Thursday, June 19

Six Bruins qualify for NCAA championships in track and field

For three long hours, athletes were forced to take shelter from a sudden rainstorm as the downpour halted action on day two of the NCAA Track and Field West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior discus thrower Julian Wruck fought through illness and the heat of Austin, Texas to qualify for the NCAA championships at last weekend’s track and field West Preliminary Round.



Track twins make a home at UCLA

Although freshmen pole vaulters Renee and Sara Greene may be the youngest members of the women’s pole vault team, the story of how they got into the sport may seem familiar to some of the upperclassmen on the team. Read more...

Photo: Despite only having started their pole vaulting careers in their junior year of high school, freshman pole vaulters Sara and Renee Greene have helped motivate each other to improve quickly.



UCLA track and field seeks strong finish in hunt for conference title

Oregon has had a stranglehold on the Pac-12 Championships; the Ducks have won the men’s competition for six straight years. But after a weekend of field events in the books, this could be the year it all changes. Read more...

Photo: Junior pole vaulter Mike Woepse has extra motivation to bring home a conference title this weekend, hoping to follow in the tradition of his brother, a former Bruin who won the Pac-10 pole vault title in 2011.





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