It’s something no member of the UCLA women’s track and field team has ever experienced before, and it’s not a position they’re eager to be in again. Yet, as the Bruins gathered together on the infield at Drake Stadium and watched Stanford receive the Pac-10 Championship trophy on Sunday afternoon, most of the team had […]
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W. track: Women’s track formidable going into championships
It took all of one afternoon for the UCLA women’s track and field team to dispel the idea that it might finally be vulnerable this season. Two weeks ago, in front of a capacity crowd at USC’s Katherine B. Loker Stadium, the Bruins outgunned their crosstown rivals and re-established themselves as one of the nation’s […]
M. track: New Pac-10 qualifications don’t bring big changes
A change in the criteria for how athletes qualify for the Pac-10 Championships did not seem to faze any of the track and field coaches gathered at a pre-meet luncheon Wednesday in the J.D. Morgan Center. To be eligible to compete in a particular event at the conference meet prior to this season, all athletes […]
W. track: Florida’s loss may be UCLA’s gain
Two of Jessica Cosby’s top competitors in the hammer throw and the shot put left the University of Florida women’s track and field team last week, pushing the UCLA senior into the thick of the national title picture in both events. Candice Scott, the defending NCAA champion in the hammer throw, and Liz Wanless, the […]
W. track: Heptathlete hopeful for spot in NCAAs
One of the lowest points of Nastassja Hall’s collegiate career was the UCLA women’s track and field program’s greatest triumph. Because she didn’t qualify for the NCAA Championships last June, Hall, a heptathlete, had to sit alone in Westwood while her teammates were in Texas winning the program’s first national title in more than two […]
Wins prove West is best in men’s volleyball
This was a victory for tradition. It was a win that came straight from the sands of Honolulu, the Malibu coastline and the cramped high school gyms of Orange County. It was a day of volleyball that spoke volumes about where the power base is in collegiate volleyball. UCLA 3, Penn State 0. Pepperdine 3, […]
W. track: Multi-events up for grabs at Pac-10s
Neither Oregon’s Tommy Skipper nor Arizona State’s Jackie Johnson will be able to defend their respective decathlon and heptathlon titles at the Pac-10 Multi-Events Championships, which will take place this weekend at Drake Stadium. Skipper, a sophomore, had knee surgery earlier this season and will focus only on the pole vault for the remainder of […]