On April 22, 2018, teams from XJTU Student Rowing Club won one gold and one silver medal in the “Top University·Rowing in Henan”-- the 2018 "Lottery Cup" Zhengzhou·Intelligence Lake (Longzi Lake) "Huashui Cup" University Regatta and became the biggest winner.

During the regatta, teams from XJTU primarily competed in the short-track race and 4.9 km race around a lake. XJTU women's team caught up with and surpassed the rowing team of the Northwestern University of the United Statesand won the championship by great superiority with the final result of 19′38′′20; XJTU men's team won the runner-up with the final result of 17'29′′31, followed by Cambridge University,while the University of Amsterdam from Netherlands won the first place at the men's group.