The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Track and Field Championships and the Seattle Pacific University Final Qualifier – the last chances for UCLA track and field to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships – are just two weeks away. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Greta Wagner was one of the many Bruins in New Mexico this weekend to set new personal bests. Her 13-foot-10-inch personal record improved on her previous best by 1.5 inches, and has her just 2 inches short of the 14-foot milestone. (Daily Bruin file photo)

After getting off to a strong start at Columbia’s East-West Challenge this weekend, the UCLA track and field team will compete in the Charlie Thomas Invitational in College Station, Texas, on Friday. Read more...

Photo: Junior hurdler Misana Viltz took the 60-meter hurdles crown in New York over the weekend, and will be one of the athletes going to Texas for the Charlie Thomas Invitational on Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Less than a third of the UCLA track and field team made the trip to the Columbia East-West Challenge this weekend. But despite the lack of bodies on the track and going against stiff competition from Oregon, UCLA still locked up a third-place finish at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York. Read more...

Photo: Sprinter Leon Powell ran identical times with sophomore Rai Benjamin in the 60-meter dash this weekend in New York, but the junior beat him out for third place. Even without its full track and field fleet, UCLA took third place as a team at the Columbia East/West Challenge. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Over the past 10 years, UCLA track and field has had the head-turning athletes. It’s had Nicholas Scarvelis, a Rio Olympian and multiple-time NCAA nationals qualifier in the shot put, Turquoise Thompson and Nicole Leach, both three-time national-top-3 finishers in the 400-meter hurdles, and others, but it hasn’t finished in the top 10 nationally as a team since 2007. Read more...

Photo: Senior long jumper Austin Hazel and the UCLA track and field team open up competition this weekend in New York. The recruiting the team has done has the men’s squad primed for what could be its best showing in years. (Daily Bruin file photo)