The UCLA Bruins track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruins compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is based in Los Angeles, at the Drake Stadium.
The program is coached by Joanna Hayes. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
The teams have won fifteen national titles since their first in 1956. At the 1987 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, UCLA set the record for the highest ever winning margin, scoring 81 points compared to 28 points for second place. Jackie Robinson won the 1940 NCAA track and field championships title in the long jump for the Bruins before his baseball career. In 2020, UCLA track coach Avery Anderson shared a letter with the team on racial injustice that was subsequently published.
Postseason
AIAW The Bruins have had 24 AIAW individual All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.
AIAW All-Americans Championships Name Event Place Francie Larrieu 880 yards Julie Brown 880 yards Francie Larrieu Mile run Julie Brown Mile run Clare Choate Mile run Francie Larrieu 2 miles Julie Brown 2 miles Clare Choate 2 miles Francie Larrieu 4 × 440 yards relay Julie Brown Dale Raymond Laurie Huggard Debbie Roberson 440 yards Julie Brown 880 yards Kate Keyes 880 yards Julie Brown Mile run Kate Keyes Mile run Julie Brown 2 miles Kate Keyes 2 miles Clydine Crowder 100 meters hurdles Clydine Crowder 400 meters hurdles Debbie Roberson 4 × 100 meters relay Chris A'Harrah Laurie Huggard Gayle Butler Gayle Butler Sprint medley relay Laurie Huggard Sharon White Chris A'Harrah Monette Driscoll Discus throw Kathy Schmidt Javelin throw Evelyn Ashford 100 meters Lisa Vogelsang Discus throw Karin Smith Javelin throw Evelyn Ashford 100 meters Evelyn Ashford 200 meters Kathy Weston 400 meters Debbie Roberson 800 meters Kate Keyes 1500 meters Modupe Oshikoya 100 meters hurdles Evelyn Ashford 4 × 440 yards relay Modupe Oshikoya Veronica Venezia Kathy Weston Kathy Chisam 4 × 880 yards relay Kate Keyes Debbie Roberson Kathy Weston Evelyn Ashford Sprint medley relay Modupe Oshikoya Debbie Roberson Kathy Weston Chris Rammling High jump Modupe Oshikoya Long jump Karin Smith Javelin throw Evelyn Ashford 100 meters Evelyn Ashford 200 meters Modupe Oshikoya 100 meters hurdles Unknown 4 × 800 meters relay Unknown Unknown Unknown Evelyn Ashford Sprint medley relay Unknown Unknown Debbie Roberson Modupe Oshikoya Long jump Kathy Chisam 4 × 880 yards relay Andrea Ward Sheila Ralston Cynthia Warner Unknown Sprint medley relay Unknown Unknown Unknown Cynthia Warner 800 meters Linda Goen 1500 meters Arlise Emerson 4 × 440 yards relay Kim Law Cindy Cumbess Oralee Fowler Andrea Ward 4 × 880 yards relay Sheila Ralston Cynthia Warner Linda Goen Jeanette Bolden 100 meters Florence Griffith 200 meters Arlise Emerson 400 meters Linda Goen 1500 meters Sheila Ralston 1500 meters Jeanette Bolden 4 × 100 meters relay Sherri Howard Florence Griffith Missy Jerald Cindy Cumbess 4 × 400 meters relay Sherri Howard Arlise Emerson Oralee Fowler Missy Jerald Sprint medley relay Jeanette Bolden Florence Griffith Sherri Howard Jacque Nelson Javelin throw Jackie Joyner Heptathlon
NCAA , a total of 212 men and 84 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).