The university hosted an athletics cross-country "Sport against drugs" among first-year students. The annual race was held in the Petropavl City Park. About 90 first-year students took part. The boys covered a distance of 2 km, and the girls – 1 km.
Each athlete coped with the task. The girls' podium consisted entirely of representatives of the Pedagogical Faculty: 1st place – Ekaterina Borsuk, 2nd place – Karina Fauzel and 3rd place Eldana Taybupenova.
Among the young men, Ildar Verkhovnikov (PF) became the best, Anuar Baltabekov (PF) won silver and Alexander Shabanov (FEDT) closed the top three.