Every year, hundreds of student-athletes at UCLA and at schools all around the country graduate after servicing their respective schools in their individual sports. This season, the Bruin track and field program features 14 redshirt seniors and 10 seniors, many of whom have played an essential role in the recent success of the program. UCLA […]
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UCLA gains competitive edge as track and field championship approaches
On the UCLA track and field website, there is a banner that rests atop the page. It reads: “2015 Pac-12 track and field championships, May 9-10 (multis) and May 16-17 – UCLA’s Drake Stadium.” Just as the title and location of this event have assumed an elevated spot on the team’s website, it has also […]
UCLA track and field breaks records through collaboration
Throughout the individual competitions at the historic Mt. SAC Relays this weekend, a number of UCLA track and field athletes worked together to achieve success. Among a field of various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik said he initially felt overwhelmed by the competition. “When you have Olympians out in the field, it’s […]
Track and field to run momentum of past successes into Mt. SAC Relays
With the Pac-12 championship just over three weeks away, UCLA track and field has only three regular-season meets remaining. The first leg of that three-meet path to the postseason begins this weekend in Walnut, with a prestigious and age-old meet: the Mt. SAC Relays. The Mt. SAC Relays is in annual track and field meet […]
Bruins’ young sprinters on the fast track to improvement
UCLA’s men’s track and field team featured a new athlete on the anchor leg of the 4×100-meter relay Saturday. Freshman sprinter Joe Herrera took the role in stride, helping UCLA reach a season-best time of 40.97 seconds, which blew away Oklahoma’s time of 41.63. Even still, the mark is 2.06 seconds behind the nation’s leading […]
UCLA men’s, women’s track and field teams sweep Oklahoma at home meet
For the second straight week, UCLA track and field had the opportunity to compete in the comforts of a home atmosphere in front of an audience that featured former UCLA track and field standout Rafer Johnson. Johnson was one of the namesakes of this weekend’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational. Coming off a strong finish at […]
Home atmosphere key for track and field athletes
Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA’s top shot put thrower, considers many intractable factors when he steps into the shot put ring, not just the weather. Particularly, the redshirt junior takes into account adrenaline and meet atmosphere. “I can project (my throw distance) based on the adrenaline factors that lead into it,” Scarvelis said. At the annual Rafer […]