Though the season is still young, many individuals on the women’s track team look like they are already in midseason form. Led by senior Chelsea Johnson and junior Kamaiya Warren, the No. 8 Bruins had another impressive performance over the weekend at the United Heritage Invitational held at Boise State. Johnson, a pole vaulter, leaped […]
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Track teams find success at first meet
Over the weekend, the men’s track team put in some impressive early season performances at the Husky Invitational in Seattle. It was quite a surprise as the Bruins only brought a small contingent to their season-opening meet. Most notably, the 4×400-meter relay team comprised of Craig Everhart, Brandon Johnson, Elijah Wells and James Rhoades ran […]
Bruins outswim Stanford, fall short against Cal
For the fourth year in a row, the UCLA women’s swim and dive team took Cal to the brink, but still could not quite overcome its nemesis from up north. UCLA came within half a second of sweeping the Bay Area schools at home over the weekend, but a day after dismantling Stanford, it dropped […]
Track launches indoor season
After a long offseason of preparation and training, UCLA men’s track coach Art Venegas will finally see some results this afternoon from his team. Today, the Bruins will travel up north to take part in the University of Washington Invitational for the squad’s first indoor meet of the season. This meet will serve as a […]
Two runners earn top honors
Though the Bruins had just two runners competing at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, UCLA was still very well represented. Juniors Ashley Caldwell and Austin Ramos both earned All-American honors Monday in Terre Haute, Ind., as they were both one of the top 30 American runners in their respective races. Caldwell finished her race in […]
[Online exclusive]: Two Bruin cross country runners head to NCAA Championships
Ashley Caldwell and Austin Ramos have been running like All-Americans all season long, and now they have a chance to prove that they are. The two juniors will be representing UCLA today at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Both will be looking to take home All-American honors and join an elite group of […]
New runners a jump-start
Last year, after UCLA signed the nation’s top hurdle recruit in Kevin Craddock, coach Art Venegas showed that his staff was on its way to developing a solid hurdles program. Last week, with the signing of two more elite recruits, Venegas’ team may very well have the best hurdling group in the nation for years […]