The men’s distance medley relay team was on the brink of qualifying for the NCAA indoor championship at the tail end of the indoor track season two and a half months ago. Read more...

Photo: Sprinter Jonny Moniz is currently 0.05 seconds away from the 48th fastest time in the western region. Against USC, a physical impediment did not allow the junior to finish his 400 meter dash the way he wanted to, but Moniz is rounding into form for the Pac-12 championships. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

The Pac-12 multi-event championship this past weekend featured new faces for the UCLA track and field team. Sophomore Zack Bornstein competed in his first complete decathlon in almost three years. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Zack Bornstein vaulted his way to his best decathlon score at the Pac-12 multi championship this past weekend. Bornstein finished fifth out of 10 competitors. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

After a lengthy indoor and outdoor season, the moment the track and field team has been waiting for is on the doorstep. The outdoor championship season, which begins with the Pac-12 championship, is one week away for runners and field event athletes, but three multi-event competitors will travel to Seattle one week ahead of schedule. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Kendall Gustafson is 26th in the nation in the heptathlon, but will try to add more points to her score at the Pac-12 championship this weekend. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)

Last year against USC, the UCLA men’s track and field team was clinging to a four-point lead going into the meet’s last event – the 4×400-meter relay. Read more...

Photo: Senior distance runner Nick Hartle out-kicked USC’s Robert Ford in the last 100 meters of the 800 in a dominating distance showing against the Trojans. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)

There’s something about dual meets that brings out the best in UCLA’s track and field teams. The men are ranked 16th in the nation overall, but are seventh in dual meet matchups. Read more...

Photo: Senior sprinter and hurdler Andre Chapman said there’s something “ridiculously special” about UCLA track and field’s rivalry with USC, against whom he will be competing in his second outdoor meet this season. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)

When it comes to the sport of track and field, UCLA was once an unquestioned NCAA powerhouse. One could look back to the 1940s, when Jackie Robinson was an NCAA champion in the long jump or to the 1980s, when Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Joyner dominated the global track scene. Read more...

Photo: Assistant coach Joanna Hayes, class of 2001, is recruiting a lot of sprint talent that’s bringing UCLA sprints into the spotlight again. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)