Place in the top 12, or go home – that was the situation for all 24 UCLA track and field athletes who competed this weekend. A total of six Bruins managed to make the cut at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento and will join senior heptathlete Kendall Gustafson at the NCAA championships in […]
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Seven is lucky number as track athlete shines in heptathlon
Two UCLA track and field athletes took center stage at the first postseason meet of the year – seven times each. Senior Kendall Gustafson and redshirt sophomore Christina Chenault both competed at the Pac-12 multis this weekend in the heptathlon, a competition that consists of seven events. Gustafson finished second overall and booked a ticket […]
Sprinters look to improve for next year after disappointing season
Rai Benjamin ran the the 400-meter hurdles at the Drake Stadium track Sunday – just as he had done countless times during his first two years at UCLA. Only this time, he competed as a Trojan. As a sophomore last year for the Bruins, Benjamin finished second overall in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA […]
Track and field soars above personal bests, but fails to overtake USC
UCLA track and field entered Sunday’s annual dual meet looking up at USC in the national rankings for both men and women, similar to last year. While the Bruins of last year took home a win on the men’s side at Loker Stadium, there was no such upset at Drake Stadium this year. Facing the […]
Track and field achieves several personal bests in Bruin Day meet
Athletes both current and future were present at Drake Stadium for the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday. As UCLA welcomed thousands of recent admits to its campus for Bruin Day, the Bruins also hosted their second home meet of the season for track and field, going against a group of schools that included Texas A&M, […]
Track and field debuts throwers, claims two first-place finishes
There was a slight change of plans for the UCLA track and field team this weekend. While the Bruins originally planned to compete the Jim Click Multi’s on Thursday and Friday, track and field director Avery Anderson said the team changed plans and decided to rest senior pentathlete Kendall Gustafson and give some throwers the […]
Throwers and distance runners propel Bruins to nine-win weekend result
While the UCLA track and field team saw strong performances across the board at its first home meet of the season, two sections of the team particularly stole the show: the throwers and distance runners. Overall, the Bruins won nine events at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and Jim Bush Legends Invitational this past weekend. […]