With the conclusion of the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at Drake Stadium last weekend, the UCLA track and field team will resume its traveling schedule as it continues the 2013 outdoor track and field season on the road.
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Senior hurdler sets high goals for final track season at UCLA
Despite clipping the last hurdle and tumbling to the ground after crossing the finish line, senior hurdler Turquoise Thompson quickly got up and waved to the cheering crowd. It was the last home race of her UCLA career, and she had placed first. This past weekend was also Thompson’s first time running her signature 400-meter […]
UCLA men’s track bests LSU, TCU in first home invitational
Each time a UCLA runner came down the home stretch, it sounded like someone cranked up the volume a couple of levels on the sound system. But it wasn’t the sound system – it was the Bruins’ first home crowd of the season. UCLA competed at Drake Stadium for the first time this year in […]
Track and field team comes home to get taste of preparation for crucial meets
With the start of April – a pivotal month for the track and field team – UCLA’s squad is going to come home and do some spring cleaning. After traveling for every meet since December, the Bruins have their first home track meet of the season, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. […]
UCLA heptathlete hopes work ethic will help her become No.1
Junior heptathlete Tatum Souza’s first foray into track and field began her sophomore year of high school. It wasn’t the smoothest of transitions, but she made up for it with her natural affinity for sports.
Track and field posts several top-five finishes in Texas
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and UCLA track and field team lived up to that by delivering big in two meets in Texas over the last week, clinching several top-five finishes.
Outdoor track team sees success at first meet
If the first step is an indicator of things to come, then the UCLA track team just set the tone for a successful outdoor season. The UCLA women made the trip down to San Diego over the weekend for the Sheraton Mission Valley Aztec Invitational for their first meet of the outdoor season. Coach Jeanette […]