Of the 40 future, current or former UCLA athletes who competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 15 athletes won 16 total medals – seven golds, seven silvers and two bronze medals. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA basketball guard Jrue Holiday started the last five games for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, helping the team to a 5-0 record while averaging 10.6 points per game. (Courtesy of Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images)
With the 2021-2022 season for UCLA Athletics beginning this month, the Daily Bruin Sports staff takes a look at the expectations for all 21 varsity teams, discussing the best- and worst-case scenarios for each club along with one key storyline surrounding each roster. Read more...
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This post was updated July 25 at 9:47 p.m. With the 2020 Tokyo Games officially underway, Daily Bruin Sports looks at the 43 Bruin athletes – and handful of coaches – who are currently in Japan representing the blue and gold of UCLA, along with their countries’ colors. Read more...
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This post was updated July 11 at 9:11 p.m. For the first time in almost a decade, UCLA track and field will be sending an athlete on its active roster to the Olympics. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt senior sprinter Shae Anderson was one of two collegians to be selected to the Olympic relay pool for Team USA after setting a new personal record in the 400-meter final during Trials. Anderson is one of two UCLA track athletes that will compete in Tokyo during the Olympics this summer. (Courtesy of Kirby Lee/USA Today Images)
An 18-year 4×400-meter relay record was snapped by the Bruins over the weekend. UCLA track and field sent two relay teams and five individual athletes to the NCAA championships, which began June 9 at Hayward Field in Eugene. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins’ quartet of sophomore sprinter Makenzy Pierre-Webster, senior sprinter Meleni Rodney, redshirt junior sprinter Shae Anderson and freshman sprinter Kate Jendrezak set a new school record in the 4×400 meter relay race on the final day of the NCAA championship meet. They posted the eighth-fastest time in collegiate history to finish off UCLA track and field’s season. (Courtesy of NCAA Photos)
A small squad of Bruins will get the chance to prove themselves among the nation’s best. UCLA track and field will send two men, three women and two relay teams to the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene for a four-day meet starting Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Senior sprinter Meleni Rodney, who qualified in the 400-meter race and women’s 4×400 relay, is one of 10 track and field athletes representing UCLA at the NCAA championship meet.(Courtesy of Kirby Lee/USA Today Images)
Several Bruins punched their ticket to the NCAA championships over the weekend. UCLA track and field traveled to College Station, Texas, for the NCAA West Regionals meet, which was canceled last season because of the pandemic. Read more...
Photo: At the NCAA West Regionals, sophomore sprinter Ismail Turner set his fourth consecutive personal record in the 400-meter race as he was one of several UCLA track and field athletes to qualify for nationals. (Courtesy of Chuck Aragon)
