Kimutai Does the Double at Tokorozawa Games

A key part of Josai University's school record 3rd-place finish at the Hakone Ekiden in January, 2nd-year Victor Kimutai did a quality double at Saturday's Tokorozawa Games at Waseda University. Running in the 3000 m fast heat at 10:20 a.m., Kimutai led a quartet most of the way on sub-8 minute pace before pulling away over the last two laps to win in a PB of 7:53.75. Teammate Itsuki Hirabayashi looked set for 2nd but was run down in the last 50 m by Waseda's Taishi Ito, who set a PB of 7:58.64 just two weeks after running the United Airlines NYC Half. Hirabayashi held on for 3rd in 7:59.18, his first time under 8 minutes.

95 minutes later Kimutai lined up again in the 1500 m fast heat, and again he scored the win with a 3:45.78 PB. Another one of his Josai teammates Tatsuki Yamanaka was right with him with a 3:46.02 PB for 2nd, with high schooler Yanab Naoki Yoshikura of Waseda Jitsugyo H.S. 3rd in 3:49.08.

Tokorozawa Games

Waseda University Field, Tokorozawa, 30 March 2024

complete results

Men's 1500 m Heat 1

1. Yu Shibata (Josai Univ.) 3:48.41

2. Shuto Iguchi (Keiho H.S.) 3:49.94

3. Sora Matsuoka (Kyoto Gaikokudai Nishi H.S.) 3:52.78

4. Toma Hino (Waseda Univ.) 3:53.76

5. Kenta Mizuno (Josai Univ.) 3:59.13

Men's 1500 m Heat 2

1. Victor Kimutai (KEN/Josai Univ.) 3:45.78

2. Tatsuki Yamanaka (Josai Univ.) 3:46.02

3. Nayabu Naoki Yoshikura (Waseda Jitsugyo H.S.) 3:49.08

4. Kazumi Nakajima (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) 3:49.30

5. Umi Fukuda (Chinen Gakuen Nara H.S.) 3:49.47

6. Naoto Hamaguchi (Soka Univ.) 3:50.35

7. Shun Miyake (Kagawa Nishi H.S.) 3:50.81

8. Yuto Masaoka (Kumamoto Kogyo H.S.) 3:51.68

9. Manato Ozawa (Kamiina Nogyo H.S.) 3:52.12

10. Nagi Miyamoto (Josai Univ.) 3:53.58

Men's 3000 m SC

1. Kai Ogata (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) 8:50.66

2. Hikaru Kitamura (Waseda Univ.) 9:03.89

3. Takuma Nakayama (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) 9:11.68

4. Kosei Kusano (Waseda Univ.) 9:17.70

5. Yusei Kojima (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) 9:22.78

Men's 3000 m Heat 3

1. Hinata Kuroki (Soka Univ.) 8:09.69

2. Sora Saito (Soka Univ.) 8:14.11

3. Jo Fujinoki (Soka Univ.) 8:15.70

4. Yuto Wada (Waseda Univ.) 8:17.82

5. Haruyoshi Takeda (Waseda Univ.) 8:22.17

Men's 3000 m Heat 4

1. Hibiki Yoshida (Soka Univ.) 8:03.00

2. Joseph Githae (KEN/Yugakkan H.S.) 8:09.21

3. Shinjiro Fujimoto (Waseda Univ.) 8:11.59

4. Ryo Yoshida (Soka Univ.) 8:15.56

5. Ikuya Masuda (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) 8:19.20

Men's 3000 m Heat 5

1. Victor Kimutai (KEN/Josai Univ.) 7:53.75

2. Taishi Ito (Waseda Univ.) 7:58.64

3. Itsuki Hirabayashi (Josai Univ.) 7:59.18

4. Riki Koike (Soka Univ.) 8:01.42

5. Shunpei Yamaguchi (Saku Chosei H.S.) 8:03.80

6. Haruto Ishizuka (Waseda Univ.) 8:04.67

7. Junpei Maseda (Waseda Univ.) 8:06.07

8. Eiki Kogure (Soka Univ.) 8:08.67

9. Takumi Orihashi (Soka Univ.) 8:10.34

10. Yuta Kubode (Josai Univ.) 8:11.06

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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