The rain did not get the better of Team ULiège, still present in force and ready to set the mood for this 2023 edition of the 15 km of Liège Metropole. No less than 801 students, staff members and alumni gathered on Sunday, April 16 at the Parc de la Boverie to take up one of the sporting challenges of this emblematic annual event in the Cité ardente.
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or the fourth consecutive year, the University of Liege was the most represented educational institution. A mobilization of 801 runners, for a total of 10,230 km covered together!
In a good-natured atmosphere and encouraged by the Cheerleaders team, the ULiège team, of all generations (from 17 to ...78 years old!) was the perfect illustration of "Mens sana in corpore sano" .
Roger le Toré, the ULiège mascot and star of the pack (without having run!) took selfies after the finish line, just a few steps away from the tent of our Kinesitherapy students, which was full and in front of which a nice line quickly formed.
On the 7 km, Benjamin Rondal, already second last year and graduate since a few months (Kinesitherapy - Faculty of Medicine), confirmed his performance by taking again the silver medal with an average of 18 km/h. With an even fuller agenda (he has opened his own practice in Spa and works at the University Hospital of Liege (Physical Medicine Department). In the face of ever-increasing competition, this is a magnificent performance.
Another record: that of Julien Claessen ! On the 21 km trail and in rolling, but very slippery conditions, he won the race (average of 14.8 km/h). Assistant and doctoral student for the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Pharmacy), Julien had registered at the last minute after the cancellation of another race and was running a trail for the very first time. A promising success!
In the women's race, ULiege was present in the top 20 of the different courses but did not manage to get a podium. The experienced Irene Tosi (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, winner 2019 and 2022 on the 15 km) was making her comeback on the 7 km after a long injury (7th).
| Race/Trail | Category | Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15km | Men | 8e | Benoit BRANS |
| 15km | Men +40 | 7e | Jacques DUSART |
| 15km | Women | 10e | Noemie Lepoutre |
| 15km | General | 1st place | FSA subgroup (Adrien Corman, Bassou Adam, Massimo Volders, Thomas Jennen, Maxime Temoschenkoo) |
| 15km | General | 2e | FM subgroup (Benoît Brans, Julien Houben, Nathan Delruelle, Antoine Closon, Jean-Christophe DEBRAY) |
| 7km | Men | 2e | Benjamin Rondal |
| 7km | Men | 7e | Henri Gérard |
| 7km | Women | 7e | Irene Tosi |
| 7km | Men +50 | 6e | Philippe Vanderbemden |
| 21km | Men | 1st place | Julien Claessens |
| 21km | Women | 9e | Lise Bougenot |
| 21km | Women +50 | 5e | Fabienne Prosmans |
| 21km | Men +55 | 2e | Alain Vanheusden |
| 21km | General | 1st place | FM sub-group (Sinclair Deprez, Arnaud Brose, Louis Goblet, Gaétan Depuyper, Lise Bougenot) |
| 21km | General | 3e | HEC subgroup (Alexis Paschal, Arthur Willermaers, Clément Gantois, Marc Proumen, Dimitri Dick) |
| 48km | Men +65 | 1st place | Marc Binard |
ULiège and its partners FOREM and IDELUX are inaugurating a sustainable housing technology platform on the Arlon campus to meet the needs of the wood and construction sectors.
Des représentant·es politiques sont venus ce 19 avril à la rencontre de la communauté ULiège pour débattre de thèmes liés à la vie universitaire, en vue des élections.
Communiqué du Conseil des rectrices et recteurs du 18 avril 2024 à propos du décret « Paysage » amendé
