This post was updated July 25 at 9:47 p.m. With the 2020 Tokyo Games officially underway, Daily Bruin Sports looks at the 43 Bruin athletes – and handful of coaches – who are currently in Japan representing the blue and gold of UCLA, along with their countries’ colors. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 24 at 10:21 p.m. For the first time since 2019, the Bruins were able to complete a full season. No. 22 UCLA swim and dive (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) wrapped up its season in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the 2021 NCAA championship meet. Read more...
Photo: Finishing the highest of any student-athlete competing for No. 22 UCLA swim and dive at the NCAA championship meet, sophomore diver Katie Shaheen placed 26th in the platform dive. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 24 at 10:23 p.m. The Bruins are NCAA championship bound. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) had its best conference championship finish since 2006, placing third and scoring 1169 points – a 173.5-point increase from last year. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Hannah Butler finished fourth in the 1-meter diving competition at the Zone E Diving Championships, a two-spot jump from a season ago. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/UCLA Athletics)
For a second consecutive year, the Bruins rose up the standings in their conference championship meet. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) took home a third-place finish in the 2021 Pac-12 championship meet, the program’s best since 2006. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swim and dive had its best finish in the Pac-12 championship meet since 2006, finishing in third place. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins’ season has already reached the championship stretch. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) begins postseason action Feb. 24-27 in the Pac-12 Championship meet featuring eight teams. Read more...
Photo: Second-year coach Jordan Wolfrum led UCLA swim and dive to its best Pac-12 finish since 2014 in her first year with the program and said she believes the team can improve from last year by carrying momentum from the Bruins’ first win over USC since 2007. (Courtesy of Eric Hurd)
The Bruins were victorious over the Trojans thanks to the help of their newfound confidence and swagger. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1) defeated rival USC (0-2) 151-148 this past weekend by the narrowest of margins. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Katie Shaheen placed third in every diving event in UCLA swim and dive’s final dual meet of the regular season against USC. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
After 15 events, the Bruins’ final regular-season meet came down to the 400-yard free relay. No. 19 UCLA swim and dive (2-1) trailed rival USC (0-2) 144-138, with the winning relay group in the final event set to earn 11 points to second place’s four, enough to make the winner of the race the victor of the meet. Read more...
Photo: In the anchor leg of UCLA swim and dive’s final regular-season meet of the season, junior Claire Grover put up a personal-record time to finish 0.04 second faster finish than USC, giving the Bruins their first win over the Trojans since 2007. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
