Near East College 8th-year student Akman Tüzünkan successfully represented the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the “12-Year-Old National Development League Turkey Final” organized by the Turkish Swimming Federation in Denizli between 1-3 December. Racing in four categories, Akman Tüzünkan broke the TRNC record in three of these categories and succeeded in coming third in Turkey in the “50 meters backstroke” category.

Akman Tüzünkan, who came third in Turkey with a time of 00:32.53 in the “50 meters backstroke” category, which was the first race held in the Turkish Swimming Federation 12-Year-Old National Development League Turkey Final, also passed the A4 threshold and won his own “TRNC Long Course 12-Year-Old” race and also improved his own record. Akman Tüzünkan, who completed the 100-meter backstroke category with a time of 01:12.09, also improved his own 12-year-old long course record in this category. While Tüzünkan passed the A3 threshold with a time of 00:29.65 in the “50 meters freestyle” category, he also broke the A1 threshold and the “12 Years Old Long Course Age Record” with a time of 02:44.51 in the “200 meters backstroke” category. Thus, this record, which was broken by Erol Şevket in 2013, was improved by 4 seconds by Near East College 8th-year student Akman Tüzünkan.

Akman Tüzünkan, who trained for the competitions by Avni Cankurt, one of the trainers of the Near East University Olympic Swimming Pool, made his family, Near East College and country feel great pride with the records he made.

Ömer Özkan: “The results achieved by our dear student Akman Tüzünkan, who continues his studies with the Dr. Suat Günsel scholarship, are a very important to show that academic and sports success can be achieved together with systematic and correct study and training.”

Emphasizing that he is very proud of the achievements of Near East College 8th-year student Akman Tüzünkan, Near East College Director Ömer Özkan said, “I would like to thank our beloved student Akman Tüzünkan for his success in the ’12-Year-Old National Development League Turkey Final’ organized by the Turkish Swimming Federation. This is very important to show that academic and sports success can be achieved together with systematic and correct study and training.”

Emphasizing that Near East College provides its students with opportunities to show themselves in the fields of sports and culture and arts, as well as academic success, Özkan said, “I wholeheartedly congratulate Akman Tüzünkan, who makes us proud with his achievements. As always, we will continue to support him and all our students.”

Avni Cankurt: “I am proud of Akman, who has made great success that also made our country proud in the finals, which we prepared with a systematic and intense training plan.”

His coach, Avni Cankurt, who trained Akman Tüzünkan, who received the third place in Denizli, Turkey and broke 3 TRNC records, for the finals, said: “I am proud of Akman, who has made great success that also made our country proud in the finals, which we prepared with a systematic and intense training plan. I have no doubt that we will achieve great success in the future by continuing our trainings.”

Stating that they will participate in the “Turkish Swimming Federation Stars, Juniors and Open Age Finals” to be held in Istanbul Beylikdüzü on 20-24 December with Barkan Cem Aykut and Enes Kansız, who are also students of Near East College, Cankurt said, “We will be proud of our school and our country from the finals in December. We will return with results that make us proud.”