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Category Archives: Track and Field
Five multi-event athletes post high marks in Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
It takes a considerable amount of diligence for a track athlete to master one event, let alone 10. And in their final chance to compete in the regular season, the Bruins’ multi-event athletes had to push themselves even harder this weekend, when UCLA sent five athletes to commence the first Pac-12 Track & Field Championships.
Track and Field hits the road for competitions
By the Numbers:
56.92
Turquoise Thompson’s 400m hurdle season-best time, good for No. 6 in the NCAA
2
Number of sports winner of the 400m against USC, Ally Courtnall, competes in (soccer, track)
5
Number of Bruins ranked in the top 10 in the Pac-12 heading to this event
18
Current national ranking of sophomore Tatum Souza in the heptathlon
Men and women’s track and field teams hope to show improvement in upcoming invitational
Both teams head to Eugene, Ore. this weekend to compete in the 23rd annual Pepsi Team Invitational where the Bruins plan to showcase their skills against three-time reigning NCAA champions Texas A&M and Pac-12 foes Oregon and Washington.
Men’s and women’s track each beat one opponent but fall to the other in first outdoor home meet
The Bruins got off to a slow, rainy start in a double dual meet against Tennessee and Washington State on Saturday. Both the men and women’s track and field teams had a mixed bag, with both teams winning one but dropping the other.
Women's track and field sees promise, potential in preparation for Northridge Invitational
As the long-awaited outdoor season opens up, the clouds close in, greeting the UCLA women’s track and field team with drab weather and a chance of rain this weekend.
This has not given the team a ticket out of practice this week, as they get ready to compete at the Matador Track Complex for the Northridge Invitational this weekend.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay team will consist of sophomores Brea Buchanan, Faith Anumba, Katherine Salcido and freshman Ally Courtnall.
Buchanan, who had posted solid times in multiple sprint events, will also be competing in the 4×400m relay, 100m dash and 200m dash.
UCLA track and field picks up five All-American honors at NCAA Indoor Championships
In a sport where responsibility for success or failure rests solely on an individual athlete’s shoulders, pressure is a powerful force. That was no different this weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships.