UCLA dive has very few things going for it this weekend. The team will be competing in the University of Georgia Fall Invitational in Athens, Ga., In addition to the three-hour time difference under which the Bruins have to compete, not everyone is in top condition to dive. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Maria Polyakova and the UCLA dive team head southeast this weekend as it participates in the University of Georgia Fall Invitational. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This week, the UCLA swim and dive team will travel cross-country to Greensboro, North Carolina to compete in the AT&T; Winter National Championships. The four-day event, running from Wednesday to Saturday, will mark the Bruins’ first major road trip of the season. Read more...
Photo: According to junior Katie Kinnear, the Bruins will be able to benefit in the long run from competing at the AT&T Winter National Championships at Greensboro, N.C., since the meet will be held at the same venue as the NCAA championships. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
UCLA swimmers stood on the starting blocks, backs arched and arms stretched forward, ready to plunge into the water at the sound of coach Cyndi Gallagher’s whistle. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Michaela Merlihan and the Bruin swimmers are used to being tired, according to coach Cyndi Gallagher. Merlihan even said that the team was not rested heading into the A3 Performance Invitational last weekend, but added that the lack of rest actually made the team swim faster. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
After a stretch of dual meets, the No. 19 UCLA swim team took on its first invitational of the season, the A3 Performance Invitational, finishing in second place in a field of 15 teams behind San Diego State University. Read more...
Photo: Senior Noelle Tarazona placed first in the 200-yard butterfly at the A3 Performance Invitational at East Los Angeles College this weekend. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
During the tail end of practice on Tuesday evening, coach Cyndi Gallagher explained a drill step-by-step to the UCLA swim team, fleshing out all the minute details of how the exercise should run. Read more...
Photo: Freshman swimmer Katie Grover’s performance in the pool has already been altered by coach Cyndi Gallagher’s attention to detail. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
UCLA swimmers gathered along the side of the pool on Saturday afternoon, facing the stands. They called out to their family and friends, inviting them to join in for a series of eight-claps. Read more...
Photo: Despite struggling with a stress reaction in her shin for three weeks, freshman Ciara Monahan qualified for the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships in the 1-Meter dive. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
In the final relay on Friday, UCLA swimmers stood at the side of the pool of the Spieker Aquatics Center, cheering for their teammates. They were making a huge comeback in the water, even though on the scoreboard they would not be able to outpoint Arizona. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Maria Polyakova won the 3-meter contest against Arizona and narrowly lost the 1-meter competition, bouncing back the next day to claim both against Arizona State. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
