PUCPR Pioneers Dominate Judo Championship at Interuniversity Athletic League Sports Festival

The Pioneers of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR) repeated the championship, while the Taínas of the Ana G. Méndez University (UAGM) climbed to the judo podium, a discipline that was held this Monday in the continuation of the Sports Festival of the Interuniversity Athletic League (LAI).

The tatami was located in the Rafael Mangual Coliseum of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Mayagüez.

“We feel extremely happy and satisfied with the results of this second semester. First, the long-awaited ‘back to back’ was achieved in men’s judo, where we won five gold medals and two silver medals in the men’s branch and one bronze in the women’s branch. We also managed to repeat the bronze medal in women’s basketball and men’s beach volleyball. This celebration is joined by the fourth places in softball and women’s soccer. “We are experiencing a lot of joy,” said PUCPR athletic director Alexis Feliciano.

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The PUCPR Pioneers won with 67.5 points. Second and third place went to the Tigres of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (UIPR) with 57.5 points and the Tarzanes of the UPR of Mayagüez with 41.0 points, respectively. The categories in the male branch were -56 kilos, -60 kilos, -66 kilos, -73 kilos, -81 kilos, -90 kilos, -100 kilos, + 100 kilos. The most valuable athlete was Darrick García from the -73 kilo category with a gold medal and four ippones.

“I feel super happy with the work done by the women’s judo team. In conversation with coach Luis Martínez he always told me that he won the championship in the women’s division and in the men’s division we had some declines in academic achievement, but we continue working for next year. We understand that next year we will have a better and more complete team. So get ready, for the next three years the UAGM has a mission to dominate both branches, you have to work hard to win the gold,” said athletic director, Edgar Díaz, of the UAGM.

The Taínas of the UAGM came to the top with 66.5 points. The Juanas of the UPR of Mayagüez and the Tigresses of the UIPR had a great fight for second and third position. The collegiate team won the runner-up position with 58.5 points and the green and yellow team took third place with 55 points. In the female branch, competition was held in the categories -45 kilos, -48 kilos, -52 kilos, -57 kilos, -63 kilos, -70 kilos, -78 kilos, +78 kilos. The most valuable judoka was the lioness of the UPR of Ponce Jace Acevedo in the -48 kilos category with gold and four ippones.

In the 2023 season, the Pioneros of the Pontificia Universidad Católica and the Juanas of the University of Puerto Rico of Mayagüez won the LAI global championship.

Juanas from the UPR of Mayagüez win third place in soccer

The Juanas of the UPR of Mayagüez won third place in the women’s soccer tournament, in the match held this Monday at the José Antonio Figueroa Freyre stadium in Mayagüez. The Mayagüez team defeated the PUCPR Pioneers 4-0.

Sports action will continue this Tuesday

On the Sports Festival calendar for Tuesday there will be the women’s soccer final with the Jerezanas of the UPR of Río Piedras and the Tigresses of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. The match will start at 4:00 in the afternoon at the José Antonio Figueroa Freyre stadium in Mayagüez.

On the other hand, the Swimming Jousts will be on their second day of competition with the preliminaries at 9:00 in the morning and the finals at 6:00 in the afternoon. The events to be competed are: 200 meter medley relay, 800 meter freestyle, 100 meter backstroke, 50 meter butterfly, 200 meter breaststroke, 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter medley-individual and 400 meter free relay.

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The LAI was founded in 1929. Currently, it is made up of 17 institutions. Of which, 10 are from the public educational system, represented by the Carolina, Río Piedras, Bayamón, Arecibo, Aguadilla, Mayagüez, Ponce, Humacao, Utuado and Cayey campuses of the UPR. The group is completed by the universities of the private educational system: Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Universidad Interamericana, Universidad Central de Bayamón, Caribbean University, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico and Universidad Ana G. Méndez. The enrollment of student-athletes is around 4,000 among all educational centers.

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2024-04-23 01:25:26
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