The Bruins will be back in the pool. UCLA swim and dive will start off the season Friday with a meet on the road versus the University of San Diego. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swim and dive will kick off its season on Friday with a meet versus the University of San Diego and San Diego State. This will be the debut for some of the incoming Bruin freshmen, who were part of a No. 8 recruiting class. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Team USA’s roster for the World University Games had UCLA written all over it. The United States sent representatives for 15 sports to Naples, Italy to compete in the international tournament from July 3 through July 14. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt senior opposite hitter Brandon Rattray represented the Bruins on the United States’ men’s volleyball team in the World University Games. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins are diving into the fall with a new coach. UCLA swimming and diving has hired former Ohio State associate head coach Jordan Wolfrum as its new head coach. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swim and dive has hired former Ohio State associate head coach Jordan Wolfrum as the Bruins’ next head coach. Wolfrum will be taking over for Cyndi Gallagher, who retired at the end of last season. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins will say goodbye to another long-term coach. UCLA swimming and diving coach Cyndi Gallagher has announced that she will be retiring after 31 years as head coach, and 38 years total as a Bruin. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cyndi Gallagher is retiring after 31 years as head coach and 38 years in the athletic department. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Maria Polyakova is an NCAA champion. The redshirt senior led No. 20 UCLA swim and dive (8-3, 4-3 Pac-12) at the NCAA Championships this past week in Austin, Texas, taking home the individual title in the 3-meter to become the program’s first-ever individual diving national champion. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Maria Polyakova won the NCAA title in the 3-meter at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas. Polyakova is the program’s first-ever individual diving national champion. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
Four divers competed in the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships this past week. Seniors Eloise Belanger and Traci Shiver, redshirt senior Maria Polyakova, and sophomore Alice Yanovksy traveled to Flagstaff, Arizona, and, for the second time in her career, Polyakova won the 3-meter crown at Zones. Read more...
Photo: Senior Maria Polyakova punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, with wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships this week. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
