Why Margzetta Frazier’s final season with UCLA gymnastics was her most meaningful

Margzetta Frazier has competed through “crippling” anxiety to make her final season of UCLA gymnastics her most meaningful. “Never, ever.” Sitting in Yates Gym with less than 10 days remaining in her competitive gymnastics career, fifth-year Frazier said she missed her younger self’s confidence. “Because even if I’m not the most confident like I was freshman year, I think that proves even more how much of a great competitor I am and how much I trust my team and how much my teammates trust me.” Frazier had to regain her teammates’ trust last season when she went on comedian Amanda Seales’ podcast and called for a coaching change when former coach Chris Waller and his staff mishandled the fallout of a former UCLA gymnast using racist language. I’m never up there by myself.” — UCLA gymnast Margzetta Frazier She said she wasn’t on the best terms with her teammates when she decided to return for her fifth year. “My leadership has not changed for me, but I’ve uncovered new depths of leadership.” Frazier said everyone on the team is a leader in their own way.