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Kiplagat 27:07.59 MR to Win Deepest-Ever 10000 m in Hachioji


2019 African U18 3000 m champ Emmanuel Kiplagat (Mitsubishi Juko) led a 3-way sprint finish to break the meet record at the Hachioji Long Distance meet at Kanagawa's Gion Stadium Saturday, going under the 2023 Budapest World Championships standard for the first time in 27:07.59. 2nd-placer Benson Kiplangat (Subaru) also cleared the 27:10.00 Worlds standard in 27:09.83, 3rd-placer Samwel Masai (Kao) just missing in 27:10.06.

With the WaveLight pacing system making its Japanese debut the Hachioji A-heat produced the deepest-ever 10000 m. The first 24 finishers cleared 28 minutes, breaking the previous world record of 21 set at last year's Hachioji meet. 12th-placer Takuya Hanyu (Toyota Boshoku) ran 27:27.49 to come in at all-time Japanese #4 and knock former NR holder Toshinari Takaoka out of the all-time top 10.

Led by Takashi Nanba (Toenec) in 27:48.27, another 10 men were sub-28 in the B-heat including 2:06:35 marathoner Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima), 9th in a PB 27:54.83. C-heat winner Yeneblo Biyazen (Hiramatsu Byoin) just missed with a 28:02.08, and D-heat winner Naoki Ota (Yakult) wasn't far off either at 28:06.12. 

Along with the total 34 men sub-28, a total of 116 men broke 29 minutes at the meet. Combined with the 23 who ran sub-29 the night before on the same track at the MARCH college meet, where defending Hakone Ekiden champ Aoyama Gakuin University put 13 people under 29, it was one of the deepest 24 hours in Japanese history.

Hachioji Long Distance Meet

Gion Stadium, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 26 Nov. 2022

Race 7
1. Emmanuel Kiplagat (Mitsubishi Juko) - 27:07.59 - MR
2. Benson Kiplangat (Subaru) - 27:09.83 (MR)
3. Samwel Masai (Kao) - 27:10.06 (MR)
4. Philemon Kiplagat (Aisan Kogyo) - 27:11.52 (MR)
5. Evans Keitany (Toyota Boshoku) - 27:11.88 (MR)
6. Sitonik Kiprono (Kurosaki Harima) - 27:14.76 (MR)
7. Cosmas Mwangi (Chugoku Denryoku) - 27:15.58 (MR)
8. James Muoki (Konica Minolta) - 27:21.13 (MR)
9. Macharia Ndirangu (Aichi Seiko) - 27:24.36
10. Titus Wambua (SID Group) - 27:25.70
11. Evans Kipkemoi (JFE Steel) - 27:27.33
12. Takuya Hanyu (Toyota Boshoku) - 27:27.49 - all-time JPN #4
13. Charles Kamau Wanjiku (Musashino Gakuin Univ.) - 27:33.46
14. Justus Soget (Honda) - 27:36.01
15. Joseph Karanja (Aichi Seiko) - 27:40.50
16. Davis Kiplangat (Asahi Kasei) - 27:42.73
17. Philip Mulwa (Soka Univ.) - 27:43.96
18. Tomoki Ota (Toyota) - 27:47.76
19. Patrick Mathenge Wambui (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 27:47.95
20. Benuel Mogeni Magoma (Asahi Kasei) - 27:48.20
21. Kazuya Shiojiri (Fujitsu) - 27:49.88
22. Cleophas Kandie (Mitsubishi Juko) - 27:50.32
23. Jackson Kavesa (Honda) - 27:56.23
24. Dan Kiplangat (JFE Steel) - 27:57.67
25. Simon Muthio Saidim (Chuo Hatsujo) - 28:06.24
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DNF - Bedan Karoki (Toyota)
DNF - Yamato Yoshii (Chuo Univ.)

Race 6
1. Takashi Nanba (Toenec) - 27:48.27
2. Waweru Nganga (Chugoku Denryoku) - 27:48.93
3. Yudai Okamoto (Sunbelx) - 27:50.64
4. Yuto Imae (GMO) - 27:50.93
5. Yuya Yoshida (GMO) - 27:51.26
6. Shunya Kikuchi (Chugoku Denryoku) - 27:51.64
7. Kazuya Nishiyama (Toyota) - 27:52.22
8. Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) - 27:52.91
9. Kyohei Hosoya (Kurosaki Harima) - 27:54.83
10. Willy Kipserem (Comodi Iida) - 27:56.32
11. Kota Murayama (GMO) - 28:00.71
12. Alex Kipchirchir (Comodi Iida) - 28:02.53
13. Katsuhiko Suzuki (Subaru) - 28:03.89
14. Alex Cherono (Toyota) - 28:05.19
15. Shunsuke Yoshii (Chuo Univ.) - 28:06.27

Race 5
1. Yeneblo Biyazen (Hiramatsu Byoin) - 28:02.08
2. Daiki Hattori (Toyota Boshoku) - 28:02.22
3. Ryuya Kajitani (Subaru) - 28:02.27
4. Yusuke Nishiyama (Toyota) - 28:02.58
5. Gaku Hoshi (Konica Minolta) - 28:05.48
6. Eikichi Kazaoka (JFE Steel) - 28:07.73
7. Donald Mitei (Chudenko) - 28:11.99
8. Leakey Kamina (Soka Univ.) - 28:12.89
9. Kento Kikutani (Toyota Boshoku) - 28:15.01
10. Daisuke Doi (Kurosaki Harima) - 28:19.48

Race 4
1. Naoki Ota (Yakult) - 28:06.12
2. Koki Kamata (Yakult) - 28:28.05
3. Kohei Mukai (Mazda) - 28:28.57
4. Masatoshi Sakata (NTN) - 28:35.17
5. Ryohei Nishiyama (Toyota Boshoku) - 28:35.78

Race 3
1. Kento Nishi (Osaka Gas) - 28:19.72
2. Yuji Onoda (Toyota Boshoku) - 28:25.13
3. Kei Katanishi (JR Higashi Nihon) - 28:29.11
4. Kenta Muto (JR Higashi Nihon) - 28:29.50
5. Kennosuke Misu (JR Higashi Nihon) - 28:29.80

Race 2
1. Kyosuke Kogure (SID Group) - 28:41.30
2. Kenta Uchida (SID Group) - 28:44.11
3. Kazuya Mishiro (Togami Denki) - 28:45.16

Race 1
1. Shoya Yonei (JR Higashi Nihon) - 29:02.64
2. Aoi Matsumoto (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 29:09.91
3. Yoshihiro Takuwa (Hoshizaki) - 29:36.73

MARCH Pentangular Meet

Gion Stadium, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 25 Nov. 2022

Race 5
1. Kotaro Kondo (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:18.24
2. Masahiro Mekata (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:19.53
3. Hironori Kishimoto (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:20.29
4. Takato Suzuki (Sagawa Holdings) - 28:22.23
5. Shungo Yokota (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:24.78
6. Kenta Sekiguchi (Rikkyo Univ.) - 28:29.24 - school record
7. Haruki Abe (Chuo Univ.) - 28:30.18
8. Yuto Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:35.60
9. Yuito Nakamura (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:47.27
10. Jin Yuasa (Chuo Univ.) - 28:47.85

Race 4
1. Shintaro Nakazono (Hosei Univ.) - 28:32.89
2. Asahi Kuroda (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:33.62
3. Safumi Sugi (Meiji Univ.) - 28:39.58
4. Raiki Yamamoto (Rikkyo Univ.) - 28:45.06
5. Hironobu Nakakura (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:47.30

Race 3
1. Sena Minawatari (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 28:54.52
2. Naoki Munakata (Hosei Univ.) - 28:56.83
3. Kazuma Takeda (Hosei Univ.) - 29:06.30

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