Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia has made history once again by being proclaimed, for the fifteenth consecutive edition, the leader of the overall medal table in Spanish university sports. The institution closed this edition with 97 golds, 44 silvers, and 29 bronzes. With this result, it has reached a total of 1,982 medals throughout the history of the competition, surpassing the following universities by more than one hundred medals. Second place went to the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, with 18 golds, 12 silvers, and 11 bronzes, while third place was taken by the University of Valencia, with 13 golds, 19 silvers, and 16 bronzes.

Andalusian universities served as the organizers for all competitions this year, where UCAM once again demonstrated its dominant role in national university sports. Its students competed in a wide-ranging program of disciplines: swimming, athletics, cross country, weightlifting, orienteering, badminton, fencing, karate, futsal, table tennis, archery, tennis, basketball, handball, judo, wrestling, taekwondo, volleyball, beach volleyball, and rowing.

As a major highlight of this edition, UCAM debuted in the discipline of rowing, incorporating this modality as a new challenge within its university sports project. The premiere was of the highest level, with Olympian Aleix García winning the gold medal, marking a historic debut for the university in this sport.

The highest number of medals came, once again, from swimming. UCAM delivered a historic performance in the pool, dominating the medal standings and totaling 79 medals, 39 of which were gold. These results set a new record for the university in this discipline. This aquatic success was led by top-tier figures in Spanish sports, such as Olympians Emma Carrasco and Hugo González, who once again proved the high competitive level of UCAM’s sports project on both the national and international stage.

Athletics served as another major pillar for the university expedition. In the championships held in Jaén, UCAM earned a total of 17 medals, confirming its place at the top of the competition. Standout international and Olympic athletes in this discipline included María Pérez, Belén Toimil, and Mariano García, reflecting the level of excellence that characterizes UCAM athletes.

In team sports, as is customary, great triumphs were also achieved, notably the golds in men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s beach volleyball, men’s 3x3 basketball, and men’s and women’s futsal. Added to this is a significant number of medals in sports where UCAM traditionally shines: badminton (8), tennis (6), table tennis (5), cross country (5), judo (4), wrestling (4), and fencing (4).

Fifteen years ago, UCAM climbed to the first position of the medal table at the 2011 Spanish University Championships, confirming the great work that had been underway since its first academic year in 97/98. In this decade and a half, the superiority of the institution—underpinned by its model of supporting athletes so they can balance studies and sports—has continued to grow. It is now common to far exceed the hundred-medal barrier, and its distance from other universities reflects that, in this field, the Murcian institution's commitment to sports is on another level.