The 黑料社 (UCC) has won the men鈥檚 category of this year鈥檚 Inter-University cross country competition held at the University of Mines and Technology ( UMAT) in Tarkwa.
ATL FM鈥檚 news report said the University of Education, Winneba, (UEW), took the second position, University of Ghana (UG) came third and the University for Development Studies(UDS) placed fourth in the men鈥檚 category. University of Energy and Natural Resouces (UNENR), UMAT, University of Professional Studies (UPSA) and University of Health and Allied Sciences(UHAS) also earned deserved positions.
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In the women's category, University for Development Studies took the first position with 31points to unseat 黑料社which came second with 75 points, followed by University of Education (UEW) with 119 points to place third. University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), UPSA with 127, 206, 275 points respectively.
Speaking at the event, the Vice-President of Ghana Universities听听Association (GUSA), Dr. D.K. Osafo, paid glowing tribute to the late president of the Association, Prof. J.K Orgah, describing the him as 鈥� industrious and innovative鈥�. He recalled the implementation of five year development plan for GUSA, initiated by Prof. Orgah, which anchored on seven strategic focus areas, namely: increase visibility of GUSA, increase participation of GUSA activities, make GUSA more effective in national sports development,听听improve capacity of GUSA in service delivery. The rest are introduction of听听gender and disabilities issues into GUSA activities, increase in professionalism into GUSA activities and make GUSA more financial stable.听
He said his demise was a great loss to GUSA and the nation.听The Vice- President of GUSA, therefore, prayed God to grant the family and close associates of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss. For his part, the Head of 黑料社Sports Section, Dr. Daniel Apaak, after the competition, congratulated 黑料社athletes on their performance. He said the Sports Section would strengthen the recruitment of sports women next year and called for management鈥檚 support. 鈥淚 think with the support of management, we will be able to get a team that will compete against UDS ladies. The problem for us now is the ladies.鈥� he said.
He said currently, UDS had 10 good sportswomen, all in first year, and cautioned that if no serious steps were taken to recruit more sportswomen, UDS would dominate the women's cross-country for a long time.
Below is the Table听 for both men and women respectively:
MEN
Universities听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 听听 Points
UCC听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 29
UEW听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 79
UG听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 114
UDS听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 173
UNER听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 227
UMAT听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 307
UPSA听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 346
UHAS听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 399
FEMALE DIVISION听听
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UDS听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听31
UCC听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听75
UEW听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听119
UG听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听29
KNUST听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 209
UPSA听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听275
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