After five months of competition, UCLA swimming and diving will have to push through its fatigue if the team hopes to be successful against USC. The No. 19 Bruins will close out their regular season with a meet against the No. 7 USC Trojans at Spieker Aquatics Center on Friday. Two weeks ago, the Trojans […]
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UCLA’s Maria Polyakova leads Bruins to new diving records
Maria Polyakova constantly checked her email waiting for a response from the diving coaches at Stanford, Texas, USC and UCLA. She waited weeks for responses from the first three schools, but it only took three days for UCLA diving coach Tom Stebbins to reply. “I was very lucky,” Stebbins said. “(Stanford and Texas) essentially said […]
Bruins break records despite swimming, diving losses to Cardinal, Bears
The UCLA swimming and diving team shattered multiple records in and out of the pool this weekend. The No. 19 Bruins faced stiff competition, though, and lost to the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal and the No. 3 California Golden Bears at Spieker Aquatics Center on Friday and Saturday, respectively. First-place finishes were few and far […]
UCLA swimming sports pink caps to spread breast cancer awareness
When the UCLA swimming team wears pink caps rather than its usual blue caps in the next home meet, it will be more than just a symbolic moment for every member of the team who has been affected by breast cancer. “My mom had breast cancer. It means a lot that the team is setting […]
Swimming and diving gauge conference foes at first tournaments of 2016
The Bruin swimming and diving teams head in different directions once again, with the swimmers hitting the road and the divers staying home for the first meet in Westwood of the 2015-16 season. The swimming team will begin 2016 in Salt Lake City competing against Boise State and Utah at the Ute Natatorium. This will […]
Bruin divers return from winter national championships with mixed results
Winter break was a mixed bag for the UCLA diving team, as junior Annika Lenz and freshman Éloïse Bélanger competed at their respective countries’ winter national championships with varied results. The USA Diving Winter National Championships took place at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, where Lenz competed in the platform dive on Dec. 17 and […]
Swim and dive earns NCAA qualifications at final fall meets
The difference between sophomore diver Maria Polyakova and second place in the 3-meter dive was relatively similar to the thousand-mile separation between the UCLA swimming and diving teams this weekend. The UCLA diving team competed at the Jean Freeman Invitational at the University of Minnesota, where the four UCLA divers – Polyakova, junior Annika Lenz, […]