Imagine going to school more than 8,000 miles from home, coming to college a quarter before every other first-year student and adjusting to an unfamiliar culture – all at the age of 17. Senior freestyle swimmer Ting Quah faced all of those challenges during her time as a member of UCLA swim and dive. Quah […]
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UCLA swim and dive finishes 21st in NCAA Championships
Despite swimming fast at the NCAA championships, the UCLA swim and dive team was hoping for a better finish. The team placed 21st overall. “We didn’t score as many points as we had hoped, but for the most part everyone swam faster so its hard to complain about that,” said coach Cyndi Gallagher. According to […]
UCLA swim and dive all set for NCAA championships
The UCLA swim and dive team hopes that prior experience in competitive conference swimming will help it when it travels to Minneapolis for the NCAA championships starting Thursday. The expectations for this meet will be high. According to senior freestyle swimmer Lauren Baker, the team is in a good place heading into the meet. “We […]
UCLA swim and dive finishes fourth in Pac-12 finals
The UCLA swim and dive team faced stiff travel conditions and competition heading into the Pac-12 Championships. However, the Bruins finished in a strong fourth position and were able to avenge their prior loss to Arizona by finishing ahead of the Wildcats. The Pac-12 championships were held over four days in Federal Way, Wash., which […]
UCLA swim and dive all set and focused for Pac-12 championship
As the Bruins travel to Washington for the Pac-12 women’s swimming and diving championship, which runs Wednesday through Saturday, the focus will remain on one thing: themselves. This is something that, according to swim coach Cyndi Gallagher, the team did very well in its final dual meet of the season against USC on Feb. 17. […]
UCLA swim and dive adjust for Pac-12s, NCAAs
The training will be less intense, the competitions will be longer, and even the suits will be different for the UCLA swim and dive team for the rest of its season. The Bruins finished their dual meet schedule with a 165-135 loss to the Trojans Monday and have only the Pac-12 championships and NCAA championships […]
Loss does not dampen UCLA swim and dive’s prep for championship
Before the last dual meet of her career, senior freestyle swimmer Ting Quah was honored by the UCLA swim and dive team with playing the national anthem of her home nation Singapore before the Star- Spangled Banner. This change in tradition to honor Quah was one that set the tone early in the day that […]