by Brett Larner
photos and video by Ekiden News
優勝東洋大学！ #全日本大学駅伝pic.twitter.com/01s67HXnpv — EKIDEN News (@EKIDEN_News) November 1, 2015
"You never know unless you try."
#4-ranked Toyo University outran all expectations, even their own, to take down heavy favorite Aoyama Gakuin University in a thrilling head-to-head battle over almost the entire 8-stage, 106.8 km course to win its first-ever National University Men's Ekiden Championships title.
At a public talk event last week Hiroaki Oyagi, head coach of four-time defending national champ Komazawa University grudgingly paid tribute to the fresh green Aoyama Gakuin uniform, saying, "We'd like to win a fifth title, but this year everything's gone green." For his part, popular young Toyo head coach Toshiyuki Sakai, famed for transforming Toyo into the team that redefined the Hakone Ekiden, said simply, "You never know unless you try." And try Toyo did.
From the first leg, Toyo's Yuma Hatto…
photos and video by Ekiden News
優勝東洋大学！ #全日本大学駅伝pic.twitter.com/01s67HXnpv — EKIDEN News (@EKIDEN_News) November 1, 2015
"You never know unless you try."
#4-ranked Toyo University outran all expectations, even their own, to take down heavy favorite Aoyama Gakuin University in a thrilling head-to-head battle over almost the entire 8-stage, 106.8 km course to win its first-ever National University Men's Ekiden Championships title.
At a public talk event last week Hiroaki Oyagi, head coach of four-time defending national champ Komazawa University grudgingly paid tribute to the fresh green Aoyama Gakuin uniform, saying, "We'd like to win a fifth title, but this year everything's gone green." For his part, popular young Toyo head coach Toshiyuki Sakai, famed for transforming Toyo into the team that redefined the Hakone Ekiden, said simply, "You never know unless you try." And try Toyo did.
From the first leg, Toyo's Yuma Hatto…