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Today's Race - 2011 Izumo Ekiden



Today's race: The 2011-2012 university men's season opener. A 2nd-year Suguru Osako on First Stage, Scott Smith on Second Stage, 2nd-year Yuta Shitara on Third Stage helping lead Toyo University to its first-ever win, and more. Toyo's win here kicked off the season that brought the university men's ekiden circuit into its modern era.

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Metts said…
As usual Kubota for Komazawa runs a good anchor leg.
April 20, 2020 at 7:59 PM
Geoff Burns said…
Christo! Ha!! I recognized that silhouette’s form on stage one in a millisecond! He was our assistant coach at this time, haha. What was he doing racing? He was like three out of college
April 21, 2020 at 1:25 AM
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