On March13th — 14th the athletic track of NSTU Sport Complex hosted regional track and field competitions "NSTU Rector's Cup".
350 athletes representing the cities and districts of the Novosibirsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast took part in the competition.
· Tomsk Oblast, Strezhevoy town
· Novosibirsk Oblast: the city of Novosibirsk, the towns of Berdsk, Iskitim, Ob; Kochenevsky, Kolyvansky, Karasuksky, Krasnozersky and Cherepanovsky districts.
There were 50, 400, 800, 1500 meters dashes and 800+600+400+200 meters relay race.
Athletes competed in three age groups!
The main participants were school students and intermediate vocational education students of Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk Oblast.
The best athletes were awarded medals and diplomas according to the results of their performances.
The winners of the relay race got Rector's Cups and the opportunity to go to Foton bowling center for free.
The Novosibirsk team "Flamingo" won the Cup in both girls' and boys' relay races.
Anatoly Bataev, the NSTU NETI Rector, Vasily Yanpolskiy, the first vice-rector, Sergei Chernov, the Vice-rector for Academic Affairs, and Dmitri Malakhov, the president of Athletics Federation of Novosibirsk Oblast, participated in the award ceremony.
During the preparation for the competition, participants could get acquainted with the university's departments, majors and fields of study, they could take part in interactive events and win NSTU NETI souvenirs.
The main panel of judges of the competition thanks NSTU Sport and Recreation center and Department of Information Policy of the University for their help in organizing the first Rector's Cup competition in track and field.