UCLA track: Bruins sending nine athletes to NCAA championships

Turquoise Thompson will compete in the 400 hurdles. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times / May 17, 2013)

By Chris Foster

June 5, 2013, 10:16 a.m.

Nine UCLA athletes will compete in the NCAA track and field championships the next three days in Eugene, Ore.

On the men's side, the Bruins have Alec Faldermeyer (hammer), Dominic Giovannoni (decathlon), Marcus Nilsson (decathlon) and Julian Wruck (discus).

On the women?s side, Brea Buchanan (100-meter hurdles), Kylie Price (100, long jump), Tatum Souza (heptathlon), Ida Storm (hammer) and Turquoise Thompson (400 hurdles) will compete.

Follow the events live at http://pac-12.com/live/goducks/track-field.aspx.

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Source: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ucla-ncaa-track-field-championships-20130605,0,3928459.story?track=rss

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