School of Arts and Philosophy.
Chu Mengyao, Ma Jianhua, and others had hoped that Zhang Yuan could break into the top 3, but now it seems a bit difficult.
The third place winner was also a sports student from the School of Physical Education, named Li Dazhao, who ran a time of 7.6 seconds, a significant improvement from his 9 seconds in the preliminary round. He must have been holding back his strength in the preliminary round.
After a short break, the five finalists went to their respective tracks to make their final preparations.
Chen Dawu is on the first track, Gao Yifan is on the second track, Li Dazhao from the School of Physical Education is on the third track, the contestants from the School of Science and Engineering are on the fourth track, and Zhang Yuan is on the last track.
Zhang Yuan stood on the track and glanced at Gao Yifan.
This person was emanating a surge of true energy while running!
Of the five contestants, Gao Yifan was the only one who posed a threat to Zhang Yuan.
Since he was already participating in the competition, Zhang Yuan wanted to win a championship as well, to make the time he wasted in the competition worthwhile, and to bring honor to his class and college!
Zhang Yuan was looking at Gao Yifan, and Gao Yifan was also looking at Zhang Yuan, but his gaze quickly shifted away.
The cheers and shouts grew even louder and more frenzied.
In this 50-meter sprint final, two male students who were considered campus heartthrobs appeared at the same time!
The audience, especially the girls, were even more looking forward to this visually appealing final.
Compared to Zhang Yuan's cold demeanor, Gao Yifan was much warmer and more enthusiastic. His handsome face always carried a faint smile, and his gaze would occasionally sweep over the girls cheering him on from the sidelines.
After being swept over by Gao Yifan's gentle gaze, the girls shouted even more enthusiastically.
At this moment, Zeng Jingxue was also conflicted, wondering who she should cheer for.
Zhang Yuan or Gao Yifan?
Finally, she simply stopped saying anything.
Chen Li didn't have so many concerns; she actually cheered for Zhang Yuan, completely disregarding the opinions of the other girls in the college.
Bang!
The gun fired, and the match began.
Gao Yifan shot out like an arrow, and Zhang Yuan miraculously followed, running steadily ahead of Chen Dawu and the other three, closely chasing Gao Yifan.
This situation was completely unexpected for Chu Mengyao, Ma Jianhua, and other students from the School of Humanities.
"Damn, this kid definitely had something up his sleeve!"
Squad leader Ma Jianhua grumbled.
50 meters is actually a very short distance. If Zhang Yuan ran at full speed and used the Tiger Clan's Extreme Speed Movement Technique, Qingyun Step, he could probably finish the run in a single breath. However, he would not reveal this speed in front of the entire school unless he no longer wanted to keep his secret!
So while other runners were running with all their might, Zhang Yuan was trying his best to control his speed, not running too fast, but not slower than others!
On the other side, Gao Yifan's feet also emitted wisps of true energy. Zhang Yuan was certain that Gao Yifan was definitely a cultivator. Obviously, he was also restraining his strength and not running too exaggerated a result.
If I accidentally break the world record of 5.6 seconds in the 50-meter sprint, that would be bad, as it would be difficult to explain.
But he clearly wants the championship too.
With less than 5 meters to go, Gao Yifan and Zhang Yuan were still firmly in the lead, leaving Chen Dawu, Li Dazhao and others far behind!
At this moment, Chen Dawu and Li Dazhao were the most frustrated.
Chen Dawu was first in the preliminary round and thought he was sure to win the championship. But who knew that two monsters would appear in his team during the final!
How can they run so fast!
This shouldn't be happening!
Then there's Li Dazhao, who deliberately held back his strength in the preliminary rounds, hoping to make a splash in the finals and become the biggest dark horse.
Now look what happened! Forget about beating Chen Dawu, he's dropped to fourth place!
Depend on!
Chen Dawu and Li Dazhao cursed inwardly at the same time.
In a 50-meter sprint, the entire race usually takes only seven or eight seconds.
Zhang Yuan and Gao Yifan maintained a one-meter distance, with Zhang Yuan closely following behind Gao Yifan, and less than two meters left until the finish line of the race.
Just as Gao Yifan was about to cross the finish line first without any doubt, Zhang Yuan suddenly activated two acupoints on the soles of his feet and two acupoints on his thighs. A large amount of true energy surged out at the same time, and Zhang Yuan's speed suddenly increased, accelerating and accelerating again!
boom!
Like a bolt of lightning, he overtook Gao Yifan just as Gao Yifan was about to cross the white finish line, and was the first to cross the finish line!
Many people were shocked!
Holy crap!
He actually managed to accelerate in the last two meters! And he overtook Gao Yifan!!
Holy crap, holy crap!
How...how is this possible?!
How did he do that?!
No one expected that Zhang Yuan would actually win the championship!
After all, Zhang Yuan's performance in the preliminary round of the college competition and the first round of the group stage of the finals was quite average!
They don't look like champions at all!
How did he do that?!
Chu Mengyao, Ma Jianhua, and the others jumped up excitedly.
"Well done, Zhang Yuan!"
I knew you could do it!
The School of Humanities and Philosophy broke historical records and won first place in the 50-meter race at the university sports meet! Wow!!
What surprised everyone even more was the result announced by the referee.
Zhang Yuan ran the 50-meter sprint in 6.5 seconds, breaking the historical record for the 50-meter sprint at Tongcheng University's sports meet since its founding!
Although Gao Yifan also ran an amazing 6.8 seconds, he still lost to Zhang Yuan!
Chu Mengyao, Ma Jianhua, Fei Bo, and others rushed over immediately and surrounded Zhang Yuan to celebrate.
At that moment, a deep, cold gaze swept past from behind, causing Zhang Yuan in the crowd to shudder.
Zhang Yuan turned around and saw the source of the cold gaze—it was Gao Yifan!
At this moment, Gao Yifan had already turned around and slowly left the crowd.
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Zhang Yuan has two matches this morning.
One event was the 50-meter sprint, which just ended, and the other was the standing long jump.
The two races were very close together, so as soon as the 50-meter sprint ended, Zhang Yuan headed towards the sandpit on the other side of the track.
At this time, the referees were already counting the participants.
Similar to the 50-meter sprint, the final also features 10 athletes.
Ten contestants from different colleges, some with their competition number tags hanging on their backs or chests, were making their final preparations. Zhang Yuan arrived at the competition area, signed in, and then put on his standing long jump number.
He glanced at the other nine contestants who were about to compete with him, and then he saw a familiar figure: Gao Yifan!
Gao Yifan gave Zhang Yuan a disapproving look before signing in.
The sandpit for the standing long jump was also surrounded by spectators.
It seems that whenever Gao Yifan participates in a project, a lot of female classmates will gather around to watch.
Zhang Yuan spotted some familiar faces, many of whom had come from the 50-meter sprint race area. Zhang Yuan didn't think much of it, assuming they were probably from the art academy watching the competition.
Zhang Yuan spotted Zeng Jingxue and Chen Li in the crowd.
Zeng Jingxue maintained her icy beauty demeanor, while Chen Li gave Zhang Yuan a thumbs-up from afar, to which Zhang Yuan responded with a polite smile.
The match has begun.
According to the pre-match draw, Zhang Yuan is number 9 and Gao Yifan is number 10.
There were no surprises among the eight students who competed before Zhang Yuan; they jumped one after another. The best result was achieved by a third-year student who jumped 2.62 meters, which was quite good.
This senior student is named Wang Yuancong. He has a very strong jumping ability. Since he entered Tongcheng University, he has won the first place in the standing long jump at the school sports meet every year.
Two years ago, he jumped 2.55 meters, last year he jumped 2.6 meters, and this year he has taken it to a whole new level, reaching 2.62 meters!
The jump of 2.62 meters also equaled the highest standing long jump record in the history of Tongcheng University.
The standing long jump competition was even more anticipated this time because of the participation of freshman Zhang Yuan.
Because many students had seen Zhang Yuan's performance in the basketball game, they knew that the School of Arts and Philosophy had produced a freshman with amazing jumping ability.
It was finally Zhang Yuan's turn.
Zhang Yuan stood at the take-off line, adjusted his breathing, then squatted down and jumped, leaping out and landing in the sandpit. The whole process looked very relaxed and casual.
Then the referee stepped forward with a tape measure to measure the distance.
2.71 meters!
The referee's words immediately drew gasps from the entire stadium.
"I can't believe Zhang Yuan jumped 2.71 meters with such ease! That's incredible! He broke Wang Yuancong's record. He truly deserves to be called a monster from the School of Arts and Sciences!"
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