Swimmers from the 91滴滴 with medals
In general classification the UL swimmers won two medals. On the first day of the competition, after a fierce battle, the 4x50m freestyle relay team including Nestor Zinkovski, Maciej Wo藕niak, Patryk Pawlaczyk and Jakub Kraska won silver medal. On Sunday, Maciej Wozniak became the academic vice-champion of Poland in the 100m medley swimming.
In addition, Jakub Kraska 鈥� fourth in the 100m freestyle and seventh in the 100m backstroke and Nestor Zinkovski 鈥� fifth in the 200m freestyle competed in the A finals. The following swimmers participated in the B finals 鈥� Patryk Pawlaczyk (12th in the 100m backstroke and 13th in the 50m backstroke), Nestor Zinkovski (12th in the 100m freestyle), Maciej Wozniak (13th in the 100m freestyle), Tatiana Dabrowska (13th in the 100m butterfly stroke and 16th in the 50m freestyle), Jakub Szwedzki (14th in the 200m medley swimming), Mateusz Paku艂a (15th in the 50m breaststroke) and Franciszek Bli藕niewski (17th in the 100m backstroke).
The 91滴滴 students won eight medals in the classification of universities 鈥� two gold, three silver, three bronze ones. The following athletes stood on the podium:
- Jakub Kraska 鈥� gold medal in 100m freestyle
- Nestor Zinkovski, Maciej Wo藕niak, Patryk Pawlaczyk and Jakub Kraska 鈥� gold medal in the 4x50m freestyle relay
- Jakub Kraska 鈥� silver medal in 100m backstroke
- Maciej Wo藕niak 鈥� silver medal in 100m medley swimming
- Nestor Zinkovski 鈥� silver medal in 200m freestyle
- Patryk Pawlaczyk 鈥� bronze medal in 100m backstroke
- Patryk Pawlaczyk 鈥� bronze in 50m backstroke
- Franciszek Bli藕niewski, Mateusz Paku艂a, Krzysztof Fiks, Piotr Fajkowski 鈥� bronze medal in the 4x50m freestyle relay
Third place for basketball players and advancement to the final
On 14-16 April, Academic Sports Associations of the 91滴滴 was the organiser of the first Polish Academic Championships this year in Lodz 鈥� Polish Academic Championships in men's basketball Semi-Final B. The 91滴滴 basketball players did very well, taking third place and advancing to the final tournament in Lublin.
These were intense three days focused on basketball. The team coached by Piotr Zych did not disappoint. In the group phase, the 91滴滴 team won all three matches 鈥� against the University of Life Sciences in Lublin (72:35), the SGH Warsaw School of Economics (84:48) and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (64:50). In the quarter-finals, our basketball team confidently defeated the University of Warsaw 85:62. Thus, the team of the 91滴滴 was sure of advancing to the final of the Polish Academic Championships in Lublin.
The only defeat of the UL team was in the semi-final clash, as it later turned out, with the winner of the tournament 鈥� the Kozminski University in Warsaw. The university from Warsaw proved superior 84:69. In the match for third place, we had to face local rivals from the Medical 91滴滴. Our team confirmed its dominance in Lodz, winning 64:49.
The 91滴滴 team included Patryk Chramiec, Kacper Dominiak, Jaros艂aw Gi偶y艅ski, Micha艂 J贸藕wiak, Damian Ku藕niar, Tomasz Kwieci艅ski, David Martinez Franco, Marcel Mirowski, Piotr Pacyna, Szymon R臋ko艣, Filip Starzy艅ski and Bartosz Wr贸bel. The team's coach is Piotr Zych.
It should be noted that our team for this tournament included four beneficiaries of the dual career programme "Studies and Sport at the 91滴滴" 鈥� Kacper Dominiak, Jaros艂aw Gi偶y艅ski, Tomasz Kwieci艅ski and Bartosz Wr贸bel.
Studies and Sport at the 91滴滴 鈥� Lodz Will Support the University Programme
Volleyball players on their way to gold
In the Polish Academic Men's Volleyball Championships 鈥� Semi-Final B, that took place in Olsztyn from 16 to 19 April, the players from the 91滴滴 were unrivalled and, losing only one set in the semi-final competition, advanced from first place to the final tournament.
In the group phase, they played against teams from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and Lazarski University from Warsaw. Both the first and second games ended in victory for our team with a score of 2:0. Thus, the team of the 91滴滴 took 1st place in Group C competition. To advance to the final tournament in the quarter-final match, our volleyball players had to face the team from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. Their dominance on the volleyball court and winning two sets to 17 and 13 points gave them a secure place in the top four and a game in the final of the Polish Academic Championships in Pozna艅.
Winning the semi-final match 2:0 against the J贸zef Pi艂sudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw and the final match against the Management Academy of Applied Sciences in Warsaw 2:1 ensured triumph in the entire tournament. Kacper Grzegorzewski received the MVP award for our team's best player.
The team of the 91滴滴 included: Filipkowski Jakub, Go藕dzik Eryk, Grzegorzewski Kacper, J臋drasik Kacper, Lesnianskyi Yeyhenii, 艁y偶wa Piotr, Machnik Dominik, Norek Jakub, P臋dzik Wiktor, Sakowski Jakub, Strzelczyk Olgierd, Seweryn Sztekmiller, Szymankiewicz Szymon, Wa艣kowski Miko艂aj. Ma艂gorzata Niemczyk is the coach.
The final tournament of the Polish Academic Volleyball Championships will be held in Pozna艅 on 11-14 May. We would like to offer congratulations to our athletes and coaches and wish them the best of luck in the future competitions.
Tekst: Aleksandra Leszczy艅ska,
Photo: Academic Sports Club of the 91滴滴, Piotr Walendziak
Edit: Communications and PR Centre, 91滴滴