Track and field is one of the longest-running sports on the collegiate calendar, spanning from the middle of January to early June. The sport is broken up into two distinct seasons, however. Read more...

Photo: The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in New York and Madison Square Garden – when used for track meets – both elevate the curves of the track. The banked track is unique to indoor events and is one of many differences between indoor and outdoor track. (Creative Commons photo by Ty Law via flickr)

The UCLA track and field team continued their strong start to the indoor track season last weekend. The Bruins are sustaining the success they’ve had in New York in previous years, even if the events they have won shifted slightly from the track to the field. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Nate Esparza has finished in the top five for shot put in 2018’s two meets so far this year. The thrower will now have two weeks to practice for the Bruins’ next meet. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

Last year, the Bruins started off their season at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York. This year, New York served as the setting for its second meet of the year – though this one was the first one to be officially scored. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Isaiah Holmes has leapt to two top-10 finishes so far this year. He’s taken home a second-place finish in high jump last weekend, and a sixth-place finish in the in the long jump this weekend. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

The 2018 track and field season began last weekend, and UCLA’s field athletes well outplaced their track counterparts.
 The Bruins took a total of 44 athletes to the Dr. Read more...

Photo: Junior thrower Dotun Ogundeji started off the 2018 season with a second-place finish. He fell only to fellow Bruin sophomore thrower Nate Esparza, who out-threw him by less than a meter. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Tough losses were the theme of the offseason for UCLA track and field. The end of the 2017 season saw the departure of Mike Maynard, who had served as the director of track and field for the previous five seasons. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior thrower Dotun Ogundeji will be one of the returners to UCLA track and field. Last year, he set a personal best and landed on UCLA’s all-time top-10 list for the shot put. (Daily Bruin file photo)