Swim and dive to celebrate Senior Day at weekend competitions

The UCLA swim and dive team will commemorate nine seniors for their dedication on Saturday. The weekend will mark the last time the whole team will compete together at Spieker Aquatics Center. “It’s crazy. I don’t know where the time went. Part of me is really excited to start a new chapter because swimming has […]

UCLA swim and dive perform well at Long Beach, Houston invites

Over the course of this weekend’s three-day Arena Invitational, the UCLA swim team mastered the art of moving forward.

According to coach Cyndi Gallagher, the key to doing well in these long meets is to take each event as it comes.

“You just have to swim one race and let it go, then swim another race and let it go,” Gallagher said.
The Bruins did just that, a strategy that helped them earn a score of 850 and a fourth-place finish.

“It’s a lot of emotional energy; this (goes) on and on and on,” Gallagher said.