Fans can watch UAAP swimming, athletics for free at New Clark City

UAAP athletes in action at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac. UAAP MediaMANILA -- The UAAP on Monday announced that fans can watch the on-going swimming and athletics competitions of Season 87 free of charge.

The events are being hosted at the New Clark City Sports Hub in Capas, Tarlac.

The swimming championships, which will run through Wednesday, November 20, at the state-of-the-art Aquatics Center, while the athletics meet will conclude on Thursday, November 21, at the Athletics Stadium.

"In a show of support for fans and the student-athletes competing, the UAAP is offering free admission to all attendees," the league said. "There will be no need for tickets – just show up and witness the excitement as the nation’s finest student-athletes take center stage in their bid for glory."

Forty-six medals are up for grabs in the last two days of swimming, while the athletics competition will feature 26 collegiate events and 28 high school events in its last three days.

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Several records were already broken on Day 1 of the swimming competition, while national athletes including pole vaulter Hokett delos Santos were in action at the Athletics Stadium. 

This marks the first time that the UAAP held its swimming and athletics events in New Clark City, which also hosted the 30th Southeast Asian Games in 2019.

"It's the best venue in the Philippines," Em Fernandez of subhost Ateneo de Manila University told ABS-CBN News ahead of the competitions.

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