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UPV to join RSCUAA 2024

UPV to join RSCUAA 2024

The University of the Philippines Visayas marks its significant 5th year participation in the Regional and National SCUAA arena since its comeback in 2018. Dubbed as the venue for the elite intercollegiate sports competition among state colleges and universities in the country, the SCUAA is back again this AY 2024-2025.

Last AY 2023-2024 RSCUAA hosted by Carlos Hilado Memorial State University in Talisay Main Campus, Negros Occidental was very remarkable and greatly appreciated by the UPV Community. UPV had its remarkable run as UPV brought home a total of 23 medals with 9 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze medals respectively. UPV was the champion in badminton (men); chess (women individual board), and swimming (individual and team events). The inclusion of new sports last year had been instrumental in the medal-ranking of the university. This year, UPV will be proudly represented by 143 student-athletes competing across various disciplines, including arnis, badminton, basketball, dancesport, softball, taekwondo, table tennis, lawn tennis, swimming and volleyball. As UPV continually grows and adheres to its mandate to provide opportunities for aspiring students-athletes to hone and develop their potential in the field of sports. UPV has significantly formed potential sport events that will give pride and honor to the university this RSCUAA.

UPV will be joining RSCUAA again this AY 2024-2025. The University Sports Coordinator through its Sports Development Program (UPV SDP) and with the faculty members of the Department of Physical Education has conducted three-day tryouts last September 25-27, 2024. From then, the program has started its varied sports training programs and this run up until the end of the academic year.

The coaches assigned through tryouts and a series of sports training have identified the following events to be participated by UPV in the Regional SCUAA:

1. Arnis Men

2. Arnis Women

3. Badminton Men

4. Badminton Women

5. Basketball Men

6. Basketball Women

7. Chess Men

8. Chess Women

9. Dancesport – Latin American

10. Dancesport – Modern Standard

11. Softball Women

12. Swimming Men

13. Swimming Women

14. Table Tennis Men

15. Table Tennis Women

16. Taekwondo Women

17. Tennis Men

18. Volleyball Men

19. Volleyball Women

The Regional SCUAA this year will be hosted by Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST), Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo on December 15-20, 2024.

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