GWANJU, South Korea (Team Canada) – The Summer Universiade Games come to an end for the University of Victoria Vikes track and golf stars. Adam Paul-Morris, Brendon Restall and Brynn Tomie were 3 of 234 student-athletes competing for Canada in the international competition involving 9000 competitors from over 140 nations.  
 
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Student-athletes Paul-Morris of South Surrey, B.C., and Restall of Victoria both competed for Team Canada in the men's 800-m race. In round 1 Paul-Morris started off strong, finishing his heat in first place with a time of 1:53.23, crossing the finishing line just 0:00.07 of a second ahead of Lulian Ganciu of Romania. Paul-Morris, Ganciu and third-place finisher Bradley Mathas of New Zealand all advanced to the semi-finals.
 
Racing in a separate round 1 heat, Restall was able to stay in the top three in his opening run and was also able to advance to the semi-finals along with Charles Grethen of Luxembourg and Jorian Damen of Netherlands.
 
Unfortunately, Paul-Morris and Restall were unable to advance past the semi-finals. Their times of 1:49.56 and 1:50.41, respectively, did not qualify them to the final.
 
Tomie was the sole Vike representing UVic in the golf tournament, competing both individually and as a team with fellow Canadians Jessi Mercer of Western and Devon Rizzo of Waterloo.
 
In round one Team Canada finished in ninth place with a total score of 152 before dropping to twelfth place in round 2. They maintained their twelfth place position in round 3 before dropping to thirteenth in round 4 with a final tallied score of 623.
 
Individually Tomie finished 38^th, tied with Jennifer Prendergast of the Virgin Islands with a score of 322. Rizzo lead the team in 19^th with a score of 304 and Mercer followed in 43^rd.
 

About the Summer Universiade

The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.