With a mix of first-time debutantes and serious medal contenders, the No. 21 UCLA swimming and diving team is determined to perform its best at the NCAA championships. Read more...
Photo: Four Bruin divers will represent UCLA at the NCAA championship: sophomore Eloise Belanger, junior Maria Polyakova, junior Ciara Monahan and senior Annika Lenz. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Two come-from-behind efforts, two wins and two school records set by UCLA junior diver Maria Polyakova marked a fruitful outing for the No. 21 Bruin diving team. Read more...
Photo: Junior diver Maria Polyakova set two school records during the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships en route to a sweep of the 1- and 3-meter competitions. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
With three podium finishes in three events, junior diver Maria Polyakova was named the Diver of the Meet at the Pac-12 championship. Polyakova was instrumental in helping the No. Read more...
Photo: No. 21 UCLA swimming and diving finished in fifth place at the Pac-12 championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Sophomore Eloise Belanger won her first senior title in the 1-meter springboard at the Winter Senior National Diving Championship in Canada last Friday but will not have the chance to repeat the feat in the upcoming Pac-12 swimming and diving championship for UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swimming and diving will head to Federal Way, Washington, to compete in the Pac-12 championship. However, the Bruins’ diving squad will be a bit stunted due to injuries and midterms. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)
There are final meets, and then there are final meets against USC. The No. 21 Bruins took on the No. 5 Trojans this weekend, looking for an upset in their final meet before the Pac-12 championships. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swimming and diving dropped its regular season finale against USC. However, the Bruins were able to notch first-, second- and fourth-place finishes in the 3-meter diving event and a first-place finish in the 1-meter dive. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
In the 100-yard freestyle, senior Linnea Mack nearly upended five-time Olympic gold medalist and Stanford freshman Katie Ledecky on Friday. Mack swam a time of 49.81, just short of Ledecky’s 49.33. Read more...
Photo: The No. 19 UCLA swimming and diving team leaves the north after two losses to No. 2 Stanford and No. 6 Cal. However, the diving squad found success, this weekend, especially in the 1-meter event. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
To be the best, you have the beat the best. The UCLA swimming and diving teams will have an opportunity to do just that this weekend. Read more...
Photo: The No. 19 UCLA swimming and diving team travels north this weekend to take on No. 2 Stanford and No. 6 Cal. The final days of January will include two of the last three meets that the Bruins will participate in before the Pac-12 championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
