UCLA lost one of its most influential and successful coaches last week. Jim Bush was UCLA’s head track and field coach for nearly two decades, from 1965 to 1984. Read more...
Photo: UCLA coaching legend Jim Bush passed away at the age of 90 on Monday. Bush coached more than two dozen Olympians and led the Bruins to victory over USC more than ten times in his career. (Creative commons photo by Trackinfo via Wikimedia Commons)
A former UCLA football player and track athlete is coming back to Westwood – this time to coach. Avery Anderson will be taking over as director of track and field and cross country. Read more...
Photo: One of the athletes that new Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Avery Anderson will be taking care of is rising junior sprinter Rai Benjamin, who led the Bruins during the 2017 track season. Benjamin was the only Bruin to make a podium at the NCAA championships this year and is currently No. 3 all-time on the UCLA top-10 list in the 400-meter hurdles. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA’s outdoor track and field season ended with the closing of the NCAA Championship meet, but a handful of Bruins are still competing. Five athletes traveled to Sacramento for the USA Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships for the chance at a spot on the country’s junior national team. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore Isaiah Holmes and incoming freshman Alyssa Wilson secured a double podium at the USA track and field junior championships that took place in Sacramento from June 22 to June 25. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The UCLA men haven’t had a runner finish atop the podium at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 17 years. But sophomore hurdler Rai Benjamin was a hair away from breaking that drought on Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA had not sent so many athletes to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 2004. There were 14 Bruins who competed, but first-place finishes evaded all of them. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Dullstroom, South Africa, lies at a lofty 6,890 feet and is home to just 558 people – which leaves plenty of wide open space for some of the world’s top runners to altitude-train. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s called “historic” Hayward Field for a reason. The most renowned oval in the United States has witnessed dozens of world records, has hosted the past three Olympic Trials and the past four NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and has helped garner Eugene, Oregon the title of “Track Town, USA.” This weekend, the best collegiate track and field athletes from around the country will once again descend on the University of Oregon to compete for the last time in the 2017 NCAA outdoor season. Read more...
Photo: Junior Misana Viltz is the first Bruin on the UCLA men’s team to advance to nationals in the 110-meter hurdles since 2006. His semifinal heat is Wednesday afternoon, one of four opening-day events for UCLA track and field. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Forty seconds isn’t much time. It’s hardly enough time to read a single page from a favorite book or microwave some ramen. But for four Bruin sprinters, it was more than enough time to cover 400 meters. Read more...
Photo: Junior Leon Powell and three other sprinters collectively lapped the track at Mike A. Myers stadium in Austin, Texas, in 39.32 seconds, a feat the Bruins haven’t achieved in over two decades. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
