This week, as the UCLA track and field team travels to Seattle for the Husky Classic, a group of distance runners is looking to make history. The senior trio of Austin O’Neil, Ferdinand Edman and Nick Hartle will compete in the mile and try to break four minutes – a feat that has yet to […]
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Track and field yields personal bests at Husker Invitational
Athletes on the UCLA track and field team had a breakout weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Redshirt senior thrower Nicholas Scarvelis, junior jumper Austin Hazel and sophomore multi Steele Wasik all took first place in their respective events against a handful of other Division I programs, and redshirt freshman thrower […]
Track and field to face 11 Division I teams at Husker Invitational
First it was Arizona, then it was Kansas, last week it was Arkansas and now it’s Nebraska. The UCLA track and field team will continue its traveling this weekend to the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, sending just over 30 athletes to Lincoln, Nebraska. Although the team faced some of the best competition in the nation […]
Runner Kim Mackay balances athletics, master’s work to stay on track
It can be a challenge – sometimes a burden – for student-athletes to balance the weight of heavy classes and more than 20 hours of team activities throughout any given week. But many young adults face harder predicaments in their everyday lives, tougher obstacles to overcome. That’s where one particular Bruin athlete steps in. Kim […]
Track and field competes with top-tier opponents at Razorback Invitational
The Southeastern Conference – consistently one of the strongest conferences in collegiate track and field – lived up to its reputation at the Razorback Invitational this weekend. The UCLA track and field team finished seventh overall on the men’s side and 12th for the women’s team, despite sending more than 30 competitors to challenge the […]
Track and field crosses country to face off against top athletes
The UCLA track and field team will be put on the big stage this weekend. The men and women, ranked 42nd and 65th in the nation, respectively, will travel across the country to the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas this weekend. Five of the 12 participating teams – Florida, Oregon, LSU, Georgia and Arkansas – are […]
Sophomore hurdler cultivates passions for both art, athletics
It’s 5 a.m. and Kimani Austin-Reese is up and about making sure everything is in place for her school day at the Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami. It’s a daily ritual for the high school senior who travels across the city to attend classes early every weekday morning. At 4 p.m., though, Austin-Reese […]