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Nittai Women Break 4x100 m Collegiate National Record - National University Track and Field Championships Day Two Highlights



Following up the Ritsumeikan University women's 4x100 m meet record in the qualifying heats on the first day of the 87th National University Track and Field Championships, Nittai University did Ritsumeikan one better in day two's final. Nittai came on strong on the third leg with a solid run from third year Mae Hirosawa, but it was first-year anchor Miku Yamada who really impressed, pulling away to open almost half a second on Ritsumeikan in the best first-year relay anchor performance since future Olympic silver medalist Shota Iizuka's 2010 Kanto Regionals run. Yamada crossed the line in 44.59 to take 0.23 off Ritsumeikan's day-old meet record and 0.21 off the 12-year-old national university record.



Just a week after missing out on a medal at the Jakarta Asian Games, Meg Hemphill (Chuo Univ.) rounded out her collegiate heptathlon career by tying the meet record of 5550 set last year by Jakarta bronze medalist Yuki Yamasaki. Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (Meijo Univ.) continued her solid first year at the university level with a win in the 1500 m, finishing over 3 seconds ahead of her closest competition in 3:25.50.



Like the Ritsumeikan women, the Chuo University men couldn't quite live up to its strong opening heat. But while Ritsumeikan fell victim to Nittai Chuo had enough of a margin over the competition to still pull off the win. Chuo took the national title in 39.15, just holding off Keio University and Kwansei Gakuin University which unusually featured the fast-starting Shuhei Tada in the anchor position.



In the men's 1500 m final, indoor mile national record holder Ryoji Tatezawa (Tokai Univ.) recovered from a disappointing Asian Games performance to win the 1500 m national title in 3:46.28, two seconds slower than what he ran in the qualifying heats but just enough to keep Masato Saiki (Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) at bay. The National University Track and Field Championships continue through Sunday.

87th National University Track and Field Championships

Day Two Highlights
Todoroki Stadium, 9/7/18
complete results

Women
Women's 1500 m Final
1. Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (1st yr., Meijo Univ.) - 4:25.50
2. Natsu Hashimoto (3rd yr., Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) - 4:28.53
3. Ayami Higuma (3rd yr., Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) - 4:28.68
4. Mana Aomatsu (1st yr., Bukkyo Univ.) - 4:29.45
5. Nokoka Hosaka (3rd yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 4:29.76

Women's 4x100 m Relay Final
1. Nittai Univ. - 44.59 - NUR, MR
2. Ritsumeikan Univ. - 45.03
3. Fukuoka Univ. - 45.06
4. Aoyama Gakuin Univ. - 45.11
5. Konan Univ. - 45.14
6. Osaka Seikei Univ. - 45.50
7. Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. - 45.73
8. Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ - 46.04

Women's 10000 m Racewalk Final
1. Aguri Hashi (1st yr., Chubu Gakuin U niv.) - 47:31.33
2. Serena Sonoda (4th yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 47:40.78
3. Yukiho Mizoguchi (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 48:27.11

Women's Long Jump Final
1. Sumire Hata (4th yr., Mukogawa Joshi Univ.) - 6.06 m -0.1 m/s
2. Ayane Kamiyama (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 6.01 m +0.9 m/s
3. Asuka Gonpei (3rd yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 6.00 m +2.0 m/s

Women's Shot Put Final
1. Nanaka Kori (3rd yr., Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 15.60 m
2. Honoka Oyama (2nd yr,. Fukuoka Univ.) - 15.33 m
3. Chikako Nishikawa (4th yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 15.07 m

Women's Heptathlon Final
1. Meg Hemphill (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 5550 - MR tie
2. Tomomi Nono (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 5240
3. Misaki Sakemi (3rd yr., Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 5199

Women's 400 m Final Qualifying Standings
Ayaka Kawata (1st yr., Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 54.03 -  1st, Heat 2
Mayu Inaoka (4th yr., Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 54.07 - 2nd, Heat 2
Yuna Iwata (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 54.09 - 3rd, Heat 2
Nanako Matsumoto (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 54.60 - 1st, Heat 1
Mayu Kobayashi (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 54.64 - 4th, Heat 2 - q
Mae Hirosawa (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 55.24 - 2nd, Heat 1
Ayako Kuwahara (1st yr., Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 55.51 - 5th, Heat 2 - q
Arisa Sanuki (3rd yr., Tohoku Univ.) - 55.53 - 3rd, Heat 1

Men
Men's 1500 m Final
1. Ryoji Tatezawa (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 3:46.28
2. Masato Saiki (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 3:46.42
3. Kazuyoshi Tamogami (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 3:47.32
4. Rikuto Iijima (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 3:48.30
5. Aoshi Kobayashi (1st yr., Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) - 3:49.06

Men's 4x100 m Relay Final
1. Chuo Univ. - 39.15
2. Keio Univ. - 39.24
3. Kwansei Gakuin Univ. - 39.30
4. Daito Bunka Univ. - 39.36
5. Chukyo Univ. - 39.55
6. Nihon Univ. - 39.68
7. Kinki Univ. - 39.92
8. Josai Univ. - 40.04

Men's 10000 m Racewalk Final
1. Koki Ikeda (2nd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 40:35.34
2. Masatora Kawano (2nd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 40:42.50
3. Yuta Koga (1st yr., Meiji Univ.) - 40:56.34

Men's High Jump Final
1. Naoto Hasegawa (4th yr., Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 2.18 m
2. Rei Mizutani (4th yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 2.15 m
3. Ryoichi Akamatsu (1st yr., Gifu Univ. Grad School) - 2.15 m

Men's Pole Vault Final
1. Kosei Takekawa (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 5.40 m
2. Masaki Ejima (2nd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 5.30 m
3. Takuma Ishikawa (3rd yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 5.20 m

Men's Discus Throw Final
1. Yuma Ando (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 52.10 m
2. Shinichi Yukinaga (3rd yr., Shikoku Univ.) - 51.98 m
3. Kazuki Okazaki (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 51.53 m

Men's Javelin Throw Final
1. Gen Naganuma (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 74.01 m
2. Yuta Sakiyama (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 73.99 m
3. Tatsuya Sakamoto (4th yr., Osaka Taiiku Univ.) - 73.69 m

Men's 400 m Final Qualifying Standings
Mitsuki Kawauchi (3rd yr., Kinki Univ.) - 46.07 - 1st, Heat 1
Julian Walsh (4th yr., Toyo Univ.) - 46.10 - 2nd, Heat 1
Yuki Nomura (2nd yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 46.35 - 3rd, Heat 1
Mizuki Obuchi (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 46.77 - 4th, Heat 1 - q
Taichi Suzuki (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 46.80 - 5th, Heat 1 - q
Rikuya Ito (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 47.10 - 1st, Heat 2
Kazushige Oyama (4th yr., Asia Pacific Univ.) - 47.14 - 2nd, Heat 2
Naoki Kitadani (2nd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 47.38 - 3rd, Heat 2

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