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QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location ...... J.D. Morgan Center, ...... 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 GENERAL INFORMATION Athletics Phone ...... (310) 825-8699 Schedule ...... Inside Front Cover Ticket Offi ce ...... (310) UCLA-WIN Quick Facts ...... 1 Key Athletic Department Staff ...... 9 Chancellor ...... Gene Block Support Staff ...... 10 Faculty Athletic Rep...... Donald Morrison Media Information ...... 10 Director of Athletics...... Dan Guerrero Facility Information ...... 11 Home Stadium (Capacity) ...... Drake Stadium (11,700) Enrollment ...... 37,500 THE 2012 SEASON Founded ...... 1919 Roster ...... 2 Colors ...... Blue and Gold Coaching Staff ...... 3 Nickname ...... Bruins Meet the Bruins ...... 12 Conference ...... Pacifi c-10 (925) 932-4411 National Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I 2011 & ALL-TIME RESULTS Head/Sprints Coach (Alma Mater) ...... UCLA/USC Dual Meet ...... 28 ...... (UCLA ‘83) NCAA West Regional Championships ...... 28 Pac-10 Championships ...... 29 Coach’s Phone ...... (310) 206-6769 NCAA Championships ...... 30 Record at UCLA (Years) ...... 73-5 dual record (18) UCLA’s All-Time NCAA Results ...... 31 Career Record (Years) ...... same UCLA’s Indoor All-Americans ...... 34 /Jumps Coach ...... Anthony Curran UCLA’s NCAA Indoor Champions ...... 35 Middle Distance Coach ...... UCLA at Junior Nationals/Junior Worlds ...... 36 Long Distance Coach ...... Forest Braden Throws Coach ...... Mike Maynard THE RECORD BOOKS Volunteer Sprints Coach ...... Joy Eaton Drake Stadium History/Records ...... 37 Volunteer Jumps Coach ...... Jonathan Clark All-Time Top-10 ...... 38 Volunteer Pole Vault Coach ...... Dustin DeLeo Collegiate Records ...... 40 World/American Records...... 41 Student Team Managers ...... Astra Felder, Audrey Mitchell Staff Athletic Trainers ...... John Ames/Tina Tubbs HISTORY AND TRADITION 2011 Record...... 0-2 Bruins in the U.S. Top-10 ...... 42 2011 Pac-10 Finish ...... 6th Bruins in the World Top-10 ...... 43 2011 NCAA Outdoor Finish ...... 34th (tie) Bruins in the Olympics ...... 44 2011 NCAA Indoor Finish ...... did not score Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...... 48 National Championships ...... Seven NCAA Championship Teams/Recruiting Success..49 ...... (1975 ‘77, ‘82, ‘83, ‘00 (indoor), ‘01 (indoor), ‘04) Bruin Greats ...... 50 Sports Information Contact ...... Stephanie Sampson USATF Hall of Famers ...... 51 Email ...... [email protected] UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame ...... 52 Florence Griffi th-Joyner Memorial ...... 53 Sports Information Phone ...... (310) 206-4008 Sports Information Fax ...... (310) 825-8664 Web Site ...... www.uclabruins.com

2012 NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING STANDARDS

EVENT STANDARD EVENT STANDARD 55m 6.71 DMR (meters) 11:03.50 60m 7.23 High Jump 6-00.75 (1.85m) 55m Hurdles 7.53 Pole Vault 14-3.25 (4.35m) 60m Hurdles 8.10 Long Jump 21-2 (6.45m) 200m 23.12 Triple Jump 43-7.75 (13.30m) 400m 52.60 Shot Put 56-5.25 (17.20m) 800m 2:04.50 Weight Throw 68-10.75 (21.00m) Mile 4:37.00 Heptathlon 4,150 points 3000m 9:10.00

5000m 15:57.00 Credits: The 2012 UCLA women’s track and fi eld media guide 1600m Relay 3:34.00 was written, designed and edited by Stephanie Sampson, Assistant Director of Sports Information. Special statistical assistance from Bruce Tenen and Scott Davis. Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig, Scott Quintard and Todd Cheney), Stephanie Sampson, Tony Duffy, Kirby Lee, *All marks based on a banked or Over 200m/220 yards track Claus Andersen, Eric Evans, Scott Chandler, Scott James, Rich **All marks are FAT Clarkson and Associates, LLC.,.

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Name Events Ht. Yr Hometown (High School/Previous College) Tori Anthony Pole Vault 5-7 RS-Sr. Woodside, CA (Castilleja HS) Faith Anumba Jumps 5-9 Fr. Valencia, CA (Valencia HS) Briana Barlow Sprints 5-10 RS-Jr. Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Rancho Cucamonga HS) Dawnielle Baucham Sprints/Hurdles 5-7 Fr. Harbor City, CA (Junipero Serra HS) Zibby Boyer High Jump 5-7 Fr. Pasdena, CA (Polytechnic School) Victoria Breidenthal Throws 5-10 RS-So. Los Gatos, CA (Los Gatos HS) Brea Buchanan Sprints/Hurdles 5-7 Fr. Chino Hills, CA (Ayala HS) Rachel Butler Distance 5-9 So. Sugarland, TX (Clements HS) Megan Chenoweth High Jump 5-7 Fr. La Verne, CA (St. Lucy’s Priory HS) Elena Clark Pole Vault 5-9 Fr. San Luis Obispo, CA (San Luis Obispo HS) Kimmie Conner Heptathlon 5-8 So. Laguna Niguel, CA (Dana Hills HS) Ally Courtnall Sprints 5-7 Fr. Westlake Village, CA (Oaks Christian HS) Drew Drysdale High Jump 5-8 Fr. Huntington Beach, CA (Huntington Beach HS) Gabby Estell Sprints 5-8 Fr. Riverside, CA (Rancho Verde HS) Andrea Faldermeyer Throws 5-7 GS New Hampton, NY (Minisink Valley HS/Cornell) Mariah Gibson Jumps 5-9 Jr. Palmdale, CA (Paraclete HS) Katja Goldring Distance 5-1 RS-Jr. Los Angeles, CA (Hamilton HS) Bronte Golick Distance 5-4 Fr. Mission Viejo, CA (Capistrano Valley HS) Liz Goodrich Pole Vault 5-5 Jr. Portland, OR (Sunset HS) Emily Gordon Hurdles 5-8 So. Santa Clara, CA (Santa Clara HS/UC Santa Barbara) Nicole Hood Distance 5-4 So. Walnut Creek, CA (Carondelet HS) Breyonna Hunter Sprints 5-7 So. Gardena, CA (Junipero Serra HS) Cierra Jordan Sprints/Hurdles 5-4 Fr. Stockton, CA (Edison HS) Merissa Kado Distance 5-6 Fr. Santa Clarita, CA (Saugus HS) Stevie Kennedy-Gold Pole Vault 5-5 Fr. Santa Clarita, CA (Canyon HS) Ava Kent Distance 5-6 Fr. Costa Mesa, CA (Orange Lutheran HS) Bre Kigozi Jumps 5-6 Jr. Northridge, CA (Notre Dame HS) Tasha Kolbo Pole Vault 5-6 So. Arroyo Grande, CA (St. Joseph HS) Allison Koressel Pole Vault 5-6 Jr. Huntington Beach, CA (Huntington Beach HS) TIffany LaMar Middle Distance 5-6 So. Long Beach, CA (Paramount HS) Allie Lopez Distances 5-9 RS-So. Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks HS) Danielle Low Middle Distance 5-2 Jr. Granada Hills, CA (John F. Kennedy HS/LA Trade Tech) Kayla Mallett Pole Vault/Jumps 5-9 Fr. Torrance, WA (West Torrance HS) Karlye Marshall Pole Vault 5-6 RS-So. Monument, CO (Lewis-Palmer HS) Sadee Martinez Distance 5-7 RS-Jr. Burbank, CA (John Burroughs HS) Meghan Marvin Distance 5-6 So. Clovis, CA (Clovis HS) Annie Mooney Distance 5-7 Fr. Templeton, CA (Mission College Preparatory) Amber Murakami Distance 5-6 So. Saugus, CA (Saugus HS) Nijah Nelms Sprints 5-0 Sr. Porter Ranch, CA ( Senior HS) Olivia Okoro High Jump 6-1 Fr. Carrollton, TX (Hebron HS) Jaycee Olsen Throws 5-7 RS-Fr. Valencia, CA (Corona Del Mar HS) Jen Owen Distance 5-4 Fr. Santa Clarita, CA (West Ranch HS) Taryn Pastoor Distance 5-10 Sr. Murrieta, CA (Murrieta Vista HS) Paisley Pettway Middle Distance 5-3 So. Long Beach, CA (Millikan HS) Michelle Pittman Distance 5-2 So. Redondo Beach, CA (Redondo Union HS) Kylie Price Spritns/Jumps 5-11 Fr. Chino HIlls, CA (Bishop Amat Memorial HS) Tamara Purpura Middle Distance 5-7 So. San Francisco, CA (Lowell HS) Courtney Reginato Pole Vault 5-8 So. Phoenix, AZ (Desert Vista HS) Katie Reid Sprints 5-10 Fr. White Rock, British Columbia (Earl Marriott Secondary) Ke’Nyia Richardson Jumps/Hurdles 5-6 RS-Sr. Oakland, CA (Holy Names HS) Celeste Rietveld High Jump 5-9 Fr. Livermore, CA (Livermore HS) Kristina Rivera Distances 5-2 So. San Jose, CA (Willow Glen HS) Katherine Salcido Heptathlon 5-5 Fr. West Covina, CA (San Dimas HS) Elle Sanders Distance 5-10 So. Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz HS) Caitlin Schmitt Distance 5-6 So. Marin County, CA (Redwood HS) Melissa Skiba Distance 5-3 RS-Fr. Simi Valley, CA (Oak Park HS) Kelsey Smith Distance 5-6 So. South Lake Tahoe, CA (South Lake Tahoe HS) Tatum Souza Heptathlon 5-9 So. Napa, CA (Napa HS) Madison Stark Pole Vault 5-8 Fr. Agoura Hills, CA (Oak Park HS) Ida Storm Throws 6-3 So. Nybro, (Latinskolon) Sarah Toberty Distance 5-6 Jr. Irvine, CA (Woodbridge HS/Orange Coast College) Turquoise Thompson Hurdles 5-10 Jr. Lakewood, CA (Junipero Serra HS) Michelle Urabe Pole Vault 5-8 RS-Fr. Huntington Beach, CA (Mater Dei HS) Hannah Valenzuela Distance 5-5 Fr. Apple Valley, CA (Apple Valley HS) Sierra Vega Distance 5-3 RS-Fr. Tustin, CA (Chaparral HS/Foothill HS) Alexis Walker Jumps 5-9 So. Pasadena, CA (Pasadena HS) Chelsey Washington Sprints 5-3 Fr. Lancaster, CA (Highland HS) Yasmin Woodruff Sprints 5-6 Sr. Los Angeles, CA (St. Mary’s Academy HS)

Head Coach: Jeanette Bolden (19th year) Assistant Coaches: Pole Vault/Jumps - Anthony Curran (29th year); Middle Distance - Johnny Gray (3rd year); Long Distance - Forest Braden (3rd year); Throws - Mike Maynard (3rd year) Volunteer Coaches: Jonathan Clark (jumps); Dustin DeLeo (pole vault); Joy Eaton (cross country) Director of Operations: Leah Waller Staff Athletic Trainers: John Ames, Tina Tubbs Athletic Performance Coaches: Jon Fussell, Adam Cretti Student Team Managers: Astra Felder, Audrey Mitchell Equipment Manager: Kyle Steve Nutritionist: Becci Twombley

2 2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD HEAD COACH JEANETTE BOLDEN HEAD COACH/SPRINTS COACH 19TH YEAR AS HEAD COACH/21st ON STAFF UCLA ‘83 COACHING HIGHLIGHTS - Has coached the Bruin sprinters to over 50 All-Americans honors - 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Head Coach - 2004 NCAA Outdoor Team Champions/2004 National (USTCA), Regional (USTCA), Pac-10 Collegiate Outdoor Coach of the Year - Coached UCLA to Consecutive NCAA Indoor Team Championships (2001-00) - 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championship Runner-up - Coached 2005 NCAA 400m Champion - Nine-time USTCA West Region Coach of the Year - 10 Pac-10 Titles - 10-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year - Career Dual Record of 73-5

Jeanette Bolden enters her 19th year at the helm pic Games. She was the fi rst head coach in U.S. Jeanette Bolden’s of the women’s track and fi eld program and her Olympic history to have won an Olympic medal UCLA Record third season as head cross country coach. Bold- as an . Bolden led the American women Yr Dual Meets Pac-10 NCAA Out. en has led the Bruin women to incredible suc- to their third-highest medal haul in U.S. Olympic 1994 6-0 1st 3rd cess during her time as head track coach, help- history (23), and most since the 1992 1995 8-0 1st 2nd ing guide the team to three NCAA titles in the Games. She also saw Dawn Harper (gold, 100mH), 1996 11-0 3rd 9th process - the 2004 Outdoor title, and both the Sheena Johnson (bronze, 400mH) and Monique 1997 10-0 1st 3rd 2000 and 2001 Indoor crowns (the fi rst women Henderson (gold, 4x400) have much success at 1998 11-0 1st 2nd or men’s indoor track and fi eld titles in school the Games. 1999 7-0 1st 2nd history). In 2005, Bolden’s team fi nished second 2000 4-0 1st 3rd at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with just 2001 6-0 1st 2nd fi ve scoring competitors. In all, Bolden has been Last Season 2002 5-0 1st 2nd 2003 1-0 1st 8th a part of fi ve NCAA Championship teams, both as The 2011 season was highlighted by sopho- a coach and athlete. As a coach, she has guided 2004 1-0 1st 1st more Turquoise Thompson’s runner-up fi nish at 2005 1-0 2nd 2nd Bruin sprinters, hurdlers and relay runners to over the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles, 50 All-American performances. 2006 1-0 4th 14th where the fi nish time needed to be carried out 2007 1-0 3rd 5th Bolden led the women to victory in the fi rst two to the thousandth of a percent to determine the 2008 0-1 5th 27th (tie) NCAA West Region Championships (2003 and winner. Thompson also won her second consecu- 2009 0-1 5th 16th (tie) 2004), and 10 Pac-10 titles in her 17 years of tive Pac-10 hurdles crown. The women fi nished 2010 0-1 6th 25th coaching. She has an amazing 73-2 dual meet in a tie for 34th at the NCAA Outdoor meet and 2011 0-2 6th 34th (tie) record at UCLA, with 14 consecutive wins com- were sixth overall at Pac-10s. Totals: ing over archrival USC. The Bruins were also the • Overall Record of 73-5 nation’s top dual meet team on nine separate oc- • One NCAA Outdoor Title (2004) casions. Standouts Under Bolden • 2 NCAA Indoor Titles (2001-00) • Two West Region Titles Bolden has coached several of the top sprinters In 2006, Bolden was given one of the highest • 10 Pac-10 Titles in NCAA history during her time at UCLA, most honors of her career as she was named the U.S. • 13 NCAA Outdoor Top 10 Finishes Women’s Head Coach for the 2008 Beijing Olym- notably NCAA Champions Monique Henderson, Sheena Johnson and Nicole Leach. quarter-milers in the country and world. In 2005, Henderson capped Henderson also won a gold medal as a member off her NCAA career with a of the 4x400m relay squad that took fi rst at the win in the 400m at the NCAA in 2004 and the Beijing Outdoor meet, the fi rst indi- Olympic Games in 2008. Johnson won two NCAA vidual title of her career. She 400m hurdles titles during her time at UCLA, set- blazed her way through the ting a collegiate record in her fi nal year (52.95). season, winning the Pac-10, She won three West Region titles and nine Pac-10 West Region and NCAA titles crowns (three on a relay and six individual) dur- in that event, ending her ca- ing her career and was a 15-time All-American. reer with nine All-American Johnson also competed at the Olympic Games in honors. Her accomplish- 2004, and just missed a medal, fi nishing fourth in ments helped her garner the intermediate hurdles. In 2008, she earned the the Pac-10 and Mondo West Silver medal in the 400m hurdles. Region Women’s Athlete of Leach made a name for herself on the collegiate, the Year awards. She was national and world scene as she won her fi rst also a fi nalist for the Honda NCAA title during her sophomore season and Award, given annually to the was second in 2008. In 2010, she capped off her nation’s top female student- career with her second NCAA title in the inter- athlete. She ranked third in mediates. She competed for the U.S. at the 2009 the country and 10th in the World Championships, advancing to the semifi nal world that season and con- round before being eliminated and competed at tinues to be one of the top Jeanette Bolden at the U.S. Olympic closing ceremonies the U.S. Olympic Trials in June of 2008.

2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD 3 HEAD COACH

Coach Bolden and the Bruins after winning the 2004 NCAA Coach Bolden and the Bruins after fi nishing second at the 2005 Outdoor title NCAA Outdoor Championships

Coaching Honors Bolden’s success’ in the coaching world have not gone unnoticed as she has been honored on sev- eral occasions for her work. She was named the U.S. Olympic Women’s Team coach for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In 2004, Bolden swept ev- ery women’s collegiate coaching honor and was named “Coach of the Year” by the USTFCCA in the National, West Region and Pac-10 categories. In December of 2010, Bolden will be inducted into the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches UCLA head coach Jeanette Bolden, second from left, receiving her gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Association Hall of Fame. Los Angeles as a member of the winning U.S. 4x100m relay. (l-r): , Bolden, Chandra Cheese- borough and former Bruin . On February 13, 2004, Bolden was presented the prestigious C. Vivian Stringer Award, an accolade which is presented to a woman who has experi- track and fi eld boards, and has served as an as- compete. On the all-time Bruin charts, she enced outstanding achievement as a coach - ex- sistant coach for the World Indoor and Outdoor is still tied for fourth in the 100m (11.16, with an hibiting a high standard of propriety, imagination Championships, and in 1998 was named the 11.12w). and innovation as a character builder in the tradi- USOC Track & Field Developmental Coach of the Throughout her track career, Bolden was consid- tion of great teacher-coaches. She has also been Year. In 1994, she served as an assistant coach for ered one of the top female sprinters in the U.S. named the USTCA West Region Women’s Coach the West squad at the Olympic Festival in St. Louis. In 1986 she tied the then-world indoor record of the Year on nine occasions, as well as Pac-10 In 2006, Bolden served as the head coach for the (6.54) in the 60y dash in the GTE/Times Indoor Women’s Coach of the Year on 10 occasions. 2006 World Cup, which was held in Greece. meet at The Forum and in 1983, she set the for- Bolden has served on a number of NCAA and mer 60y world record indoor mark (6.60) at the Named UCLA Head Coach Dallas Times Herald Meet. She still holds the col- legiate women’s indoor mark in the 50m (6.13) At the end of the 1993 season, then-UCLA head and 50y. In 1985, Bolden ran the second leg on coach asked to be relieved of his head the American-record setting coaching duties and reassigned to the Bruin staff. (1:36.79). Ranked No. 9 in the country in 1988, There was only one logical choice to replace Ker- Bolden was trying to make her third straight U.S. see, and that was Bolden, an Olympic gold medal Olympic team that year when she tore an Achilles winner and All-American sprinter at UCLA. Bold- tendon at the Trials, requiring surgery. Away from en has just completed her second year as a Bruin the Coaching assistant coach, specializing in the sprints and hurdles, when she was named head coach. She is executive director and coordinator of the Jeanette Bolden Asthma and Allergy Track Clinic; and a member of the Board of Directors for the Athletic Accomplishments Asthma and Allergy Foundation. Most recently, she was named a coordinator for the Marathon As an athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Kids Foundation at UCLA, an organization that Angeles, Bolden earned a gold medal on the U.S. the women’s team is heavily involved in volun- 400m relay team and placed fourth in the 100m. teering. Bolden and her family own the famous She was also a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic 27th Street Bakery in Los Angeles. team that did not compete in Moscow. At UCLA from 1981-83, she was a fi ve-time All-American. Bolden and her husband of 21 years, Al, have two In 1982, she helped lead the Bruins to their fi rst children, twins Anthony and Kimberly, age 8 NCAA Outdoor championship, by placing second (11.12) in the 100m and running on UCLA’s 400m relay that fi nished third (44.02). At the 1981 na- tionals, she placed third in the 100m (11.28) and ran on the Bruins’ 400m (second, 44.49) and 800m At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, medley (second, 1:37.41) relays. In 1983 (UCLA’s Bolden won a gold medal on the U.S. second NCAA Outdoor team title), Bolden in- 4x100m relay. jured a hamstring before nationals and did not

4 2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD POLE VAULT/JUMPS COACH ANTHONY CURRAN POLE VAULT/JUMPS COACH 29TH YEAR UCLA ‘82 COACHING HIGHLIGHTS - 2006 NCAA West Region Women’s Jumps Coach of the Year - Coached Korean National Record Holder, Olympian and three-time All-American Yoo Kim (18-4.50, 2004) - Coached numerous to multiple All-American honors - Coached Scott Slover (1994-98), a fi ve-time UCLA All-American - Coached National Champions Tracy O’Hara and Chelsea Johnson (NCAA record holder, 15-1) - Has coached all of the Bruins on UCLA’s all-time vault lists. - As a Bruin, his 18-2.50 (1982) is No. 4 in school history

Former UCLA pole vault standout Anthony Curran he has coached every woman on UCLA’s all-time vaulted 16-4, as a sophomore 15-9 and as a freshman enters his 29th year at his alma mater as the men’s top-10 and nine of the men on the all-time chart. in 1975, his best was 14-8.50. and women’s vault coach. Curran is also in his fourth In recent years, Curran has coached six Olympians Curran started his own track club, “No Limit Sport” year as head jumps coach with the Bruins. Curran - Okkert Brits (South Africa), Yoo Kim (South Korea), in 1985. In 1989, he founded the Beach Pole Vault has become one of the premier vault coaches in Canadians Dana Ellis and Stephanie McCann, and Association. the nation as he continues to produce All-American American Mel Mueller. Ellis is the current Canadian He has coached fi ve elite women vaulters - 2000 after All-American at UCLA. He has coached multiple National Record Holder (14-7.25) and both her and Olympian Mel Mueller (15-1.75), No. 3 in the U. S.; Mary Olympians, National Record Holders, and NCAA and Ellis were Canadian National Champions. Kim set Sauer, ranked No. 10 in the World (15-3i), Canadian Pac-10 Champions during his tenure at UCLA, a feat a Korean National Record in 2004 with a mark of National Champion and Canadian National Record that has made UCLA a pole vaulting powerhouse. 18-4.50, a height which also ranks third all-time at Holder Dana Ellis (14-8, 6th at the Athens Olympics), Curran also earned top honors in 2006 after being UCLA. former Canadian National Champion Stephanie Mc- named the NCAA West Region Women’s Jumps Coach Curran, 51, was a four-year letterman and All- Cann (14-7.25, 10th at the Athens Olympics), Alexa of the Year. American from 1978-82. During his senior season, Harz, fi fth at the 2000 U. S. Olympic Trials (13-9.25) and Last season, Curran coached Allison Koressel and he won the Pac-10 title with an 18-2.50 vault, No. 4 in O’Hara, who placed fi fth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Tori Anthony to equal marks of 13-7.25 during the Bruin history. In ’82, Curran also placed fourth in the 2004 (Personal-best 15-0 in 2005). outdoor season, a lifetime-best mark for Korressel. NCAA. As a junior, he was second in the conference Curran began his own production company in 1995 Those two, along with Liz Goodrich, competed at (18-0.50) and also placed second in the NCAA, his and has produced seven surf movies sold worldwide. the NCAA Preliminary Round, but did not advance best collegiate fi nish. In 1981, he ranked sixth in the He also began the Curran Surf Camps in 1998, which to NCAAs. U.S. As a sophomore in 1980, he jumped 17-8.50 to he runs during the summer, in addition to holding two Curran also coached Greg Woepse to the Pac-10 again place second in the Pac-10 and was third at the UCLA pole vault and track camps. In 2003, Curran, an crown in the pole vault, while Jonathan Clark was NCAA Championship. During his freshman season, avid musician, produced his fi rst music CD. He wrote, the runner-up fi nisher in the triple jump, Woepse’s Curran placed second (17-3) at the conference level arranged and performed all 13 songs. younger brother, Mike, competed at the NCAA and fourth at the NCAA. Still active as a vaulter into Curran married Lisa Carlson in 1994, and they have Outdoor Championships, along with Clark, as both the ’90s, Curran cleared 18-8.50 (personal-best) in fi ve children - Sara (15), Tate (12) and Marlow (10), earned second-team All-American accolades. Clark 1992 and that summer competed in the U.S. Olympic Shaylee (5) and Kai Lilly (3). also earned indoor All-American honors (2nd-team) at trials. the NCAA Indoor meet in the triple jump. Three Bruin Curran, whose brother Tim was a Bruin vaulter vaulters posted marks above 17-feet during the 2011 in 1975-76, graduated from Crespi HS in Encino in season. 1978. During his senior prep season, he was the State Nine male athletes have earned pole vault All- champion (17-0.50, a CA State record at the time), and American honors under Curran’s tutelage - Dustin his 17-4.25 was a national prep record. As a junior, he DeLeo (‘08 indoor); Mike Landers (‘06/’07-outdoor); Yoo Kim (‘04-outdoor, ‘03-outdoor); Pat Luke (‘03-out- door); Brian McLaughlin (‘00-indoor); Johnny Quinn (‘08 outdoor); Scott Slover (‘98-indoor/outdoor, ‘97-in- door, ‘96-indoor/outdoor); John Sommers (‘94-indoor) and Greg Woepse (‘11 outdoor), while eight women have earned the honor - Tori Peña (‘10 outdoor); Katy Viuf (‘10 outdoor); Tori Anthony (‘08 indoor); Chelsea Johnson (‘06-indoor/outdoor, ‘04-indoor/outdoor); In- grid Kantola (‘07 indoor and outdoor); Jackie Nguyen (‘04-outdoor); Tracy O’Hara (‘02-’99-both indoor and outdoor all four years at UCLA); and Erica Hoernig (‘98-indoor). O’Hara won three NCAA titles - 2002 and 2000 Outdoor and 2000 Indoor. Johnson was the 2006 Indoor champion and 2004 Outdoor champion, and set the NCAA Collegiate Pole Vault Record (15-1) in 2006. His athletes have won nine Pac-10 titles, four on the men’s side and fi ve on the women’s side, while

2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD 5 THROWS COACH MIKE MAYNARD throws COACH Third Season Azusa Pacific ‘86

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS - Coached Ida Storm and Alec Faldermeyer two double All-American honors in 2011 (weight throw/hammer) - Coached athletes to 57 All-American performances at Boise State and Arizona - Coached Esko Mikkola (‘98), the NCAA Championship Meet Record holder in the javelin at Boise State - Also coached NCAA Champions Gabe Wallin (javelin) and Elle Kafourou (indoor long jump) - Has coached six NCAA Champions (4-javelin; 2-decathlon) - Coached two athletes over 18-feet in the pole vault, including 1998 NCAA runner-up Dominic Johnson at Arizona - Coached 70 individual Western Athletic Champions at Boise State - Coached athletes to over 90 marks on Boise State’s all-time top three performance list Mike Maynard enters his third season as head coach Maynard’s coaching resume also includes a two- Outside the collegiate world, Maynard has coached for the men’s team and throws coach for both the year stint as the assistant strength and conditioning a World Champion, fi ve different Olympians, a Pan men’s and women’s squads. Prior to coming to UCLA, coach at Arizona, where he worked with the Wildcat American gold medalist, fi ve USA Track and Field Maynard was head coach/throws coach at Boise State football program as well as being responsible for the Champions and three American Junior Champions. for nine years. Arizona track and fi eld, and teams. One of Maynard’s former athletes Tony Washington In 2011, his second season with the Bruins, Maynard He began his collegiate coaching career at Mesa (1990-96), won the World Championship in the dis- coached freshman Ida Storm to indoor and outdoor Community College (Ariz.) where he was the assistant cus in 1999. Washington also won the gold medal in All-American honors in the weight throw and ham- track and fi eld coach from 1982-84, and in 1987. the discus at the 1991 Pan American Games along mer, respectively. During the year, Storm moved into Maynard was also instrumental in bringing a with fi ve USA National Championships. UCLA’s all-time top-10 at the No. 5 spot in the hammer world-class facility to Bronco Track & Field. During Maynard is currently an Executive Committee (209-1) and was the Pac-10 runner-up in the event. his fi rst two years leading the Broncos, Maynard and member of the United State Track Coaches Associa- Maynard also coached Alec Faldermeyer to All-Ameri- Boise State were successful in purchasing a world tion and the NCAA Division I Track and Field Execu- can honors in both the weight throw and hammer championship caliber track and helped construct tive Committee. Maynard was also the head coach throw and a runner-up fi nish in the hammer at Pac- the building to put it in. The Mondo track was used for the USA Track and Field team in its dual meet 10s during the 2011 season. He also broke the fresh- by USA Track and Field and the Georgia Dome for against Germany in 1996. He has served USA Track man record in the hammer with a best mark of 223-9, the national indoor championships. The building is and Field as the Regional Decathlon Chairman, the won the USATF Junior National hammer crown and the Idaho Sports Center located in the Idaho Center United States Olympic Committee as an Elite Throws the gold medal at the 2011 PanAm Junior Games. complex in Nampa, Idaho. The track was purchased Clinician, and has been the lead throws clinician for During his fi rst season coaching the throwers, sev- with a $250,000 cash gift from John Jackson, Presi- the USA/Visa Decathlon team. eral of his athletes posted lifetime-best performances dent of Jacksons Food Stores in Meridian, Idaho. Boi- Maynard and his family reside in Valencia. His throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. He also se State has hosted several major meets, including wife Dee, an RN, works at Ronald Reagan Medical helped recruit one of the top young European ham- six WAC Indoor Championships. The facility hosted Center at UCLA. His daughter Allyson is a junior at mer throwers, Ida Storm, who is a sophomore on the its fi rst national meet in 2005 with the USA Indoor Boise State, studying journalism and his son Michael women’s team this year. Maynard also recruited two Master’s Championships. Boise State has submitted attends College of the Canyons. of the top men’s prep throwers (Alec Faldermeyer and bids to host future NCAA Indoor National Champi- Derek Eager), who are also freshmen this season with onships. the Bruins. In 2011, he again signed two standout prep throwers, Nicholas Scarvelis and Will Parsons. In his nine years as the head coach at Boise State, Maynard led a program which produced several his- toric events - back-to-back (2004 and 2005) national championships by Gabe Wallin in the men’s javelin, over 50 new school record performances and 30 All-American accolades. The Broncos enjoyed unprec- edented success behind Maynard’s direction. Maynard has also guided Bronco student-athletes to over 70 individual WAC Championships and over 90 marks on Boise State’s all-time top three performance lists. Stan out women’s throwers under Maynards tutelage at Boise State include Neely Falgout (ham- mer-180’0), Annia Hjeim (hammer-209-0). He also coached Elle Kafourou, the 2009 NCAA Indoor long jump champion. Maynard came to Boise State following an out- standing assistant coaching career at the University of Arizona. He was the associate head track and fi eld coach for the Wildcat program for 13 years prior to joining the Broncos. While coaching at Arizona, May- nard guided 32 individual NCAA Division I All-Ameri- Maynard with UCLA’s top women’s thrower, Ida Storm cans, including three NCAA National Champions.

6 2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD DISTANCE COACHES johnny gray middle distance COACH Third Season Johnny Gray enters his third season as an assistant Gray also coached one of America’s elite half-milers, coach, overseeing the middle distance runners. Khadevis Robinson, to fi ve USATF Championship titles. The 2011 season saw Gray mentor several young Today, he helps coach Dewayne Solomon, a former 800m runners including Paisley Pettway, Tiffany LaMar and Trojan, who was second at the 2010 USATF Senior Tamara Purpura. He also worked closesly with the Bruin National Championships with a PR run of 1:45.2. quarter-milers throughout the year, including Joy Eaton No stranger to success as an athlete, Gray is a four- and Ashlea McLaughlin, who both ran lifetime-best 400m time Olympian having competed in the 1984, 1988, 1992 times during the season. Gray also had a big year coaching and 1996 Olympic Games. At the Barcelona Games, he men’s team member Cory Primm, who catapulted into the earned a bronze medal in the 800m and won gold at national and world scene after running 1:44.71 in the 800m the 1987 and 1999 PanAm Games. He received the U.S. to break the UCLA school record. He fi nished fi fth at the Olympic Committee’s Lifetime Achievement Award in NCAA Outdoor Championships and was a semi-fi nalist 2007 and was a USATF Hall of Fame inductee in 2008. at the USATF Senior National Championship. Gray is also a hall of fame inductee for Santa Monica In Gray’s fi rst season with the Bruins, several runners College, Mt. SAC and Madison Square Garden/Melrose posted lifetime-best performances throughout the in- Games. door and outdoor season. Shannon Murakami ran PRs He also still holds the American Record in the out- in the 1500m (4:25.10) and mile (4:49.24), while quarter- door 800m (1:42.60) and indoor 800m (1:45.00), and miler Ashlea McLaughlin (2:09.81) ran PRs in the 800m set world records in the outdoor 600m (1:12.81) and and 400m (52.92). Both McLaughlin and Joy Eaton were indoor 1000yd (2:04.39). NCAA provisional qualifi ers in the 400m during Indoors. Gray resides in Thousand Oaks with his wife Judy. They Gray came to UCLA after having coached at Harvard- have three sons - Johnny Gray, III (28, a graduate of UOP Westlake High School for the last few years where he and professional player in Europe), Jared (26, guided the cross country team to the State meet for the a political science major at Cal State Northridge) and fi rst time in the program’s history (placed 9th out of 26 Jaylon, 13. Gray enjoys working with the youth so much teams). One of his athletes, Chris Cheng, was a state fi nal- he founded a non-profi t foundation called the JS & As- ist in the 800m, dropping his personal-best in the 800m sociates Youth Foundation (jsyouthfoundation.org). from 2:18.0 the previous year to 1:52.96 under Gray’s coaching. forest braden long distance COACH third Season boise state ‘07

Forest Braden enters his third year with the Bru- Prior to coming to Westwood, Braden spent the 2008 ins coaching the long distance runners. During the season as a volunteer assistant with Gonzaga University. 2011 season, Braden coached Shannon Murakami While at Gonzaga, Braden worked closely with standout to a seventh-place fi nish in the 10,000m (36:40.70) distance coach Pat Tyson in recruiting and facilitating at Pac-10s. Two of his male steeplechasers, Jake Mat- training sessions. thews and David McDonald, both scored at the Pac- Before his coaching career began, Braden was a three- 10 meet in the steeple. time All-American runner for UCLA men’s head coach In Braden’s fi rst year coaching the long distance Mike Maynard at Boise State from 2002-2007, earning runners at UCLA, the Bruins found great success. accolades in indoor and outdoor track as well as cross Murakami posted lifetime-best marks in the 1500m country. He also won seven Western Athletic Conference (4:25.10), mile (4:49.24) and 5000m (16:28.97, #8 all- titles as a Bronco. time at UCLA)) and was an NCAA provisional qualifi - Braden also ran for Team Indiana Elite for one year and er in the 3000m with a lifetime-best mark of 9:30.01. placed in the top-10 in fi ve USATF Championship meets. Kelcie Wiemann ran the No. 3 mark in UCLA history in the 10,000m (34:58.17).

Coaches Johnny Gray and Forest Braden

2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD 7 volunteer assistants/Director of Operations/student manager Jonathan leah Clark waller Volunteer Jumps Coach director of track operations First season Third season UCLA ‘11 UCLA ‘07

Jonathan Clark enters his fi rst season as a member of the coaching staff Leah Waller enters her third year as Director of Operations for both the after ending his Bruin career in June of 2011. Clark competed on the Bruin men’s and women’s track and fi eld squads. Her duties include - overseeing track and fi eld team in the jumps and ended his career as a two-time All- the day-to-day operations of the track and fi eld teams, serving as co-meet American, earning second-team honors in 2011 in the outdoor triple and director, arranging team travel, submitting meet entries and act as the point indoor triple. He ended his career with top marks of 52-5.25 in the indoor person for the teams within the athletic department. triple, 51-9.25 in the outdoor triple, 6-10.75 in the high jump and 23-7.50 In addition to her duties with track, she is the administrative support for in the outdoor long jump. He was also a two-time runner-up at the Pac-10 men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, and men’s and women’s tennis. Waller Championships in the triple jump. also works with Housing Services to coordinate all student-athlete on-cam- Clark graduated from UCLA in 2011 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychol- pus housing. ogy. He was a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honoree and was on Waller graduated from UCLA in March of 2007 with a bachelors degree in the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Clark is still training and competing in the Economics and International Development studies. While a student at UCLA triple jump and plans on jumping at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July. He will she worked for athletic tutoring in Covel Commons. assist jumps coach Anthony Curran during the season.

Dustin astra Deleo felder Volunteer pole vault Coach student team manager First season UCLA ‘09

Dustin DeLeo joins the Bruin staff as a volunteer assistant this season and will work with pole vault coach Anthony Curran to coach the vaulters. He ended his pole vaulting career at UCLA in 2009 and was an All-American audrey for the men’s team after placing seventh at the NCAA Indoor meet in 2008. DeLeo still ranks sixth all-time in UCLA history with an outdoor best of mitchell 18-1. He had an indoor best of 17-6.25. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Sociology. student team manager

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Dan Guerrero Glenn Toth Dr. Gene Block Director of Athletics Associate Athletic Director Chancellor 10th Year 32nd Year (3rd w/ track) Fifth Year UCLA ‘74 UCLA ‘76 Stanford ‘77

Glenn Toth, who has served Dr. Gene Block became chan- On April 25, 2002, Daniel G. the athletic department as an cellor of UCLA in August 2007. Guerrero was named UCLA’s administrator for more than As chief executive offi cer, he eighth Director of Athletics. A 34 years, enters his 14th year oversees all aspects of the former Bruin baseball player, Guerrero, who assumed in charge of the UCLA men’s and women’s tennis university’s three-part mission of education, research his duties on July 1, 2002, has enjoyed great success and programs. He is in his third year overseeing the men’s and service. exudes the pride of a student-athlete who is in charge volleyball team, the men’s and women’s cross-country A champion of public universities, Chancellor Block of the program at his alma mater. Guerrero is one of teams, and the men’s and women’s track & fi eld teams has set four major priorities for UCLA during his the most respected and talented administrators in all after 11 years overseeing the programs. In addition administration: academic excellence, diversity, civic of intercollegiate athletics. He is the current president to his role as a sports supervisor, Toth has also seen engagement and fi nancial security. He has called for of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of duty as an assistant coach, and serves as a member of UCLA to deepen its engagement with the Los Angeles Athletics (NACDA) and a member athletic director Dan Guerrero’s senior staff. region and to increase access for students from under- of the NACDA Executive Committee and served as A senior associate athletic director with a variety of represented populations. president of the Division I Athletic Directors Associa- responsibilities, Toth serves as the liaison with shoe Chancellor Block holds UCLA faculty appointments tion in 2010-11. and apparel sponsor adidas, having orchestrated both in psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences in the David This past year Guerrero received recognition by several the original 1999 agreement and its renewal in 2005 Geffen School of Medicine and in physiological science prestigious organizations. In May, he was honored by the and 2011. adidas supplies all Bruin teams, and repre- in the College of Letters and Science. He also heads a Black Coaches and Administrators Association as the sents the department’s most lucrative sponsorship. research laboratory on campus that is funded by the Dr. Myles Brand Administrator of the Year. In April, he In addition, Toth was point person on the negotiation National Institutes of Health. was presented with the Crystal Eagle Award by CORO with International Sports Properties (ISP) which now Previously, he served as vice president and provost Southern California, an organization that provides train- handles the department’s corporate relations, media of the University of Virginia. He holds a bachelor’s ing of civic and government leaders. Additionally, he was rights, program printing, web page, ad sales, and spon- degree in psychology from Stanford University and a recognized by the National Association of Basketball sor promotions. master’s and Ph.D. in psychology from the University Coaches (NABC) with the Clifford Wells Award for Toth also has administrative responsibility for the of Oregon. distinguished service to the organization. In Guerrero’s athletic equipment room which designs, outfi ts, and Chancellor Block and his wife, Carol, have two adult nine years as Athletic Director, he has clearly estab- maintains all of the Bruins’ uniforms, practice, and children. The Blocks are avid Bruin fans and attend the lished a pattern of “image and substance” that few in playing equipment. Sporting a staff of six full-time and competitions of various Bruin athletic programs. his profession can match. UCLA stands as the No. 1 additional part-time personnel, the equipment room University in the nation for NCAA team championships has signifi cant on-site capability, including laundry, me- (107) won, a number that continues to grow under his chanical repair, and custom fi tting/tailoring. direction. In those eight years, UCLA teams have won In addition, the sports medicine area/athletic training 21 NCAA team titles (the highest total in the nation room, which provides injury evaluation, treatment, in that span) in 11 different sports, fi nished second 17 rehabilitation, therapy, and nutritional services to over times and have had an additional 32 Top Five fi nishes 700 student-athletes falls under Toth’s supervision. (70 total). A staggering 172 teams (of 207 possible) have UCLA sports medicine has 14 full-time employees, a qualifi ed for NCAA post-season competition and the student trainer program, and interfaces with UCLA football team has appeared in seven bowl games. The medical personnel and physicians. Among the features program has also won 46 conference championships in of the sports medicine complex are hydrotherapy 15 different sports, produced over 460 All-Americans pools, physician’s exam and treatment offi ces, and and featured four Honda Award winners, including diagnostic ultrasound capability. Toth also supervises the 2003-04 Collegiate Woman . the speed, strength, and conditioning area and its six Furthermore, during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games coaches. in Beijing, China, 39 Bruins participated as athletes or Toth graduated from UCLA in 1976 with a degree in coaches, representing the United States and nine other economics and was hired shortly thereafter by former nations. They won 15 medals, including four gold. athletic director J.D. Morgan to work in the events and In the last nine years, UCLA has fi nished second three travel offi ce. From 1978-84, he supervised the manage- times (2007-08, 2006-07 and 2005-06), third twice ment of home athletic events and team travel. In 1982, (2004-05 and 2003-04), fourth (2009-10), sixth (2002- Toth handled the logistics of UCLA’s move to the 03), 11th (2010-11) and 16th (2008-09) in the race for Rose Bowl and at the same time became the athletic the Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup. This past year in department’s fi rst marketing director. Promoted to NCAA competition, UCLA won its 107th NCAA title Associate Athletic Director in 1984, he was credited in women’s golf, placed second in women’s gymnastics, with several award-winning football marketing cam- third in women’s water polo and women’s tennis (tied), paigns and the creation of the department’s corporate fi fth (tied) in men’s golf and men’s soccer, ninth (tied) in relations program. men’s tennis and women’s soccer, 17th (tied) in men’s Toth lettered in golf at Tustin’s Foothill High School basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball and where he graduated in 1972. He enjoys scuba diving, women’s volleyball and 20th in women’s swimming. hiking, and mountaineering, and also serves as a Reserve Guerrero came to UCLA in 2002 from UC Irvine, Captain with the LA County Sheriff’s Department, where he had served as UCI’s fi fth Director of Ath- managing the Search and Recovery Dive Team. His letics for 10 years. Prior to arriving at UC Irvine, he golden retrievers are Misty and Dottie. was the Athletic Director for fi ve years at Cal State Dominguez Hills (1988-92). He received his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1974 and played second base in the Bruin baseball program for four years. Guerrero, born on November 10, 1951 in Tucson, AZ, was raised in Wilmington, CA. He is married to the former Anne Marie Aniello and they have two grown daughters: Jenna and Katie.

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Track & Field Support Staff UCLA Sports Information Directory

Sport Contact Phone # Baseball Alex Timiraos 310-206-4008 Basketball (M) Ryan Finney 310-206-4701 Basketball (W) James Ybiernas 310-206-8123 Basketball (W) Steve Rourke 310-206-8187 Cross Country (M/W) Stephanie Sampson 310-206-4008 Paul Brown Don Morrison Rich Herczog Joanne Suechika Michael Sondheimer Football Steve Rourke 310-206-8194 Event Management Faculty Athletic Rep. Compliance Academic Advisor Academic Admissions Football Stephanie Sampson 310-206-4008 Golf (M/W) Rich Bertolucci 310-206-8141 Gymnastics Liza David 310-206-8140 Rowing Alex Timiraos 310-206-4008 Soccer (M) Mike Leary 310-206-7870 Soccer (W) Danny Harrington 310-206-8075 Softball James Ybiernas 310-206-8123 Sabrina Youmans Kyle Steve Becci Twombley John Ames Tina Tubbs Swim/Dive Stephanie Sampson 310-206-4008 Learning Specialist Equipment Nutritionist Staff Athletic Trainer Staff Athletic Trainer Tennis (M/W) Danny Harrington 310-206-8075 Track & Field (M/W) Stephanie Sampson 310-206-4008 Volleyball (M) Rich Bertolucci/Mike Leary 310-206-8141 Volleyball (W) James Ybiernas 310-206-8123 Water Polo Alex Timiraos 310-206-0524

John Fussell Adam Cretti Jamie Arneson General Sports Information: 310-206-7870 Athletic Performance Coach Athletic Performance Coach Marketing Mailing Address: JD Morgan Center 325 Westwood Plaza Interview Policies Los Angeles, CA 90095 All interviews must be arranged by the Sports Information Offi ce. Athletes have been instructed not to grant any interview, in person or by telephone, not arranged by the Sports Information Offi ce. Athlete telephone numbers are private and will not be re- leased. Please do not expect student-athletes to be available if you have not made Stephanie Sampson prior arrangements. Assistant SID (Track/Field) (310) 206-4008 - phone Interview Availability (310) 825-8664 - fax Athletes and coaches may be interviewed before or after practice depending on [email protected] availability. Arrangements to attend practice must be made in advance with the Sports Information Offi ce. Student-athletes and coaches will also be made available to the media after the conclusion of each home meet. Travel Information For security purposes, the UCLA Sports Information Offi ce does not release any travel information for its athletic teams. If you would like to reach a member of the track and fi eld team on the road, please contact the Sports Information Offi ce. Press Credentials Working press can obtain media and photography credentials for UCLA home meets by emailing or calling Stephanie Sampson at the UCLA Sports Information Offi ce - [email protected], (310) 206-4008. All requests should be submitted at least 24 hours in advance to ensure availability. Press credentials can be picked up at the entrance to the track. Photography Television and photo credentials entitle video and still photographers to shoot from designated areas only. Obtaining Information Meet recaps and results will be made available on the UCLA website shortly after the completion of both home and away meets. Statistics and individual student-athlete biographies, as well as the media guide, can also be accessed online. Stadium Internet Access Drake Stadium does not have DSL or wireless access. A limited number of phone lines are available for media members who are looking to gain access online, however you will need to use your own internet service provider. The UCLA Sports Information Offi ce is available to the working media after each meet.

10 2012 UCLA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY INFORMATION

Directions To UCLA and Drake Stadium Frank W. Marshall Field at Drake Stadium is located just east of Charles Young Drive right next to the Los Angeles Tennis Center and Pauley Pavilion. From the 405 Freeway, take the Sunset Blvd. exit and head east. Take a right on Westwood Plaza into the parking kiosk in Lot 4. From there, parking is available in either Lot 4 or Lot 7 for $10.

DRAKE STADIUM

ACOSTA CENTER CENTER FOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER

The two-story Acosta Athletic Complex serves a variety of needs for UCLA’s highly competitive inter- The Rose Gilbert Learning Center is located in the collegiate athletics program. The Center, which was remodeled in 2006, features UCLA’s Athletic Train- J.D. Morgan Center and houses the Academic Ser- ing and Rehabilitation Room, the Center for Athletic Performance, varsity locker rooms, and The Bud vices staff and computer lab (which was remod- Knapp Football Center. This state-of-the-art facility provides UCLA student-athletes and coaches all of eled in the Summer of 2008). This unit provides the advantages needed to maximize athletic performance. comprehensive academic support for nearly 700 student-athletes in 22 sports. Teams are assigned academic counselors who will assist them with course selection, degree declaration, and College and University policies and procedures.

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