To win its first Pac-10 title in seven years last May, the UCLA men’s track and field team had to be close to perfect. The Bruins needed to be close to perfect again to defend that title on Sunday at Drake Stadium, but the they couldn’t quite recapture the magic. On their home track, in […]
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M. track: Scuffle erupts following meet
There’s always been plenty of emotion at the annual UCLA-USC dual meet, and that intensity finally boiled over following the 4×400-meter relay Saturday afternoon at USC’s Cromwell Field in Loker Stadium. Immediately after USC eked out a hotly contested victory in the mile relay, a few of the sprinters on both teams began jawing with […]
M. track: Men’s track expects eventful 70th dual meet against Trojans
Talk to any athlete on the UCLA men’s track and field team, and he will tell you why the annual crosstown dual meet is so unique. It’s the one meet of the collegiate season where individual performances are swept aside and it’s the team score that everyone remembers. And when the two teams face one-another […]
M. track: Bruins have solid weekend at UCSD
A pair of solid races from sophomore Brandon Johnson highlighted a relatively quiet weekend for the UCLA men’s track and field team at the UCSD Triton Invitational in San Diego. Johnson continued to train for his specialty event, the 400-meter hurdles, winning both the 200 and 400 meter races. His time of 46.81 seconds in […]
Football: 4 Bruins picked in NFL Draft
With so much on the line this past weekend, running back Manuel White just tried to distract himself from what lay ahead of him. White even went bowling the day before the NFL draft, but every time he looked at his phone, it only made him more nervous, so he finally stopped checking it. But […]
Football: Former Bruins await NFL Draft weekend
After a grueling three-month process of being timed, measured, poked and prodded, it all comes down to this weekend. For at least six former Bruins, the results of this weekend’s National Football League Draft has the potential to permanently alter the rest of their lives. But until this weekend, all they can do is wait […]
M. track: Jon Rankin gets lifetime best in 800 meters at Mt. SAC
It seems as if every weekend senior Jon Rankin does something impressive, and this weekend was no different. At the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., Rankin finished with a lifetime best in the 800 meters with a time of 1 minute, 47.11 seconds, placing second in the race. Only Texas Tech’s Jonathan Johnson, a […]