UCLA Wins 2026 Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships

FINAL RESULTS (PDF)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With an overall score of 198.100, UCLA clinched its second Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships title on Saturday night inside State Farm Arena in Champaign, Ill. The team’s 198.100 is just the fifth score above 198 in the history of the Big Ten Championships. The Bruins also secured the 2026 regular-season crown for the second year in a row.

Michigan State placed second at this year’s competition with a 197.475, while Minnesota earned a spot on the podium with 196.900 points. Michigan finished fourth behind a 196.800, followed by Iowa in fifth (196.700). Ohio State captured sixth place (196.250), Penn State checked in seventh (196.000), Rutgers earned eighth (195.700) and Washington had a ninth-place finish (195.475). Maryland (195.300), Illinois (195.125) and Nebraska (195.075) rounded out the field in 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively.

UCLA’s Jordan Chiles captured the all-around crown with a 39.825, the highest all-around score ever at the Big Ten Championships. She is only the second gymnast in Big Ten history to tally at least a 39.800, joining Michigan’s Elise Ray (2004).

Minnesota’s Arianna Ostrum and UCLA’s Riley Jenkins were co-champions on vault with a pair of 9.950s. Jenkins is the first Big Ten Champion on vault for the Bruins.

It was a six-way tie for first place on uneven bars as Chiles, Iowa’s Aurélie Tran, UCLA’s Sydney Barros, Michigan State’s Sage Kellerman and Minnesota’s Jordyn Lyden and Emma Slevin all posted a 9.950.

Chiles won balance beam outright with a score of 9.950. For the second year in a row, she recorded a 10 to take home the floor exercise crown, the fifth perfect score on the apparatus in the history of the Big Ten Championships.

A total of 20 gymnasts earned a place on the Big Ten All-Championships Team by virtue of their performances at the two-day meet.

2026 Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics All-Championships Team
Vault
Summer Clancy, Illinois
Sage Kellerman, Michigan State
Arianna Ostrum, Minnesota
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Riley Jenkins, UCLA

Uneven Bars
Aurélie Tran, Iowa
Sage Kellerman, Michigan State
Jordyn Lyden, Minnesota
Emma Slevin, Minnesota
Sydney Barros, UCLA
Jordan Chiles, UCLA

Balance Beam
Aurélie Tran, Iowa
Sydney Turner, Iowa
Lilia Cosman, Michigan State
Cady Duplissis, Michigan State
Nikki Smith, Michigan State
Ava Stewart, Minnesota
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Tiana Sumanasekera, UCLA

Floor Exercise
Carly Bauman, Michigan
Nikki Smith, Michigan State
Jordyn Lyden, Minnesota
Arianna Ostrum, Minnesota
Sophie Swartzmiller, Minnesota
JJ Coleman, Ohio State
Emily Leese, Rutgers
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Ashlee Sullivan, UCLA

All-Around
Aurélie Tran, Iowa
Nikki Smith, Michigan State
Arianna Ostrum, Minnesota
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Tiana Sumanasekera, UCLA