Team UQ captain Daniel Parnell competes in the Men’s 400m
The University of Queensland has claimed nine champion university pennants at the inaugural UniSport Nationals Div 1 event on the Gold Coast. More than 390 UQ students competed at the event, with Team UQ Australia's top-ranked university in Athletics (Men's & Women's), Beach Volleyball ( Women's Pairs & Mixed Fours ), Handball ( Mixed ), Hockey ( Men's ), Judo ( Men's ), Squash ( Mixed ), and Touch Football ( Mixed ). UQ's Athletics squad won its first UniSport pennants since 2011 Australian Uni Games, with the 31-strong team combining to win a total of 21 medals. Distance runner Samantha Phillips claimed gold medals in both the Women's 5,000 metre and 10,000 metre races. The Clem Jones Sporting Scholarship recipient also set a new 10,000 metre UniSport record (34:33.38), slashing a minute off the previous best time (35:33.53) set by UQ's Tamara Carvolth in 2008. UQ's Squash team - competing at a UniSport event for the first time since 2005 - delivered a gold medal clean sweep following victories in the Men's Singles (Nicholas Calvert), Women's Singles (Samantha Calvert) and Mixed Team events. UQ Sport Student Engagement Manager Adin Hewat said the results were the University's best in over two decades.
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