No UCLA record was safe when Linnea Mack jumped into the pool this year. The junior proved that one last time this season at the NCAA swimming and diving championships a week ago. Read more...

Photo: Junior Linnea Mack competed in six events over the course of last week’s NCAA swimming and diving championships. Mack set a pair of school records and UCLA finished in 17th place. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The stakes will be higher this week for UCLA swimming and diving, but swimming coach Cyndi Gallagher had a small piece of advice for her team. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Katie Grover said she has been able to prepare better for this year’s meet thanks to her experience swimming at last year’s national championships. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Three of the six UCLA divers who traveled to the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships will continue on to the NCAA Championships. After a short turnaround following their successful performances at the Pac-12 Championships, freshman Éloïse Bélanger, sophomore Maria Polyakova and junior Annika Lenz all qualified for the national championships. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Maria Polyakova finished second in the 1-meter dive at this week’s NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

The UCLA dive team decided to keep it simple in its preparation for the NCAA Zone E Dive Championships this week. With limited practice time between last week’s conference championship and the upcoming regional event, the Bruins focused on efficiency. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA dive team has just one week of practice time between last the Pac-12 championship and the NCAA Zone E Dive Championships. The Bruins are sending six divers. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

With the Pac-12 championships over and only six days until the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships, the UCLA divers have little time to tap into the mental toughness that they’ve been working on all season long. Read more...

Photo: Junior Annika Lenz and the dive team have until the weekend to prepare for the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. The Bruins are coming off mixed results at the Pac-12 Championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

When UCLA swimming and diving competed in the Pac-12 championships last week, the athletes were not the only Bruins working hard. They were joined by the school’s record keepers who had to go back in the record book and seemingly update it every time junior swimmer Linnea Mack dove into the pool. Read more...

Photo: Junior swimmer Linnea Mack broke a number of records over the weekend at the Pac-12 championships. (Daily Bruin file photo)