The first practice of the men's club water polo season began with a gnarly moustache and a burly goatee. Read more...
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Coach Doug Merkel guided the UCLA men’s club water polo team to a national championship last season. A first-year law student, Merkel decided to return to the same team he has been affiliated with since his undergraduate years at UCLA.
September 29, 2010 – UCLA boxing club member Kyler Richie describes how he came to love the sport. [2:29]
"Boxing Club member Kyler Richie's love for the sport stemmed from his military roots"If the punching bags at Gio's Brooklyn Boxing Club in Burbank could speak, they probably wouldn't be saying much. Read more...
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Fifth-year applied mathematics and first-year education graduate student, Sarah Ghannadan, spars with The Boxing Club at UCLA, one of the newest clubs on-campus. UCLA’s most committed boxers travel a long way to Burbank to train twice a week.
PANORAMA CITY "”mdash; Sixteen miles away from Westwood, the UCLA hockey club walked off the ice Wednesday morning, finishing a three-hour practice, its first of the season. Read more...
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Ashton Christian, left, and Jonathan Lee hold the Crosstown Cup after UCLA beat USC in the five-game series last season. The season opener is on Oct. 6.
With the summer winding down and the school year fast approaching, the men's club water polo team is already hard at work, beginning its "hell week" training a full three weeks before school starts. Read more...
When you think of a job, jumping off the 30-foot ledge behind Ackerman Union and doing a front-flip tuck 'n' roll probably aren't the first things to come to mind. Read more...
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Mohammad Shaibi, 25, prefers parkour to other unconventional sports because “it literally makes you free.” Shaibi and the rest of Parkour Los Angeles took over UCLA’s campus on Saturday as a part of the Massive West Coast Jam event.
With the summer sun barely rising and the morning fog not yet fully dissipated, the pool at the Student Activities Center is already bustling with people "“ shivering in the cold weather, yet fully stripped down to their swimsuits. Read more...
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Jeff Klemes, a 1980 UCLA alumnus, practices with the UCLA Bruin Masters Swim Club at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. The Masters team, which consists of a wide range of current students and faculty as well as alumni, holds multiple practices per day for recreational swimmers to improve their skills in a friendly atmosphere.
March 3, 2010 – Triathlon training not only involves hours of practice, it requires tools and training in endurance. Additional equipment such as altitude simulators are used to fine-tune race performance and improve endurance. Earlier this quarter, a few of UCLA's Elite Tier triathletes began testing the AltoLab altitude simulator during their training. Although a large part of training involves hours spent running, biking, and swimming, AltoLab features some of the finer scientific details of training in the sport. [4:45]
"Bruins utilize top-notch technology in triathlon training"It's a relatively quiet and gray Saturday morning on the UCLA campus, yet within the confines of the eight-lane swimming pool at the Student Activities Center, coach Gareth Thomas and a handful of his triathletes are hard at work. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Triathlon coach Gareth Thomas gives instructions to Brittany Day (center) and her teammates during practice on Sautrday, July 3 at the Student Activities Center. The triathlon club trains throughout the summer and competes in various swim meets and bike races.
