UCLA track team and second-year physics student Scott Snow explains how to play his patented original game, Strings. Read more...
Photo: (Vikram Kumar, Bryan Firks, Shai Garrett/Daily Bruin)
Track and Field
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May 24, 12:16 am
UCLA pole vaulter Greta Wagner leaps toward NCAA regionals
Not many success stories start with hesitation. The characteristic audacity that defines collegiate and professional athletes is no doubt built with hours of training, but there are nearly always seeds of boldness at the inception of promising careers. Read more...
Photo: Greta Wagner is already ninth on the UCLA women’s pole vault all-time top-10 list after her first collegiate season. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
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May 18, 12:48 am
Track and field seniors anticipate nationals after their last Pac-12s
Some of the upperclassmen on the UCLA track and field team have seen five Pac-12 championships in their tenures as Bruins. When redshirt senior Kylie Price and senior sprinter and hurdler Andre’ Chapman, who didn’t compete in the 2014 season, first competed for the team in 2012, the women finished eighth out of 12 teams while the men finished fourth. Read more...
Photo: Senior Andre’ Chapman missed the cutoff for regionals by less than a tenth of a second, but over his career, the sprints and hurdles team has done better and better at the conference championships. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
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May 16, 12:51 am
UCLA track and field ends Pac-12 competition with personal bests
For yet another year, none of the Pac-12 track and field programs could keep pace with Oregon at the conference meet. The Ducks extended their conference reign to 10 years on the men’s side and 8 years on the women’s. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior sprinter and jumper Kylie Price, after top-three finishes in the long jump in her past two Pac-12 championships, won the event by more than five inches. (Keila Mayberry/ Daily Bruin)
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May 12, 11:08 pm
Track and field aims for qualifying scores at Pac-12 championship
The men’s distance medley relay team was on the brink of qualifying for the NCAA indoor championship at the tail end of the indoor track season two and a half months ago. Read more...
Photo: Sprinter Jonny Moniz is currently 0.05 seconds away from the 48th fastest time in the western region. Against USC, a physical impediment did not allow the junior to finish his 400 meter dash the way he wanted to, but Moniz is rounding into form for the Pac-12 championships. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
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May 9, 11:57 pm
Coach Joanna Hayes brings Olympic experience to UCLA track and field
Joanna Hayes’ hands shot up the moment she crossed the line – she could barely contain herself. She was finally an Olympic champion. Before becoming a gold medalist and Olympic record holder, Hayes endured a roller coaster of a career as a professional hurdler. Read more...
Photo: After barely missing the cut at the 2000 Olympic trials, current UCLA sprints, hurdles and relays assistant coach Joanna Hayes placed second in the 2004 Olympic Trials. Hayes then went on to win the gold medal in the 100m hurdles, setting a then-Olympic record.(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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May 9, 1:03 am
Novelties abound for UCLA track and field at Pac-12s, Occidental Invitational
The Pac-12 multi-event championship this past weekend featured new faces for the UCLA track and field team. Sophomore Zack Bornstein competed in his first complete decathlon in almost three years. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Zack Bornstein vaulted his way to his best decathlon score at the Pac-12 multi championship this past weekend. Bornstein finished fifth out of 10 competitors. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)