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The Sydney University Athletics Club (SUAC) put forward a list of strong individual performances on Saturday night in near perfect conditions at the Sydney Track Classic, as stand out performers Nick Hough and Anneliese Rubie smashed personal best times in the blue ribbon sprint events.

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.

Universities captain Alex Blackwell celebrated winning the Sydney Women’s Grade cricket 2012-13 minor premiership with a classic century in the final competition round – a win over Northern District at Mark Taylor Oval – on Saturday.

18 members of the Sydney University Athletics Club (SUAC) are readying themselves to compete at Australia’s premier single day athletic event, and showcase their talents against some of the world’s best athletes on Saturday night at the Sydney Track Classic.

Sydney University’s Grandstand Bar was full of Olympic greats past and present on Thursday night, as the Sydney University Boat Club (SUBC) and SUSF welcomed the Great Britain Rowing team to Sydney as they prepared for the 2013 Sydney World Cup event later this month.

Sydney Uni Boxing Club (SUBxC) representative Leonie Lum is a dual title holder after being crowned League Boxing Inc. NSW Central Coast women’s lightweight Champion following a unanimous decision victory last weekend.

All nine Sydney University Boat Club (SUBC) rowers selected in the Australian Rowing team for the World Cup will take part in three day camps this weekend as they prepare for the first World Cup of Rowing for 2013, which will be held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre at Penrith on March 23-24.

Sydney Uni WheelKings Head Coach Gerry Hewson might have to make do without four of his starting five players for the second round of the 2013 National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL), after they were selected in the U23’s men’s wheelchair basketball training squad that will for the U23’s World Championships in Turkey this September.

Sydney University will be relying on its women’s cricket sides to fill the trophy cabinets for the 2012-13 season, with three of the four teams on track for semi-final berths with a round to play.

The Sydney Uni Lions women’s water polo team experienced mixed fortunes in their National League Sydney double, winning one game and losing the other to sit in seventh place on the ladder.