UCLA qualifies gymnasts in three of four NCAA event finals

Based on Friday night’s team qualifications, UCLA has five gymnasts in three of the four NCAA women’s gymnastics event finals Sunday at Pauley Pavilion.

Four Bruins -- Olivia Courtney, Kaelie Baer, Vanessa Zamarripa and Lichelle Wong -- will perform on the vault; Danusia Francis will represent the Bruins on the balance beam and Courtney will perform in floor exercise.

Florida freshman Bridget Sloan, a 2008 Olympian, qualified for the finals on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

Event finals begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Pauley.

The team finals, nicknamed the “Super Six,” begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at Pauley with Florida, Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and UCLA. The Bruins, seeded sixth going into the finals, are aiming for a seventh national title. Florida is seeded first.

All the event finalists also received first-team All-America honors.

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