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BRUIN SUPERLATIVES Ken Norton, football Florence Griffith-Joyner, track & field Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track and field Lisa Fernandez, softball XXXI UCLA IS NO. 1 IN OLYMPIANS *David Vanole, Soccer Sasha Victorine, Soccer Catharine von Schwarz, Water Polo Sydney — 2000 Mark Williams, Volleyball *Natalie Williams, Basketball Amy Acuff, Track & Field Kevin Wong, Beach Volleyball *Joanne Alchin-Brown, Softball Elaine Youngs, Beach Volleyball *Christie Ambrosi, Softball *Andrea Anderson, Track & Field Tawny Bahn, Table Tennis *Guy Baker, Water Polo *Robin Beauregard, Water Polo Atlanta — 1996 Alyssa Beckerman, Gymnastics Amy Acuff, Track & Field *Ato Boldon, Track & Field *Joanne Alchin, Softball *Larry Brown, Basketball Valeyta Althouse, Track & Field *Jennifer Brundage, Softball *Ato Boldon, Track & Field Tony Duffy Annett Buckner-Davis, Beach Volleyball Jennifer Brundage, Softball Florence Griffith-Joyner, Shelia Burrell, Track & Field *Sheila Cornell, Softball Marilyn Chua, Swimming Rich Corso, Water Polo Track & Field Gold Medalist *Sheila Cornell-Douty, Softball *Gail Devers, Track & Field Michelle Conway, Gymnastics *Kerry Dienelt, Softball Jamie Dantzscher, Gymnastics Dawn Dumble, Track & Field *Kerry Dienelt, Softball Catriona Fallon, Rowing Gail Devers, Track & Field *Joy Fawcett, Soccer Dawn Dumble, Track & Field *Lisa Fernandez, Softball *Jillian Ellis, Soccer Elvira Fischer, Swimming *Joy Fawcett, Soccer *Troy Glaus, Baseball *Lisa Fernandez, Softball *John Godina, Track & Field Elvira Fischer, Swimming Ibraham Hassan, Track & Field Amanda Freed, Softball Frankie Hejduk, Soccer Brad Friedel, Soccer Carl Henkel, Beach Volleyball *John Godina, Track & Field Patricia Hy-Boulais, Tennis Danny Hackett, Water Polo *Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track & Field *Tanya Harding, Softball Nada Kawar, Track & Field Frankie Hejduk, Soccer Bob Kersee, Track & Field Monique Henderson, Track & Field *Karch Kiraly, Beach Volleyball ENSINGER Jenny Johnson-Jordan, Beach Volleyball Mark Knowles, Tennis P Shakedia Jones, Track & Field Dan Kutler, Swimming OUG D Nada Kawar, Track & Field Dan Landry, Volleyball Reggie Miller, Mebrahtom Keflezighi, Track & Field Bjorn Maaseide, Beach Volleyball Basketball Gold Medalist Sean Kern, Water Polo *Michael Marsh, Track & Field Karch Kiraly, Beach Volleyball Joe-Max Moore, Soccer Mark Knowles, Tennis Holly McPeak, Beach Volleyball Dan Landry, Volleyball *Reggie Miller, Basketball Bjorn Maaseide, Beach Volleyball Althea Moses, Track & Field Kristen Maloney, Gymnastics Sandra Myers, Track & Field Liz Masakayan, Beach Volleyball Jeff Nygaard, Volleyball Stephen McCain, Gymnastics Janice Parks, Softball Holly McPeak, Beach Volleyball *Jim Parque, Baseball *Stacey Nuveman, Softball Suzy Powell, Track & Field Jeff Nygaard, Volleyball Mike Powell, Track & Field *Nicolle Payne, Water Polo Jeanne Reeves, Volleyball Bridget Pearson, Track & Field *Dot Richardson, Softball Suzy Powell, Track & Field Alex Rousseau, Water Polo Nandi Pryce, Soccer *Annette Salmeen, Swimming Kate Richardson, gymnastics Sinjin Smith, Beach Volleyball *Dot Richardson, Softball Chris Snitko, Soccer Sally Scovel, Rowing *Kent Steffes, Beach Volleyball *Coralie Simmons, Water Polo *Kerri Strug, Gymnastics Seilala Sua, Track & Field Jon Ferrey Fred Sturm, Volleyball Karch Kiraly, Erik Sullivan, Volleyball Rudy Suwara, Volleyball Malin Svahnstrom, Swimming Mike Terry, Track & Field Volleyball Gold Medalist Yvonne Tousek, Gymnastics Jim Toring, Water Polo Peter Vagenas, Soccer Yvonne Tousek, Gymnastics XXXII AND OLYMPIC MEDALS Stella Umeh, Gymnastics Janeene Vickers, Track & Field OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL Chris Waller, Gymnastics STANDINGS Darren Ward, Swimming Michael Williams, Track & Field *Kevin Young, Track & Field 2000 at Sydney 1. United States 39 2. Russia 32 3. China 28 4. Australia 16 1988 — Seoul, Korea 12. UCLA Athletes 8 Annette Salmeen, (Medalists only) Swimming Gold Medalist *Evelyn Ashford, Track & Field 1996 at Atlanta *Danny Everett, Track & Field 1. United States 44 Chainey Umphrey, Gymnastics 2. Russia 26 *Christa Williams, Softball *Florence Griffith-Joyner, Track & Field Elaine Youngs, Volleyball *Karch Kiraly, Volleyball 3. Germany 20 *Steve Lewis, Track & Field 4. China 16 *Ricci Luyties, Volleyball 7. UCLA Athletes 12 *Michael Marsh, Track & Field *Craig Oppel, Swimming 1992 at Barcelona *Doug Partie, Volleyball 1. Unified Team 45 1992 — Barcelona, Spain *Andre Phillips, Track & Field 2. United States 37 *Evelyn Ashford, Track & Field *Mike Powell, Track & Field *Dave Saunders, Volleyball 3. Germany 33 Guy Baker, Water Polo 4. China 16 Teo Beilefield, Rowing 9. UCLA Athletes 8 Brian Blutreich, Track & Field Andrea Cecchi, Swimming *Gail Devers, Track & Field 1988 at Seoul Rudi Dollmayer, Swimming 1984 — Los Angeles 1. Soviet Union 55 Tim Evans, Rowing (Medalists only) 2. East Germany 37 Danny Everett, Track & Field 3. United States 36 *Catriona Fallon, Rowing *Evelyn Ashford, Track & Field 4. UCLA Athletes 17 Brad Friedel, Soccer *Angela Bailey, Track & Field *Jeanne Beauprey, Volleyball *Greg Giovanazzi, W. Volleyball 1984 at Los Angeles Rodrigo Gonzales, Swimming *Pam Bileck, Gymnastics *Jeannette Bolden, Track & Field 1. United States 83 Chris Henderson, Soccer 2. Romania 20 Patricia Hy, Tennis *Carol Bower, Rowing Isidro Ibarrondo, Gymnastics *Denise Curry, Basketball 3. UCLA Athletes 19 Zak Ibsen, Soccer *Tim Daggett, Gymnastics 4. West Germany 17 *Tom Jager, Swimming *Greg Foster, Track & Field Cobi Jones, Soccer *Mitch Gaylord, Gymnastics *Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track & Field *Florence Griffith, Track & Field Scott Keswick, Gymnastics *Bruce Hayes, Swimming Mark Knowles, Tennis *Sherri Howard, Track & Field Matjaz Kozeli, Swimming *Tom Jager, Swimming Mike Lapper, Soccer *Jackie Joyner, Track & Field Sebastian LeBlanc, Tennis *Karch Kiraly, Volleyball Francie Larrieu-Smith, Track & Field *Dave Laut, Track & Field *Steve Lewis, Track & Field *Robin Leamy, Swimming *Mike Marsh, Track & Field *Julianne McNamara, Gymnastics Giovanni Minervini, Swimming *Steve Salmons, Volleyball Joe-Max Moore, Soccer *Dave Saunders, Volleyball Franz Mortensen, Swimming *Dave Schultz, Wrestling Sandra Myers, Track & Field *Karin Smith, Track & Field Camille Noel, Track & Field *Kevin Still, Rowing *Doug Partie, M. Volleyball *Mike Tully, Track & Field Luisa Portocarrero, Gymnastics *Joe Vargas, Water Polo *Mike Powell, Track & Field *Peter Vidmar, Gymnastics Alex Rousseau, Water Polo Karin Smith, Track & Field *Mike Still, Rowing Dot Richardson, *Fred Sturm, M. Volleyball *Medalists Softball Gold Medalist XXXIII FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES Left: The Bruins practice daily at Spaulding Field, an outdoor natural grass surface with two football fields. Bottom: Student- athletes enjoy all the comforts of home in the many on-campus coed dorms. Middle: the George F. Kneller Academic Center in the J.D. Morgan Center has 18 state- of-the-art computers with educational software for every student-athlete’s needs. ▲ XXXIV The Rose Bowl is the centerpiece of UCLA’s top-notch facilities. Designed especially for football, the 92,000-seat, oval- shaped stadium annually hosts the nation’s most prestigious college football bowl game and serves as the Bruins’ home during the regular season. The stadium has hosted the finals of the men’s and women’s World Cup soccer tournaments, the finals of Olympic soccer and several Super Bowls. XXXV THE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE TRAINING FACILITY UCLA’s new Speed-Strength and by the Speed-Strength and Condi- UCLA’s Speed-Strength and Con- Conditioning Facility located in the tioning staff are instrumental in ditioning program is designed to Acosta Training Center has doubled equipping all UCLA athletes with produce and improve the four fun- in size to 15,000 square feet and is the physical tools required to suc- damentals of speed-strength: reac- directed by Hall of Fame speed- cessfully compete in the national tion strength, explosive strength, strength and conditioning coach spotlight. Each athlete receives in- absolute strength and starting E.J.”Doc” Kreis, who was hired in dividual attention from the staff in strength. The ultimate goal is to June, 2003. developing all facets of athleticism, transfer the gains made as a result such as strength, force production, of hard and consistent work into the Kreis, a two-time strength and and power. competitive environment. The conditioning coach of the year, will transfer of the four fundamentals to oversee the athletic development of The Acosta Speed-Strength and the field, court, or pool allows UCLA more than 700 student-athletes. He Conditioning Facility is composed athletes to compete successfully at is joined by a highly accredited staff of 27 weight lifting platforms, a the highest level of their sport. including associate head coach state of the art dumbbell area, thirty Kerri Barrett Husbands, first assis- upper and lower body weight ma- Ultimately, UCLA athletes are ex- tant coach Troy Jorgensen and as- chines, and a variety of cardiovas- pected to work day in and day out sistant coaches Karl Jordan, Jon cular equipment. The room is high- to improve upon their athleticism. Fussell and Ryan Beckwith. lighted by the Athletic Performance There are no secret training meth- Area, a specialized space dedicated ods – just hard work, consistency, An athlete’s development re- to enhancing acceleration/decelera- effort, and attitude. The pride and quires a comprehensive plan that tion capabilities, foot speed, bal- tradition behind UCLA athletics is maximizes all physical components