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Komori Corporation Men and Tohoku Fukushi University Women Win Towada Hachimantai Ekiden



The 72nd Towada Hachimantai Ekiden took place Aug. 7 on a course linking Towadako and Hachimantai. 17 teams competed in the five-stage, 71.6 km men's race, where the Komori Corporation team scored its second-straight win in 3:50:26. The top local team, Akita T&F Assocation, was 9th. Six teams ran the five-stage, 28.1 km women's race. After getting caught on the anchor stage last year, Tohoku Fukushi University took the lead on the Second Stage and frontran the rest of the way to win its first-ever title in 1:38:31.

72nd Towada Hachimantai Ekiden

Akita, 8/7/19
men: 17 teams, 5 stages, 71.6 km
women: 6 teams, 5 stages, 28.1 km
complete men's results
complete women's results

Men
Top Team Results
1. Komori Corporation - 3:50:26
2. Yachiyo Kogyo - 3:52:40
3. Konica Minolta - 3:53:19
4. Tokyo Police Department - 3:55:00
5. NTN - 3:56:13

Top Individual Stage Results
First Stage (13.2 km) - Hiroto Kanamori (Komori Corp.) - 41:00
Second Stage (13.0 km) - Yuki Oshikawa (NTN) - 37:39
Third Stage (15.7 km) - Naoki Saita (NTN) - 48:10
Fourth Stage (15.9 km) - Takuma Shibata (Komori Corp.) - 50:20
Fifth Stage (13.8 km, uphill) - Yusuke Baba (Komori Corp.) - 51:51

Women
Top Team Results
1. Tohoku Fukushi Univ. A - 1:38:31
2. Ishinomaki Senshu Univ. - 1:42:28
3. Tohoku Fukushi Univ. B - 1:43:46

Top Individual Stage Results
First Stage (5.5 km) - Rin Saito (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ) - 18:14
Second Stage (7.4 km) - Hikaru Sudo (Tohoku Fukushi Univ. A) - 25:36
Third Stage (3.1 km) - Keiko Kanazawa (Tohoku Fukushi Univ. A) - 10:42
Fourth Stage (5.0 km) - Eri Furukawa (Tohoku Fukushi Univ. A) - 17:57
Fifth Stage (7.1 km) - Natsuki Kodaka (Tohoku Fukushi Univ. A) - 25:45

source article:
https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20190807AK0035/
translated by Brett Larner

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