This past weekend, the nation’s most elite collegiate track and field athletes competed in the NCAA indoor championship in Fayetteville, Ark. With the Oregon Ducks repeating as Division 1 indoor champions on the men’s side, and the Arkansas Razorbacks obtaining their first indoor women’s championship, the weekend was highlighted by a plethora of strong individual performances. Read more...
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March 17, 3:13 am
Track and field pits three top-10 finishers at NCAA indoors
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March 12, 12:49 am
UCLA track and field aims for personal bests at NCAA indoors
As the second week of March commences, much of the collegiate sports world is preoccupied with March Madness and the start of the men’s basketball conference tournaments. Read more...
Photo: This weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championship will be redshirt senior heptathlete Marcus Nilsson’s fourth trip to the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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March 4, 5:16 pm
Five Bruins to compete in NCAA track and field indoor championship
Five UCLA track and field athletes have officially qualified for spots in the NCAA track and field indoor championship, which will begin on March 13 in Fayeteville, Ark. Read more...
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March 2, 3:02 am
UCLA thrower battles back from brink to win MPSF indoor shot put title
UCLA’s top shot-putter had one final throw to keep his national indoor championship hopes alive. Redshirt junior and Daily Bruin writer Nicholas Scarvelis had been dominant all season, placing first in each of UCLA’s indoor meets. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior thrower and Daily Bruin writer Nicholas Scarvelis threw a personal best of 64 feet, 1 1/4 inches at the MPSF Indoor Championship to take the crown in the shot-put event. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 27, 12:27 pm
Track and field heads to MPSF championship with hopes for nationals
This weekend marks the last of many indoor track and field careers for various Bruins. UCLA track and field will participate in the 2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championship in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: For many of the UCLA seniors, including sprinter/jumper Kylie Price, this weekend’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships will be the last indoor event of their Bruin career. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
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February 19, 1:19 am
Pole vaulter Mike Woepse hopes to finish final season on a high note
Mike Woepse has been pole vaulting competitively since his freshman year at Mater Dei High School in nearby Santa Ana. Now a redshirt senior for the Bruins, he approaches the end of his time in the blue and gold, with only two more meets left for the 2015 indoor season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior pole vaulter Mike Woepse began pole vaulting competitively since his freshman year at Mater Dei High School. Now, the Bruin faces the closing chapters of his college vaulting career with only the conference championship and nationals left on the indoor schedule. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 17, 2:28 am
Throwers go the distance at Don Kirby Elite Invitational
Some of the nation’s top track and field programs were present this weekend at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. Three teams ranked in the top 25, including No.2-ranked and defending national champion Oregon, were in competition on the men’s side. Read more...