The winner of the championship of the Russian student sports Union in athletics was the team of the Volga region sports Academy.
The championship was held in Yaroslavl on June 27-28. Teams of 21 universities took part in the competition of the 1st group. In the team competition, when summing up, 22 best results shown by students were taken into account. Team of the Academy won a total of 494 points. Its closest rival, the national team of the Penza state University 449 points.
20 athletes took part in the competitions as part of the team of the Volga region Academy. The team has 8 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals. Note the impressive contribution to the team success of the Academy graduates, who according to the regulations can defend the honor of the University a year after graduation. Artem Araslanov, who completed his master's degree, became the winner in the race at a distance of 200, 400 meters and in the 4x100 relay. Ex-graduate of the Victoria Samitova won the competition for the long jump and the 4x100 relay and Victoria Gavrilyuk was second in the high jump. Distinguished and bachelors. Niyaz Sadikov was the third in the race for 5 thousand meters, Kirill Dyatlov and Raisia Ivanov – 3 thousand meters with obstacles (Ivanova was the second in the "smooth" 3 thousand), Inna Puzik in the Academy team won the relay 4x100 meters.