UCLA track and field entered Sunday’s annual dual meet looking up at USC in the national rankings for both men and women, similar to last year. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins took home wins in a majority of the distance events on both the men’s and women’s side against the Trojans, but both teams would eventually fall due to a lack of production from UCLA’s sprinters. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA hosted crosstown rival USC for their annual dual meet at Drake Stadium this weekend. Read the Daily Bruin’s recap of the meet, the last of the regular season contest before next week’s Pac-12 Championships. Read more...
Photo: (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA track and field will renew its crosstown rivalry with USC on Sunday at Drake Stadium. This is UCLA’s first and only dual meet this season, and the team is returning 10 event winners from last year’s meet against the Trojans, including redshirt junior thrower Ashlie Blake, who won the women’s discus and finished third in shot put last year. Read more...
Photo: Last year, the Bruin men’s team edged past their Trojan rivals, taking the meet 88 to 75 in total points. This year, a number of event winners will return to compete in 2018’s renewal of LA’s oldest sports rivalry. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA track and field was split between two different meets this weekend, but despite the smaller squads, the Bruins were still able to bring home top marks from both meets. Read more...
Photo: Freshman thrower Alyssa Wilson took home three top-three finishes over the weekend in Oklahoma in the discus, shot put and hammer throw. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Track and field rosters are often so long the team is occasionally split between two different meets. This weekend, UCLA track and field would have blanketed three, but senior heptathlete Kendall Gustafson threw a wrench in the team’s scheduling for the second time this year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA track and field will be split between two meets this weekend, with the majority of the team heading to Oklahoma and a small contingent of distance runners heading to the Mt. SAC Relays for the distance carnival. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Athletes both current and future were present at Drake Stadium for the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday. As UCLA welcomed thousands of recent admits to its campus for Bruin Day, the Bruins also hosted their second home meet of the season for track and field, going against a group of schools that included Texas A&M, one of the top-ranked teams in the country at No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore javelin thrower Marian Spannowsky tossed a collegiate personal best this weekend. His throw of 70.54 meters was nearly 10 feet farther than the next best finisher, and his teammate sophomore Simon Litzell. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Over a dozen UCLA track and field athletes currently hold national championship-qualifying spots. More will seek to join their teammates’ ranks at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Saturday, the team’s second home meet of the season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA track and field will its second meet of the year Saturday. The Bruins will look to increase the number of qualifiers for the post season, building upon the 14 they already have. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
