The UCLA track and field team got off to a fast start this past weekend at the Northern Arizona University Invitational. The months of preparation leading up to the season as well as the addition of new coaches seem to have paid off. The team came away with eleven first place victories throughout the invitational. […]
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UCLA track and field pumped up for NAU Invitational
Change is abound on the track as the Bruins begin a new era of track and field. A new blue track has been built, there are new coaches and the team has garnered a new sense of family as UCLA begins its season at the NAU Invitational this weekend. “The team is excited to open […]
A running start: UCLA track and field eagerly anticipates upcoming season
With its five-month season approaching, UCLA’s track and field team has been staying focused in an attempt to reach higher goals than last year. However, the focus isn’t on the past – it’s on the future. The men’s team comes in ranked No. 19 in the nation after dropping four spots from last season, and […]
Bruins compete in international track and field championships
Opportunities for collegiate athletes to compete at the highest level with professionals of their respective sports can be few and far between.
Pole vaulter places 9th in World University Games
After staying in a village with elite athletes from around the world and walking out to an opening ceremony in front of a crowd of about 50,000, Mike Woepse could only describe the experience as Olympic-like. This July, the rising senior pole vaulter was selected to represent the United States in the 2013 World University […]
Bruin named finalist for The Bowerman Trophy
After a breakthrough year in 2013 and rewriting the record books, UCLA rising redshirt senior discus thrower Julian Wruck was announced as one of three finalists for The Bowerman Trophy, becoming the first Bruin athlete, male or female, to contend for the award. “It’s an honor to be placed amongst these names that have gone […]
John Henry Johnson Jr. returns to alma mater as women’s track and field coach
As a senior in high school, Joanna Hayes turned down the chance to compete for USC’s track and field team in favor of UCLA. The man who recruited her to join USC, John Henry Johnson Jr., was a UCLA alumnus himself.