Excellent performance of students of Silesian University of Technology in Silesiada
As many as 15 gold medals were won by first year students of the Silesian University of Technology in Silesiada and on November 29 – December 1, 2024 they will perform in the National Final of the First Year Student Games in Warsaw.
15 gold medals is an excellent result - even better than last year's Silesiada, when there were 8 of them.. In total, our young athletes reached for 22 medals, because seven silver discs were added to the gold discs.
Let us remind you that Silesiada is an elimination for the National Final of the First Year Student Games, which this year at the turn of November and December will be held in Warsaw. Only the winners of individual disciplines who will represent AZS Katowice will qualify for it.
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 who are admitted to study for the first time can start in Silesiada.
In the sports hall of the Silesian University of Technology at 28 Kaszubska Street in Gliwice, traditionally, men's and women's volleyball competitions were held. Both teams won gold medals after a fantastic fight.
Our volleyball players went through the group stage, in which they defeated 2:0 the University of Silesia and the Medical University of Silesia. In the final they faced AWF Katowice, and the rivals won the first set. However, the brave students of our University did not break down and turned the fate of the competition, winning 2:1 after an extremely even finish.
“My players deserved to win in this difficult and very emotional game. They showed a great team game, complementing each other both in attack and defence. The whole “six” played a great match, and the fact that we played without “libero” emphasizes their success even more” – says the director of the Sports Centre of the Silesian University of Technology and the coach of volleyball players, Prof. Krzysztof Czapla.
The female volleyball team are Natalia Błachut, Milena Pawlas, Maria Buras, Martyna Chrobak, Laura Zamerlik, Oliwia Zalas, Amelia Gajdzik, Maria Rus, Michalina Kowaluk, Hanna Świercz, Maria Bezręcz and Maja Idzińska. Coach: Prof. Krzysztof Czapla.
The gold medals were also reached for by volleyball players, who in the decisive competition turned out to be better than the University of Silesia. On that day, the podium belonged to our university.
The male volleyball team: Paweł Dejnaka, Wiktor Wnuk, Błażej Skorysko, Jan Wołoszczuk, Szymon Tomecki, Filip Szyguła, Mikołaj Lysień, Jakub Bartosik, Igor Starnowski, Stanisław Mendrek, Lukasz Lupak and Kacper Strzelczyk. Coach Wojciech Czapla.
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The remaining gold medals in Silesiada were won by students of our University in individual sports. As many as eight gold medals were won by swimmers (the coach was Joanna Malanowicz-Celeban): Weronika Więcek (50m Classical and 50m Butterfly), Kamil Jaworski (50m Classical and 50m butterfly), Filip Bielski (50m free), Kacper Kudzia (50m dorsal), women relay 4x 50m free composed of: Martyna Chrobak, Julia Kołodziej, Maria Rus, Weronika Więcek and the men's relay 4x50m w. Filip Bielski, Paweł Grabowski, Szymon Mordarski and Kamil Jaworski.
Four gold medals were won by our representatives in the rowing ergometer – light weight: Małgorzata Figel and Kamil Warczek, heavy weight: Alicja Ziętek and Michał Gonciarz. Justyna Czarnia also reached for gold in table tennis, trained by Piotr Zemła.
Congratulations to everyone and we wish you success in Warsaw.
