All-American long jumper Renee Williams will miss the remainder of the outdoor track and field season due to lingering effects from a deep bone bruise in her right knee. Williams, who met with UCLA team doctors on Monday, decided to redshirt the season after MRI results revealed that the injury has not healed as quickly […]
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W. track: Bruins fall short of heptathalon goals
This weekend’s Pac-10 heptathlon competition provided UCLA with an early opportunity to put some distance between itself and its major competitors for the conference title. But the Bruins settled for just five points, as neither sophomore Nastassja Hall nor freshman Georgea Richards were able to distinguish themselves from the rest of the field. Hall finished […]
M. track: Ducks soar over Bruins at Pac-10s
UCLA’s quest to capture the Pac-10 men’s track and field championship for the first time in seven years will have to be a come-from-behind effort. The Bruins will start the individual portion of the conference meet 23 points behind the Oregon Ducks, who captured four of the top five spots in the decathlon competition at […]
W. track: Hurdler gears up for heptathlon
Too much downtime is enough to drive Nastassja Hall crazy. That’s why the UCLA sophomore believes she has found her niche in the heptathlon, a combination of track and field’s seven most arduous events. “It’s a good fit for me,” said Hall, who will represent UCLA in the heptathlon at the Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships this […]
W. basketball: Sleepless in Seattle
Correction appended It has become a tradition. Each time Michelle Greco steps out of the shower after practice with the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, she surveys the locker room and takes a quick head count. Usually, there’s at least one less teammate to greet her. But Greco remains. Each time another ex-teammate packs her bags and […]
W. track: Women’s track may see trio’s return
It’s hard to believe, but the UCLA women’s track and field team could be even stronger by the time it heads to Arizona for the Pac-10 Championships in two weeks. A trio of All-Americans each should be healthy enough to rejoin a second-ranked Bruin squad that might overtake No. 1 LSU in this week’s Trackwire […]
W. track: Bruin’s new approach falls short
Chelsea Johnson experimented with a nine-stride approach to pole vaulting Saturday. And, in the UCLA sophomore’s own words, “It was a miserable failure.” Johnson, the NCAA record-holder in the pole vault, never cleared the bar once against USC, failing on all three attempts at her opening height of 12 feet, 10 inches. For an athlete […]