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Walsh Ties 400 m Meet Record - National University Track and Field Championships Day Three Highlights



After a disappointing 5th-place finish in this year's Jakarta Asian Games 400 m, Julian Walsh (Toyo Univ.) brought the highlight of the third day of the 87th National University Track and Field Championships as he tied the meet record 45.75 to win the 400 m national title. It was a very close race with newcomer  Rikuya Ito (Waseda Univ.) pushing Walsh to the record and finishing 2nd in 45.79. Just a 2nd-year, Ito looks set to take over as Japan's top collegiate 400 m runner following Walsh's graduating next spring. 3rd-year Mitsuki Kawauchi (Kinki Univ.) may give him a challenge for the title next year, close behind this time in 3rd in 45.96.



In the women's 5000 m 1st-year Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (Meijo Univ.) outkicked her older competition in a slow race to complete a 1500 m / 5000 m national title double in 16:06.83. Her male counterpart Josphat Ledama Kisaisa (Obirin) also pulled off a double, dropping Patrick Mathenge Wambui (Nihon) as he did in the 10000 m to add a second-straight 5000 m title to his 10000 win.



Running into a 1.4 m/s headwind, the men's 100 m final saw the biggest upset of the day. Off his best this season, London World Championships and Jakarta Asian Games 4x100 m medalist Shuhei Tada (Kwasei Gakuin Univ.) finished only 3rd in 10.36. Beating him to the line were Shunto Nagata (Keio Univ.) in 10.34 and Yukitoki Miyasaki (Tohoku Univ. Grad School) in 10.35. The women's 100 m faced even stronger wind, Haruna Kuboyama (Fukuoka Univ.) taking the win in 11.86 against a 2.1 m/s headwind.

The National University Track and Field Championships wrap up Sunday at Kanagawa's Todoroki Stadium.

87th National University Track and Field Championships

Day Three Highlights
Todoroki Stadium, 9/8/18
complete results

Women
Women's 100 m Final -2.1 m/s
1. Haruna Kuboyama (4th yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 11.86
2. Hinami Yamanaka (4th yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 11.88
3. Mai Fukuda (2nd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 11.94

Women's 400 m Final
1. Mae Hirosawa (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 53.27
2. Nanako Matsumoto (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 53.52
3. Ayaka Kawata (1st yr., Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 54.13

Women's 5000 m Final
1. Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (1st yr., Meijo Univ.) - 16:06.83
2. Yukina Ueda (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 16:08.67
3. Rino Goshima (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 16:09.23
4. Yuki Sato (4th yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 16:18.08
5. Yuka Suzuki (1st yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 16:18.55

Women's Triple Jump Final
1. Kuria Kenmochi (3rd yr., Bukkyo Univ.) - 13.12 m +2.3 m/s
2. Sayaka Nakamura (1st yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 12.95 m +0.8 m/s
3. Yuri Kasuya (2nd yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 12.76 m +0.2 m/s

Women's Javelin Throw Final
1. Haruka Kitaguchi (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 60.48 m
2. Tomoka Kuwazoe (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 54.42 m
3. Kaho Iguchi (1st yr., Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ. Grad School) - 52.70 m

Women's 800 m Final Qualifying Standings
Ayano Shiomi (1st yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 2:08.93 - 1st, Heat 1
Airi Ikezaki (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 2:09.01 - 2nd, Heat 1
Yuki Hirota (5th yr., Akita Univ.) - 2:09.05 - 1st, Heat 2
Ayaka Kawata (1st yr., Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 2:09.46 - 2nd, Heat 2
Mari Takeuchi (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 2:09.52 - 3rd, Heat 1
Nanako Matsumoto (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 2:09.97 - 3rd, Heat 2
Nanako Imamura (3rd yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 2:10.12 - 4th, Heat 1 - q
Moe Kawaharada (3rd yr., Kyoto Kyoiku Univ.) - 2:10.16 - 4th, Heat 2 - q

Women's 400 m Hurdles Final Qualifying Standings
Akiko Ito (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 58.87 - 1st, Heat 2
Kana Koyama (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 59.06 - 1st, Heat 1
Kazuki Higa (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 59.19 - 2nd, Heat 2
Karen Yokota (2nd yr., Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 59.40 - 3rd, Heat 2
Natsumi Murakami (1st yr., Waseda Univ.) - 59.44 - 4th, Heat 2 - q
Reina Carothers (4th yr., Keio Univ.) - 59.71 - 5th yr., Heat 2 - q
Risa Hayashi (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 59.74 - 2nd, Heat 1
Yuri Okubo (4th yr., Chuo Univ.) - 1:00.09 - 3rd, Heat 1

 Women's 3000 m Steeplechase Final Qualifying Standings
Kako Okada (3rd yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:21.66 - 1st, Heat 2
Manami Nishiyama (1st yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:23.40 - 1st, Heat 1
Moeno Shimizu (4th yr., Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 10:27.17 - 2nd, Heat 2
Moka Ouchi (1st yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:29.35 - 2nd, Heat 1
Mika Okimura (3rd yr., Bukkyo Univ.) - 10:36.64 - 3rd, Heat 1
Yuna Takahashi (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 10:42.48 - 4th, Heat 1
Yuki Akiyama (2nd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10:43.58 - 3rd, Heat 2
Rina Goto (2nd yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 10:45.49 - 4th, Heat 2
Kana Miura (2nd yr., Tohoku Fukushi Univ.) - 10:48.22 - 5th, Heat 2
Kanako Kitamoto (2nd yr., Waseda Univ. Grad School) - 10:48.39 - 5th, Heat 1

 Women's 4x400 m Relay Final Qualifying Standings
Fukuoka Univ. - 3:42.48 - 1st, Heat 3
Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ. - 3:42.53 - 1st, Heat 2
Ritsumeikan Univ. - 3:42.91 - 2nd, Heat 3 - q
Osaka Seikei Univ. - 3:42.97 - 3rd, Heat 3 - q
Tsukuba Univ. - 3:43.19 - 1st, Heat 1
Surugadai Univ. - 3:43.44 - 2nd, Heat 4 - q
Nittai Univ. - 3:43.78 - 1st, Heat 1
Waseda Univ. - 3:45.60 - 1st, Heat 5

Men
Men's 100 m Final -1.4 m/s
1. Shunto Nagata (Keio Univ.) - 10.34
2. Yukitoki Miyasaki (2nd yr., Tohoku Univ. Grad School) - 10.35
3. Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) - 10.36

Men's 400 m Final
1. Julian Walsh (4th yr., Toyo Univ.) - 45.75 - MR tie
2. Rikuya Ito (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 45.79
3. Mitsuki Kawauchi (3rd yr., Kinki Univ.) - 45.96

Men's 5000 m Final
1. Josphat Ledama Kisaisa (3rd yr., Obirin Univ.) - 13:49.80
2. Patrick Mathenge Wambui (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 13:59.45
3. Keita Yoshida (2nd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 14:08.75
4. Yuichiro Nishikawa (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 14:12.90
5. Yuki Ishii (3rd yr., Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) - 14:14.37

Men's Long Jump Final
1. Yuki Hashioka (2nd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 7.97 m +1.3 m/s
2. Taishi Endo (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 7.84 m +5.9 m/s
3. Tenju Togawa (2nd yr., Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 7.79 m +2.5 m/s

Men's Decathlon Final
1. Yuma Maruyama (2nd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 7679
2. Shun Taue (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 7320
3. Keisuke Okuda (4th yr., Tokai Univ.) - 7257

Men's 800 m Final Qualifying Standings
Kenta Umetani (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 1:50.80 - 1st, Heat 1
Takeyuki Tosaka (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 1:50.95 - 2nd, Heat 1
Yuki Kihara (4th yr., Doshisha Univ.) - 1:51.14 - 3rd, Heat 1 - q
Atsufumi Nada (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 1:51.15 - 4th, Heat 1 - q
Daichi Setoguchi (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:51.31 - 1st, Heat 2
Tatsuya Nishikubo (3rd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 1:51.35 - 2nd, Heat 2
Kazuyoshi Tamogami (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 1:54.77 - 1st, Heat 3
Kentaro Usuda (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 1:54.86 - 2nd, Heat 3

Men's 400 m Hurdles Final Qualifying Standings
Tatsuhiro Yamamoto (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 50.24 - 1st, Heat 1
Takafumi Iwasaki (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 50.35 - 2nd, Heat 1
Keito Nonaka (4th yr., Kyushu Joho Univ..) - 50.38 - 1st, Heat 2
Yuki Shinjo (4th yr., Doshisha Univ.) - 50.49 - 3rd, Heat 1
Masaki Toyoda (3rd yr., Hosei Univ.) - 50.55 - 4th, Heat 1 - q
Yusuke Ozaki (1st yr., Hiroshima Univ. Grad School) - 50.71 - 2nd, Heat 2
Riki Ohara (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 50.71 - 3rd, Heat 2
Kakeru Inoue (1st yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 50.78 - 4th, Heat 2 - q

 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Final Qualifying Standings
Kazuya Shiojiri (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 8:52.90 - 1st, Heat 1
Taiju Nishikata (1st yr., Kanagawa Univ.) - 8:54.17 - 2nd, Heat 1
Shingo Fujisaki (4th yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 8:54.26 - 3rd, Heat 1
Noi Suzaki (1st yr., Tokai Univ.) - 8:54.46 - 4th, Heat 1
Tsubasa Komuro (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 8:54.47 - 5th, Heat 1
Arashi Yamamoto (1st yr., Josai Univ.) - 8:54.50 - 6th, Heat 1 - q
Taisei Ogino (3rd yr. Kanagawa Univ.) - 8:58.20 - 1st, Heat 2
Takumi Yoshida (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 8:58.27 - 2nd, Heat 2
Masato Saiki (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 8:58.33 - 3rd yr., Heat 2
Seiya Shigeno (4th yr., Seisa Doto Univ.) - 8:59.78 - 4th, Heat 2

 Men's 4x400 m Relay Final Qualifying Standings
Toyo Univ. - 3:07.22 - 1st, Heat 3
Tsukuba Univ. - 3:07.33 - 2nd, Heat 3 - q
Chukyo Univ. - 3:07.59 - 1st, Heat 4
Tokai Univ. - 3:08.59 - 3rd, Heat 3 - q
Tsukuba Univ. - 3:09.24 - 1st, Heat 5
Waseda Univ. - 3:09.44 - 1t, Heat 1
Chuo Univ. - 3:09.54 - 2nd, Heat 5 - q
Nihon Univ. - 3:10.20 - 1st, Heat 2

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