Monday, December 15

Weekend in Preview: Softball commences 56-game season, swim and dive to face USC

SoftballNicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor UCLA softball’s 56-game campaign begins this weekend. The No. 4 Bruins will face four different opponents this weekend – none of whom are ranked. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s tennis will host UNLV on Saturday and will look to rebound from its first loss of the season. Senior Martin Redlicki is currently the top-ranked athlete in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s National Singles Ranking and has held that spot since November. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)


UCLA track and field navigates through changing ins and outs of long season

Track and field is one of the longest-running sports on the collegiate calendar, spanning from the middle of January to early June. The sport is broken up into two distinct seasons, however. Read more...

Photo: The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in New York and Madison Square Garden – when used for track meets – both elevate the curves of the track. The banked track is unique to indoor events and is one of many differences between indoor and outdoor track. (Creative Commons photo by Ty Law via flickr)


Track and field members finish strong at Columbia classic meet

The UCLA track and field team continued their strong start to the indoor track season last weekend. The Bruins are sustaining the success they’ve had in New York in previous years, even if the events they have won shifted slightly from the track to the field. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Nate Esparza has finished in the top five for shot put in 2018’s two meets so far this year. The thrower will now have two weeks to practice for the Bruins’ next meet. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


Bruins have strong showing at Columbia Inviational in New York

Last year, the Bruins started off their season at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York. This year, New York served as the setting for its second meet of the year – though this one was the first one to be officially scored. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Isaiah Holmes has leapt to two top-10 finishes so far this year. He’s taken home a second-place finish in high jump last weekend, and a sixth-place finish in the in the long jump this weekend. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA track and field opens season with top finishes in throws, jumps

The 2018 track and field season began last weekend, and UCLA’s field athletes well outplaced their track counterparts.
 The Bruins took a total of 44 athletes to the Dr. Read more...

Photo: Junior thrower Dotun Ogundeji started off the 2018 season with a second-place finish. He fell only to fellow Bruin sophomore thrower Nate Esparza, who out-threw him by less than a meter. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Track and field has strong opening weekend, individual success

The UCLA track and field team began the indoor season this weekend at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Invitational, a meet where no team scoring took place. Read more...

Photo: Jessie Maduka now holds the top spot on the UCLA all-time top ten list for indoor triple jump. The junior landed a jump of 45 feet 1 inch on Saturday at the Bruins the first meet of the 2018, the Dr. Martin Luther King invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Track and field hopes to bounce back with new coaching staff

Tough losses were the theme of the offseason for UCLA track and field. The end of the 2017 season saw the departure of Mike Maynard, who had served as the director of track and field for the previous five seasons. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior thrower Dotun Ogundeji will be one of the returners to UCLA track and field. Last year, he set a personal best and landed on UCLA’s all-time top-10 list for the shot put. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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