Swinging on the bars, Ciena Alipio suddenly peeled off during her dismount. Her right hand was caught behind her shoulder as she landed on the ground, pushed farther into the mat by a leg ramming into ...

LOS ANGELES — Ciena Alipio stared up at the Pauley Pavilion crowd as she took a deep breath from under the uneven bars, the weight of years of yet-realized effort lifting off her shoulders as the ...

Coming into her senior year, Ciena Alipio wanted to be as present as humanly possible and learn how to trust herself going into every competition. She set forth goals for herself and a bigger one for ...

This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:02 p.m. When Ciena Alipio got injured during the preseason, she experienced a moment of doubt. It was the sophomore’s second consecutive year entering an NCAA ...

This post was updated Jan. 6 at 11:36 p.m. There is far more room to fall than to grow when a team finishes one step from the top. UCLA gymnastics learned that reality quickly. After climbing from a ...