Track and Field – Page 45

Making up ground: Sprinter works toward return to track after multiple injuries

In his three years at UCLA, redshirt sophomore sprinter Matthew Bedford has suffered three hamstring tears. Again working back from injury, Bedford hopes to have an impact during the outdoor season for the team after missing the indoor one.

Sprinter Matthew Bedford’s biggest burden has always been his hamstring, but with a healthy body, he hopes that he can finally avoid a season plagued with injuries.

Track season ends in mixed performances

The Bruins concluded the indoor track season this past Saturday with a strong showing by the women’s team in the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. The UCLA women’s track team concluded the meet with all representatives improving from their seeded rankings and clinching top five spots in each of their […]

Track and field sends five Bruins to NCAA Championships

The congregation of the nation’s top track and field athletes in Fayetteville, Ark. can only mean one thing; it’s time for the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Track and field sees growth, potential at Last Chance meet

For sophomore distance runner Daniel Herrera and his teammates on the distance medley relay team, a personal record was not good enough at the Notre Dame Last Chance meet. Coming into the weekend, the UCLA team of Herrera, fellow sophomore Pete Lauderdale, and freshmen Ferdinand Edman and Nick Hartle held the nation’s seventh-best time after […]

Track and field trains younger runners, aims for NCAA championships

“Run through the finish!” rang through Drake Stadium after a runner eased off a couple feet short of the white line. The command then quickly echoed once again as the very next runner repeated the same mistake.

UCLA pole vaulter hopes to jump back from injury

Junior pole vaulter Natasha Kolbo brought home a second-place finish from the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in early February – and an injury. There was a hole in the pit at the competition, and when she stepped on it she rolled her ankle. “I had so much adrenaline that I didn’t realize how bad it […]

Men’s and women’s track and field finish in top 10 at MPSF championships

A time of 8.48 was enough for Tatum Souza to come in first place in her 60 meter hurdles event. But the junior knew that her day was not over, and that she would still have to be tested in the high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m run. At the end of Friday’s […]