This post was updated Oct. 16 at 1:42 p.m.
A new era for UCLA Athletics is here. After 96 years in the “Conference of Champions,” UCLA is now a member of the Big Ten.

This post was updated Aug. 18 at 10:43 p.m.
A Bruin-turned-Trojan faced off with a Longhorn-turned-Bruin at the Olympic Games.
Rai Benjamin – who spent two seasons with UCLA track and field from 2016 to 2017 – represented Team USA in his second Olympics, winning two gold medals in the men’s 400-meter hurdles and 4×400-meter relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

This post was updated Jun 17 at 9:11 p.m.
UCLA track and field added Olympic glory to its coaching roster on Monday.
Former 100-meter hurdles Olympic champion Joanna Hayes was announced as the director of UCLA track and field and cross country in a press conference release Monday.

Avery Anderson was named director of both UCLA track and field and cross country in 2017, the third act of his Bruin career.
Seven years later, that arc is reaching its conclusion.

More than half of the Bruins’ roster competed at the Pac-12 championships over the weekend.
Two of them stood above their competitors.
Led by junior Mia Kane’s first-place finish in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase, UCLA track and field finished in third place on the women’s side and fifth place on the men’s at its final Pac-12 championships, hosted by Colorado.

The post was updated April 30 at 9:38 p.m.
A kaleidoscope of blue and red hues filled the Colich Throws Center and Loker Stadium as the rivals competed.

A new Bruin rose to her debut as the sun dipped below the horizon at Drake Stadium.
Donning the blue and gold, graduate student Lea Riedel won first place in the women’s shot put, reaching No.