Despite clipping the last hurdle and tumbling to the ground after crossing the finish line, senior hurdler Turquoise Thompson quickly got up and waved to the cheering crowd. Read more...
Photo: The last home race of the year was also the first time senior hurdler Turquoise Thompson ran her signature 400m hurdle this season, an event in which she has set very lofty goals for her final year on the track team.
Each time a UCLA runner came down the home stretch, it sounded like someone cranked up the volume a couple of levels on the sound system. Read more...
Photo: Kylie Price was one of several athletes who got to go up against Olympic-status competitors this weekend at Drake Stadium.
With the start of April – a pivotal month for the track and field team – UCLA’s squad is going to come home and do some spring cleaning. Read more...
Junior heptathlete Tatum Souza’s first foray into track and field began her sophomore year of high school. It wasn’t the smoothest of transitions, but she made up for it with her natural affinity for sports. Read more...
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and UCLA track and field team lived up to that by delivering big in two meets in Texas over the last week, clinching several top-five finishes. Read more...
If the first step is an indicator of things to come, then the UCLA track team just set the tone for a successful outdoor season. The UCLA women made the trip down to San Diego over the weekend for the Sheraton Mission Valley Aztec Invitational for their first meet of the outdoor season. Read more...
Sprinter Matthew Bedford’s biggest burden has always been his hamstring, but with a healthy body, he hopes that he can finally avoid a season plagued with injuries. Read more...
Photo: In his three years at UCLA, redshirt sophomore sprinter Matthew Bedford has suffered three hamstring tears. Again working back from injury, Bedford hopes to have an impact during the outdoor season for the team after missing the indoor one.
