Once a week, Spieker Aquatics Center becomes a strange sight for those not entirely familiar with the UCLA swim team. Instead of merely repeating lap after lap in the same way, the UCLA swim team members can be seen swimming furiously toward one end of the pool where teammates are pulling them back as aggressively […]
Category Archives: Swim & Dive
In different events and locations, UCLA’s swim and dive teams excel
Four days. Two competitions. One team. This past weekend, the No. 13 UCLA swim and dive team competed in two separate meets. While the swimmers traveled to Oregon State, the divers remained on campus to host the Bruin Diving Invitational at the Spieker Aquatics Center from Saturday to Monday. In Corvallis, Ore., the Bruins produced […]
UCLA swim and dive to face different teams, different challenges
This weekend takes UCLA swim to an away dual meet against Oregon State, a match in which the Bruins are the heavy favorites, while UCLA dive stays home to host the Bruin Invitational. Freshman swimmer Sarah Kaunitz said she doesn’t see OSU as a team that poses much of a threat to UCLA, despite the […]
Transfer Ally Loper dares to be a Bruin, rises to swim team captain
Ally Loper was experiencing a problem that a considerable number of college students go through. The university that she was attending turned out to be not at all what she initially thought it would be. But it wasn’t because of an inconsiderate roommate, failing grades or disgusting dining hall food that she was “miserable every […]
UCLA swim and dive honor Jackie Robinson with home victory
Something stood out to those who watched the members of the UCLA swim and dive team as the Bruins lined up to shake hands with their opponents at their meet on Saturday: No. 42. Written on the upper right arm of each member of the team, it sent a message to the Bruin fans. The […]
UCLA swim and dive returns to finish season after intense winter conditioning
Stepping into the second half of their season, seniors on the UCLA swim and dive team are beginning to face a series of lasts. This weekend will be no different as the Bruins go into their last home meet of the season at the Spieker Aquatics Center. The divers will be facing Kansas while the […]
UCLA swim and dive dominates in East Coast meets, breaks records
This week, the UCLA swim team and dive team both traveled to the East Coast, but to different destinations. The swimmers flew to Greensboro, N.C. for a four-day meet at the 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships. While the divers participated in a three-day meet at the Georgia Fall Invitational held in Athens, Ga., over the […]