Men’s soccerNicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor With No. 4 Stanford’s (14-1-2, 8-0-1 Pac-12) 5-1 drubbing of UCLA (7-9-1, 4-5-0) last week, the Cardinal clinched their fourth consecutive Pac-12 title. The Cardinal have been at the top of the conference all year, and was the only Pac-12 team to have remained in the national top-25 teams […]
Category Archives: Cross Country
Men’s cross country third, women eighth in Pac-12 Championships
Outrun your ranking. That was assistant coach Devin Elizondo’s race plan for UCLA men’s cross country, seeded fourth going into the Pac-12 championships. “You’re very familiar with everybody at (conference meets) so there’s a little bit more on the line,” Elizondo said. “We talked about … taking our chances and getting ourselves a top three […]
Weekend in Preview: Men’s water polo prepares for Pacific, women’s volleyball faces Washington
This post was updated Oct. 27 at 12:04 p.m. Cross Country Nicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor The No. 14 men’s cross country team has covered 40,000 meters to get to this point, and the women have raced across 25,000. Now it’s time for postseason cross country, which kicks off this weekend with the 2017 […]
UCLA cross country ends regular season with two strong finishes
The regular season is over for UCLA cross country. The year ended with the team splitting its runners between the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational. Wisconsin The No. 20 men’s team placed ninth overall in Wisconsin and the women claimed 25th. “The goal in Wisconsin was to finish closer to the […]
Cross country team has strong showing at Master’s despite inexperience
UCLA cross country was running on a fresh set of legs this weekend – everyone in a Bruin jersey had less than two years of collegiate cross country experience under their belts. The men ran to a first place finish – outrunning teams like UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara – and […]
UCLA cross country sending fresh, eager athletes to race in invitational
UCLA cross country will compete in its third meet of the year Saturday, in Santa Clarita, California. Assistant coaches Devin Elizondo and Jennifer DeRego both plan on using the TMU cross country invitational as a place to let some fresh athletes stretch their legs. “We’re going to take a group that did not race this […]
Men earn third, women 10th place at Roy Griak Invitational
Nearly a month after its season opener in Arizona, No. 20 UCLA cross country took part in its second meet of the year at the Roy Griak Invitational. Stiff competition took the form of No. 18 Colorado State and No. 25 Michigan State, but the men garnered a top-three team finish for the second meet […]