Thursday, August 20

In the news:

UCLA to counter USC’s speed with strength in distance, field events

Track and field is often labeled an individual sport. “It’s always an individual sport. People think, ‘Well, (it’s) track,’” said redshirt senior javelin thrower Derek Eager. Read more...

Photo: Thrower Alec Faldermeyer is part of a UCLA men’s team that has dominated USC in the field events during recent years. The redshirt senior enters Sunday’s meet looking to finish his career 4-0 against the Trojans. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)





UCLA’s Club Sports Training Center opens new treatment options for athletes

Tracy Ayers knows that for any athlete, club or varsity, an injury can be devastating. “People come to me when they’re at their worst, when they’re really really hurt and they’re scared. Read more...

Photo: Club rugby player Michelle Rodriguez said she uses the Club Sports Athletic Training Center every day to receive icing, heating, and electrical stimulation on her right shoulder, which she injured in March. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Club Sports Training Center takes off, seeks to widen scope of program

In his 37 years as a trainer for UCLA Athletics, Tony Spino had interacted sparingly with Club Sports. So, when Executive Director of Recreation Mick Deluca sent him a message in 2013 asking to talk about a sports medicine program, Spino had no idea that a year later he’d be in charge of taking the program’s fledgling training center off the ground. Read more...

Photo: Athletic trainers Tracy Ayers (left) and Jonathan Wu (right) have helped to spearhead the club sports athletic training facility project first put forward by Tony Spino. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)