Richard Etir Runs 27:06.88 Collegiate 10000 m Record

Richard Etir Runs 27:06.88 Collegiate 10000 m Record - Weekend Track Roundup

There were big meets across the country this weekend, but the biggest results were at the Nittai University Time Trials in suburban Yokohama. Across the fastest two 10000 m heats Saturday night, a total of 10 men, 7 of them university athletes, broke 28 minutes. Topping the list was 19-year-old Tokyo Kokusai University 1st-year Richard Etir, who just missed a world-leading time as he blasted a new collegiate record of 27:06.88 to win the A-heat. Emmanuel Maru (Toyota Boshoku) was also under 27:10, taking 2nd in 27:09.96. 2023 Hakone Ekiden champ Komazawa University added another sub-28 runner to its roster as 4th-year Takumi Karasawa took 5th in 27:57.52, with Waseda University 3rd-year Haruto Ishizuka 6th in 27:58.53.

In the B-heat, Yamanashi Gakuin University 2nd-year James Mutok won in 27:50.54, edging Soka University 3rd-year Kamina Leakey by just 0.08. YGU 1st-year Birian Kipyegon was 3rd in 27:51.65.

3000 m was the main event for women at Nittai, with Judy Jepngetich (Shiseido) taking 1st in 8:53.98. 5000 m A-heat winner Maki Izumida (Daiichi Seimei) ran only 16:11.33 for the win. Emmanuel Kipchirchir (SGH) won the men's 5000 m A-heat in 13:32.44, indoor 5000 m NR holder Hyuga Endo (Sumitomo Denko) 2nd in 13:34.02. 10000 m Olympian Tatsuhiko Ito (Honda) dropped the fastest Japanese men's 1500 m of the weekend, running 3:42.19 for the win in the fast heat.

Another 4 men were under 28 minutes for 10000 m Saturday at the Hyogo Relay Carnival meet in Kobe. Emmanuel Kiplagat (Mitsuibishi Juko) was fastest in 27:32.07, with just over a 5-second spread back to 4th-placer Benard Kibet Koech (Kyudenko). Top Japanese man Kenta Murayama (Asahi Kasei) was over a minute behind in 28:41.29. B-heat winner Nelson Mubithi Mandela (Obirin Univ.) just missed adding another 27-minute mark to the day's haul, running 28:01.88.

Esther Wangui (Starts) took the women's 10000 m in 32:22.45, with Desta Burka (Denso) and Kazuna Kanetomo (Kyocera) both finishing within 9 seconds of her. Marathoner Yuka Ando (Wacoal) won the women's 5000 m win 15:42.47, Manami Nishiyama (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) taking the 2000 mSC in 6:27.31 and Nozomi Tanaka (New Balance) the 1500 m in 4:09.79. There was no elite-level men's 5000 m on the program, but Olympian Ryoma Aoki (Honda) won the men's 2000 mSC in 5:30.39 by 0.03 over Taisei Ogino (Asahi Kasei), and Ryoji Tatezawa (DeNA) took another easy win in the 1500 m in 3:43.03.

At the National University Individual Championships in Kanagawa, the most notable men's results were in the 1500 m, where Nittai University's Hiroto Takamura led the top 3 under the old MR in 3:43.70. Another meet record happened in the 3000 mSC, where Waseda 4th-year Atsushi Shobu took over a second and a half off his own meet record from last year to win in 8:38.94. Komazawa's Taiyo Yasuhara added another win to the team's 2023 resume, taking the 5000 m title in 13:59.16. Yuito Yamamoto of Josai University claimed the 10000 m title in 29:29.98.

The women's 1500 m title went to Saki Katagihara (Tsukuba Univ.) in 4:24.80, Mayu Kawase (Daito Bunka Univ.) taking the 3000 mSC title in 10:13.78. Times were better in the longer events, where DBU 1st-year Sarah Wanjiru had a great debut with a 15:33.29 MR in the 5000 m, 0.40 under the old record from 2021. Nittai 3rd-year Risa Yamazaki won the 10000 m in 32:40.40.

There's no official 2-mile Japanese NR, but that was the distance event on offer at the Tokyo Spring Challenge meet. Kanta Shimizu (Subaru) won the men's race in 8:35.79, with Wakana Kabasawa (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) scoring the women's win in 9:42.44.

Wanjiru Breaks Own MR, Fuwa and Ishida Return - Kanto Regionals Day 1 Highlights

Japan's best college meet kicked off Thursday at Tokyo's National Stadium at the 103rd Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships . Looking like she was doing a controlled tempo run, 2nd-yr Sarah Wanjiru (Daito Bunka Univ.) lapped the entire field to win the women's 10000 m in a meet record 32:02.87, almost 15 seconds under the record she last year in her debut. 3rd-yr Aoi Takahashi (Josai Univ.) was 2nd in 33:29.22 and 2nd-yr Nana Nagashima (Josai Kokusai Univ.) 3rd in a PB 33:30.28, but the other main news alongside Wanjiru's new record was the return of collegiate 10000 m record holder Seira Fuwa (Takushoku Univ.) in her first 10000 m in 19 months. Fuwa hung at the back of the chase pack for the first half, made a move to lead it in the second half, and ultimately faded to 9th in 33:40.20. Every comeback has to start somewhere. The D1 men's 10000 m had a tight group up front with the top 6 all finishing within 6 seconds and under 28:10. 3rd-yr Jam

Two-Time Olympic Marathon Medalist Erick Wainaina Referred to Prosectors on Suspicion of Assault

According to investigators, two-time Olympic marathon medalist Erick Wainaina has had his case referred to prosecutors after allegedly injuring a railway employee by striking him in the face at a station in Setagaya, Tokyo. Wainaina, 50, was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and won silver in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Wainaina is suspected of assaulting a woman in her late teens and a male Tokyo Denentoshi Line employee by hitting them in the face during an altercation at Komazawa University Station in March this year, resulting in minor injuries to the man's face. According to investigators, the incident began on the train between Wainaina and the woman, and after getting off at Komazawa University Station he hit her in the face when she asked him to go to the station office with her to report it. When the male railway employee responded to the situation Wainaina reportedly hit him too. In response to questioning Wainaina is said to have answered,

Police Arrest 20-Year-Old Man Charged With Assaulting Female Runner at Popular Tokyo Running Spot

A 20-year-old man has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a female runner along the banks of the Tama River in Ota Ward, Tokyo. "I've been stuck at home because of the coronavirus, so I wanted to go for a walk and move my body a bit," the man told police. Local resident Hirai Muroyama , 20, of no known occupation, was arrested on charges of sexual assault. He is accused of acts including grabbing the breasts of a woman in her 20s at around 10 p.m. on May 31 along the banks of the Tama River. According to police, the woman was taking a break in her run when Muroyama approached her silently from behind and grabbed her breasts before running away. Under police interrogation Muroyama told investigators, "I've been stuck at home because of the coronavirus, so I wanted to go out for a walk and move my body. I'd had a few drinks and was feeling pretty hype. She was totally my type." source article: https://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newsey

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