The 17th National College Swimming Championships were held in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. Besides the National University Games, the event is among the highest-level sports events for college students, with nearly one thousand participants from 82 colleges and universities. Representatives from the Tianjin University swimming team broke one Championship record and won four silver medals and a bronze.

In order to strengthen the construction of the TJU swimming team in the long run, younger team members were sent to compete in the event to increase experience at high level games. Though faced with a great number of professional athletes, the swimmers from TJU displayed their sportsmanship before the whole country. Hetong Zhang won the silver medal and the bronze medal in the women’s Group A 200m breaststroke and the women’s 100m breaststroke respectively, Tianhao Lee ranked second in the men’s Group A 100m breaststroke and fourth in the men’s 200m breaststroke. Mengyang Jin set a new record for the Championships and took silver medals in the women’s Group C 400m freestyle and the women’s 200m individual medley. As well, Xinlai Luo, Chengze Wang and Yameng Wang reached the finals.

Since 2004, the TJU swimming team has won more than 370 medals in provincial, national and world-class games. Not only have the members set new records in various swimming championships, but the team has also cultivated many excellent athletes for the school as well as for the country.

Editors: Sun Xiaofang and Ross Colquhoun