Sports

Sports
The UAEMex promotes sports.
It fosters physical activities and seeks a balance
between body and mind. In order to achieve so, we
have 80 sports venues where 20 sport disciplines are
practiced every day.
80 sport venues
Gyms
5
Dr. en Q. Rafael López Castañares University Gymnasium
Lic. Adolfo López Mateos University Gymnasium
Profesor Guillermo Ortega Vargas University Gymnasium
Soraya Jiménez University Gymnasium
Filiberto Navas Valdez University Gymnasium
Covered facilities
16
Covered indoor facilities
14
1 basketball court
1 volleyball court
1 exercising area
1 box and aerobic gymnastics area
1 spinning area
1 fencing area
3 martials arts areas (judo, taekwondo, karate-do)
1 multifunctional gymnasium (volleyball, basketball,
ping pong)
2 squash courts
1 exercising area
1 martial arts area
Covered outdoors facilities
2 handball courts
2
Outdoor Sports Fields
1 football pitch
2 beach volleyball courts
3 indoor soccer pitch
1 children football pitch with natural grass
1 athletics tartan track
1 American football pitch with synthetic grass
1 archery court
2 football pitches with synthetic grass
1 baseball field
2 tennis courts
2 beach volleyball courts
1 tezontle jogging track
4 tennis courts
1 children football pitch with natural grass
1 basketball court
1 recreation area
1 tezontle jogging track
1 football pitch with synthetic grass
1 athletics track certified by the IAAF level II
3 area for high and long jumping
2 areas for throwing (spear, javelin, hammer and disc)
1 warming track
34
Outdoor throwing court
2
2 areas for throwing (spear, javelin, hammer and disc)
Athletics track
4
1 athletics track certified by the IAAF level II
1 athletics track with tartan
1 tezontle jogging track
1 warming track
Stadia
2
Chivo Córdoba University Stadium
Lic. Juan Josafat Pichardo Cruz University Stadium
Our sport
disciplines
are:
Chess
Squash
Swimming
Athletics
Football
Tae Kwon Do
Basketball
Indoor Football
Tennis
Baseball
Group Entertainment
Ping Pong
Box
Handball
Volleyball
Mountain Cycling
Judo
Beach Volleyball
Racquetball
karate
Sports Awards
The National Council of Sport Education has awarded UAEMex within one of the
10 best universities of the country in sports matters.
Alberto “Chivo” Córdoba Stadium is one of the most
representative icons of the UAEM .The stadium has a capacity of
32 000 spectators and is used for a variety of sports. The design
stands out for its beauty and originality, its steps and walls
house the monumental work of Mexican artist Leopoldo Flores.
The biggest achievements
of our sportsmen
•• 8 medals in the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games 2015
•• 4 medals in the Toronto Pan American Games 2015
•• Pass to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in box
Archery
1st place
as a team in the
2014 Arizona Cup
1st place
in the University
Pan American Cup
in Tijuana, Baja
California
2nd place
at the Universiada
in Gwangju 2015, for
archery
2nd place
in the World university
championship of
Archery in Legnica,
Poland
1st place
in the 5 000-meter
relay in the Payton
Jordan Cardinal
Invitational 2015, at
Stanford University
Athetism
1st place
in the 3 000-meter
race in the
Ibero-American
Championship Caixa
of Athletism, in Sao
Paulo, Brasil
2nd place
in the 1 500-meter
race in the 56th
annual Mt. SAC Relays
in Walnut, California
2nd place
in the 10 000-meter
race in the Portland
Track Festival 2014, in
Portland, Oregon
Our American football team has won the Youth Spring prize 2015 of the
National Student Organization of American Football (ONEFA).
Wild Colts
The female teal of UAEMex Flag Football has won the championship of the
Spring Season 2015 of the Flag Football Association of the State of Mexico
(AFFEMEX).
The UAEMex Potros Football Team are the Fourth Division of the
Metropolitan League Champions.
Marching Band
Our Marching Band comprehends 160 high schools students who
enhance the sportive spirit of our Institution both physically and
artistically.