Distance runners redshirt freshman Jack Falkowski and freshman Arrin Sagiraju rounds the corner as they sprint the last 200 meters of the 1500-meter run. UCLA track and field will compete at five more meets before its outdoor postseason campaign. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 6 at 8:05 p.m.
Divide and conquer.
A strategy, a mindset and a common approach well-expressed by the Bruins.
UCLA track and field split its team between the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Stanford Invite in Stanford, California, where the squad faced familiar competitors from programs that include USC, Arizona and UC Santa Barbara on Friday and Saturday.
Homecomings often elicit a wide range of emotions.
And Gabriel Clement II said he is embracing them all.
He is heading home.
The junior sprinter will compete less than 100 miles away from his hometown of Kaplan, Louisiana, on Friday and Saturday at the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his family will cheer him on.
Past legends help shape present superstars.
UCLA track and field honored former coaches Jim Bush and Bob Larsen – the latter helped train 23 eventual Olympic athletes at UCLA and the former earned four NCAA Coach of the Year selections – at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and the Jim Bush Legends Meet on Friday and Saturday.
To be the best, you need to beat the best.
And after competing at nine indoor meets to start the 2026 campaign, UCLA track and field will send just a select few qualifying athletes to compete at the NCAA Indoor championships slated for March 13 and March 14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, before moving to the outdoor half of the season.
This post was updated March 11 at 12:06 p.m.
Michael Edwards, nicknamed “Eddie the Eagle,” was the first British Olympic athlete to compete in ski jumping, taking flight at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
Like passing a baton, life can close chapters while opening new ones.
And after nine weeks, the Bruins are transitioning from the conclusion of one campaign to the start of another.
This post was updated March 3 at 2:55 p.m.
Midterms in the classroom test one’s ability to understand content up to that point.
Yet the Bruins faced a different type of test that may allow them to see what improvements must be made moving forward.
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