UCLA track and field will have a shot at redemption this weekend. After last Sunday’s dual meet loss to the Trojans, the Bruins are hoping for success during the first weekend of the Pac-12 championship at Drake Stadium, where USC athletes will once again be present. Read more...

Photo: A solid performance from redshirt senior Tatum Souza, currently the No. 9 women’s heptathlete in the country, will be a major component of UCLA’s comeback against crosstown rival USC in the first weekend of the Pac-12 championship on Saturday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

With one final race left in the UCLA vs. USC men’s track meet Sunday, the Bruins were ahead 81-77. Yet in all reality, UCLA had already lost. Read more...

Photo: Senior pole vaulter Elena Clarke scored five points for the Bruins with her meet-winning 13-3.75 clearance against USC. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

As the meet was coming to a close, and members of each team began to huddle around one and other, only one event was left to determine the outcome of the meet at USC’s Loker Stadium this weekend – the 4×400-meter relay. Read more...

Photo: The Bruins compete against the Trojans in the women’s 1500 meters. USC won the event by having the first-place finisher, Erica Capellino, gaining five points. UCLA tallied four points by having the second- and third-place finishers earning three points and one point respectively. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

Track and field is often labeled an individual sport. “It’s always an individual sport. People think, ‘Well, (it’s) track,’” said redshirt senior javelin thrower Derek Eager. Read more...

Photo: Thrower Alec Faldermeyer is part of a UCLA men’s team that has dominated USC in the field events during recent years. The redshirt senior enters Sunday’s meet looking to finish his career 4-0 against the Trojans. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCLA track and field will enter its seventh and final regular-season outdoor meet this weekend. But this is when the season truly starts, said sprint and hurdles assistant coach Joanna Hayes. Read more...

Photo: Thrower Braheme Days has grown under UCLA men’s throws coach John Frazier. The sophomore set the American junior record in the shot put with a throw of 65-5.50 last year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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)