For junior swimmer Katie Grover, the A3 Performance Invitational was both a personal and a team victory. “I have been dealing with some injury problems, so I was happy that I was actually able to relieve it all, and it went pretty well this couple of swims,” Grover said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swimming took first place at the A3 Performance Invitational.The Bruins scored 1400.5 overall and defeated second-place San Diego State by 262 points. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)
Despite the fact that it is held only about 20 miles from UCLA, the A3 Performance Invitational will serve as a traveling experience for the UCLA swim team this weekend. Read more...
Photo: UCLA heads only 20 miles down the road to East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif., to take part in the A3 Performance Invitational. The relatively close proximity of this away meet allows the entire team to travel and experience a similar sensation as though it were going to the NCAAs. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA diving team traveled across town over the weekend to have its skills put to the test in the Trojan Diving Invitational, which took place from Friday to Sunday. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA diving team participated in the Trojan Diving Invitational this weekend. The Bruins notched 10 top-10 finishes including sophomore Eloise Belanger and junior Ciara Monahan’s first- and second-place finishes in the 1-meter finals. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)
As the UCLA diving team travels across town to the Uytengsu Aquatics Center at USC on Friday, the athletic rivalry between the two schools will be insignificant in their minds. Read more...
Photo: UCLA diving team heads over to USC to take part in the Trojan Diving Invitational this weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Swimming in what is often dubbed the “dreaded lane eight,” UCLA senior swimmer Michaela Merlihan pulled away in a close contest to win the 500-yard freestyle, notching a time of 4 minutes, 54.35 seconds. Read more...
Photo: No. 15 UCLA advanced to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Pac-12 after defeating both No. 22 Arizona and Arizona State over the weekend. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)
A trip to Pullman, Washington, ended in defeat for the No.15 UCLA women’s swim team as it fell 143-119 to Washington State on Saturday. In what was a battle of close finishes, the Bruins came up short in 10 out of the 14 races in Gibb Pool. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swim came up short against Washington state, notching many second-place finishes in individual events and finishing the day, overall, 143-119. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA women’s swim and dive dominated Saturday but the meet was about so much more than just the sport. The Pink Meet, held by UCLA at Spieker Acquatics Center, gathered together the squads of UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Oregon State, San Diego and Florida Gulf Coast to compete and raise breast cancer awareness. Read more...
Photo: UCLA diving scored highly at the Pink Meet with senior Annika Lenz winning the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Sophomore Kat Friese took second in the 1-meter final and sophomore Madeline Russell took fifth and fourth in the 1-meter and 3-meter events respectively. (Daily Bruin file photo)
