in Tucson, AZ, he is married to the former Anne
Marie Aniello and they have two daughters: Jenna and Katie.
Petrina Long
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Academic Counselor
Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA • California ’77 • 4th Year
Petrina Long enters her fourth year as senior associate athletic director/senior women's administrator at UCLA, having joined the staff in June of 2004. Long has oversight responsibility for several sports, including women's basketball,
men's and women's volleyball, softball and women's gymnastics, as well as several administrative areas, among them
academic services, compliance, equity issues, and governmental relations.
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Long came to UCLA from UC Irvine, where she served as senior associate athletic director/senior women's administrator since 1993, working closely with Bruin athletic director Dan Guerrero. She also served as interim athletic
director following Guerrero's departure to UCLA.
In addition to her UCLA commitments, Long is also extensively involved in a number of areas relating to intercollegiate
athletics. She currently holds a chair on the NCAA Academics and Eligibility Cabinet (AEC) Subcommittee on Recruiting, and serves on the NCAA
Men's Volleyball Committee. On the conference level, Long is as an administrative liaison to several sports, including women's volleyball, cross-country,
track & field, and men's soccer (MPSF). She is also a past chair of the Senior Women's Administrative Committee (SWAC).
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Event Management
During her 11 years at UCI, Long supervised several of the university's 23 sports teams, as well as academic and student support, compliance and
sports medicine. In addition, she was active in numerous groups on campus and in the community. Her campus activities included serving on the
Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics (CACIA), and chairing the Diversity Development Program Board for two years. She
was a board member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce for several years and has been a school volunteer in the city of Tustin. Long was a member
of the Big West Council and previously chaired the Big West Compliance Committee for two years. She also served on the Executive Committee
of both the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
Prior to her tenure at UCI, Long spent nine years at Columbia University, serving in both the associate and assistant athletic director positions. She
was the Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University from 1982-84 and was an advisor for student-athletes at
the University of California, Berkeley, from 1979-82.
Long received her B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977 and her Master's degree in Anthropology from
Columbia in 1992. She and her husband, Sam McCamey, have a daughter, Samantha, and two sons, Monte and Traland.
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Equipment Room
2008 UCLA Women’s Gymnastics