‘Second Place’ at the 11th Gurye National Women’s Cheonhajangsa Championship and Collegiate Jangsa Ssireum Championship
Ranked first in the College Team Rankings
[August 26, 2019]
<YU Ssireum Team winning at the 16th National Haksan Ssireum Championship> [Source: Korean Ssireum Association]
The YU Ssireum Team (Head Coach Heo Yong) took first place and second place at recent ssireum championships, thus placing YU in first place for collegiate team rankings.
YU won first place in the collegiate team matches at the 16th Haksan National Ssireum Championship held in Boeun-gun, Chungbuk from August 14 to 20. After a tight match against Kyungnam University winning 4:3, YU won the championship trophy. YU defeated Yongin University and Kyungnam University, who both became champions in other contests this year, to become the top college team.
[Source: Korean Ssireum Association]
YU also took second place at the 11th Gurye National Women’s Cheonhajangsa and Collegiate Jangsa Ssireum Championship held at the Gurye Gym in Jeonnam from the 22nd to the 25th. At this tournament, Park Chan-joo (21, Dep. of Special Physical Education, junior) became the champion of the Jangsa class and Jung Tae-hwan (19, Dep. of Special Physical Education, freshman) and Jung Jong-jing (19, Dep. of Special Physical Education, freshman) took second place in the Cheongjang class and Yongjang class, respectively (photo below), thus performing excellently in both team and individual matches.
[Source: Korean Ssireum Association]
YU Ssireum Team Head Coach Heo Yong said, “I think the full-hearted support from not only the president of YU, but also all of the faculty members helped us have good results. In particular, I know it must have been hard training for the matches in the hot summer weather. I really want to thank the athletes who persevered through the training without complaining.” He added, “We will continue to do our best to perform well to repay the university for its support for our team no matter how difficult the conditions were.”
