UCLA track and field’s dual meet with USC goes back decades. Each year, trends and patterns are broken or made, and this season’s meet was no exception. Although the UCLA men’s track and field team has come out on top each year for the past five years, each time the sprint squad has struggled to […]
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Track and field wraps USC dual meet with win for men’s team
As far as dual meets go, the USC versus UCLA one produced results like no other in 2017. This year’s edition, which took place Sunday at USC’s Loker Stadium, had 22 men’s performances and 23 women’s performances make the top 95 in the nation – not counting those athletes already in the top 95 beforehand […]
Track and field underclassmen prepare for rivalry meet versus USC
Los Angeles’ oldest rivalry is set for its annual track and field renewal, and this time UCLA will be heading downtown. The Bruins and the Trojans will clash again Sunday at Loker Stadium in UCLA’s second and final dual meet of the year. UCLA has only three returning event winners from last year’s meet, but […]
Track and field tops rankings while prepping for NCAA championship
For all of its improvement in the rankings this outdoor season, the men’s track and field team had been missing its usual high-ranking performances from its top athletes. Prior to this past weekend, only one of UCLA’s three male NCAA Indoor Championship qualifiers had even come close to the marks he had reached in the […]
Pole vaulters, throwers take top-five finishes at Triton Invitational
With the USC track and field meet just a week away, UCLA pole vaulters and throwers decided to get one last competition under their belts before their final dual meet. On Friday and Saturday, select Bruins participated in the Triton Invitational in San Diego. Redshirt sophomore thrower Dotun Ogundeji launched a personal best of 66 […]
Track athlete Leon Powell makes strides in entrepreneurship
Leon Powell wears many different hats. It just so happens that he sells them, too. The junior sprinter has been juggling the responsibilities of a full-time student and business owner for more than a year now, all while heading up the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100-meter relay for the No. 20 UCLA men’s track […]
Track and field teams earn personal, season bests in final home meet
With more than half of its outdoor season complete, the UCLA track and field team put a stamp on its final home meet of the year Saturday. The Bruins hosted some of the nation’s finest track and field athletes on their home turf, and the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational at Drake Stadium proved to be […]