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GYMNAST PROFILES
SEKAI
Personal
Came to UCLA because of the combination of athletics and academics … Hobbies
include discovering great places with friends, going on vacation with her family and
having picnics … Favorite apparatus is floor exercise … Parents: Annette and Matthias
Tratz … Has an older brother, Julius … Full name is Pauline Charlotte Tratz … Goes
by Pulla or Pauli … Born in Karlsruhe, Germany … Communication major.
WRIGHT
5-6 / Senior
Paramount, Calif.
American Gymnastics Academy
Paramount HS
Best Marks
V - 9.925,, 2x, last 3/13/18
UB - 9.775 - 1/31/21
FX - 9.950, 4x, last 3/20/21
SARA
2021
Claimed the Pac-12 vault title after scoring a career-high 9.95 at the conference
championships …. Followed up her Pac-12 vault title with a 9.9 in the NCAA Regional
Second Round and a 9.85 in the Regional Final … Averaged 9.831 on vault for the
year … Competed on floor exercise in 10 meets and scored a career-high 9.875 four
times, including at the NCAA Regional Second Round … Averaged 9.783 on floor and
earned one Top 3 finish (vs. Oregon State).
ULIAS
5-1 / Sophomore
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Paramount Elite Gymnastics
Century Academy
2020
Recorded a season-best 9.8 on vault vs. Cal … Made her season debut at Oregon
State and scored 9.7 on vault … Named to the Director’s Honor Roll Winter 2020.
2019
Made her collegiate debut on Jan. 21 against Arizona State and scored 9.875 on vault to
place second … Earned her first meet victory with a 9.875 at Stanford … Placed third
on vault against Arizona with a 9.875 … Earned 9.85 on vault in the NCAA Regional
Final … Exhibitioned on floor at Oregon State on Feb. 2 and scored 9.775 … Missed
the Bruins’ first two meets with an ankle injury but competed on vault in 13 of the last
14 meets … Averaged 9.816 on vault.
2021
Competed in nine meets on uneven bars, averaging 9.783, with a high of 9.925 to
place third against Oregon State … Earned the Pac-12 Coaches’ Choice award following the meet against Oregon State … In her last seven meets of the season, she
averaged 9.871, with five scores of 9.875 or higher … Also competed once on floor
exercise at Washington and scored 9.725 … Earned Director’s Honor Roll distinction
all three quarters.
Club
Three-time Level 10 National vault champion, winning the Senior E division in 2018, the
Junior E division in 2016 and the Junior B division in 2015 … Won vault and floor at the
2018 Region 1 Championships … All-around and vault champion and floor runner-up
at the 2018 State Championships … In 2017, she was runner-up on vault and seventh
all-around … Won the Region 1 vault title and the State all-around, vault, and floor
titles in 2017 … Region 1 vault champion and State beam champion in 2016 …
Holds a career-best vault score of 9.975 … Trained at American Gymnastics Academy.
Club
Eighth all-around and third on uneven bars at the 2019 Level 10 Region 1 Championships … Placed second on uneven bars and 10th all-around at the 2018 Region 1
Championships … Fifth on bars and seventh on beam at the 2018 State Championships
… Earned silver in the all-around and bronze on vault, beam and floor at the 2020
Heart of a Champion meet … Won floor exercise and uneven bars and placed second
in the all-around at the 2019 Heart of a Champion meet … Trained at Paramount
Elite Gymnastics.
Personal
Lists her greatest athletic moment as being offered a full-ride scholarship to UCLA …
Hobbies include singing and dancing … Favorite apparatus are vault and floor exercise … Mother: Penny Hambrick … Has four older siblings, Sabrina, Jordon, Jahlon
and Jai … Full name is Sekai Anasjia Wright … Born in Paramount, Calif. … African
American Studies major.
Personal
Favorite event is uneven bars … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as completing
one of her best bar routines on a hand that she had injured a couple days before the
competition in 2018 … Admires Kyla Ross … Chose UCLA because it is close to home
and liked how the girls on the team cared so deeply about the sport and for each other
… Hobbies include doing art, watching movies, and spending time with family and
friends … Full name is Sara Jordan Ulias … Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif. … Mother:
Laarni Antonio … Has an older brother, Ryan … Molecular, cell, and developmental
biology major with a career objective in medicine.
Best Marks
V - 9.950, 3/20/21
FX - 9.875, 4x, last 4/2/21
Best Marks
UB - 9.925, 2/27/21
FX - 9.725, 2/14/21
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