The Bruins got off to a slow, rainy start in a double dual meet against Tennessee and Washington State on Saturday. Both the men and women's track and field teams had a mixed bag, with both teams winning one but dropping the other. Read more...
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Sophomore Alec Faldermeyer threw 221 feet, 1 inch to win the hammer throw in UCLA’s first home meet this weekend.
As the long-awaited outdoor season opens up, the clouds close in, greeting the UCLA women’s track and field team with drab weather and a chance of rain this weekend. This has not given the team a ticket out of practice this week, as they get ready to compete at the Matador Track Complex for the Northridge Invitational this weekend. The women's 4×100-meter relay team will consist of sophomores Brea Buchanan, Faith Anumba, Katherine Salcido and freshman Ally Courtnall. Buchanan, who had posted solid times in multiple sprint events, will also be competing in the 4×400m relay, 100m dash and 200m dash. Read more...
In a sport where responsibility for success or failure rests solely on an individual athlete's shoulders, pressure is a powerful force. That was no different this weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Read more...
If failure can be depicted, it would be a hole carved deep into the earth. Read more...
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Sep 4, 2010; Brea, CA, USA; Dustin Fay of UCLA was seventh in the men’s race in 26:06 at the 2010 Cal State Fullerton Season Opener at Carbon Canyon Park. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE
Several current and graduated Bruins competed in both the USA Track and Field Junior/Senior National Championships, held June 23-26 in Eugene, Ore. The meets served as a qualifier for the Senior World Championships as well as the Pan American Junior Championships. Read more...
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All-American rising sophomore Alec Faldermeyer won the hammer throw with a distance of 241-2.
UCLA men's track and field said goodbye to two of its senior stars and welcomed a younger generation in Des Moines, Iowa, last weekend at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Read more...
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Corey Primm earned NCAA first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Primm finished sixth in the 800m run.
This weekend the Bruins were in Eugene, Ore. competing in the NCAA Preliminary Round. For some record-holding UCLA athletes, this competition was the last time they would proudly don their wearied sneakers as Bruins, while for others it was but a launchpad to the NCAA Championships and with it, UCLA history. Read more...
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Senior sprinter Ashlea McLaughlin punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career as an individual competitor, placing ninth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.43 seconds.
