In the course of the registration process, 300 people signed up for three running events of 60 and 1000 m and a Swedish relay 100x200x300x400! Therefore, the limit of places provided for by the organisers has been exhausted. As in the previous year, the event began with a solemn, generational parade on the tartan track of AZS Lodz. Children and youth, as well as parents and grandparents were marching bravely to the accompaniment of music. From 11:00 am, 60 m and 1000 m races began in seven age categories, i.e. U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 and seniors. Due to the number of contestants, the competition on these two distances lasted for over 4 hours! The last competition of the picnic was the 100x200x300x400m relay. After an extremely fierce fight, the FC PREDATORS relay team won.
The Picnic ended with the awards presentation, the draw for a special prize, i.e. a stay at the MaGórka guesthouse in the Low Beskids, and a speech by Dr Piotr Kędzia from the Sport Teachers Training Centre of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, manager of the project "Trenuj z UŁ! Biegiem po zdrowie".
Summing up, we should also mention that the organisers prepared attractive starting packages containing T-shirts, commemorative medals and prepared 96 material prizes for the first three places in each competition, taking into account age categories in the 60 and 1000m runs. The relay was held in the OPEN category.
Special thanks for help in organising the sports competition are due to:
Renata Olender-Bartosik – Science Centre of the University of Lodz, Dr Anna Maszorek-Szymala – Sport Teachers Training Centre at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz, Dr Izabela Różańska – Department of Human Resources Management at the Faculty of Management of the University of Lodz, Dr Eleonora Ratowska-Dziobiak – Department of Development Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz, Dr hab. Radosław Janiak, Associate Professor– Department of Prehistory at the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Lodz, Dr hab. Łukasz Arendt, Associate Professor – Department of Economic Policy at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz and Grzegorz Bąk.
Extremely valuable organisational support was also provided by the following students of Sports Pedagogy and Physical and Health Education at the University of Lodz: Maja Łuczak, Stanisław Woszkowski, Mateusz Dziuda, Julia Ledzion, Julia Dybisiak, Katarzyna Dul, Michał Kwiatkowski and Bartosz Wróbel.
Results: (in Polish)
1. series results
2. 60 m – summary of age categories
3. 1000 m – summary of age categories
4. relay races – summary
Full photo gallery from the competition (downloadable): The University of Lodz Athletics Picnic on 2 July 2023
We would like to thank Piotr Walendziak (fb: walendiphoto) for additional photos from the event: walendiphoto – photos from the Athletics Picnic 2023.
At the same time, we would like to remind you that on 1 October 2023, as part of the same project, a running competition is planned over a distance of approx. 5 km entitled "Crossowa piątka UŁ". We encourage you to follow the running group on FB "Trenuj z UŁ! Biegiem po zdrowie", which will post the run details.
Source: "Trenuj z UŁ! Biegiem po zdrowie"
Edit: Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz