http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/hokkaido/sports/news/20120524-OHT1T00161.htm
translated and edited by Brett Larner
In the men's 5000 m first-round heats on the second day of the Hokkaido regional qualifier for the National High School Track and Field Championships, May 23 at Sapporo's Atsubetsu Park Field, the first Kenyan to ever run the meet, Sapporo Yamanote H.S. first-year Charles Ndungu made history with the meet's first-ever sub-14 clocking as he won his heat in 13:58.83. Both a personal best and the Hokkaido international student high school record, Ndungu's shocking debut took him to the final as the top seed.
His performance marked the beginning of a new era in Hokkaido high school boys' distance running. In only the first-round heats of the 5000 m Ndungu surged hard over the last lap, battling a strong headwind as he came down the home straight in first place. When the digital clock showed his time of 13:58.83 a huge roar of cheering and applause came from…
translated and edited by Brett Larner
In the men's 5000 m first-round heats on the second day of the Hokkaido regional qualifier for the National High School Track and Field Championships, May 23 at Sapporo's Atsubetsu Park Field, the first Kenyan to ever run the meet, Sapporo Yamanote H.S. first-year Charles Ndungu made history with the meet's first-ever sub-14 clocking as he won his heat in 13:58.83. Both a personal best and the Hokkaido international student high school record, Ndungu's shocking debut took him to the final as the top seed.
His performance marked the beginning of a new era in Hokkaido high school boys' distance running. In only the first-round heats of the 5000 m Ndungu surged hard over the last lap, battling a strong headwind as he came down the home straight in first place. When the digital clock showed his time of 13:58.83 a huge roar of cheering and applause came from…