When it comes to the sport of track and field, UCLA was once an unquestioned NCAA powerhouse. One could look back to the 1940s, when Jackie Robinson was an NCAA champion in the long jump or to the 1980s, when Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Joyner dominated the global track scene. Read more...
Photo: Assistant coach Joanna Hayes, class of 2001, is recruiting a lot of sprint talent that’s bringing UCLA sprints into the spotlight again. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
Saturday was a field day for the UCLA men’s shot put team down in San Diego. If there were a podium for the top three men’s shot put finishers to stand on, redshirt senior Nicholas Scarvelis and sophomore Braheme Days would be standing next to world champion Joe Kovacs. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore thrower Braheme Days’ throw of 66–3.75 over the weekend gave him the sixth longest throw in UCLA history. The mark catapulted him over four past greats, including current throws coach John Frazier. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Coach John Frazier’s shot put teams have been on a tear this year. His most senior throwers – redshirt senior Nicholas Scarvelis and redshirt junior Torie Owers – posted huge personal bests against Texas A&M last weekend to claim the first and third farthest throws in the nation this season for their respective genders. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman Ashlie Blake will compete at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, in preparation for the Triton Invitational this weekend at UC San Diego. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
It had been more than a month since the reigning Pac-12 champion had thrown shot put, and the spectators at Saturday’s meet in Drake Stadium were waiting for his return. Read more...
Photo: Senior thrower Nicholas Scarvelis threw 67 feet in the shot put competition this weekend against Texas A&M. Both the UCLA men and women would lose the overall meet. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA track and field team hasn’t had to travel outside of Westwood in four weeks – the longest competitive home stretch for the Bruins in 17 years. Read more...
Photo: Junior Emily Scharmann is UCLA’s only distance runner in the top 100, a list that features zero Texas A&M female distance runners. (Daily Bruin file photo)
From the moment the meet began at 9 a.m. all the way up until the final event at 4 p.m., it seemed as if the only thing anyone noticed was the rain. Read more...
Photo: Freshman thrower Stamatia Scarvelis achieved a lifetime best in the shot put with a throw of 54-11.5, despite rainy conditions and elite competition against professional throwers. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
Last weekend, the legends were on the sidelines at the Bruin Legends of Track and Field Invitational. This weekend, they’ll be on the starting blocks alongside UCLA’s track and field team at Drake Stadium. Read more...
Photo: Junior sprinter Darnell Roberson competed in the long jump for the first time in his collegiate career last week, but will return to his usual events of the 100m dash and sprint relays. (Daily Bruin file photo)
