Seven Universities Meet ends

On Saturday, September 21, the closing ceremony for the 52nd Seven Universities Meet (fondly referred to as "Nanadai-sen" in Japanese) was held at the auditorium in Osaka University Hall. This year's meet was hosted by Osaka University and started with ice hockey last year in December. Over the past 9 months, exciting competitions were staged in 31 sporting events.
Tohoku University took the championship while Kyoto University was runner-up. Osaka University competed strongly, but in the end came in third. In his greeting , President Toshio HIRANO praised the athletes' strenuous efforts, rewarding students engaged in the management of the meet for their services.
Next year's "Nanadai-sen" will be hosted by Kyoto University. It promises to be an exciting meet.

Tohoku University	Osaka University	INOUE Shinya , Meet Chair

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