The thunder and lightning weren’t the only things to make impressions on the NCAA track and field Western Regional championship this weekend. Eleven of the 37 Bruins who went to Kansas are moving on to the NCAA national championship meet in a week and a half, despite the weather subjecting them to an unfavorable reorganization of events. Read more...

Photo: Junior long jumper Austin Hazel qualified for his first NCAA national championship in Kansas last weekend by taking 10th out of the 48 competitors. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Forty-three UCLA athletes will make their way to Lawrence, Kansas to compete in the NCAA West Prelims – all in hopes of placing in the top 12 of their respective events. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Leon Powell took 13th in the 100 meter dash at last year’s regional. He was one spot shy of making the national meet, and estimates he’ll need to go even faster than his personal best to get there. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)

For yet another year, none of the Pac-12 track and field programs could keep pace with Oregon at the conference meet. The Ducks extended their conference reign to 10 years on the men’s side and 8 years on the women’s. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior sprinter and jumper Kylie Price, after top-three finishes in the long jump in her past two Pac-12 championships, won the event by more than five inches. (Keila Mayberry/ Daily Bruin)