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Day three of AUG action, and it was once again hot conditions. A host of individual athletes secured medals for Sydney whilst many teams also set themselves up for semi-finals tomorrow.

Sydney University Women’s Rugby side had four representatives in the Sydney side that won the Australian Championship, played at St Ignatius College, Riverview from September 26-28.

Sydney Uni athletes have continued their excellent form on the second day of competition in what were extremely hot and difficult conditions for many of the competitors. 

Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.

Sydney University opener Scott Henry kicked off the Sydney Grade cricket season with an unbeaten 200 when the Students met Eastern Suburbs in a two-day fixture at Waverley Oval on Saturday.

Sydney University athletes got off to a great start on the first day of competition at the Australian University Games (AUG) on the Gold Coast, with some outstanding results showing plenty of promise for the week ahead.

Sydney University Athletic Club distance runner Alex Matthews was crowned Australian and NSW marathon champion for 2013 after competing in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival on Sunday.

Olympian Fergus Pragnell will stroke the Sydney University men’s eight when they contest the annual Great Boat Race against Melbourne University, on the Yarra River on October 27.

Sydney University women’s Reserve Grade soccer team came agonisingly close to the 2013 Premier League title when they pushed Manly United to a penalty shoot-out in the season decider at Blacktown Football Park on Sunday.

The playing careers of Tim Davidson and Tom Carter might have finished at the end of the recent 51-6 grand final win over Eastwood, but the fairytale continued at the Sydney University Football Club’s awards held at The Grandstand on Friday night.