Kyla Ross knows how to attain that elusive perfect 10 in collegiate gymnastics — she received the most 10.00s in the 2019 NCAA season [1]. And, at UCLA's opening home meet of 2020 on Jan. 12, Kyla's clean lines, pointed toes, and stuck dismount earned her a 10.00. This was UCLA's first perfect 10 of the season and, according to Pac-12 Network, this was Kyla's first time getting a 10.00 on bars at a home meet [2]. UCLA ended up beating Boise State 196.800 to 195.475 [3], and Kyla's score, as you'd expect with a flawless bar routine, earned her first place on the event.

Kyla, a member of the "Final Five" women's gymnastics team at the 2012 London Olympics, is the first female gymnast to win Olympic, World, and NCAA titles [4]. Not to mention, last year she became the only NCAA gymnast in history to complete two "gym slams" in a single season (meaning, she got 10.00s on all four events at least twice [5]). She's now up to 20 perfect 10s in her career so far, reportedly eight away from tying the record [6] in women's collegiate gymnastics and nine away from beating it.

"As my job as an anchor on bars and the other events, I really just want to be there for my team [7]," Kyla said after her bar performance on Sunday. This is, she explained, what keeps her motivated. "I love competing, and gymnastics is such a fun sport for me, and I'm also here to inspire all the young girls out there watching us."

Check out Kyla's beautiful perfect-10 bar routine here. You'll see her team members and new UCLA head coach Chris Waller, who was promoted as the replacement for longtime leader Valorie "Miss Val" Kondos Field [8], go wild when she sticks the double layout landing! One badass gymnast you won't see there is Katelyn Ohashi [9]; she graduated last Spring. Kyla has taken Katelyn's place among the graduating seniors on this seven-time-national-championship-winning UCLA team. And if she performs like she did last season, she'll be going out with some more spectacular textbook routines!