Of the 32 UCLA track and field athletes who qualified to compete in this week’s NCAA Regional meet, Steele Wasik is one of the few freshmen in that group. Read more...
Photo: Freshman multi-event athlete Steele Wasik will be competing in his first-ever NCAA Regional this week alongside 31 other Bruins who qualified. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Of the 21 participants competing in the women’s 800 meters on Saturday at the Pac-12 conference championship at UCLA’s Drake Stadium, Ally Courtnall was the lone senior. Read more...
Photo: Senior middle distance runner Ally Courtnall dropped her personal-record time in the 800 meters by over three seconds in Sunday’s Pac-12 championship. With her fifth-place time of 2:05.48, Courtnall qualified for the NCAA West Regional in Austin, Texas on May 28. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Nicholas Scarvelis stepped onto the first-place podium after winning the shot put for the second consecutive season in the Pac-12 championship meet, defending his title but also searching to improve on his 64-5.25 showing. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior thrower Nicholas Scarvelis finished seventh in the discus but first in the shot put competition at this weekend’s Pac-12 championship. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
The end of the quarter serves as the possible culmination of everything track and field athletes throughout the nation have been working toward all season long: nationals. Read more...
Photo: Senior middle distance runner Ally Courtnall will enter the Pac-12 track and field championship with the 18th-best 800-meter time in the conference. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Hosting a critical meet like the Pac-12 championships can hold several key advantages for the host team. For one, the host athletes don’t have to spend time packing bags and traveling in airplanes or buses. Read more...
Photo: Junior middle distance runner Nick Hartle (left) said a home crowd can help athletes pull through in close races. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Tatum Souza could hardly contain her excitement moments after throwing her second shot put attempt during the Pac-12 track and field multi-events. On this particular throw, Souza stepped into the ring, collected herself and promptly uncorked the shot further than she had ever done in her track and field career with a lifetime best of 45-5.25. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Tatum Souza threw for a personal best, 45-5.25, in the shot put on Saturday during the Pac-12 championship. She finished second place in the heptathlon behind Washinton State’s Allissa Brooks-Johns. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
UCLA track and field will have a shot at redemption this weekend. After last Sunday’s dual meet loss to the Trojans, the Bruins are hoping for success during the first weekend of the Pac-12 championship at Drake Stadium, where USC athletes will once again be present. Read more...
Photo: A solid performance from redshirt senior Tatum Souza, currently the No. 9 women’s heptathlete in the country, will be a major component of UCLA’s comeback against crosstown rival USC in the first weekend of the Pac-12 championship on Saturday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
