No one works harder than UCLA Bruins’ junior diver Annika Lenz. After a lackluster performance in the Trojan Diving Invitational in early November, where she finished second to Madison Witt of USC, Lenz bounced back in a big way this weekend at the Bruin Diving Invitational, en route to one of the best performances of her diving career. Read more...

Photo: The highlight of UCLA dive’s stellar weekend was junior Annika Lenz, who dominated the platform competition with a 90-point win. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

The Bruin swimming and diving teams head in different directions once again, with the swimmers hitting the road and the divers staying home for the first meet in Westwood of the 2015-16 season. Read more...

Photo: Junior Annika Lenz will see top competition from Utah, USC and reigning women’s swimming and diving champion Cal. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Winter break was a mixed bag for the UCLA diving team, as junior Annika Lenz and freshman Éloïse Bélanger competed at their respective countries’ winter national championships with varied results. Read more...

Photo: Junior diver Annika Lenz competed at the USA Diving Winter National Championships, which took place at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The difference between sophomore diver Maria Polyakova and second place in the 3-meter dive was relatively similar to the thousand-mile separation between the UCLA swimming and diving teams this weekend. Read more...

Photo: The swim team traveled to the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational at the University of Texas, securing eight top-five finishes and one first-place finish. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The UCLA swimmers and divers, although one team, will separate for a weekend, competing with more than a thousand miles between them. For both groups, these meets serve as the final measuring stick for the improvements they’ve made over the course of 2015. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore diver Maria Polyakova and the rest of the UCLA diving team travel east this weekend to the Jean Freeman Invitational at the University of Minnesota. Polyakova will get to compete against Gopher diver Yu Zhou, the 2014 3-meter champion. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The UCLA swimming team returned to the pool with a splash, edging out USC in two important relays prior to the start of the two schools’ rivalry week. Read more...

Photo: UCLA won 12 of 18 events at the A3 Invitational, winning the meet overall. (UCLA Athletics)

The UCLA swimming team may have had a two-week break from competition, but that doesn’t mean the Bruins strayed far from the pool. On Nov. 15, as UCLA men’s water polo looked to finish off its undefeated regular season, the team was crammed onto the packed pool deck with hundreds of other blue and gold fans, cheering on the Bruins to an 11-6 win over the USC Trojans. Read more...

Photo: Junior Madison White figures to be the key to UCLA swimming’s success at this weekend’s A3 invitational, as the swimmer is largely unbeaten this season except for one runner-up finish. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)