Seasoned men’s team seeks top-ten finish at NCAA cross country finals

If you were scripting a short film about the cross country season, the regular season would flash by in a zippy montage, a string of inconsequential races interspersed with close-up shots of one date on a calendar circled in thick, red ink. That date: Nov. 21. The national championship meet on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, […]

Senior Lane Werley shapes the future of UCLA running

Sitting in a lab deep in the heart of South Campus, senior runner Lane Werley’s tall frame and blue UCLA Athletics backpack look entirely out of place. As the only student in the entire Athletics Department to major in chemical and materials science, Werley has spent the past five years finding a balance between the […]

Freshman runner makes big impact at UCLA following European success

It’s the morning of Oct. 16, and no one knows about Carolina Johnson. She has made a name for herself in Europe, a silver medalist at the European Athletics Junior Championships who holds the third-best time in Swedish history in the under-20 steeplechase. But to the world of NCAA cross country, Johnson is just one […]

Men’s cross country qualifies for national championship

There were no surprises for the cross country team on Saturday when the NCAA announced the qualifiers for next weekend’s national championship meet. As expected, the No. 20 men’s team received an at-large bid and freshman Carolina Johnson qualified as an individual on the women’s side. The announcement came the day after the Bruins competed […]

UCLA cross country aims to keep steady pace heading into regionals

The cross country team won’t be looking to do anything flashy at Friday’s regional meet. “We don’t have to do anything spectacular, we don’t have to do anything special,” said coach Forest Braden. “We just have to go take care of business and really stay calm in that 10K race.” The No. 20 UCLA men’s […]

Cross country falls short at Pac-12 Championships

Forest Braden had high hopes heading into Friday’s Pac-12 Championships. But the men’s cross country team failed to live up to the coach’s expectations, finishing fifth at the conference meet for the second straight year. “I thought we could be in that top three,” Braden said. “I thought we could upset Stanford or Oregon.” Instead […]

Cross country prepares for Pac-12 championship run

The cross country team will run in its most important race so far this season on Friday, as it competes in the Pac-12 Cross Country Championship in Colfax, Washington. The men’s team, ranked No. 15 in the country after an impressive display at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, will face off against five other ranked teams […]