The Regional Championship of Combined Athletics Events, organized by the Athletics Federation of the Region of Murcia, the Cartagena Athletics Club with the collaboration of the Department of Sports of the City of Cartagena, was held this past weekend 21 and 22 August in the Municipal Athletics Track.The excellent results of the UCAM Atletismo Cartagena athletes continue to work hard this summer with hard training to get the necessary form to face the National competitions that will take place in September and October.The UCAM Atletismo Cartagena Club is working on a difficult and different season, but one that is serving as an escape valve for all these young athletes who, after months of confinement, need sports goals and projects, and athletics with security measures and sanitary must and has to be the ideal tool to maintain the illusion of these young athletes.FEMALE CATEGORYIn girls, the absolute champion was Patricia Quesada in the Heptathlon with 2992 points, great merit for the UCAM Atletismo Cartagena athlete who reconciles her work as a nurse in the Murcian Health Service with training in the departmental team.
In the sub23 category heptathlon, a great victory for Lumbreña Ana Faucon of UCAM Cartagena with 4153 points, in the same test but in the sub18 category, silver and bronze for the young women from the quarry of the three-thousand-year-old team Paula Urrea (3333 points) and Lucia Oses (2207 points).MALE CATEGORYIn boys, victory in the absolute decathlon for Antonio Barrancos del Unicaja, with 5996 points, an athlete who since the return from confinement has decided to train with the UCAM Cartagena combined group; He was second in the championship, proving himself in some tests Sergio Jornet from UCAM, who proved to be in good shape to prepare for the absolute National.
In the sub 23 category, Angel Ortiz won with 4579 points, followed by international Pablo Díaz who also carried out several tests and arrives at the important competitions of the season in good time.
In the sub20, the best mark of the competition was produced with 6475 points for the international José Luis Corral of UCAM Cartagena, which places him among the first in the national ranking.In the U18 category, another victory for UCAM Cartagena from the promising Daniel López, who in his first decathlon scored 5,401 points, the talented Josemi Noguera being bronze with 4,818, both athletes hardened in the youth team of the Cartagena club.OTHER TESTSThere were also control tests with good marks (some of them personal), highlighting the victory of UCAM Cartagena in girls of Marta Meroño in 800 (2.19.51) and in length of Barbara Frias (5.62), while in men they won their tests the UCAM athletes Jaime Mendoza in 100 meters with a personal best (11.34), Tomas Zamora in 200 (22.90), Víctor Requena in 800 (1.55.97), Adrian Díaz in 1500 meters (4.09.76), in weight under 18 Abel Belaki (14.32), in sub20 weight great mark of the "colossus of La Manga" Andre Muller (18.07) and in sub20 disc Mario García Arrollo (42.53).DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPETITIONThe competition was held without public, with the maximum security measures following the specific protocols indicated by the Higher Sports Council, the General Sports Directorate of the Autonomous Community, the Athletics Federation and that of the municipal sports facility.Highlight the great enthusiasm in the athletes and the exhaustive discipline shown by all the participants to achieve the sport safely and have our athletes ready to successfully face the next events on behalf of the Region and Cartagena.On Friday August 28 will be the next appointment for athletes in the Absolute Regional to play in Alhama.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena