UST also bags overall juniors title of UAAP

It will be a double celebration for University of Santo Tomas (UST) with its junior team gaining the overall Season 69 championship against University of the East (UE) in what is considered as the closest sprint for the biggest trophy in the high school ranks of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The UST Tigers are also the overall champions in the seniors division of the UAAP. In a press statement, the UAAP said on Thursday that only two points separated UST and UE, which won three titles each in the season. UST garnered 105 points built around its title conquests in athletics, table tennis, and taekwondo, while UE garnered 103 points built around triumphs in chess and boys and girls volleyball. UST finished second to UE in the volleyball events, was third in chess and in boys and girls swimming, and had its worse finish in boys' basketball at fifth. UE, on the other hand, was second in three events — boys and girls swimming and table tennis — and was third in taekwondo. It lost out in the overall championship race because of its fourth-place finish in athletics and its sixth-place performance in boys' basketball. Ateneo clinched third place for the season with 80 points. Ateneo won the boys' basketball and swimming crowns and had runner-up finishes in athletics and taekwondo. University of the Philippines (UP) highlighted its season by capturing the girls' swimming tiara and wound up fourth overall with 77 points. Adamson could finish no better than second in chess and settled for fifth overall with 32 points. Like Adamson, Far Eastern University (FEU) competed in only four of the nine events and was sixth for the season with 28 points, followed by National University , which only took part in three events for 12 points. Just like in the seniors' category, the UAAP awards 15 points for the champion team, 12 points for second place, 10 for third, eighth for fourth, six for fifth, four for sixth, and two for seventh. In the seniors division, UST ran away with the general championship in the seniors division with 331 points. A far second was UP with 254, followed by FEU with 218 points. Rounding out the Season 69 finish in the seniors' side were Ateneo fourth with 209 points, UE fifth with 177 points, Adamson sixth with 95 points, and NU seventh with 48 points. The UAAP Annual Awards will on March 25 at the UE Theater in Manila. - GMANews.TV