A torrent of medals in Silesiada
First-year students of the Silesian University of Technology in Silesiada did great, winning as many as eight gold medals.
Let us remind you that Silesiada is a qualifying round for the National Final of the First-Year Student Games, which this year will take place in Lublin in early December. Young athletes competed in the following disciplines: women's and men's volleyball, women's and men's basketball, men's futsal, women's and men's swimming, women's and men's table tennis and women's and men's cross-country running. Only first-year students admitted to university for the first time could take part in Silesiada.
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Men's and women's volleyball competitions were held in the sports hall of the Silesian University of Technology at 28 Kaszubska Street in Gliwice. Six teams took part in both tournaments and were divided into two groups. The group winners met in the final.
For both women and men, the winner was decided by the duel between AWF Katowice and the Silesian University of Technology. In the case of women, brave students of our University, trained by prof. Krzysztof Czapla, lost 0:2.
Among men, the competitors from the Silesian University of Technology, led by Wojciech Czapla, took gold. The volleyball players won in fantastic style, not losing a single set throughout the tournament.
Team Members: Kamil Karnas, Daniel Szola, Wojciech Chechelski, Dawid Hoim, Wojciech Wosek, Tomasz Prawdziuk, Kamil Nadskakulski, Michał Brysik, Jakub Mida.
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Our swimmers, coached by Joanna Malanowicz-Celeban, won as many as five gold medals.
Bożena Fic (50m freestyle and 50m butterfly) and Paweł Kwiecień (50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly) stood on the top step of the podium twice. Marcin Uryga won gold in the 50m backstroke, and Jakub Koralewicz won silver in this competition.
The above-mentioned competitors are sure of going to the National Finals of the First-Year Student Games.
However, this is not the end of the swimmers' medals. Silver medals were won by the men's and women's 4x50m freestyle relay teams. Szymon Szafranek won the bronze medal in the 50m backstroke. The medal of the same colour was also won by Jakub Pietraszczyk in the 50m breaststroke.
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Two medals were won by students of the Silesian University of Technology in cross-country running, led by Piotr Wysocki, MA. Oliwia Młynek won the gold among women, and Adam Walukiewicz won the silver among men. They won the opportunity to represent AZS Katowice in the December event.
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There were also successes in table tennis, where Juliusz Gulba took second place among men, and Kinga Stępska took bronze in the women's competition. Their coach is Piotr Zemła, MA.
These two also qualified to participate in the national tournament.
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Gold was also won by basketball players from the Silesian University of Technology, who passed the group stage in great style, and in the final, athletes from our University again faced AWF Katowice. Our basketball players, coached by Łukasz Kopera, won 27:20.
Team Members:
Jakub Gdowik, Aleksander Wiśniewski, Wojciech Hypki, Filip Miś, Michał Radochoński, Daniel Dopierała, Jan Mincewicz. Jakub Płonka, Patryk Legierski, Jan Nosowicz, Alex Lenart.
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Our players took second place in the futsal tournament. The fight there was extremely even - the three best teams scored the same number of points, and the two best, i.e. the Silesian University of Technology and UE Katowice, even had the same goal ratio. A small table of duels between the three best teams was decisive and UE Katowice won.
We would also like to add that in team sports, only the best teams of AZS Katowice will be represented at the tournament in Lublin.
Congratulations to all medallists!
