Thirteen National Record Holders Lead National Corporate Track and Field Championships

Another week, another national championships on the track. This weekend it's the 68th National Corporate Track and Field Championships Friday through Sunday in Kumagaya, Saitama, bringing together the corporate leagues across events on its usual date but just ahead of a series of meets relocated from the spring and early summer including the National Track and Field Championships.

Given everything that's happened to the calendar the field is higher-level than usual with seven national record holders, none of them the defending champion in their event. Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) leads the men's long jump with a 8.40 m NR, Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL) the women's javelin throw at 66.00 m, Kumiko Okada (Bic Camera) the women's 5000 m race walk in 20:42.24, Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu) the men's 5000 m race walk in 18:37.22, Asuka Terada (Pasona Group) the women's 100 m hurdles in 12.97, Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) the men's 100 m hurdles in 13.25, and Naoto Tobe (JAL) the men's high jump at 2.35 m. Daichi Sawano (Fujitsu) is still in the game in the pole vault, almost 20 years on from his 5.83 m NR but still co-leading the field at 5.71 m.

Friday's women's 10000 m also has an exciting matchup between 20 km and half marathon NR holder Hitomi Niiya (Sekisui Kagaku), women-only marathon NR holder Mao Ichiyama (Wacoal) and her joint 25 km NR holders Sayaka Sato (Sekisui Kagaku) and Yuka Ando (Wacoal), and 30 km NR holder Honami Maeda (Tenmaya).  All but Maeda, winner of the Tokyo Olympics marathon trials, are entered to double in Sunday's 5000 m, where they'll face junior talents Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) and Kaede Hagitani (Edion).

Saturday's men's 10000 m looks like the race of the weekend, and probably the biggest 10000 m in the world this year. With a best of 26:55.36 Rodgers Shumo Kwemoi (Aisan Kogyo) leads twenty men with bests under 28 minutes including three of this year's four fastest men worldwide Benard Kibet (Kyudenko), Bedan Karoki (Toyota) and Andrew Lorot (Subaru), Olympic marathon trials runner-up Yuma Hattori (Toyota) and over a dozen more. Sunday's 5000 m is solid too, with 13:12.65 man Evans Keitany (Toyota Boshoku) fronting a field of fourteen people under 13:30 including last year's winner Jonathan Ndiku (Toyota Boshoku).

The entire meet will be streamed live above and here starting at 13:30 local time on Friday.

68th National Corporate Track and Field Championships

Entry List Highlights
Kumagaya, Saitama, Sept. 18-20, 2020
complete entry lists
times listed are best within qualifying period
underlined athletes are defending champions

Friday, Sept. 18

Men's Long Jump Group 1 - 14:00
Hibiki Tsuha (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 8.23 m
Natsuki Yamakawa (Toho Top Tours) - 8.04 m
Hiroshi Tebira (Okuwa) - 7.97 m
Kota Minemura (Fujitsu) - 7.94 m

Men's 100 m Preliminaries - 14:30
Ryota Yamagata (Seiko) - 10.11
Ryuichiro Sakai (Osaka Gas) - 10.12
Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.12
Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 10.19
Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 10.19

Men's Long Jump Group 2 - 16:15
Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) - 8.40 m - NR
Daiki Oda (Yamada Denki) - 8.03 m
Kakeru Komori (Yuboku Butsuryu) - 7.98 m
Shintaro Minami (KDSJD) - 7.93 m
Kodai Sakuma (Yokohama Ritera) - 7.84 m

Junior Women's 3000 m Time Race 3 - 16:40
Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 9:00.54
Veronica Marsha (Saitama Ika Univ. Group) - 9:05.37
Kazuna Kanetomo (Kyocera) - 9:06.08
Rina Kimura (Sekisui Kagaku) - 9:07.30
Hikari Onishi (Japan Post) - 9:09.30

Junior Men's 1500 m Final - 17:00
Kaisei Miyaki (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 3:54.38
Taisei Ozeki (Chudenko) - 3:55.36
Yusuke Yoshiyama (Togami Denki) - 3:59.73

Women's 1500 m Final - 17:15
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:11.75
Tomoka Kimura (Shiseido) - 4:12.06
Kaede Hagitani (Edion) - 4:16.45
Ayako Jinnouchi (Kyudenko) - 4:16.80
Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo) - 4:17.21

Men's 100 m Heats - 17:30

Women's 10000 m Time Race 2 - 18:40
Hitomi Niiya (Sekisui Kagaku) - 31:12.99
Mao Ichiyama (Wacoal) - 31:23.30
Rina Nabeshima (Japan Post) - 31:28.81
Honami Maeda (Tenmaya) - 31:34.94
Yuka Hori (Panasonic) - 31:38.63
Ayumi Hagiwara (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 31:58.52
Sayaka Sato (Sekisui Kagaku) - 31:59.64
Ai Hosoda (Daihatsu) - 32:06.34
Martha Mokaya (Canon AC Kyushu) - 32:07.68
Sara Miyake (Tenmaya) - 32:09.84
Yuka Ando (Wacoal) - 32:12.24
Mizuki Matsuda (Daihatsu) - 32:15.47

Saturday, Sept. 19

Women's 400 m Heats - 11:00
Seika Aoyama (Osaka Seikei Gakuen Staff) - 52.38
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.52
Konomi Takeishi (Toho Ginko) - 53.97
Mayu Inaoka (Run Journey) - 54.14
Sayumi Yoshida (Aichi H.S. Staff) - 54.24

Women's Pole Vault Final - 11:00
Kanae Tatsuta (Nippatsu) - 4.30 m
Mayu Nasu (Run Journey) - 4.25 m
Ayako Henmi (Kyorindo) - 4.15 m
Tomomi Abiko (Shiga Lake Stars) - 4.10 m

Women's Javelin Throw Final - 11:00
Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL) - 66.00 m - NR
Yuka Sato (Nikonikonori) - 62.88 m
Orie Ushiro (Niigata Albirex RC) - 59.16 m
Hitomi Sukenaga (Okuwa) - 57.37 m
Risa Miyashita (Mont Pelerin Enterprise) - 57.12 m

Men's 400 m Heats - 11:20
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 45.91
Kazushi Kimura (Shidenko) - 45.96
Kota Wakabayashi (Hulft) - 46.04
Mitsuki Kawauchi (Osaka Gas) - 46.05
Mizuki Obuchi (Torihei)  46.18

Women's 100 m Heats - 11:45
Midori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) - 11.46
Anna Doi (JAL) - 11.52
Maki Wada (Mizuno) - 11.57
Kanako Yuasa (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 11.62
Asuka Terada (Pasona Group) - 11.63

Men's Discus Throw Final - 12:00
Yuji Tsutsumi (Alsok) - 61.64 m
Masateru Yugami (Toyota) - 59.69 m
Shigeyuki Maisawa (Orico) - 56.88 m
Kazumasa Yomogida (Golds Gym) - 56.82 m
Go Chinen (Zenrin) - 54.63 m

Men's 100 m Semifinals - 12:15

Men's Javelin Throw Final - 13:00
Genki Dean (Mizuno) - 84.05 m
Takuto Kominami (Tsukuba Ginko) - 81.73 m
Kennosuke Sogawa (Grand Stone) - 81.73 m
Yuta Sakiyama (Ehime Sports Assoc.) - 80.14 m
Ayumu Ishiyama (Tirad) - 79.44 m

Men's 1500 m Time Race 3 - 13:10
Masaki Toda (Sunbelx) - 3:37.90
Hiroki Matsueda (Fujitsu) - 3:38.12
Nanami Arai (Honda) - 3:38.18
Kazuyoshi Tamogami (Ami AC) - 3:40.66
Yasunari Kusu (Ami AC) - 3:41.27
Ryoji Tatezawa (DeNA) - 3:43.41

Women's 400 m Final - 13:25

Women's Long Jump Final - 13:30
Sumire Hata (Shibata Kogyo) - 6.45 m
Hitomi Nakano (Washoku Yamaguchi) - 6.42 m
Yurina Hiraga (Nippatsu) - 6.29 m
Kanna Kawai (Mason Work) - 6.22 m
Yuka Yamashita (Banten Mie) - 6.13 m
Yu Minemura (Orico) - 6.13 m

Men's 400 m Final - 13:40

Women's 100 m Final B - 13:55

Women's 100 m Final A - 14:10

Men's 100 m Final B - 14:25

Men's 100 m Final A - 14:40

Women's 3000 m Steeplechase Final - 14:55
Yukari Ishizawa (Edion) - 9:59.54
Yui Yabuta (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 9:59.70
Kako Okada (Kyocera) - 10:02.04
Ayaka Koike (Owada Jutaku Sendai) - 10:06.06
Yuno Yamanaka (Ehime Ginko) - 10:06.33

Men's Pole Vault Final - 15:00
Daichi Sawano (Fujitsu) - 5.71 m
Seito Yamamoto (Toyota) - 5.71 m
Shingo Sawa (Kiraboshi Ginko) - 5.61 m
Yusei Takekawa (Marumoto) - 5.50 m
Takuma Ishikawa (Tokyo Kaijo Nichido) - 5.50 m

Men's 3000 m Steeplechase Final - 15:20
Philemon Kiplagat (Aisan Kogyo) - 8:22.65
Jonathan Ndiku (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 8:27.19
Kazuya Shiojiri (Fujitsu) - 8:27.25
Ryoma Aoki (Honda) - 8:29.85
Kosei Yamaguchi (Aisan Kogyo) - 8:31.25

Women's Shot Put Final - 15:30
Aya Ota (Fukuoka Univ. AC) - 15.60 m
Yuri Saito (Sanyo Home) - 15.18 m
Chiaki Yoshino (Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ. Staff) - 15.09 m
Chihiro Shigeyama (Ochiai Chukyo) - 14.79 m
Noriko Ahara (Nihon Univ. Staff) - 14.35 m

Women's 5000 m Race Walk Final - 15:45
Kumiko Okada (Bic Camera) - 20:42.24 - NR
Nanako Fujii (Edion) - 21:24.40
Ai Michiguchi (Air SDF) - 21:55.22
Nami Kumagai (Tsukuba Ginko) - 22:01.90
Kaori Kawazoe (SDF Academy) - 44:46.63

Men's 5000 m Race Walk Final - 16:20
Yusuke Suzuki (Fujitsu) - 18:41.71
Hiroaki Arai (Fujitsu) - 19:19.41
Eiki Takahashi (Fujitsu) - 38:28.19
Tomohiro Noda (SDF Academy) - 39:15.61
Toshikazu Yamanishi (Aichi Seiko) - 39:30.36

Men's Long Jump Final - 16:30

Women's 4x100 m Relay Final - 16:55
Toho Ginko - 45.77
Nanajunana Ginko - 45.90
NTN - 46.39
Kojima Press - 47.99
Toyota - 50.06

Men's 10000 m Time Race 3 -  18:45
Rodgers Shumo Kwemoi (Aisan Kogyo) - 26:55.36
Richard Kimunyan (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 27:14.70
Benard Koech (Kyudenko) - 27:14.84
Bedan Karoki (Toyota) - 27:15.97
Andrew Lorot (Subaru) - 27:33.21
Alexander Mutiso (ND Software) - 27:36.84
Daniel Kipkemoi (Nishitetsu) - 27:38.78
Macharia Ndirangu (Aichi Seiko) - 27:43.34
Joel Mwaura (Kurosaki Harima) - 27:45.31
David Ngure (DeNA) - 27:48.22
Cleophas Kandie (MHPS) - 27:48.87
Vincent Kipkemoi (YKK) - 27:52.00
Kiprono Sitonik (Komori Corp.) - 27:53.59
Hiroto Inoue (MHPS) - 27:56.27
Yuma Hattori (Toyota) - 27:56.32
Simon Kariuki (Togami Denki) - 27:56.41
Robert Kipchirchir (Asahi Kasei) - 27:57.14
Kengo Suzuki (Fujitsu) - 27:57.84
Tatsuhiko Ito (Honda) - 27:58.43
Dan Kiplangat (JFE Steel) - 27:59.95

Men's 4x100 m Relay Time Race 1~4 - 17:05
NTN - 39.71
Yutich - 39.86
ATC - 40.16
TGN - 40.46
Sumitomo Denko - 40:50

Men's Shot Put Final - 17:30
Daichi Morishita (Wizards) - 18.28 m
Daichi Nakamura (Mizuno) - 18.20 m
Masahira Sato (Niigata Albirex RC) - 18.16 m
Reiji Taketa (Tochigi Sports Assoc.) - 17.78 m
Hikaru Murakami (Nittai Univ. Staff) - 17.47 m

Sunday, Sept. 20

Women's 400 m Hurdles Heats - 10:00
Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa Taiiku Shisetsu) - 57.05
Akiko Ito (Cerespo) - 57.09
Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.70
Sayaka Aoki (Toho Ginko) - 57.76
Mayu Saito (Nanajunana Ginko) - 57.88

Women's Discus Throw Final - 10:00
Minori Tsujikawa (Uchida Yoko) - 54.46 m
Natsumi Fujimori (Fukui Sports Assoc.) - 51.62 m
Ai Shikimoto (Niigata Albirex RC) - 48.95 m
Mika Yamamoto (Kondo Tech) - 48.02 m
Mai Shimizu (Asai) - 47.83 m

Women's Triple Jump Final - 10:00
Kanna Kawai (Mason Work) - 13.65 m
Saki Kenmochi (Hasegawa Taiiku Shisetsu) - 13.42 m
Mariko Morimoto (Uchida Kensetsu) - 13.26 m
Hitomi Nakano (Washoku Yamaguchi) - 12.96 m
Kaede Miyasaka (Nippatsu) - 12.95 m

Men's 400 m Hurdles Heats - 10:20
Ryo Kajiki (Sumitomo Denko) - 48.92
Takatoshi Abe (Yamada Denki) - 48.97
Masaki Toyoda (Fujitsu) - 49.05
Keisuke Nozawa (Mizuno) - 49.08
Yuki Matsushita (Mizuno) - 49.23

Women's High Jump Final - 10:30
Moeko Kyoka (Hokkaido Hi-Tech AC) - 1.78 m
Natsumi Aoyama (Daitechs) - 1.78 m
Shieriai Tsuda (Tsukiji Gindako) - 1.77 m
Yuzuki Ishioka (Torafugutei) - 1.76 m
Haruka Nakano (Nippatsu) - 1.75 m
Shiori Ikuta (Niikawa SK) - 1.75 m

Men's 200 m Heats - 10:45
Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 20.27
Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 20.29
Jun Yamashita (ANA) - 20.40
Tomoya Tamura (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.67
Sho Kitagawa (Watanabe Pipe) - 20.74

Women's 200 m Heats - 11:10
Maki Wada (Mizuno) - 23.70
Sayaka Oishi (Cerespo) - 23.90
Naoka Miyake (Sumitomo Denko) - 24.06
Kanako Yuasa (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 24.10
Yukina Shimada (Hokkaido Hi-Tech AC) - 24.14

Women's 100 m Hurdles Heats - 11:30
Asuka Terada (Pasona Group) - 12.97 - NR
Ayako Kimura (Edion) - 13.11
Masumi Aoki (Nanajunana Ginko) - 13.15
Hitomi Shimura (Toho Ginko) - 13.20
Chisato Kiyoyama (Ichigo) - 13.20

Men's 110 m Hurdles Heats - 11:55
Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) - 13.25 - NR
Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) - 13.49
Taio Kanai (Mizuno) - 13.51
Wataru Yazawa (Descente) - 13.51
Anthony Kuriki (Niigata Albirex RC) - 13.59

Women's 400 m Hurdles Final - 12:25

Men's 400 m Hurdles Final - 12:40

Women's 800 m Final - 12:50
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 2:02.74
Yuki Hirota (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2:04.89
Yume Kitamura (Edion) - 2:06.05
Hana Yamada (Warabeya Nichyo) - 2:06.06
Riku Kikuchi (Higo Ginko) - 2:06.14

Men's 800 m Final - 13:00
Taichi Ichino (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 1:47.02
Kenta Umetani (Sunbelx)  1:47.80
Takumi Kurashima (Fuki Sports Assoc.) - 1:48.16
Takahiro Hayashi (Niigata Albirex RC) - 1:48.19
Takuto Hanamura (Takeo) - 1:48.49

Men's Triple Jump Final - 13:00
Ryoma Yamamoto (JAL) - 16.85 m
Kohei Yamashita (ANA) - 16.45 m
Seiya Tonai (Hakata Matsumiya) - 16.35 m
Hikaru Ikehata (Surugadai Staff) - 16.20 m
Shonosuke Saita (Yumeomirai) - 16.17 m

Men's 200 m Final B - 13:20

Men's 200 m Final A - 13:35

Women's 200 m Final B - 13:50

Women's 200 m Final A - 14:05

Women's 100 m Hurdles Final - 14:20

Women's Hammer Throw Final - 14:30
Akane Watanabe (Maruwa Nyukikan) - 65.49 m
Tamami Saeki (Champion) - 64.44 m
Kiyono Sekiguchi (Tochigi Sports Assoc.) - 60.89 m
Hitomi Katsuyama (Orico) - 60.80 m
Erina Hamada (Kagoshima Sports Assoc.) - 59.68 m

Men's 110 m Hurdles Final - 14:35

Junior Men's 5000 m Final - 15:00
Hiroto Hayashida (Mitsubishi Juko) - 13:56.00
Daiki Urakawa (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 14:11.68
Yugo Nakamura (Kurosaki Harima) - 14:15.14
Yusuke Yoshiyama (Togami Denki) - 14:15.56
Kaisei Miyake (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 14:26.43

Men's High Jump Final - 15:00
Naoto Tobe (JAL) - 2.35 m - NR
Takashi Eto (Ajinomoto AGF) - 2.30 m
Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko) - 2.28 m
Ryo Sato (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.27 m
Keitaro Fujita (Satake AC) - 2.25 m
Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.25 m

Men's 4x400 m Relay Time Race 1~3 - 15:30
ATC - 3:09.85
TGK - 3:12.38
Legends - 3:12.49
Unite - 3:14.01
Toyota- 3:15.22

Men's Hammer Throw Final - 16:30
Ryota Kashimura (Yamada Denki) - 70.79 m
Hiroki Ako (Manabiyaen) - 69.10 m
Kunihiro Sumi (Kobayashi Create) - 68.99 m
Yushiro Hosaka (Saitama Ika Univ. Group) - 67.60 m
Kentaro Yoshino (Osaka Taiku Univ. Staff) - 67.52 m

Women's 5000 m Time Race 3 - 16:40
Helen Ekarare (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 15:03.09
Ririka Hironaka (Japan Post) - 15:05.40
Kaede Hagitani (Edion) - 15:05.78
Mao Ichiyama (Wacoal) - 15:06.66
Hitomi Niiya (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:07.02
Naomi Muthoni (Universal Entertainment) - 15:12.72
Grace Kimanzi (Starts) - 15:16.03
Tomoka Kimura (Shiseido) - 15:19.99
Joanne Kipkemoi (Kyudenko) - 15:20.50
Rina Nabeshima (Japan Post) - 15:21.40
Sayaka Sato (Sekisui Kagaku) - 15:26.66
Yuka Ando (Wacoal) - 15:27.28
Naruha Sato (Shiseido) - 15:27.80

Men's 5000 m Time Race 4 - 18:00
Evans Keitany (Toyota Boshoku) - 13:12.65
Benard Koech (Kyudenko) - 13:13.48
Benard Kimeli (Fujitsu) - 13:16.61
Jonathan Ndiku (Hitachi Butsuryu) - 13:20.10
Dominic Langat (Konica Minolta) - 13:20.25
Hideyuki Tanaka (Toyota) - 13:22.72
Evans Yego (Sunbelx) - 13:24.27
Wesley Ledama (Subaru) - 13:25.23
Benuel Mogeni (Asahi Kasei) - 13:26.56
Yuta Bando (Fujitsu) - 13:26.70
Hyuga Endo (Sumitomo Denko) - 13:27.81
Yeneblo Biyazen (Yachiyo Kogyo) - 13:27.87
Sho Hasegawa (Kanebo) - 13:28.30
Enock Omwamba (MHPS) - 13:29.26

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