The most experienced member of the UCLA track and field multi-event team competing at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Kansas this weekend is actually one of the newest members of the team. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore heptathlete/decathlete Steele Wasik looks to get a top-16 heptathlon score in the nation this weekend at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Kansas. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There isn’t much glory for collegiate track athletes in the indoor season. Everybody can picture the Summer Olympics Games of 2008 in Beijing – Usain Bolt breaking the world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash, carrying the Jamaican flag on his back as he ran around the track. Read more...
Photo: The outdoor and indoor track and field seasons are two distinct aspects of the overall sport. Many teams consider the indoor portion, like next weekend’s competition at Kansas State, to be a warm-up for the outdoor. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff and creative commons photo via Wikipedia)
In the first meet of the NCAA indoor season, the UCLA track and field team had several strong performances in Flagstaff, Arizona. While numerous members of the team repeated as individual winners at this meet, such as sophomore Leon Powell in the 60-meter dash and junior Austin Hazel in the long jump, true freshman Rai Benjamin was the highlight of the competition. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was led by junior Cody Crampton in the high jump. Crampton posted a 6-10.75 in the Bruins’ first competition of the season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The track and field offseason can be a less-than-forgiving set of months with hundreds of hours of training and little else. For the distance team, cross country in the fall provides a welcome relief, but for the others, the thrills of competition are not present to reward their year-round efforts. Read more...
Photo: On top of being a three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time Pac-12 conference champion, senior Nicholas Scarvelis also finished 15th in the shot put at the 2015 NCAA championship. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Almost half of the 42 UCLA student-athletes who descended on Gwangju, South Korea, for the 2015 World University Games two weeks ago will be returning to Westwood with a range of gold, silver and bronze medals. Read more...
Nearly 50 UCLA student-athletes and coaches made the trip from Westwood to Gwangju, South Korea, for this summer’s World University Games. Over the next week, Bruins representing three countries across seven sports will compete for gold. Read more...
Redshirt senior Derek Eager was right on the bubble. In the 2015 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Championships in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, Eager needed to finish in the top 12 in the javelin competition to qualify for the NCAA championship meet in Eugene, Ore., on June 10. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior javelin thrower Derek Eager qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Tournament with his final throw in competition this weekend. (UCLA Athletics)
