Despite the departure of thrower Dan Ames, UCLA men’s track and field coach Art Venegas is confident that his young squad has the potential to fill the All-American’s giant shoes. The performance of the young Bruin throwers at Saturday’s UCLA Invitational only strengthened his conviction. Freshmen John Caulfield and Greg Garza posted victories in the […]
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X-country: Cross country roster set for tune-up meet
Carmen Winant wasn’t expected to vie for the seventh spot on the UCLA women’s cross country “˜A’ team. But with her solid 15th place finish at the Triton Invitational in San Diego on Saturday, the senior earned the final spot on the roster for the Pre-NCAA meet next weekend in Terre Haute, Ind. By beating […]
W. track: Disappointment fuels team's desire for future success
The UCLA women’s cross-country team may have just returned from the Notre Dame Invitational, but the state of Indiana will not stray far from the squad’s thoughts. Last Friday’s meet marked the first of three anticipated trips to Indiana, where the Bruin women are scheduled to compete in the Pre-National Invitational in Terra Haute on […]
X-country: Rankin leads cross-country pack
Fresh off his third-place finish in the four kilometer race at the Stanford Invitational last weekend, Jon Rankin will have a chance to lead the UCLA men’s cross country team again. Rankin will look to improve upon his performance from last week at the Notre Dame Invitational at the Burke Memorial Golf Course on the […]
After last year’s fall, runner rebounds to top
At the mile-mark of the NCAA Cross Country Championship race last year, Alison Costello was not where she expected to be. In fact, she was dead last. Throughout most of her freshman year, Costello had consistently been a scoring finisher on the women’s team, and rightfully had high expectations heading into the season’s final and […]
Women look to finish in top-five
After finishing seventh at the NCAA championships last year, the women’s cross country team heads into the fall season as a legitimate force in both Pac-10 and national competition. Following a second-place finish at the USF invitational on Sept. 4, the team has cracked the top-10, sharing a No. 8 national ranking with Princeton. “I […]
M. track: No. 7 men's relay team to face tough NCAA competition at nationals
After five years without representation at the NCAA Track and Field Championship meet, one of UCLA’s relay teams is about to make a long-awaited appearance. Qualifying for nationals in both the 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relays, the team elected to send only its 4x400m team to Austin, Texas. The team will face some fierce competitors who […]