Skip to main content

Saku Chosei H.S. and Toyokawa H.S. Score Ekiden Season-Opening Wins

http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/news/161003/20161003029.html

translated by Brett Larner
video by Nihonkai Shimbun



The 36th Nihonkai Ekiden and 31st Kurayoshi Women's Ekiden took place Oct. 2 in Kurayoshi, Tottori, preludes to December's National High School Ekiden Championships.  In the 7-stage, 42.195 km boys' race, 2008 national champion Saku Chosei H.S. scored its first overall Nihonkai win, running 2:09:15.  The 2013 national champion Toyokawa H.S. girls likewise won the 5-stage, 21.0975 km Kurayoshi race for the first time, crossing the finish line in 1:10:11.  Kansai Prep Hokuyo H.S. was the top local team at 12th in the boys' race.

At the end of Nihonkai's First Stage the Saku Chosei boys were far back in 29th, but moving up gradually through the field they took the lead on the second to last stage and held on through the anchor stage.  The Toyokawa girls took over on the Kurayoshi First Stage and never gave up the lead.    A total of 217 school teams took part in the two races, delivering exciting competition throughout.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Most-Read This Week

Endo, Nishikawa and Yamakawa Announce Corporate Team Changes

The SG Holdings men's corporate team announced on Oct. 1 that long-distance athletes Hyuga Endo and Yuichiro Nishikawa have joined its roster after leaving the Sumitomo Denko team. Endo, 28, won the Junior Olympics 3000 m while at Koriyama Nishi J.H.S. before going on to Gakuho Ishikawa H.S. where he was the the top Japanese placer in the 5000 m at the National High School Championships 2 years in a row. After graduating from Gakuho Ishikawa he joined the Sumitomo Denko team, winning the National Championships 5000 m in 2021. He won gold at the 2023 Asian Championships and represented Japan at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships. "I will give everything I have as part of the team and work hard toward helping it win the New Year Ekiden," he said of his new environment. Of his personal goals he said, "I want to focus on the 5000 m and reach new levels to compete internationally." Nishikawa, 28, was a member of Tokai University 's winning teams at the H...
Post a Comment
Read more

3 Athletes Provisionally Suspended After Positive Drug Tests at Asian Games (updated)

The International Testing Agency announced on Oct. 2 that provisional suspensions have been imposed on two athletes, Kazakhstan's Aiana Bolatbekkyzy in track and field, and Tajikistan's Issamjon Sharifov in tennis, after they tested positive for prohibited substances at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi. Bolatbekkyzy, 19, tested positive for the steroid drostanolone in a sample collected during an in-competition test at the Games. A diuretic drug was found in the sample collected from Sharifov, 23. Update:  On Oct. 3 a third athlete, kurash wrestler Yash Kumar Chauhan  of India, was provisionally suspended after an in-competition test detected the steroid metandienone, the metabolic modulator GW1516, and the stimulant mephentermine in his system. source article: https://www.sanspo.com/article/20261002-X4FJLT5MMZKFND6WXPOESAKETQ/ translated by Brett Larner
Post a Comment
Read more