I am so excited for the new Under Armour deal UCLA just signed, the athletic gear we all get will be so cool. … But of course I won’t be getting any because I’m leaving. Read more...
Photo: Senior Nicholas Scarvelis ends a five-year run with UCLA track and field. The shot put and discus thrower looks back on his record-breaking career with humor. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
One of the brightest young stars on the UCLA track and field team has seen his last days as a Bruin. According to the Medina Gazette, a newspaper based in Medina, Ohio, sophomore multi Steele Wasik will leave UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore multi Steele Wasik, who set a UCLA and MPSF heptathlon record earlier this season, will be leaving Westwood after the spring quarter according to the Medina Gazette. Wasik is currently recovering from a stress fracture in his femur. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The thunder and lightning weren’t the only things to make impressions on the NCAA track and field Western Regional championship this weekend. Eleven of the 37 Bruins who went to Kansas are moving on to the NCAA national championship meet in a week and a half, despite the weather subjecting them to an unfavorable reorganization of events. Read more...
Photo: Junior long jumper Austin Hazel qualified for his first NCAA national championship in Kansas last weekend by taking 10th out of the 48 competitors. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Battle of the Editors: Next year’s Daily Bruin Sports editors square off in their first co-publication ever. The new kids at the helm argue who they think should be UCLA’s rookie of the year. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Jose Hernandez powered the Bruin offense this season. The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year scored 11 goals and had four assists, leading the team with 26 points. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Forty-three UCLA athletes will make their way to Lawrence, Kansas to compete in the NCAA West Prelims – all in hopes of placing in the top 12 of their respective events. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Leon Powell took 13th in the 100 meter dash at last year’s regional. He was one spot shy of making the national meet, and estimates he’ll need to go even faster than his personal best to get there. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
UCLA track team and second-year physics student Scott Snow explains how to play his patented original game, Strings. Read more...
Photo: (Vikram Kumar, Bryan Firks, Shai Garrett/Daily Bruin)
Not many success stories start with hesitation. The characteristic audacity that defines collegiate and professional athletes is no doubt built with hours of training, but there are nearly always seeds of boldness at the inception of promising careers. Read more...
Photo: Greta Wagner is already ninth on the UCLA women’s pole vault all-time top-10 list after her first collegiate season. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
