University of Adelaide claim twelve medals at 2022 UniNationals
Published Thu 06 Oct 2022
Students from The University of Adelaide return from the 2022 UniSport Australia UniNatioanls, claiming twelve medals across the weeklong competition.
Ten teams travelled to Perth, Western Australia last week competing against the best universities in the country at the 2022 UniNationals.
We didn’t have to wait long for our first medal, which saw Fencer Roshan Chandran claim Gold in the Individual Men’s Epee.
The Elite Athlete fresh off his Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships, backed up his form defeating Tim Davis, while fellow teammate Long Fung Yu seeded fourteenth in the tournament.
On the same day, both Men’s Beach Volleyball teams had success on the sand.
Duo Alex Candy and Esteban Cure stormed their way into the Men’s Division One final but took our Silver when they fell short too Curtin University in a narrow three-setter.
Twin brothers Sam and Matt Beahan took out the Division Two Bronze Medal, defeating MDU within two sets.
Both Women’s teams had successful campaigns, with the partnership of Sienna and Hikaru finishing fourth overall, after losing to a strong Griffith University in the Bronze Medal playoff.
Our Rowing team took out the most medals of any University of Adelaide team, collecting two Golds and three Bronze across the final races on Wednesday.
The Men’s teams were dominant on the water, with the Men’s Lightweight Coxless Four taking out Gold convincedly, while Nick Blackman claimed Gold in the Men’s Single Scull.
This was followed by Bronze for the Men’s Eight and the Men’s Coxed Four, while the Women’s only medal came in the Women’s Eight taking out third place.
Our last of the medals came from the pool on Thursday, with the University of Adelaide’s Swimming team collecting four medals.
Elite Athlete Tom Lightfoot collected Gold in the 400m Medley and Silver in the 200m Medley. Fellow teammate and German native Josha Salchow took out Gold in the 100m Freestyle and Bronze in the 50m Freestyle.
Other team sports saw success in Perth, in particular Basketball, Touch Football and Lacrosse.
Our Basketball team came up against some serious competition on the court, despite finishing top of their group. However, the road to the finals proved tough with the team finishing sixth overall in Division One.
Similarly, our Mixed Touch Football team finished fifth overall after knocking out ECU in the playoff match. They finished third in their group to progress in the Division One finals, but fell short of a third-place playoff match.
A mid-table finish in the group stage for our Lacrosse team set up a fifth-place playoff match against La Trobe University. We defeated the Victorian based University by 18 points, with our Lacrosse team finishing fifth overall.
