Pole vaulter Stephanie Langridge began Sydney University’s quest for the overall pointscore title at the 2010 Australian University Games when she collected a silver medal on the opening day of competition yesterday in Perth.
Langridge jumped 3.54m to finish second behind
Sydney University finished third in the overall pointscore at the 2009 AUGs held in Melbourne, and a strong team has been sent to Perth to reclaim the No.1 spot.
With that in mind, Langrdige’s efforts started Sydney University’s quest on the right note.
The 2010 AUGs have attracted over 5000 students from 38 universities across Australia to Perth for six days of competition in 30 sports
While the pole vault was one of the few sports to be finalised on day one, it was a busy day for the many team sports, with round-robin competition getting under way in earnest.
Sydney University teams will be defending gold medals in women’s water polo, women’s softball and open baseball, along with the overall men’s rowing, overall women’s rowing and the overall University Rowing Championship for the NSW Centenary Cup.
Sydney University results from Day One included:
Athletics
Stephanie Langridge
Silver – Pole vault
Sailing
5th –Teams racing
AFL
UBAL 59 d USYD 14
Badminton (M)
USYD 5 d UTS 0
Badminton (W)
USYD 5 d ECU 0
Touch (M)
MQ 8 d USYD 5
UNSW 8 d USYD 2
Touch (W)
USYD 8 d QUT 2
Baseball
USYD 11 d MON 4
USYD 14 d UWA 1
Football (M)
MON 1 d USYD 0
Football (W)
USYD 7 d AU 0
USYD 6 d MELB 0
Basketball (M)
USYD d RMIT
MELB 50 d USYD 38
Basketball (W)
USYD 40 d MELB 36
USYD 23 drew UNSW 23
Hockey (M)
USYD 6 d MDU 0
Hockey (W)
USYD 5 d NCLE 1
Netball (Mix)
USYD d USQ
MELB d USYD
Netball (W)
USYD 38 d UNSW 35
UQ 65 d USYD 14
Rugby 7s
USYD 75 d MDU 7
USYD 34 d QUT 7
USYD 46 d UTS 0
Tennis (M)
USYD 5 d MDU 0
Tennis (W)
USYD 5 d CURT 0
USYD 5 d UNDA 0
Ultimate
USYD 14 d UQ 6
Waterpolo (M)
USYD 14 d UQ 8
USYD 14 d ECU 6
Waterpolo (W)
USYD 11 d DEAK 6
USYD 9 d MON 4
Handball
USYD 16 d UBAL 8
Volleyball (W)
UNSW 3 d USYD 0
MELB 3 d USYD 1
