Archers from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM), will start activities of the new sports cycle with the Metropolitan Tournament that will take place this Saturday and Sunday in the municipality of Ecatepec.
The contest will be attended by athletes from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and from different Mexican municipalities.
The highest institution of studies of the entity will attend with a delegation of eight athletes between children and young people, some with the process of Conade National Games, National Universiade and others in local tournaments, so the event will be a good opportunity to reflect the work that has been done so far.
Felipe Cuadros, coach of the specialty at the UAEM, pointed out that with this event they start the new sports cycle for the 2023 competitions, where the National Games and the National Universiade stand out.
“We are starting the semester, although we have not stopped training after the National Games concluded, but for the rest of the year there is not much activity, few tournaments, what follows is an Indore National between November and December, however we are going to assess if we participate due to the changes in the direction of the sport in the UAEM”, he pointed out.
Regarding the participation of the athletes, the auriverde instructor explained that he has four in the sub 14 who will see action on Saturday (August 20) and the next day they will compete in the sub 18, 21 and 24, so they are expected good dividends.
Archers such as Luis Javier Rodríguez Quintana and María Rebeca Sánchez who participated in the recent edition of the National University are among the most experienced, in the children’s category Santiago Torres is part of the Training Center and obtained his first classification for the National Games Conade de this year that was held in Sonora.
“There are also some novice children who are ready for the preparation tournaments, Juan Garduño who has already participated in National Games joins, they are some of the participants who seek to improve their level,” said Felipe Cuadros.
The objective is to take advantage of the events that take place in the rest of the year because in January the selections for the National Games and the National University begin and the university team must face them with the best level.
At the moment the UAEM archery team is made up of a total of 22 athletes, of which 14 are those who are in the National Universiade process.
