As the meet was coming to a close, and members of each team began to huddle around one and other, only one event was left to determine the outcome of the meet at USC’s Loker Stadium this weekend – the 4×400-meter relay. Read more...

Photo: The Bruins compete against the Trojans in the women’s 1500 meters. USC won the event by having the first-place finisher, Erica Capellino, gaining five points. UCLA tallied four points by having the second- and third-place finishers earning three points and one point respectively. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

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 track and field will enter its seventh and final regular-season outdoor meet this weekend. But this is when the season truly starts, said sprint and hurdles assistant coach Joanna Hayes. Read more...

Photo: Thrower Braheme Days has grown under UCLA men’s throws coach John Frazier. The sophomore set the American junior record in the shot put with a throw of 65-5.50 last year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Every year, hundreds of student-athletes at UCLA and at schools all around the country graduate after servicing their respective schools in their individual sports. This season, the Bruin track and field program features 14 redshirt seniors and 10 seniors, many of whom have played an essential role in the recent success of the program. Read more...

Photo: Senior pole vaulter Mark Sakioka achieved a high mark of 16.73 feet at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, which was the top score of the meet. Sakioka said his goal for this weekend’s Triton Invitational is to reach the 17-feet mark. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

On the UCLA track and field website, there is a banner that rests atop the page. It reads: “2015 Pac-12 track and field championships, May 9-10 (multis) and May 16-17 – UCLA’s Drake Stadium.” Just as the title and location of this event have assumed an elevated spot on the team’s website, it has also occupied a place in the forefront of the Bruins’ minds throughout the year. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior Nicholas Scarvelis said his goal is to improve his shot put distance to a mark that’s over 20 meters. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Throughout the individual competitions at the historic Mt. SAC Relays this weekend, a number of UCLA track and field athletes worked together to achieve success. Among a field of various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik said he initially felt overwhelmed by the competition. Read more...

Photo: Competing against various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik finished seventh in the decathlon in the Mt. SAC Relays. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)