After staying in a village with elite athletes from around the world and walking out to an opening ceremony in front of a crowd of about 50,000, Mike Woepse could only describe the experience as Olympic-like. Read more...
Photo: Rising senior Mike Woepse hopes this international experience won’t be his last, since the pole vaulter has hopes to go professional.
After a breakthrough year in 2013 and rewriting the record books, UCLA rising redshirt senior discus thrower Julian Wruck was announced as one of three finalists for The Bowerman Trophy, becoming the first Bruin athlete, male or female, to contend for the award. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt senior discus thrower Julian Wruck is a finalist for The Bowerman Trophy.
As a senior in high school, Joanna Hayes turned down the chance to compete for USC's track and field team in favor of UCLA. The man who recruited her to join USC, John Henry Johnson Jr., was a UCLA alumnus himself. Read more...
The rise in temperature that comes with the summer heat wasn’t the only thing making eight members of the UCLA track and field team sweat. For these Bruins, the early days of summer break were spent at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, competing at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for a chance to represent Team USA. Read more...
Returning to his alma mater, John Frazier will try to guide UCLA’s track and field program to a national championship, something he just missed out on as a Bruin athlete. Read more...
Coming into the NCAA championships, Julian Wruck held all 25 of the longest collegiate discus throws this season. With such an impressive track record, the expectations and pressure were higher than one of his record-setting throws. Read more...
Photo: Julian Wruck continued his successful season, bringing home his second career national championship in discus.
With the Jim Bush So Cal Championships wrapped up, the Bruins will be able to focus on the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Read more...
Photo: Junior heptathlete Tatum Souza is one of five athletes representing UCLA women’s track team at the NCAA championships. UCLA qualified a total of 10 Bruins at the Track and Field West Preliminary Round in Texas.
