Everything UCLA could have hoped for was there ““ high-caliber competition, spectacular performances, good-quality facilities and gorgeous Los Angeles weather. The only real variable last weekend’s Rafer Johnson/ Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational needed to be considered a complete success was more people watching it. A brainchild of UCLA men’s track and field coach Art Venegas, the […]
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M. track: Miracle mile
Jon Rankin’s feet pounded toward the finish line in the mile on Saturday afternoon, but his eyes were riveted to the scoreboard. He didn’t need to look. The roar of the Drake Stadium crowd was enough to confirm that the UCLA fifth-year senior was approaching a milestone. Rankin became the first Bruin in a quarter […]
M. track: Relay team’s win easy, encouraging
At this time last season, the UCLA men’s 4x400m relay team established itself as a force with a strong performance at the Texas Relays. The quartet’s easy victory on Saturday at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational was one second slower than the time they ran in Texas last year. But, after taking into account a […]
Track: Invitational draws track talents
Old school track and field is back in Southern California. Well, at least that’s what UCLA track and field is trying to do with the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational held at Drake Stadium today and Saturday. One of several goals of the RJ/JJK meet is to continue the tradition the two Olympians created three years […]
M. track: Bruins vie for tough mark
It’s something no Bruin has done in almost a quarter century, but UCLA’s Jon Rankin and Ben Aragon believe they can be the ones to end that streak. Rankin and Aragon, UCLA’s two most accomplished middle-distance runners, will be looking to break the fabled 4-minute mark in the mile at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner Kersee […]
Football: Next year’s starting quarterback position still uncertain for Bruins
There is just no clear answer. Spring football will come to an end on Tuesday and the quarterback situation has only gotten more complicated. Saturday’s scrimmage at Drake Stadium proved that there has been no clear winner this spring. Highly touted freshman Ben Olson is still developing and trying to rid himself of the rust […]
M. track: Distance medley relay team finishes 2nd at NCAA Indoors
Walking off the track in Fayetteville, Ark., last March after a disappointing 12th place finish in the distance medley relay, UCLA’s Craig Everhart, Ben Aragon and Jon Rankin vowed to make amends this season. One year later, the trio did exactly that. Everhart, Aragon and Rankin, along with Martel Munguia, exorcised their demons from a […]