The veteran water skier slowly drove the boat out and away from the dock into open waters, taking in a huge breath of Ironwood Lake as he did so. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year international development studies student Kirk Lee brings his national gold medal flair to the UCLA club water ski team. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
They used to have USA stitched on the front of their jerseys. Both were freshmen in high school, point guards, under 6-feet tall and top players in the nation. Read more...
Photo: Jordin Canada (left) and Recee’ Caldwell grew up 1,200 miles apart, in Los Angeles and San Antonio, respectively. The two freshmen guards became friends playing for the national team in high school and now will both play together at UCLA. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the third grade, a young Meghan Marvin stumbled upon the sport of distance running. The redshirt senior started as a little assistant accompanying and helping her father, Rod, with odd jobs while he served as a track and field coach at Cedarwood Elementary. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior distance runner Meghan Marvin has been juggling an internship with photographer Chloe Moore and running her own photography business, MegMarvin Photography, with competing for UCLA cross country in hopes of pursuing her own photography career in the future. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s water polo team might have a number of players who were teammates in high school, but no combination has as much combined collegiate and high school experience as fifth-year seniors Stephen White and Chris Fahlsing. Read more...
Photo: Having played on the same water polo teams since 2006, Chris Fahlsing (left) and Stephen White (right) look to finish off their Bruin careers with a national championship. White said that the two are really unsatisfied that they haven’t won at the NCAA level yet (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff).
Thousands of Virginia fans were yelling and screaming as junior Matt Mengel trotted out onto the field for his first Division I punt. On UCLA’s sideline, after the Bruins’ went three-and-out on their second possession of the season opener against Virginia, the coaches called for Mengel. Read more...
Photo: (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
They were on the bus when they got the call. For the first time in nearly a year, they were able to play. The last season for the UCLA women’s volleyball team, which proved to be disappointing after a missed NCAA championship qualification, can be defined by injuries early in the season. Read more...
Photo: After sustaining their respective injuries, redshirt sophomore outside hitter Haley Lawless (left) and senior setter Megan Moenoa (right) played an active role in supporting each other as they sat out of practice in the southwest corner of Pardee Gym. Now recovered, the two volleyball players are trying to make their way from the corner of the practice court to regaining a more central role on the team. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As men’s water polo practice winds down in Spieker Aquatics Center, team members clamber from the pool onto the deck, shivering slightly in the cool fall air. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
