For the second straight year, UCLA’s track and field team will be represented solely by field athletes at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. The Bruins will send redshirt junior Ashlie Blake, freshman Alyssa Wilson, sophomore Nate Esparza and redshirt junior Dotun Ogundeji to compete in the shot put. Read more...

Photo: UCLA track and field will be at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships this weekend. However, for the second year in a row, the Bruins will be represented by field athletes only, as all sprinters and distance runners failed to qualify this year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

Last weekend’s MPSF Indoor Championships marked the second to last meet of the indoor track and field season. And though some Bruins will compete at nationals, many Bruins came close without quite making the mark. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman shot putter Nate Esparza qualified for his first ever trip to the indoor national championships this year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

Former Bruin track and field athlete Carlo Valdes competed for the United States Olympic team in the bobsled Friday at the Olympic Sliding Centre in the Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster. Read more...

Photo: UCLA almunus Carlo Valdes is the first ever former Bruin track and field athlete to compete in a Winter Olympics. His four-man bobsled team competes on the last day of competition at the Olympic Sliding Centre in the PyeongChang Mountain Cluster. (Courtesy of Emily Jensen/USOC)

The Bruins entered the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships in Seattle this weekend with a number of athletes poised to individually qualify for nationals. While the results are still out on whose indoor season will continue, the Bruins posted standout performances across the board, including four first-place finishes. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore distance runner Riley Kelly was a part of the men’s distance medley relay team that won its event at the MPSF Indoor Championships this weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)

As the indoor track and field season enters its home stretch, some athletes will be looking to place their names in the national championship discussion while others will be using the opportunity to steel their nerves for the big stage. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore jumper Isaiah Holmes is headed to the MPSF Indoor Championships for the second year in a row. In 2017, he placed 10th in the high jump and secured 4th in long jump. (Daily Bruin file photo)