Yamaguchi, Matsunaga and Ito to Run United Airlines NYC Half

Waseda University's Tomonori Yamaguchi, Hosei University's Rei Matsunaga and Yamaguchi's Waseda teammate Taishi Ito are part of the men's field for the Mar. 17 United Airlines NYC Half announced today by the New York Road Runners. Yamaguchi and Matsunaga were the top two Japanese collegiate finishers at November's Ageo City Half Marathon, Yamaguchi running 1:01:16 for 3rd overall and Matsunaga 1:01:56 for 4th to score invitations to NYC. Since then Yamaguchi has run particularly well, placing 4th on the Hakone Ekiden's highly competitive 23.1 km Second Stage where he ran the equivalent of a 1:00:45 half marathon, and running a 28:17.87 PB for 10000 m.

Ito is also a sub-62 half marathoner, running 1:01:50 at last year's Marugame Half Marathon and setting a 28:37.34 PB for 10000 m in the same January race as Yamaguchi. All three have raced in other parts of Asia and both Yamaguchi and Ito in Europe, but for all of them it will be their first time racing in the U.S.

United Airlines NYC Half

Elite Men's Field Highlights

New York, 17 Mar. 2024

complete field listing

times listed are athletes' best within last 3 years except where noted

Abel Kipchumba (Kenya) - 58:07 (Valencia 2001)

Zerei Kbrom (Norway) - 1:00:01 (Copenhagen 2022)

Gabriel Geay (Tanzania) - 1:00:16 (Valencia 2001)

Connor Mantz (U.S.A.) - 1:00:55 (Hardeeville 2021) - withdrawn

Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) - 1:01:01 (Great North Run 2022)

Zouhair Talbi (Morocco) - 1:01:08 (Houston 2023)

Tomonori Yamaguchi (Japan) - 1:01:16 (Ageo 2023)

Clayton Young (U.S.A.) - 1:01:18 (Hardeeville 2021)

Yemane Haileselassie (Eritrea) - 1:01:24 (Houston 2024)

Taishi Ito (Japan) - 1:01:50 (Marugame 2023)

Reed Fischer (U.S.A.) - 1:01:52 (Herzogenaurach 2023)

Rei Matsunaga (Japan) - 1:01:56 (Ageo 2023)

David Nilsson (Sweden) - 1:01:56 (Berlin 2022)

Filmon Ande (Eritrea) - 1:02:20 (Philadelphia 2023)

Matt Baxter (New Zealand) - 1:02:38 (San Jose 2021)

Tristan Woodfine (Canada) - 1:02:40 (Boston 2023)

Yenew Alamirew Getahun (Ethiopia) - 1:03:05 (Brooklyn 2023)

Shadrack Biwott (U.S.A.) - 1:03:35 (Duluth 2023)

Tim McGowan (U.S.A.) - 1:03:54 (Philadelphia 2023)

Eduardo Garcia (Virgin Islands) - 1:03:59 (Houston 2024)

Hillary Bor (U.S.A.) - 1:09:24 (Las Vegas 2015)

Japan's First Goldless Day - Asian Athletics Championships Day Four Highlights

Day 4 of the Bangkok Asian Athletics Championships was the first without a single gold medal going to Japan, but there were still enough silvers and bronzes to go around. Robyn Lauren Brown of the Philippines outclassed the rest of the women's 400 mH final field, taking gold in 57.50. Eri Utsunomiya and Ami Yamamoto made it a Japanese 2-3, Utsunomiya running 57.73 for silver and Yamamoto 57.80 for bronze. Yusaku Kodama also scored silver in the men's 400 mH, running 48.96 behind Qatari winner Bassem Hemeida 's 48.64. Yuki Yamasaki won bronze in the heptathlon with 5696 points, Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina taking gold in 6098 and Swapna Barman silver in 5840. Teammate Karin Odama was 4th in 5487. Another bronze came in the mixed 4x400 m relay, with Japan running 3:15.71 behind India's 3:14.70 and Sri Lanka's 3:15.41. Naoto Hasegawa and Ryoichi Akamatsu both cleared 2.23 m in the men's high jump, Hasegawa finishing 4th overall and Akamatsu 5th. ...

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