The UCLA track and field team continued their strong start to the indoor track season last weekend. The Bruins are sustaining the success they’ve had in New York in previous years, even if the events they have won shifted slightly from the track to the field. UCLA finished with 11 top-five finishes at the Columbia […]
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Bruins have strong showing at Columbia Inviational in New York
Last year, the Bruins started off their season at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York. This year, New York served as the setting for its second meet of the year – though this one was the first one to be officially scored. UCLA went up against athletes from Oregon, Ohio State and […]
UCLA track and field opens season with top finishes in throws, jumps
The 2018 track and field season began last weekend, and UCLA’s field athletes well outplaced their track counterparts. The Bruins took a total of 44 athletes to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational over the weekend, and of them, 20 went to compete in field events. Despite comprising less than half the team, the […]
Track and field has strong opening weekend, individual success
The UCLA track and field team began the indoor season this weekend at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Invitational, a meet where no team scoring took place. That did not stop many Bruins from making the most of their first impression in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Competing against a diverse field of teams that included […]
Track and field hopes to bounce back with new coaching staff
Tough losses were the theme of the offseason for UCLA track and field. The end of the 2017 season saw the departure of Mike Maynard, who had served as the director of track and field for the previous five seasons. In addition to losing Maynard, both UCLA’s men’s and women’s teams saw the losses of […]
Q&A: New cross country assistant coaches discuss program goals, future
Forest Braden will not return to the men’s and women’s cross country teams after eight years as the distance coach. Avery Anderson, the new director of track and field and cross country, found his new coaches in Devin Elizondo and Jennifer DeRego. Daily Bruin Sports recently caught up with Elizondo and DeRego to talk about […]
Q&A: New track and field director Avery Anderson talks UCLA legacy, future
UCLA track and field sent more athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships this season than it had in any year since 2004. However, 2017 hardly resembles the 20th-century glory days that saw both teams place in the top-10 – if not the top-five – nearly every year. The new director of track and field and […]