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Shiojiri Breaks Steeplechase Meet Record - National University Track and Field Championships Day Four Highlights



Jakarta Asian Games men's 3000 m steeplechase bronze medalist, national champion and Rio Olympian Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo Univ.) ended his university track career with one of the better of his many great performances, breaking the National University Track and Field Championships meet record set by Moroccan Aziz Driouch in 1999 by 2 seconds to win in 8:31.98. As at the Asian Games he frontran the entire race, but where he was outkicked in Jakarta over the last lap this time he opened a lead of 13 seconds over runner-up Taisei Ogino (Kanagawa Univ.).

The home to Shiojiri's teammate in Rio and women's meet record holder Anju Takamizawa, Matsuyama University extended its domination of Japanese collegiate women's steeplechase, taking the top three spots in the final. 3rd-year Kako Okado took the national title in 10:02.04 just over 5 seconds off Takamizawa's record, with 1st year duo Manami Nishiyama and Moka Ouchi going 2-3.

Apart from the steeple, the women's 4x400 m final delivered the best action of the day, with Nittai University downing Ritsumeikan Universtiy by 0.1 to win in 3:39.39. 400 m national champ Julian Walsh powered the Toyo University men to the 4x400 m title.


87th National University Track and Field Championships

Day Four Highlights
Todoroki Stadium, 9/9/18
complete results

Women
Women's 200 m Final -3.1 m/s
1. Mae Hirosawa (3rd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 24.19
2. Haruna Kuboyama (4th yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 24.54
3. Hinami Yamanaka (4th yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 24.69

Women's 800 m Final
1. Ayano Shiomi (1st yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 2:05.88
2. Yuki Hirota (5th yr., Akita Univ.) - 2:06.12
3. Ayaka Kawata (1st yr., Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 2:06.54

Women's 100 m Hurdles Final -0.6 m/s
1. Hikari Tanaka (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 13.53
2. Marumi Kanai (3rd yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13.51
3. Yumi Tanaka (2nd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.67

Women's 400 m Hurdles Final
1. Kana Koyama (2nd yr., Waseda Univ.) - 58.34
2. Kazuki Higa (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 58.76
3. Akiko Ito (1st yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 58.77

Women's 3000 m Steeplechase Final
1. Kako Okada (3rd yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:02.04
2. Manami Nishiyama (1st yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:11.11
3. Moka Ouchi (1st yr., Matsuyama Univ.) - 10:19.78

Women's 4x400 m Relay Final
1. Nittai Univ. - 3:39.39
2. Ritsumeikan Univ. - 3:39.40
3. Waseda Univ. - 3:40.19

Women's High Jump Final
1. Yuzuki Ishioka (3rd yr., Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 1.78 m
2. Shelly Tsuda (4th yr., Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 1.78 m
3. Nagisa Takahashi (1st yr., Nihon Univ.) - 1.75 m

Women's Hammer Throw Final
1. Kosumo Ehara (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 56.51 m
2. Kiyono Sekiguchi (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 56.19 m
3. Shoko Okubo (4th yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 56.02 m

Men
Men's 200 m Final -4.0 m/s
1. Jun Yamashita (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 20.66
2. Sho Kitagawa (1st yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 20.76
3. Shunto Nagata (4th yr., Keio Univ.) - 21.11

Men's 800 m Final
1. Kenta Umetani (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 1:54.10
2. Kazuyoshi Tamogami (3rd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 1:54.23
3. Daichi Setoguchi (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:54.36

Men's 110 m Hurdles Final -1.1 m/s
1. Shunsuke Izumiya (1st yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.75
2. Ryota Fujii (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.87
3. Anthony Kuriki (4th yr., Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.90

Men's 400 m Hurdles Final
1. Tatsuhiro Yamamoto (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 50.33
2. Takafumi Iwasaki (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 50.93
3. Riki Ohara (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 51.03

Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Final
1. Kazuya Shiojiri (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 8:31.98 - MR
2. Taisei Ogino (3rd yr., Kanagawa Univ.) - 8:44.74
3. Tsubasa Komuro (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 8:48.66

Men's 4x400 m Relay Final
1. Toyo Univ. - 3:06.34
2. Chukyo Univ. - 3:07.88
3. Tsukuba Univ. - 3:08.23

Men's Triple Jump Final
1. Kohei Nakayama (2nd yr., Chukyo Univ. Grad School) - 16.53 m +1.6 m/s

2. Tatsuya Tsujita (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 16.17 m +1.7 m/s
3. Mutsuki Harada (4th yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 16.02 m +2.5 m/s

Men's Hammer Throw Final
1. Takahiro Kobata (4th yr., Chukyo Univ.) - 66.38 m
2. Masayoshi Okumura (2nd yr., Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Grad School) - 66.10 m
3. Takuya Matsubara (2nd yr., Nihon Univ. Grad School) - 64.73 m

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