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https://www.kawowo.com/2016/11/20/joshua-cheptegei-wins-netherlands-race/

Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km Road Race
Netherlands, 11/20/16
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Women
1. Susan Krumins (Netherlands) - 49:30
2. Jip Vastenburg (Netherlands) - 50:42
3. Kanade Furuya (Japan) - 52:10
4. Yomogi Akasaka (Japan) - 52:23
5. Honoka Tanaike (Japan) - 52:41
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20. Misaki Ogata (Japan) - 57:03

Men
1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - 42:08
2. Abrar Osman (Eritrea) - 43:04
3. Hiskel Tewelde (Eritrea) - 43:06
4. Geoffrey Ronoh (Kenya) - 43:28
5. Abdallah Kibet Mande (Uganda) - 43:35
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8. Kengo Suzuki (Japan) - 44:18
11. Homare Morita (Japan) - 45:24
14. Yuki Nakamura (Japan) - 46:10
15. Akira Tomiyasu (Japan) - 46:14
20. Shiki Shinsako (Japan) - 47:38

by Brett Larner

Rio de Janeiro Olympics 3000 m steeplechase runner Anju Takamizawa, the first Japanese university woman to ever make an Olympic team in a distance event, led Matsuyama University to take down five-time defending national champion Ritsumeikan University and become the first school from the Chugoku-Shikoku Region to ever win the National University Women's Ekiden Championships title Sunday in Sendai.

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松山大学初優勝です！ pic.twitter.com/ftXf43wke1 — 日本学生陸上競技連合 (@iuauj) October 30, 2016
3rd last year, Matsuyama lined up against Ritsumeikan, Kanto Region champ and 2015 runner-up Daito Bunka University and 23 other teams at the Morinomiyako Ekiden, as Nationals are popularly called.  Ritsumeikan got off to a rocky start, its lead runner Nanako Kanno eight seconds behind 1500 m national university champion Natsu Hashimoto (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) in 6th, but for Matsuyama and Daito Bunka the First Stage was a disaster. Matsuyama senior Ayumi Uehara, one of its three best runn…

http://www.athleticsasia.org/index.php/k2-component/111-17th-asian-junior-athletics

http://www.sankei.com/region/news/160321/rgn1603210010-n1.html

translated and edited by Brett Larner

On a course through the oldest and most scenic parts of town, the Matsue Ladies' Half Marathon held its 37th running on Mar. 20.  Serving as the National University Women's Half Marathon Championships, Matsue hosted 2363 runners from elementary school students to the corporate leagues to the best of the university circuit.  Local supporters turned out all along the course to cheer on the women whose run welcomes spring back to Matsue every year.

The Matsue Ladies Road Race featured four divisions starting one after another, the half marathon followed by the 3.2 km division, a 1.0 km children's race and the 10 km division.  153 women including 94 university runners were entered in the half marathon.  Taking control of the race after just 3 km, invited athlete Miharu Shimokado (Team Shimamura) won in 1:11:48.  "I was able to make it my own race," she said confidently…