Sports
April 20, 2026 11:10 p.m.
Sophomore pole vaulter Cade Sommers lifts his arms and looks toward the audience after clearing the bar. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 21 at 10:26 p.m.
Track events often receive the glamour and fandom.
But it is the field events that make the sport what it is.
By Lucas Francke
Sports
April 14, 2026 8:02 p.m.Competitions give athletes a sense of purpose.
And for many young athletes, that feeling is amplified when they are given the opportunity to compete alongside the best of the best.
By Lucas Francke
Sports
April 6, 2026 8:01 p.m.Track and field posts top-3 performances in Battle on the Bayou, Stanford Invite
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.
By Sofia Celis
Sports
April 2, 2026 5:28 p.m.Gabriel Clement II to see homecoming at track and field’s Battle on the Bayou
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.
By Grant Walters
Sports
April 2, 2026 3:17 p.m.UCLA track and field splits for weekend, sends athletes to Baton Rouge, Palo Alto
Home is not always on the schedule for college athletes.
But for one Bruin, this weekend’s meet will offer exactly that.
UCLA track and field will divide its roster across two competitions, sending nine distance runners to compete at the Stanford Invite in Palo Alto, California while sprinters and field athletes will head to compete in the Battle on the Bayou meet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
By Aaron Propst
Sports
March 31, 2026 10:38 p.m.Track and field earns medal finishes at meet honoring coaches Jim Bush, Bob Larsen
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.
By Grant Walters
Sports
March 11, 2026 11:42 p.m.Low-seeded UCLA track and field heads into final indoor meet of the season
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.
By Lucas Francke
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