The UCLA track and field team will be put on the big stage this weekend. The men and women, ranked 42nd and 65th in the nation, respectively, will travel across the country to the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas this weekend. Read more...
Photo: Senior jumper Faith Anumba has her work cut out for her at this weekend’s Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The jumper will face Keturah Orji, who leads the country with a 13.55 meter mark, in the triple jump.(Daily Bruin file photo)
It’s 5 a.m. and Kimani Austin-Reese is up and about making sure everything is in place for her school day at the Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore hurdler Kimani Austin-Reese is hoping to reach the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles this year and is also exploring internship opportunities at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art and the Getty Museum. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The three UCLA multievent athletes wrapped up competition at the 2016 DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday afternoon, but only one finished her respective event set. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore heptathlete Zack Bornstein took fifth in three events at this weekend’s DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Kansas. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The most experienced member of the UCLA track and field multi-event team competing at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Kansas this weekend is actually one of the newest members of the team. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore heptathlete/decathlete Steele Wasik looks to get a top-16 heptathlon score in the nation this weekend at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational in Kansas. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There isn’t much glory for collegiate track athletes in the indoor season. Everybody can picture the Summer Olympics Games of 2008 in Beijing – Usain Bolt breaking the world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash, carrying the Jamaican flag on his back as he ran around the track. Read more...
Photo: The outdoor and indoor track and field seasons are two distinct aspects of the overall sport. Many teams consider the indoor portion, like next weekend’s competition at Kansas State, to be a warm-up for the outdoor. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff and creative commons photo via Wikipedia)
In the first meet of the NCAA indoor season, the UCLA track and field team had several strong performances in Flagstaff, Arizona. While numerous members of the team repeated as individual winners at this meet, such as sophomore Leon Powell in the 60-meter dash and junior Austin Hazel in the long jump, true freshman Rai Benjamin was the highlight of the competition. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was led by junior Cody Crampton in the high jump. Crampton posted a 6-10.75 in the Bruins’ first competition of the season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The track and field offseason can be a less-than-forgiving set of months with hundreds of hours of training and little else. For the distance team, cross country in the fall provides a welcome relief, but for the others, the thrills of competition are not present to reward their year-round efforts. Read more...
Photo: On top of being a three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time Pac-12 conference champion, senior Nicholas Scarvelis also finished 15th in the shot put at the 2015 NCAA championship. (Daily Bruin file photo)
