Good News: Members of NJCIT's Track and Field Team Win Championship of Regular Colleges and Universities in China Nanjing Athletics Street Tour

The China Athletics Street Tour restored the field of track and field competition in urban landmarks with professionalism, preciseness and creativity. The Street Tour, with the top open outdoor competition field in China, greatly highlighted the charm of athletics. This year's competition was also open to track and field enthusiasts in colleges and universities, opening the door for them to pursue their dreams. The College Invitational Competition of the Street Tour consisted of the 60-meter dash and the high jump and 12 colleges and universities in Xianlin University City were invited, including Nanjing University, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics and other well-known universities and colleges. Competitors of the college invitational competition for the 60-meter dash were able to share the same professional track with Xie Zhenye, an Asian 200-meter record holder and Wang Yu, a high jumper on the national team.

The 60-meter race was divided into the high-level professional group and the non-professional group of students from regular universities and colleges. A total of 116 students signed up for the competition. Recently, the track and field team of Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology (NJCIT), led by two coaches, Jiang Qinhua and Xi Jinxing, had a total of 8 athletes to participate in this competition. After a day of competition, Cheng Na, a member of the track and field team in our school, with an 8.01-second run, won the championship of women's A group becoming the dark horse of this event!

The rest of the team members also obtained excellent results. Chai Hanqi and Wang Fang successfully entered the B-group final after the preliminary competition and Chai Hanqi finally won third place in the B-group final. As for the male members, Xu Bo, Sun Zhijie, Yuan Yuhui, and Zhu Pengfei entered the B-group final smoothly with their best performances and Xu Bo, with a 7.45-second run, won sixth place in the B-group final. The self-confidence of the players has been greatly strengthened after this event. While improving personal performance, they also laid a solid foundation for NJCIT's track and field journey!

Photo/Text by Jiang Qinhua, Department of Physical Education