UPH EAGLES Leads the Achievement Medal For Banten at POMNAS 2017 Makassar

National Student Sports Week (POMNAS) XV which took place on 15-20 October 2017 in South Sulawesi, was a sharp competition. Pomnas XV 2017 fight for the 14 official branches and the two exhibitions.

Namely sepak takraw, athletics, basketball, indoor volleyball, badminton, chess, futsal, karate, kempo, martial arts, petanque, swimming, tarung derajat, and tennis court. For the eksibishi sport, namely gateball and diving. The two branches are planned to be officially played in the implementation of Pomnas XVI 2019.

UPH EAGLES team sent representatives in 5 branches such as women’s volleyball, badminton, women’s basketball, men’s basketball and swimming. In every branch, UPH EAGLE performs well and managed to get the best results. Among them are 1 gold medal for male basketball and 1 silver medal for female basketball branch. In the swimming, Christina Sugiono won 3 silver medals for the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke. While Kevin Valiant Kostaman earned a silver medal in the 100m backstroke pool. On the badminton branch, UPH EAGLE earned 1 bronze for the paired daughter category. The best results are also sought by women’s volleyball team with the acquisition of the top 8.

The achievements of UPH EAGLES have contributed medal achievement for Banten province, thus able to place Banten in 14th position from 33 provinces participations.