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Ito and Watanabe Break Junior National Records at National University Track and Field Championships



Most of the weekend's focus was on the MGC Race 2020 Olympic marathon trials in Tokyo, but at the same time the National University Track and Field Championships were going on to the southwest in Gifu. The highlights of the meet were a pair of junior national records, one in the men's triple jump by Riku Ito (Kindai Kogyo Univ.) who jumped 16.34 m (+0.6 m/s) for the win, and another in the women's hammer throw by Momoko Watanabe (Tsukuba Univ.), whose 60.49 m throw was good for 2nd behind winner Miharu Kodate (Ryutsu Keizai Univ.).

The women's triple jump also saw a meet record, with winner Kanna Kawai (Osaka Seikei Univ.) jumping 13.65 m (+0.3 m/s). The highest-level race of the meet was probably the men's 4x100 m relay, where Tsukuba University led the top three under 39 seconds in 38.73.



88th National University Track and Field Championships

Nagaragawa Field, Gifu, Sept. 12-15, 2019
complete results

Men

100 m Final -0.0 m/s
1. Akihiro Higashida (Tsukuba Univ.) - 10.26
2. Ryoga Matsuo (Toyo Univ.) - 10.36
3. Tatsuro Miyagi (Chuo Univ.) - 10.37

200 m Final +0.7 m/s
1. Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba Univ.) - 20.70
2. Tatsuro Miyagi (Chuo Univ.) - 20.79
3. Sho Kitagawa (Juntendo Univ.) - 20.87

400 m Final
1. Rikuya Ito (Waseda Univ.) - 46.77
2. Kazuki Matsukiyo (Fukuoka Univ.) - 47.00
3. Tomohiro Kokubo (Waseda Univ.) - 47.08

800 m Final
1. Junya Matsumoto (Hosei Univ.) - 1:52.17
2. Daichi Setoguchi ('Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:52.24
3. Takahiro Hayashi (Juntendo Univ.) - 1:52.26

1500 m Final
1. Kazuto Iizawa (Tokai Univ.) - 3:43.07
2. Aoshi Kobayashi (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) - 3:43.47
3. Shoma Funatsu (Chuo Univ.) - 3:44.98

5000 m Final
1. Vincent Yegon (Tokyo Kokusai Univ) - 13:35.75
2. Ledama Kisaisa (Obirin Univ.) - 13:39.05
3. Keita Yoshida (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13:43.54
4. Lawrence Ngure (Sapporo Gakuin Univ.) - 13:51.54
5. Yuhei Urano (Koku Gakuin Univ.) - 13:58.59

10000 m Final
1. Ledama Kisaisa (Obirin Univ.) - 28:19.99
2. Phillip Muruwa (Soka Univ.) - 28:38.32
3. Hidekazu Hijikata (Koku Gakuin Univ.) - 28:47.40
4. Kota Fujiki (Koku Gakuin Univ.) - 28:51.70
5. John Luka Musembi (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) - 28:54.73

110 m Hurdles Final -0.5 m/s
1. Nobuaki Morito (Waseda Univ.) - 13.79
2. Thomas Higashi Ishida (Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.80
3. Masahiro Kagimoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.91

400 m Hurdles Final
1. Masaki Toyoda (Hosei Univ.) - 49.39
2. Masaya Oda (Nagoya Univ.) - 49.83
3. Kazunari Takada (Hosei Univ.) - 50.39

3000 m Steeplechase Final
1. Rumina Kawakami (Nihon Univ.) - 8:57.32
2. Yuto Imae (Chiba Univ.) - 8:58.01
3. Tenta Suzuki (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) - 9:00.34

4x100 m Relay Final
1. Tsukuba Univ. - 38.73
2. Juntendo Univ. - 38.86
3. Chuo Univ. - 38.94

4x400 m Relay Final
1. Toyo Univ. - 3:05.85
2. Tsukuba Univ. - 3:06.76
3. Chuo Univ. - 3:06.93

10000 m Racewalk Final
1. Yuta Koga (Meiji Univ.) - 39:56.49
2. Ryutaro Yamamoto (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 39:59.51
3. Katsuji Suzuki (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 40:09.83

High Jump Final
1. Ryoichi Akamatsu (Gifu Univ.) - 2.24 m
2. Yuichi Ebisuya (Chuo Univ.) - 2.21 m
3. Kai Itoda (Chukyo Univ.) - 2.18 m

Pole Vault Final
1. Masaki Ejima (Nihon Univ.) - 5.50 m
2. Hiroki Hayashi (Nittai Univ.) - 5.30 m
3. Takuma Ishikawa (Chukyo Univ.) - 5.30 m

Long Jump Final
1. Hibiki Tsuha (Toyo Univ.) - 8.08 m -0.2 m/s
2. Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.) - 7.94 m -0.5 m/s
3. Shunsuke Izumiya (Juntendo Univ.) - 7.92 m -0.0 m/s

 Triple Jump Final
1. Riku Ito (Kindai Kogyo Univ.) - 16.34 m +0.6 m/s - U20 NR
2. Yuto Adachi (Fukuoka Univ.) - 16.05 m +1.9 m/s
3. Masaaki Kusumoto (Biwako Sports Univ.) - 15.95 m +0.8 m/s

 Shot Put Final
1. Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ.) - 17.85 m
2. Ryuji Iwasa (Tokai Univ.) - 17.63 m
3. Hiroto Sato (Nihon Univ.) - 16.55 m

Discus Throw Final
1. Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ.) - 54.62 m
2. Satoshi Tobimatsu (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 50.65 m
3. Ryoga Tobikawa (Tokai Univ.) - 49.46 m

Hammer Throw Final
1. Takahiro Kobata (Chukyo Univ.) - 65.42 m
2. Tatsuto Nagakawa (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 65.17 m
3. Yudai Kimura (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 64.64 m

Javelin Throw Final
1. Gen Naganuma (Kokushikan Univ.) - 79.99 m
2. Tatsuya Sakamoto (Osaka Taiiku Univ.) - 75.38 m
3. Taisei Aibara (Nihon Univ.) - 75.07 m

Decathlon Final
1. Shogo Okayama (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 7272
2. Teruhisa Motohashi (Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 7196
3. Suguru Shiozaki (Nihon Univ.) - 7149

Women

 100 m Final +0.7 m/s
1. Kanako Yuasa (Nittai Univ.) - 11.64
2. Sae Miyazono (Kokushikan Univ.) - 11.78
3. Ami Saito (Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 11.80

200 m Final -1.6 m/s
1. Ami Saito (Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 24.17
2. Kanako Yuasa (Nittai Univ.) - 24.19
3. Sae Miyazono (Kokushikan Univ.) - 24.31

400 m Final
1. Yuna Iwata (Chuo Univ.) - 54.31
2. Ayano Shiomi (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 55.10
3. Fumi Matsumoto (Aichi Kyoiku Univ.) - 55.44

800 m Final
1. Ayano Shiomi (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 2:04.74
2. Yuki Hirota (Akita Univ.) - 2:04.97
3. Riku Kikuchi (Jutendo Univ.) - 2:06.14

1500 m Final
1. Natsu Hashimoto (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) - 4:23.02
2. Riku Kikuchi (Juntendo Univ.) - 4:23.35
3. Yuma Yamamoto (Meijo Univ.) - 4:23.66

5000 m Final
1. Naruha Sato (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:47.07
2. Rino Goshima (Chuo Univ.) - 15:48.71
3. Yuna Wada (Meijo Univ.) - 15:49.04
4. Aina Takatani (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 16:07.93
5. Yuma Yamamoto (Meijo Univ.) - 16:08.05

10000 m Final
1. Naruha Sato (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 33:24.98
2. Rino Goshima (Chuo Univ.) - 33:25.65
3. Rika Kaseda (Meijo Univ.) - 33:27.47
4. Yuka Suzuki (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 33:29.96
5. Yukina Ueda (Tsukuba Univ) - 33:49.47

100 m Hurdles Final -0.4 m/s
1. Yumi Tanaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.40
2. Nana Fujimori (Meiji  Univ.) - 13.41
3. Ayumi Kobayashi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.47

400 m Hurdles Final
1. Moeka Sekimoto (Waseda Univ.) - 57.74
2. Aisha Ibrahim (Sapporo Kokusai Univ.) - 58.27
3. Kana Koyama (Waseda Univ.) - 58.93

3000 m Steeplechase Final
1. Reimi Yoshimura (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 9:59.95
2. Yuki Akiyama (Daito Bunka  Univ.) - 10:13.49
3. Yuzu Nishide (Kansai Gaikokugo Univ.) - 10:23.21

4x100 m Relay Final
1. Osaka Seikei Univ. - 45.02
2. Ritsumeikan Univ. - 45.28
3. Konan Univ. - 45.53

4x400 m Relay Final
1. Osaka Seikei Univ. - 3:37.80
2. Ritsumeikan Univ. - 3:37.92
3. Waseda Univ. - 3:38.69

10000 m Racewalk Final
1. Maika Yagi (Chukyo Univ.) - 47:29.75
2. Nami Hayashi (Juntendo Univ.) - 47:49.31
3. Chisa Todokoro (Doshisha Joshi Univ.) - 47:52.84

High Jump Final
1. Nagisa Takahashi (Nihon Univ.) - 1.78 m
2. Natsumi Kanda (Fukuoka Univ.) - 1.78 m
2. Moe Takeuchi (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1.78 m

Pole Vault Final
1. Akane Wakazono (Tsukuba Univ.) - 4.00 m
2. Jun Maekawa (Nittai Univ.) - 3.90 m
3. Juri Nanbu (Chukyo Univ.) - 3.90 m

Long Jump Final
1. Maya Takeuchi (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 6.28 m +1.6 m/s
2. Ayaka Kora (Tsukuba Univ.) - 6.23 m +1.5 m/s
3. Yuka Yamashita (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 6.13 m +0.4 m/s

 Triple Jump Final
1. Kanna Kawai (Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 13.65 m +0.3 m/s - MR
2. Sakura Uchiyama (Tokyo Univ.) - 13.00 m +0.9 m/s
3. Kuria Kenmochi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 12.83 m +0.7 m/s

 Shot Put Final
1. Nanaka Kori (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 16.21 m
2. Fumika Ono (Saitmaa Univ.) - 15.83 m
3. Honoka Oyama (Fukuoka Univ.) - 15.29 m

Discus Throw Final
1. Maki Saito (Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 52.71 m
2. Minori Tsujikawa (Tsukuba Univ.) - 50.61 m
3. Mizuki Handa (Tsukuba Univ.) - 47.43 m

Hammer Throw Final
1. Miharu Kodate (Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 61.68 m
2. Momoko Watanabe (Tsukuba Univ.) - 60.49 m  - U20 NR
3. Kiyono Sekiguchi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 60.24 m

Javelin Throw Final
1. Mikako Yamashita (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 58.39 m
2. Momone Ueda (Fukuoka Univ.) - 56.38 m
3. Tomoka Kuwazoe (Tsukuba Univ.) - 54.77 m

Heptathlon Final
1. Karin Odama (Nittai Univ.) - 5525
2. Haruna Hashimoto (Tsukuba Univ.) - 5288
3. Akari Iijima (Chukyo Univ.) - 5264

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