Sunday, February 15

Track and field athletes to face top competition in NCAA championships

After the extensive indoor season, the Bruins will top it off at the long-anticipated NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Four of UCLA track and field’s top athletes – two jumpers and two throwers – will take part this weekend in College Station, Texas. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore thrower Dotun Ogundeji is one of four Bruins in Texas this weekend for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. It’s his second year making the meet, and he’s the fifth seed for the men’s shot put. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Track and field meet against Long Beach State ends with event wins

With the indoor invitationals behind them, the UCLA track and field team opened up its outdoor season this past weekend. The Bruins, who according to director Mike Maynard are training through the early season meets in preparation for championship season later in the year, took first place in roughly half of the events that were offered in their dual meet against the Long Beach State 49ers on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore thrower Dotun Ogundeji is one of four Bruins in Texas this weekend for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. It’s his second year making the meet, and he’s the fifth seed for the men’s shot put. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Track and field set to compete in NCAA Division I Indoor Championships

The stage is set and the UCLA track and field entries for the indoor championships have been confirmed. The Bruins will be represented solely by athletes in field events at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore high jumper Michael Burke made the final cut for the 2017 National Indoor Track and Field Championships, the entries for which were announced Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Track and field athletes post personal bests at MPSF championship

Against stiff competition from No. 4 Oregon and USC, the No. 24 UCLA track and field team posted a myriad of personal bests this weekend. At the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships the men’s and women’s teams were able to claim third and fourth overall, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior thrower Torie Owers took the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women’s shot put crown for UCLA this weekend. The Bruins also won the men’s event thanks to sophomore Dotun Ogundeji. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Track and field readies last shot to secure national-qualifying spots

For many, the indoor track and field season will conclude this weekend. For others, they’ll be trying to make it last another two weeks. UCLA track and field will travel to the University of Washington campus this weekend to compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore thrower Dotun Ogundeji has one of the nation’s farthest throws in the shot put, and is confident about finishing the weekend in the top-16. Should he do so, he’ll go to the indoor nationals, but there are other Bruins that need to perform well this weekend at the MPSF championships if they want to do the same. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


Rai Benjamin beats foot fracture, leads UCLA men’s sprints in 2017

Halfway through his first collegiate track and field season, one of the top sprinters in the country found himself hobbling around campus with a boot on his right foot. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore sprinter Rai Benjamin was one of the top sprint recruits in the nation two years ago, but an injury-plagued first year at UCLA placed him on the sideline for most of the season. He was cleared to run with less than a week to go until the qualifying cutoff for the NCAA championship, and rather than redshirting the season, he became a first-team All-American. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s track and field hopes to overcome championship dry spell in jumps

The UCLA men’s track and field team has only had one jumper compete at the NCAA outdoor championships since 2004. The one? Senior long jumper Austin Hazel, who placed 21st last year. Read more...

Photo: Senior long jumper Austin Hazel improved on his personal best last weekend by over seven inches, and is one of four seniors on the men’s jumps team – one of the most talented sections of the program. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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