The modified preseason is over for UCLA. After four meets and four wins, the Bruins have knocked off the rust that accumulated over months of quarantine. Their routines are fully loaded again. They’re not content with just competing.
The Bruins are coming for the crown now.
“We want to try to be the Pac-12 regular-season champion and vie for Pac-12 championship and vie for national championship,” coach Chris Waller said on a videoconference this week. “Those are daunting and scary goals. But the reality is one of the most fun things is to put that on the table and then live up to that the next day and the next day and the next day.