Every year, hundreds of student-athletes at UCLA and at schools all around the country graduate after servicing their respective schools in their individual sports. This season, the Bruin track and field program features 14 redshirt seniors and 10 seniors, many of whom have played an essential role in the recent success of the program. Read more...

Photo: Senior pole vaulter Mark Sakioka achieved a high mark of 16.73 feet at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, which was the top score of the meet. Sakioka said his goal for this weekend’s Triton Invitational is to reach the 17-feet mark. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

On the UCLA track and field website, there is a banner that rests atop the page. It reads: “2015 Pac-12 track and field championships, May 9-10 (multis) and May 16-17 – UCLA’s Drake Stadium.” Just as the title and location of this event have assumed an elevated spot on the team’s website, it has also occupied a place in the forefront of the Bruins’ minds throughout the year. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior Nicholas Scarvelis said his goal is to improve his shot put distance to a mark that’s over 20 meters. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Throughout the individual competitions at the historic Mt. SAC Relays this weekend, a number of UCLA track and field athletes worked together to achieve success. Among a field of various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik said he initially felt overwhelmed by the competition. Read more...

Photo: Competing against various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik finished seventh in the decathlon in the Mt. SAC Relays. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

With the Pac-12 championship just over three weeks away, UCLA track and field has only three regular-season meets remaining. The first leg of that three-meet path to the postseason begins this weekend in Walnut, with a prestigious and age-old meet: the Mt. Read more...

Photo: Senior pole vaulter Elena Clarke enters this weekend’s Mt. SAC Relays on the heels of a season-best 13-1.75-foot vault at the Jackie Joyner/Raefer Johnson Invitational in Drake Stadium on Saturday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCLA’s men’s track and field team featured a new athlete on the anchor leg of the 4×100-meter relay Saturday. Freshman sprinter Joe Herrera took the role in stride, helping UCLA reach a season-best time of 40.97 seconds, which blew away Oklahoma’s time of 41.63. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore sprinter Darnell Roberson said UCLA men’s track and field’s 4×100-meter relay team has a lot of room to grow, even though the Bruins recorded a season-best time of 40.97 seconds Saturday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

For the second straight week, UCLA track and field had the opportunity to compete in the comforts of a home atmosphere in front of an audience that featured former UCLA track and field standout Rafer Johnson. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Joe Herrera anchored the men’s 4×100-meter relay for the first time since high school Saturday afternoon. The freshman contributed to a season-best time of 40.97 seconds for the Bruins. (Keila Mayberry)

Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA’s top shot put thrower, considers many intractable factors when he steps into the shot put ring, not just the weather. Particularly, the redshirt junior takes into account adrenaline and meet atmosphere. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior shot-putter Nicholas Scarvelis is looking to combine both home-field advantage and the adrenaline of top competition to reach new heights this year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)