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Kyla Ross

Kyla Briana Ross Rittman (née Ross, born October 24, 1996) is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.

Kyla Ross
Ross in February 2018
Personal information
Full nameKyla Briana Ross
Nickname(s)Mighty Mouse,[1] Silver Princess,[2] Kyla Boss[3]
Born (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 28)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
HometownAliso Viejo, California, USA
ResidenceFayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[4]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented United States
Years on national team2009–2016 (USA)
College teamUCLA Bruins
LevelJunior Elite (2009–11), Senior Elite (2012–16), NCAA (2017–20)
ClubGym-Max Gymnastics
Former coach(es)Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang,[5] Valorie Kondos Field, Randy Lane, Chris Waller and Jordyn Wieber,[6] Kristina Comforte, Dom Palange, and BJ Das[7]
RetiredMarch 12, 2020
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 1 3 1
Pacific Rim Championships 5 5 1
Pan American Championships 2 1 0
Women's gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp All-around
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanning All-around
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Seattle Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 2012 Seattle All-around
Silver medal – second place 2012 Seattle Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond All-around
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Seattle Floor exercise
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara All-around
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guadalajara Floor exercise
Representing UCLA Bruins
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 St Louis Uneven bars
Gold medal – first place 2017 St Louis Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2018 St Louis Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fort Worth Vault
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fort Worth Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2018 St Louis Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 2019 Fort Worth All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2018 St Louis Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fort Worth Team
AwardsSee awards
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
TeamArkansas Razorbacks
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Alma materUCLA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2021UCLA (Undergrad Asst.)
2022Arkansas (Volunteer Asst.)
2023–PresentArkansas (Asst.)

Ross was an international elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016. During her junior elite career, she won two national all-around titles (2009, 2010) and the 2010 Pan American all-around title. In her first year as a senior gymnast, she was the youngest member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics; dubbed the Fierce Five, the squad won the gold medal in the team competition. Ross was the 2013 World all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver medalist. At the 2014 World Championships, she was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team and the all-around bronze medalist.

In February 2016, she retired from elite gymnastics to attend college. That fall, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and joined the university's NCAA gymnastics team. She won the uneven bars and balance beam titles at the 2017 NCAA Championships and then helped UCLA win the team title at the 2018 NCAA Championships. On March 16, 2019, she became the 11th NCAA gymnast to achieve a "Gym Slam", having earned a perfect 10 score on all four apparatuses. One week later, she became the second NCAA gymnast, after Maggie Nichols, to achieve a second Gym Slam. She then won the vault and floor exercise titles at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Her senior season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading her to retire from gymnastics. She joined the UCLA coaching staff as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach for one year while finishing her degree, and she joined Arkansas's coaching staff for the 2022 season.

Early life

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Ross was born on October 24, 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Kiana and Jason Ross. Her mother is of Filipino, German, and Puerto Rican descent and her father is of African American and Japanese descent.[8] Her father was a minor league outfielder for six years.[9] She has two younger siblings, McKenna and Kayne.[8][10] Her sister McKenna played for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team.[11]

Early gymnastics career

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Ross's parents said their daughter was always very strong and had a lot of energy, leading them to enroll her in gymnastics classes.[8][12] Ross began gymnastics when she was three years old in Greenville, South Carolina, and also trained in Richmond, Virginia, before the family settled in Aliso Viejo, California.[13] In 2005, she began training alongside future Olympic teammate McKayla Maroney at the Gym-Max Academy of Gymnastics under coaches Howie and Jenny Liang.[14] Ross found early success as a competitive gymnast. At the 2008 Junior Olympic national championships, she won the balance beam, floor exercise, and all-around titles and finished second on vault.[15]

Junior elite gymnastics career

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2009

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Ross began competing as a junior elite gymnast in 2009.[15] In April, she competed at the American Classic in San Diego, California and placed second in the all-around behind McKenzie Wofford with a score of 55.316.[16] She then won the all-around title at the U.S. Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.[17] In August, she competed at the U.S. Championships in Dallas, Texas. She had the lead in the all-around competition after the first day of competition.[18] Despite a mistake on the uneven bars, she maintained her lead on the second day of competition and became the junior national all-around champion. She also won the vault and balance beam titles.[19] She was then selected to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships in Aracaju, Brazil, alongside Bridgette Caquatto, Aly Raisman, and Sabrina Vega.[20] Making her international debut,[15] Ross contributed to the team's 14-point victory over Canada in addition to winning the individual all-around title.[21] In the event finals, she won gold medals on the uneven bars and balance beam and a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Raisman.[22]

2010

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In March, Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, where she placed second in the all-around behind Russia's Anastasia Grishina.[23] The following month, she was selected to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[24] The team, which included junior gymnasts Ross and Jordyn Wieber and senior gymnasts Raisman and Rebecca Bross, won the gold medal, beating China by more than 15 points. Individually, Ross placed second behind Wieber in the all-around.[25] Then in the event finals, she won a gold medal on the vault and silver medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.[26]

At the U.S. Classic in Chicago, Ross placed third behind Wieber and Katelyn Ohashi in the all-around and had the highest score on the balance beam.[27] The following month, she competed at the U.S. Championships in Hartford, Connecticut, as the defending junior national champion. Despite a fall on uneven bars during her warm-up, she earned the highest score on the event on Day 1 of the competition.[28] She then fell off the uneven bars on day two, but she finished strong on the balance beam to win her second straight junior all-around title. She also won the national title on the balance beam and placed third on the vault and floor exercise.[29][30]

In September, Ross competed at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. She and teammates Sabrina Vega, McKayla Maroney, Gabby Douglas, Brenna Dowell, and Sarah Finnegan beat silver medalist Canada by nearly 20 points. Individually, she placed first in the all-around, ahead of Vega and Jessica López of Venezuela.[31] In the event finals, she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Maroney and placed sixth on the uneven bars.[32][33]

2011

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Ross again competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in March. She and teammates Katelyn Ohashi, Madison Kocian, Lexie Priessman, Elizabeth Price, and Ericha Fassbender won the team event over Russia by more than ten points. She also won the all-around competition with a score of 58.750, a point ahead of Kocian who won the silver medal. Additionally, Ross won the gold medal on the balance beam and the silver medals on the vault behind Priessman and on the uneven bars behind Anastasia Grishina.[34]

At the U.S. Classic in Chicago in July, Ross debuted an Amanar vault on her way to winning the all-around gold medal.[35] She entered the U.S. Championships in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in August as the two-time defending junior champion. She struggled on the first day of competition, falling on a double pike on floor exercise and her Amanar vault was devalued to a double-twisting Yurchenko.[36] On the second day, she earned full credit for her Amanar, and her all-around total for the day bested Ohashi's, 60.150 to 60.000. However, she finished with a two-day total of 117.65 to Ohashi's 120.95 and earned the all-around silver medal.[37]

Senior elite gymnastics career

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2012

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Because her 16th birthday fell within the calendar year, Ross became a senior elite gymnast in 2012 and was eligible to compete at the Olympic Games.[10][12] In March, she made her senior debut at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Everett, Washington. The U.S. team consisted of senior gymnasts Ross, Jordyn Wieber, and Gabby Douglas, and junior gymnasts Lexie Priessman, Katelyn Ohashi, and Amelia Hundley. They easily won the competition, beating silver medalist China by nearly 20 points. Individually, Ross placed second in the all-around behind Wieber, the reigning World all-around champion.[38] Then in the event finals, she won a gold medal on the balance beam, a silver medal on the uneven bars, and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[39] Later that month, Ross competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy for the third straight year. The U.S. team again earned an easy victory, finishing more than ten points ahead of silver medalist Italy. Ross also won the all-around competition ahead of teammates Aly Raisman and Sarah Finnegan. She also claimed titles on uneven bars and balance beam and a bronze medal on vault.[40]

 
Ross giving an interview after finishing second in the all-around at the 2012 U.S. Classic

At the U.S. Classic, Ross placed second in the all-around behind Raisman despite struggling with her Amanar vault. She performed well on the uneven bars to finish second to Douglas on that apparatus.[41] The following month, she competed at the U.S. Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. She placed fourth in the all-around on the first day of competition and earned the highest score of the day on uneven bars. However, she competed a lower-difficulty vault at the recommendation of the national team coordinator Márta Károlyi and stepped out of bounds on the floor exercise.[42] She improved her all-around total score on the second day, but she remained in fourth place behind Weiber, Douglas, and Raisman. As a result, she qualified for the Olympic Trials. Additionally, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars, behind Douglas.[43]

At the beginning of July, Ross competed at the Olympic Trials in San Jose, California. She placed fifth in the all-around and tied with Douglas for first on the uneven bars.[44][45] Afterward, she was chosen as a member of the team that would be sent to the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, and Wieber.[46][47] Ross was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the rest of the team in the July 18, 2012, "Olympic Preview" issue. It was the first time an entire Olympic gymnastics team had been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.[48]

London Olympics

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Ross and the rest of the Fierce Five meeting President Barack Obama

At the end of July, Ross competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and she was the youngest member of the entire United States Olympic team.[49] She helped the American team, nicknamed the "Fierce Five",[50] qualify first to the team final by competing on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise in the qualification round.[51] Ross finished 11th on the uneven bars, making her the second reserve for the event final. Despite finishing sixth on the balance beam, she did not qualify for the event final because of the two-per-country rule, as Douglas and Raisman both finished ahead of her.[52] In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.933 on uneven bars and 15.133 on balance beam toward the team's victory.[53] They became the second U.S. team, after the "Magnificent Seven" in 1996, to win the team competition.[54][55]

After the Olympic Games, Ross appeared with her teammates on The Today Show and Late Show with David Letterman and also rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.[56] They also performed on Dancing with the Stars in support of 2008 Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson.[57] She performed on the 40-city Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions before returning home to train full-time for the upcoming season.[58]

2013

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Ross was slated to compete at the 2013 American Cup but withdrew because of a bruised heal.[59] However, she performed an exhibition balance beam routine after the competition had ended.[60] In March, she was chosen to participate in the U.S. European tour team to compete in the City of Jesolo Trophy and the USA-Germany-Romania Tri-Meet in Chemnitz, Germany. At Jesolo, she won gold medals with the team and on the uneven bars and silver medals in the all-around and on the balance beam.[61][62] At the Chemnitz meet, she contributed to the U.S.'s first-place finish and won the all-around ahead of Simone Biles.[63] As of 2024, Ross is the most recent gymnast to defeat Biles in an all-around competition.[64][65]

At the U.S. Classic in July, Ross won gold medals in the all-around and on uneven bars and a silver medal on balance beam.[66] Then at the U.S. Championships in August, she finished second in the all-around to Biles and won gold on uneven bars and balance beam.[67] She was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[68] There, she won the all-around silver medal behind Biles,[69] and she received the Longines Prize for Elegance along with male gymnast Kohei Uchimura of Japan.[70] Then in the event finals, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind Huang Huidan and another silver medal on the balance beam behind Aliya Mustafina.[71][72]

2014

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The all-around podium at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy (Ross center)

Ross was selected to compete at the American Cup but withdrew because of a back injury.[73] In March, she competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where she won a gold medal with the team and won her third Jesolo all-around title despite a full point deduction for balking her first vault attempt.[74] She also won silver medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.[75] The following month, she competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Richmond, Canada. She won gold medals with the team and on the balance beam and took silver in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise.[76][77]

In August, Ross competed at the Secret U.S. Classic, where she finished first on beam, second in the all-around and on floor, and third on uneven bars.[78] Later that month, she competed at the P&G Championships and finished second in the all-around, first on balance beam, sixth on uneven bars, and fifth on floor.[79][80] Despite several mistakes on the first day, she was named to her third consecutive senior national team.

On September 17, Ross was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.[81] Alongside teammates Alyssa Baumann, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear, and MyKayla Skinner, she won gold in the team final. Individually, despite dealing with hip and groin injuries, she qualified to the all-around and balance beam finals. She was also second reserve for the uneven bars final. In the all-around, she unexpectedly won the bronze medal after mistakes from Mustafina and Yao Jinnan of China. She also placed sixth in the balance beam final.

2015

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On February 22, 2015, Ross announced on Twitter that she had committed to the University of California, Los Angeles's gymnastics team where her former Fierce Five teammate, Jordyn Wieber, was team manager.[82] Ross signed the National Letter of Intent to the Bruins on April 15, 2015, deferring until the 2016–17 season.[83]

On July 25, she competed at the Secret U.S. Classic, competing only on uneven bars and balance beam because of a bruised heel she sustained during training. She had two falls on uneven bars while trying to debut a new routine, which included a Chow (stalder Shaposhnikova transition) connected to a Bhardwaj (full-twisting Pak salto). She hit her ribs on the low bar after her Bhardwaj and fell. She restarted her routine but fell on a handstand while performing a toe-on full pirouette. She then restarted the routine a third time, this time removing the full twist in the Pak salto and only doing toe-on pirouettes. She dismounted with a double front, a new dismount for her, and scored a very low 12.250 (5.9 difficulty), finishing 15th on the event. She regained her composure and had a better performance on beam, despite a wobble on her side somi, and scored a respectable 14.550, placing fourth behind Worlds teammate and 2-Time World Champion Simone Biles and Olympic teammates Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. After the competition she shared her hopes to make major improvements in her routines and return to compete in the all-around at the P&G Championships.

On August 13 & 15, Ross competed at the 2015 P&G Championships, competing in the all-around with a new floor routine. However, on Night 1, she put her hands down on her last tumbling pass on floor (double tuck) and scored a 13.550. She moved up in the rankings a little bit with a good double-twisting Yurchenko vault one rotation later, scoring a 15.050. On the uneven bars she executed her Bhardwaj and nailed her Jaeger release, but under-rotated her double front dismount and sat it down, scoring a 14.050. On beam she had a sub-par routine, scoring a 14.250. She ended Night 1 in 12th place, tied with 2015 Pan American Games team gold medalist Megan Skaggs, with a total all-around score of 56.900.

The first 2 rotations on Night 2 did not go according to plan for Ross either. She under-rotated her double-twisting Yurchenko and scored a 14.550. On bars, she was able to control her Bhardwaj transition but came close on her Jaeger release. She once again under-rotated her double front dismount and sat it down again. She scored a 14.050, same score on Night 1, for a total of 28.100, placing her 12th overall in event standings. She regained her composure with an excellent beam routine that scored a 15.250. Her total of 29.500 placed her 3rd on the event behind Simone Biles and Alyssa Baumann. On floor, she did not do a connection following her double arabian (taking out her preferred stag jump) and under-rotated her double tuck dismount but put it to her feet. She scored a 13.800 and had a total of 27.350, placing 12th on the event.

Despite her mistakes, she placed 10th in the All-Around with a score of 114.550, behind Biles, Maggie Nichols, Olympic teammate Aly Raisman, Bailie Key, Olympic teammate Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian, Alyssa Baumann, MyKayla Skinner, and Nia Dennis. She was named to the Senior National Team for the 4th consecutive year, clinching the final spot by edging out Brenna Dowell and receiving an invitation to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp. After being named to team's nominative roster, Ross withdrew from the Selection Camp and thus could not compete at the world championships.[84][85]

2016

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On February 22, 2016, Ross announced through Twitter that she would retire from elite gymnastics with immediate effect.[86] She had decided not to pursue the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,[87] and would instead focus on competing in collegiate gymnastics for the Bruins program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she enrolled the following September.[88][89] This came two days before fellow Fierce Five teammate McKayla Maroney's retirement.[90]

NCAA gymnastics career

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2016–2017 season

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Ross began attending the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall of 2016, thus joining the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program. Her collegiate debut came on January 7, 2017, in a home dual meet against the University of Arkansas where she placed first on the uneven bars (9.875) in a tie with two of her teammates, third on vault (9.875), and eighth on balance beam (9.700).[91] At the same meet, Ross and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Madison Kocian made history by becoming the first Olympic gold medalists to compete as NCAA gymnasts.[92]

At the 2017 Pac-12 Championship, Ross captured the 2017 Pac-12 Balance Beam title by scoring the first-ever Perfect 10 on beam at the Championship meet. She was also named the 2017 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (UCLA's first since 2011).[93]

Ross finished the 2017 regular season ranked nationally 1st on uneven bars, 4th on balance beam and 19th on vault. On March 21, 2017, Ross earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors on vault, uneven bars and balance beam.[94] On March 27, 2017, Ross earned first-team regular season All-American honors on uneven bars and balance beam.[95]

Ross continued her success at the 2017 NCAA championships. Despite falling on both of her floor exercise routines during the regular season, she performed her routine well during the semifinals, scoring a career-high 9.825. She finished with career-high 39.575 in the all around and placed 6th—the top all around placement for the Bruins. She also won national balance beam title with a 9.9625 and a share of the uneven bars title with a 9.95 in a six-way tie. By earning these two national titles, Ross made history as the first female gymnast to become an Olympic, World and NCAA Champion.

2017–2018 season

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Prior to the 2018 season, Ross increased her training intensity with the goal of consistently competing all around during the regular season. Ultimately, she earned first-team regular season All-American honors in the all-around and the Uneven Bars, the latter of which she tied for first in regular season individual rankings for the second straight season. Prior to the NCAA championships, she picked up PAC 12 championship titles on bars and the all around, and regional titles on Bars and Beam. At the NCAA championships Ross competed all-around for UCLA. She achieved a 9.850 on vault, 9.950 on Bars, 9.950 on beam and 9.8875 on floor to score a 39.6375 in the all-around, helping qualify UCLA to the Super Six. These scores also allowed her to finish 2nd on Beam, 3rd on Bars and 4th in the all-around individually. She performed all-around again for the Bruins in the Super Six Finals. Beginning on floor, she fell on her final tumbling pass—her first fall of the season on any event. She then showed good performances on the remaining three events to help UCLA win their first team championships in eight years.

2018–2019 season

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On February 10, Ross earned her first perfect 10 on vault.[96] On March 16, Ross completed a "Gym Slam" after earning her first perfect 10 on floor exercise.[97] At the PAC-12 Championships Ross scored a 10 on both uneven bars and floor exercise. Having scored a second perfect 10 on floor, Ross became the second gymnast after Maggie Nichols of Oklahoma to have recorded two Gym Slams (having scored at least two perfect 10s on each apparatus) and the first to do so in one season.[98] On April 6, Ross tied the record with Karin Lichey for the most career perfect 10s on uneven bars with 9 perfect 10s.[99] During the 2019 season, Ross set the NCAA record for the most perfect 10s in one season with 14. She also set the NCAA record for most consecutive meets with a perfect 10 with 10 straight meets.

At the NCAA Championships, Ross scored a 9.95 on both vault and floor, making her co-champion on each event alongside Nichols, Kennedi Edney of LSU, and Derrian Gobourne of Auburn for vault and Alicia Boren of Florida, Lynnzee Brown of Denver, and Brenna Dowell of Oklahoma for floor. She is the second NCAA gymnast to be a national champion on each event. However, she missed out on the all-around title after a step on her dismount off the uneven bars, finishing second to Nichols in the all-around.[100] In the first Four on the Floor finals, she was the top scorer for UCLA on vault, bars and beam scoring two 9.95s on vault and bars and a 9.925 on beam in addition to a 9.9125 on floor. Her scores contributed to a third-place finish for UCLA after the team struggled on beam and floor.[101]

2019–2020 season

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Ross helped UCLA finish second in the opening meet of the season, the Collegiate Challenge, finishing behind Oklahoma. Individually Ross finished first in the all-around, beating reigning NCAA all-around champion Maggie Nichols. She also recorded the highest vault, balance beam, and floor exercise score at the competition.[102] On January 12, at a meet against Boise State, Ross earned a perfect 10 on uneven bars, her first of the 2020 season and her first perfect 10 on the apparatus at Pauley Pavilion.[103] Furthermore, Ross finished first in the all-around for the second week in a row; she also won the meet titles for the uneven bars and floor exercise.[104] On January 18, Ross received a second perfect 10 on uneven bars for the second meet in a row, winning the meet title for the uneven bars; she also won the meet titles for the vault, beam and all-around.[105] On March 8, Ross recorded her first perfect 10 on vault for the season.[106] The 2019–20 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the NCAA and PAC-12 to cancel all regular season and championship events. In April, Ross was awarded the Honda Sports Award for gymnastics, beating out finalists Lexy Ramler, Trinity Thomas, and Maggie Nichols. Additionally Ross was named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year for the second season in a row and finished the season undefeated in the all-around for the eight appearances she made.[107]

Career Perfect 10.0

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Kyla Ross' Perfect 10 Scores[4]
Season Date Event Meet
2017 January 28, 2017 Uneven bars UCLA @ Oregon State
February 18, 2017 UCLA @ Utah
February 20, 2017 Balance beam UCLA vs Bridgeport and Utah State
March 18, 2017 2017 Pac-12 Championships
2018 March 11, 2018 Uneven bars UCLA @ Stanford
2019 January 12, 2019 Collegiate Challenge
February 2, 2019 UCLA @ Oregon State
February 10, 2019 Vault UCLA @ Washington
February 16, 2019 UCLA vs Arizona
February 23, 2019 Uneven bars UCLA @ Utah
March 3, 2019 Vault UCLA @ Oklahoma
Uneven bars
March 10, 2019 Balance beam UCLA vs Stanford
March 16, 2019 Floor exercise UCLA vs Utah State
March 23, 2019 Uneven bars 2019 Pac-12 Championships
Floor exercise
April 5, 2019 Vault Michigan Regional semifinal
April 6, 2019 Uneven bars Michigan Regional Final
Balance beam
2020 January 12, 2020 Uneven bBars UCLA vs Boise State
January 18, 2020 UCLA, Utah State @ BYU
March 8, 2020 Vault UCLA vs California

Coaching career

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For the 2020–21 season Ross remained at UCLA to finish her degree in molecular, cell, and developmental biology. She joined the UCLA coaching staff as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach.[108][109]

On August 13, 2021, the University of Arkansas announced that Ross would join the coaching staff as the volunteer assistant coach for the 2021–22 season, coaching alongside her 2012 Olympic teammate Jordyn Wieber and her former UCLA teammate Felicia Hano.[110] In July 2022 she was promoted to assistant coach.[111]

Personal life

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On August 16, 2018, Ross came forward as a survivor of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse alongside fellow Olympian and UCLA teammate Madison Kocian.[112] Kocian and Ross both filed civil lawsuits against USA Gymnastics, Michigan State University, and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.[113] All three entities settled their lawsuits related to Nassar's abuse and paid his victims.[114][115]

On June 29, 2024, Ross married former UCLA Bruins football player Justin Rittman.[116]

Competitive history

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Ross on the uneven bars at the 2012 U.S. Classic
 
Kyla Ross on the balance beam at the 2012 U.S. Classic
Competitive history of Kyla Ross[4][5]
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2009 American Classic     10    
U.S. Classic     5 5
U.S. National Championships     12    
Pan American Championships          
2010 City of Jesolo Trophy  
Pacific Rim Championships          
U.S. Classic   4 4   8
U.S. National Championships     7    
Pan American Championships     6  
2011 City of Jesolo Trophy           7
U.S. Classic       4  
U.S. National Championships         6
Senior
2012 Pacific Rim Championships          
City of Jesolo Trophy    
U.S. Classic   4   5 5
U.S. National Championships 4   4 6
U.S. Olympic Trials 5     9
Olympic Games   R2
2013 City of Jesolo Trophy        
U.S. Classic       12
U.S. National Championships       7
World Championships       5
2014 City of Jesolo Trophy       6  
Pacific Rim Championships          
U.S. Classic        
U.S. National Championships   6   5
World Championships     6
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy    
U.S. Classic 15 4
U.S. National Championships 10 12   12
NCAA
2017 PAC-12 Championships   12 6  
NCAA Championships 4 6    
2018 PAC-12 Championships           10
NCAA Championships   4    
2019 PAC-12 Championships            
NCAA Championships       26 6  
2020 PAC-12 Championships Canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [117][118]
NCAA Championships

Awards and honors

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Year Award Result Ref
2013 Longines Prize for Elegance Won [119]
2017 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (gymnastics) Won [93]
2019 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Won [120]
Honda Sports Award (gymnastics) Nominated [121]
2020 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Won [122]
Daily Bruin UCLA Athlete of the Year Won [123]
Honda Sports Award (gymnastics) Won [107]
AAI Award Nominated [124]
AAU James E. Sullivan Award Nominated [125]

References

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