Several current and graduated Bruins competed in both the USA Track and Field Junior/Senior National Championships, held June 23-26 in Eugene, Ore. The meets served as a qualifier for the Senior World Championships as well as the Pan American Junior Championships. Read more...
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All-American rising sophomore Alec Faldermeyer won the hammer throw with a distance of 241-2.
UCLA men's track and field said goodbye to two of its senior stars and welcomed a younger generation in Des Moines, Iowa, last weekend at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Read more...
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Corey Primm earned NCAA first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Primm finished sixth in the 800m run.
This weekend the Bruins were in Eugene, Ore. competing in the NCAA Preliminary Round. For some record-holding UCLA athletes, this competition was the last time they would proudly don their wearied sneakers as Bruins, while for others it was but a launchpad to the NCAA Championships and with it, UCLA history. Read more...
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Senior sprinter Ashlea McLaughlin punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career as an individual competitor, placing ninth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.43 seconds.
Any good writer will tell you to avoid cliches. They make writing sound trite and unoriginal. Sometimes, however, people get a reminder that cliches were at one point meaningful. Read more...
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Brian Law and the Bruins are in Oregon for the NCAA Preliminary Round.
The UCLA women's track and field team will be sending 11 athletes and a relay team to Eugene, Ore., today through Saturday for the NCAA Preliminary Round, down from the 16 Bruins they sent to compete last year. Read more...
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Joy Eaton will look to qualify for the upcoming NCAA Championships.
Three-way ties are a rare occurrence in a sport of inches and seconds, but the No. 21 UCLA men's track and field team found itself in one this weekend at the Pac-10 Championships in Arizona. Read more...
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Senior distance runner Cory Primm won the 800 meters at the Pac-10 Championships, the first conference title of his career. Overall, the Bruins finished in a three-way tie for third with Arizona State and USC.
The weekend is over, and with it the track has cooled, the dust has settled and the fabled athletes either hold their heads high or heave crestfallen sighs as the 2011 Pac-10 Championships have come to an enthralling close. Read more...
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Sophomore relay runner and hurdler Turquoise Thompson (front) defended her conference 400-meter hurdles title this weekend at the Pac-10 Championships in Tucson, Ariz. Despite Thompson’s efforts, the Bruins placed sixth overall at the two-day meet.
