Maria Polyakova became UCLA's first-ever diving national champion and Eloise Belanger recorded a lifetime-best en route to All-America honors on Day Three of the NCAA Championships.
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The Bruins left the yard 4⃣ times on Monday, tying WCWS records in homers and runs scored, as UCLA won game one of the Championship Series 16-3 over Oklahoma.
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⏱️ School Record Alert ⏱️
Another day, another podium for Claire Grover, who just set the new UCLA standard in the 100 breaststroke at 59.37 to earn third place at Pac-12s!
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Our next NLI is in, and it's sprinter Ava Lachey from Ohio!
Ava is a junior nationals qualifier out of New Albany High School. Welcome to Westwood!
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Sophia Kosturos, Eva Carlson, Gabby Dang, and Claire Grover just set a new UCLA standard in the 200 medley relay, finishing the race in 1:36.64 at Pac-12s!
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Keiko Price is officially a member of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame after being inducted last as night as part of the
#UCLAHoF2021
class!
Keiko was a 22-time All-American at UCLA and three times was voted the team’s Most Valuable Swimmer (1998-2000).
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Congrats to Maria Polyakova (Pac-12 Diver of the Year) and Tom Stebbins (Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year), who both just picked up
@pac12
honors after a historic 2018-19 season!
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🚨 School Record Alert 🚨
Eden Cheng closed out her first Pac-12 Championships by setting a school record in platform diving (324.60)!
That score was good for third place, marking her first-career podium finish at Pac-12s 🥉
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🚨 School Record Alert 🚨
The Bruins closed out Day 3 of Pac-12s by setting a school record in the 400 medley relay!
Congrats to Sophia Kosturos, Eva Carlson, Gabby Dang, and Claire Grover on setting the new mark at 3:32.53.
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𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗩 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🥇
The Bruins dominated the three-day, 10-team meet in Las Vegas!
🔵 15 of 19 event wins
🟡 8 of the top-10 individual scorers
🔵 Swept the relays, freestyle, and IM events
🟡 Claire Grover (77 pts) was the meet's top scorer
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FINAL
UCLA defeats UCSB 160.50 to 95.50, and tops UCSD 182-74.
With the pair of wins, UCLA head coach Cyndi Gallagher has passed the 200 win milestone in her career!
Congrats, coach!
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FINAL: UCLA 183, Arizona State 116
The Bruins finish off a sweep of the Pac-12 Arizona schools to improve to 4-0 on the season!
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Wishing the best of luck to Bruins Eva Carlson and Paige MacEachern as the World University Games get underway this weekend in Chengdu, China!
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2022 NCAA Championships
50 Free Prelims
T-11. Claire Grover (21.82)
Claire went a best time in this morning's 50 free prelims to earn a spot in this afternoon's final! This was the second time in her career breaking the 22-second mark.
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Great job, Bruins! Our student-athletes shook off the distractions of COVID-19 and registered a historic academic quarter as a program.
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FINAL: UCLA 150, UC Santa Barbara 112
The Bruins take nine of 14 events and capture a win in the first dual meet of the campaign!
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31 years a head coach, 38 years at
@UCLAAthletics
, forever a Bruin.
Today marks the end of an era for
@UCLASwimandDive
as Cyndi Gallagher has announced her retirement. Thank you for everything, Coach!
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UCLA will send seven swimmers to this year's NCAA Championships, including four individual qualifiers.
The Bruins can add to their tally at next week's Zone E Diving Championships.
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𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐏𝐚𝐜-𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬
The Bruins are at Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center from Wednesday through Saturday for the league championships!
Keep it locked here all week for updates from Federal Way.
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Our latest signee is the first diver of the class, Veronica Thompson from Castaic, Calif. and Santa Clarita Valley International Charter! Welcome, Veronica!
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2022 Pac-12 Championships
1-Meter Diving Finals
Congrats to Hannah Butler on securing a podium finish in the first event of Pac-12s! This is her highest-ever finish at the league meet.
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Our All-American 🥹
Paige MacEachern earns our first swimming individual All-American honors since Ting Wen Quah did so back in 2013 in the 100 fly!
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🚨 PODIUM FINISH 🚨
Another top-three result for UCLA on Thursday night at
#Pac12Swim
as Claire Grover sets a freshman school record (21.98) to take third in the 50 free final and almost certainly punch her ticket to NCAAs!
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🚨 School Record Alert 🚨
UCLA opened today’s meet against USC by posting a program-record time of 3:31.17 in the 400 medley relay, besting the previous mark of 3.31.81.
Kosturos - back (53.03)
Carlson - breast (1:00.12)
Baron - fly (52.22)
Grover - free (47.80)
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Fresh off her appearance at the Tokyo Olympics, diver Eden Cheng has signed an NLI with UCLA!
We look forward to watching her at the FINA World Cup and FINA Junior World Championships, representing Great Britain, before she arrives on campus next fall.
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Our first swimming signee of the day is in, and it's Lindsay Stenstrom from Highlands Ranch, Colorado! Welcome to UCLA, Lindsay!
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FINAL: UCLA 159, UC Santa Barbara 95
The Bruins swept all 14 events en route to a dual meet win over the Gauchos in Friday's home opener at Spieker!
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The results are in, and UCLA has defeated the Toreros 165-120 in the USD Pentathlon!
Kenisha Liu (4:51.64) and Amy Okada (4:54.16) had the top two times of all participating swimmers (SDSU was also in the competition).
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The qualifiers for the 2020 NCAA Championships were officially announced today, and UCLA will be sending a trio of swimmers to Athens!
Congrats to Amy Okada, Claire Grover, and Kenisha Liu!
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🚨SCHOOL RECORD🚨
Paige MacEachern drops the hammer, sets a new school record, and finishes first in the 400 IM in 4:06.15 at the Art Adamson Invite!
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CSCAA Diver of the Year ✅
CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year ✅
Congrats to Maria Polyakova and Tom Stebbins!
Masha and Eloise Belanger helped
@ucladiving
score a program-record and nation-high 75 points from diving events at NCAAs this weekend.
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FINAL: UCLA 156, Denver 98 (swim-only)
UCLA sent off its seniors in style on a rainy Saturday, winning all 14 races to clinch a dual-meet win over Denver!
Stay tuned for an updated final score after this weekend's diving results are implemented.
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