Sport Excellence Programme transcript

00:00

Hi, I'm Kate Andrew. I'm a sailor and I'm studying my masters in sustainable maritime and superyacht design and I'm a member of the sports excellence programme.

00:08

I'm Leam Wilson. Uh I'm a sailor at Solar University on the sports excellence program. A typical day usually starts in this room at the gym with a gym session or recovery session and then a pretty full-on day of lectures of my masters normally coupled with a recovery or a further session later on in the day.

00:26

I'm Mateo Bertaki from Italy - a sailor in the Italian Olympic team. I'm studying yacht and powercraft design in second year. The sport excellence programme was for sure one of the factors that made me choose to come to to Solent University.

00:42

The services from the sports accent program I use the most is definitely S&T. I've been coming back from a couple of pretty bad injuries. So the support along with the sports therapy and massage, kind of all together, has been really, really beneficial and really useful.

00:54

They're very supporting in organising both the studying and the training part and combine them together.

01:01

Balancing training with studies as a master student is definitely a struggle but the support with the sports excellence program has really helped trying to balance my time and prioritise better.

01:13

My name is Alex Murphy. I study sport and exercise science and I'm an athlete on the sport excellence program. My favourite moment since joining the university was winning my first race of the season in February. I joined Solent in September and have been building with the sport excellence programme all winter my endurance and strength and it had paid off. There was no area of the sport that was untouched in terms of support.

Cutaway shot shows Alex taking part in a cycling race.

01:40

Having that support network with other athletes who kind of get it a bit more has been really, really beneficial and has - I mean I've made friends for life through it as well which has been a massive added benefit.

01:52

To me it's very important to have a degree studying something that is in my area of sport. And it's very important for what I will be doing after being an athlete.

02:02

I'm very aware that my sport isn't a lifelong opportunity. So my master's degree in superyacht design allows me to combine my love for design with my love for sport into a future career.

02:14

I would highly recommend joining sports excellent program if you're coming here to Solent.

02:18

Join Solent and and apply to the programme because it's a great university and furthermore, the programme is really helping to the journey of an athlete through it.