SACRAMENTO “”mdash; Her day cut short after failing to clear the opening bar in the pole vaulting finals, an inconsolable Chelsea Johnson sat dejectedly alongside the runway, tears splattering at her feet. This certainly wasn’t how the freshman phenom expected to make a splash at her first NCAA Championship meet. But for Johnson and her UCLA […]
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Hopes for women’s track title will rest on 6 Bruins in Sacramento
The storyline is a familiar one for the UCLA women’s track and field team as it heads to Sacramento for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. After cracking the top three in each of the past seven seasons, the Bruins appear to be in position to contend for the team title again. But will they finally get […]
Nilsson opts not to double championship events
UCLA’s Lena Nilsson has decided not to enter the 800-meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week, instead choosing to focusing solely on the 1500m. Nilsson, the defending NCAA Champion in the 1500m, had considered attempting the unprecedented double after winning both events at the West Regionals Saturday. But after meeting with distance coach Eric […]
Nilsson’s decision critical for team’s NCAA title run
PALO ALTO “”mdash; A decision rests on the shoulders of Lena Nilsson, and the championship aspirations of her teammates could hang in the balance. After capturing the 800- and 1500-meter titles Saturday at the NCAA West Regional qualifying meet, the UCLA junior must now decide whether or not to attempt the double again next week […]
Track heads to Regionals
The UCLA women’s track and field team cannot win a national championship when it heads to Stanford to compete in the NCAA West Regionals today and Saturday. It can, however, lose it. Since the No. 3 Bruins are already a bit of a long shot in the national title chase behind favorites LSU and Texas, […]
Farmar to attend UCLA in 2004
Jordan Farmar ““ one of the top prep point guards on the West Coast ““ announced Wednesday night that he has decided to attend UCLA, putting to rest a week’s worth of speculation that he might spurn the Bruins in favor of Florida. The Los Angeles native took official visits to both Gainesville and Westwood […]
Announcer may be hot, but her comments are anything but
Every so often I’ll hear an announcer who paints such a vivid verbal picture that it puts me in the midst of the action. And then there’s Jennie Finch. Her shrill voice is enough to send me scrambling for the mute button. Finch ““ a former All-American pitcher at Arizona and ESPN.com’s reigning Hottest Female […]