Taking home four medals and an additional seven top ten performances our ACU team achieved an impressive 11th position in the men’s standings and 14th in the women’s category against some significantly larger university teams.
Drawing students from five different campuses those that competed credited the atmosphere and competing with their peers as the greatest takeaways.
After finishing 6th in the Men’s Long Jump, EAPP student athlete Sami Lutui (B. Bachelor of Psychological Science/B. of Exercise and Sports Science, Melbourne) said it was "meeting other ACU students and sharing stories that made the trip most worthwhile" for him, "can’t wait to do it again next year."
Francesca Sugiaman (Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, Strathfield) echoed these thoughts, “the ACU squad was so friendly and supportive and it was amazing to hear stories about different ACU Campuses.”
UniSport Nationals Athletics is one of numerous standalone Nationals events held throughout the year with the competitions culminating with the UniSport National Div 1 & 2 Championships on the Gold Coast in September.
Next up 3x3 Basketball in Canberra from 29-30 April and Swimming in Sydney from May 13th.
Full results can be found here.
Georgia Hulley
Bachelor of Speech Pathology, North Sydney
Silver in Women's Pole Vault 2.80m
Emily Markoski
Bachelor of Nursing, North Sydney
Silver in Women's Javelin 39.00m
Nicholas Kollias
Bachelor Physiotherapy, North Sydney
Bronze in Men's High Jump 2.09m
Jermey Davis
Bachelor of High Performance Sport, Brisbane
Bronze in Men's Triple Jump 13.26m
Stephen Fraser
Bachelor of Education (Primary), Canberra
4th in Men's Shot Put 13.41m and 5th in Men's Discus 41.10m
Sami, Lutui
Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, Melbourne
6th in Men's Long Jump 6.12m
Francesca Sugiaman
Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, Strathfield
5th in Women's Long Jump 5.52m, 6th in Women's 200m 25.93 and 7th in Women's 100m 12.56
Brianna Sherry
Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, Melbourne
10th in Women’s 800m 2:30.12
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