Team USA’s roster for the World University Games had UCLA written all over it. The United States sent representatives for 15 sports to Naples, Italy to compete in the international tournament from July 3 through July 14. 37 Bruin athletes participated in different sports. Team USA placed fourth overall with 21 gold, 17 silver and […]
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UCLA swim and dive hires former Ohio State coach Jordan Wolfrum as head coach
The Bruins are diving into the fall with a new coach. UCLA swimming and diving has hired former Ohio State associate head coach Jordan Wolfrum as its new head coach. Wolfrum worked with the Buckeyes for five years, starting as an assistant coach in 2014 and getting promoted to associate head coach in 2016. She […]
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UCLA swim & dive coach retires after over three decades with Bruins
The Bruins will say goodbye to another long-term coach. UCLA swimming and diving coach Cyndi Gallagher has announced that she will be retiring after 31 years as head coach, and 38 years total as a Bruin. Gallagher came to UCLA first as a student-athlete, graduating in 1983. Gallagher set multiple school records during her time […]
Diver brings home program’s first NCAA individual title at championships
Maria Polyakova is an NCAA champion. The redshirt senior led No. 20 UCLA swim and dive (8-3, 4-3 Pac-12) at the NCAA Championships this past week in Austin, Texas, taking home the individual title in the 3-meter to become the program’s first-ever individual diving national champion. “(It’s) the best feeling ever,” Polyakova said. “Throughout the […]
Swim and dive sees successful splashdown in Zone E with fifth NCAA qualification
Four divers competed in the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships this past week. Seniors Eloise Belanger and Traci Shiver, redshirt senior Maria Polyakova, and sophomore Alice Yanovksy traveled to Flagstaff, Arizona, and, for the second time in her career, Polyakova won the 3-meter crown at Zones. After wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter at the […]
Swim and dive places sixth in Pac-12 championships with first-place diving finishes
The Bruins have begun the postseason. No. 25 UCLA swim and dive (8-3, 4-3 Pac-12) traveled to Federal Way, Washington, to compete in the four-daylong Pac-12 championships. “We learned so much, both good and bad,” said coach Cyndi Gallagher. “But we had to blow through the bad and focus on the good things to keep […]