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May 4, 2026 11:31 p.m.
The UCLA men’s squad runs a lap around the track alongside track and field director Joanna Hayes. The victory marked the first time the men’s team has won the dual-meet in back-to-back years since its consecutive victories in 2016 and 2017. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 5 at 9:33 p.m.
Senior sprinter/hurdler Tamaal Myers walked off the track and embraced track and field director Joanna Hayes in front of a celebrating UCLA men’s team.
By Aaron Propst
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May 1, 2026 7:12 p.m.The setting stays the same.
But the stakes never fade.
The crosstown rivalry returns as UCLA track and field heads south for a matchup against USC on Saturday and Sunday, pitting pride and tradition above all else in one of the sport’s most consistent head-to-head clashes.
By Aaron Propst
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April 14, 2026 8:02 p.m.Bruins prep for Mt. SAC Relays, Bryan Clay Invitational ahead of postseason push
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
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April 13, 2026 2:37 p.m.Track and field sees success at Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational
The runway is empty.
The engines have withdrawn.
The wheels have dropped.
And the Bruins finally made a stop at home.
After 15 trips around the nation, the team competed at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at Drake Stadium on Saturday for the last home meet this season.
By Sofia Celis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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