With only a week to go before the indoor NCAA Championships, the Bruins are now ready to change their focus to the outdoor campaign. Instead of sending athletes up to Ames, Iowa for a last-chance qualifying meet for the NCAA Championships, the coaches are content with their position and will focus their energy this weekend […]
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Freshman hurdler runs lifetime best, wins title
Freshman hurdler Darius Reed had been performing admirably up to this point, but over the weekend, Reed showed just why he is one of UCLA’s top recruits. With sophomore sensation Kevin Craddock competing on the East Coast, Reed had a breakout performance at the MPSF Indoor Championships in Seattle over the weekend, running a lifetime […]
Women’s track continues to stand out
Whether she is running on a hilly course or on a covered track, Allie Bohannon continues to impress. Bohannon highlighted a successful weekend for the women’s track and field team at the Tyson Invitational. Following up on a breakout cross country season, the redshirt sophomore has come out of the gates strong in this year’s […]
Cutting their hair, cutting their losses
M. VOLLEYBALL Today, 7 p.m. v. Hawai’i Pauley Pavilion Usually athletes grow out their hair until a winning streak comes to an end. But some members of the men’s volleyball team felt it was necessary to chop their lovely locks as they restlessly search for their second conference win. UCLA is looking to get a […]
Yang leaves track legacy
When C.K. Yang first stepped onto the track at UCLA in 1958, the coaches and athletes had no idea why a tall, lanky Taiwanese student was standing before them. Little did they know that Yang would become one of the greatest athletes not only in UCLA history, but Olympic history as well. Yang, best remembered […]
Starting on the right track
For some, the indoor season is a time to fine-tune and prepare for a successful outdoor season. For UCLA, some top Bruins already look like they are in midseason form. With indoor competition just beginning, some of the track and field team’s elite athletes have wasted no time in cranking out big marks and times, […]
Men’s track posts promising start to indoor season
The men’s track and field team might be geared toward keeping key athletes healthy during the indoor season, but over the weekend, the Bruins looked to be going all out. No. 16 UCLA headed east to Albuquerque on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Modrall Sperling Invitational hosted by the University of New […]