Tuesday, February 24

UCLA’s young swimming talent displayed at Speedo Junior Nationals

A calmer, more confident Katie Kinnear took to the starting blocks in the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, as the 18-year-old rising sophomore prepared to swim in the Speedo Junior National Championships one last time. Read more...

Photo: Katie Kinnear, UCLA rising sophomore and member of the swim team, placed in three events in this summer’s Speedo Junior National Championships.


Swimmer achieves dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games

Back in her first days as a walk-on member of UCLA’s swim team, then-freshman Hayley Hacker set herself a seemingly impossible goal: to make the Maccabiah Games. Read more...

Photo: Rising senior Hayley Hacker realized her dream of competing in the Maccabiah Games this summer, representing both the United States and the Jewish community.



Diver advances to USA national championships

Following months of training, practice and rehabilitation, rising sophomore diver Montana Monahan is left with a concrete board under her feet, a 10 meter drop and just over a second of flight. She just has to jump. Read more...

Photo: After an injury that dominated her freshman year, rising sophomore diver Montana Monahan, now fully recovered, will showcase difficult dives at the USA National Diving Championships.






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