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Mt. SAC Relays Schedule

The Mt. SAC Relays meet in Walnut, CA takes place this Friday to Sunday, Japan time, with a fair number of Japanese athletes and at least one Japan-based Kenyan starting off their track seasons at the meet. At least two sites are promising live webcasts, offering a rare chance to see Japanese athletes in overseas track competition.

Below is a schedule of events featuring Japanese athletes. All dates and times are Japan time. Italicized events are major distance events which do not include Japanese runners but will be worth watching. A complete event schedule is available here. Please note that the dates and times on the official schedule are local California time.

Click here for the official Mt. SAC webcast.

Click here for the Flotrack webcast.

Friday, April 17
10:15 a.m. – Women’s Invitational 3000m SC: Minori Hayakari
10:40 a.m. – Men’s Invitational 3000m SC
11:35 a.m. – Women’s Invitational 10000m
12:10 p.m. – Men’s Invitational 10000m

Saturday, April 18
4:00 a.m.
– Men’s Olympic Development Pole Vault: Sho Watanabe
6:40 a.m. – Men’s Open 100m: Shinobu Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kihara and Shingo Obara
7:50 a.m. – Men’s Open 200m: Hirokazu Taoka
11:20 a.m. – Women’s Invitational 1500m
11:35 a.m. – Men’s Invitational Mile
11:40 a.m. – Men’s Invitational 1500m
11:50 a.m. – Men’s Olympic Development 1500m: Yuichiro Ueno
12:50 p.m. – Women’s Invitational 5000m: Philes Ongori
1:15 p.m. – Men’s Invitational 5000m: Seigo Ikegami, Suehiro Ishikawa and Yuichiro Ueno
1:55 p.m. – Men’s Olympic Development 5000m: Satoru Kitamura and Yuki Sato

Sunday, April 19
4:55 a.m.
– Men’s Invitational 110m HH: Masakui Iida
5:25 a.m. – Men’s Invitational 4x100m Relay: Waseda University
5:30 a.m. – Men’s Invitational Long Jump: Masayuki Horiike
7:15 a.m. – Women’s Invitational 400m: Asami Tanno
7:30 a.m. – Men’s Invitational Pole Vault: Daichi Sawano
8:35 a.m. – Women’s Olympic Development 100m: Mayumi Watanabe
8:40 a.m. – Men’s Olympic Development 100m: Masashi Eriguchi and Shintaro Kimura
10:35 a.m. – Women’s Olympic Development 400m H: Makiko Yoshida

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