Dec. 18 Sanyo Ladies Road Race Elite Field

The 41st Sanyo Ladies Road Race takes place Dec. 18 in Okayama. 119 athletes including qualifiers for the MGC Race 2024 Olympic marathon trials are entered in the half marathon, with another 155 in the 10 km bringing the total to 274 entrants.

MGC qualifiers Kanako Takemoto (Daihatsu), Reia Iwade (Denso) and Mirai Waku (Universal Ent.) lead the half marathon field. Other top names include last year's first Japanese finisher Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo), 5000 m U18 NR holder Shuri Ogasawara (Denso), and local Tenmaya team members Rei Ohara and Shiori Yoshizono. Last year foreign athletes swept the podium. This year all three are set to return, with Zeyituna Husan (Denso) going for the first threepeat in event history.

In the 10 km Agnes Mwikali (Kyocera) will likewise being going for the first-ever threepeat, with pressure from 2021 runner-up Naomi Muthoni (Universal Ent.) and others. MGC qualifier Mao Uesugi (Starts) and Tenmaya rookie Shiho Tachizako are also in the field.

The World Athletics-certified courses start and finish at City Light Stadium in Okayama, with the half marathon getting underway at 10:00 and the 10 km at 10:15.

41st Sanyo Ladies Road Race

Elite Field Highlights

Okayama, 18 Dec. 2022

complete entry list

times listed are best in last 3 years except where noted

Half Marathon

Dolphine Nyaboke Omare (U.S.E.) - 1:07:56 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Ayano Ikemitsu (Kagoshima Ginko) - 1:09:16 (Sanyo 2020)

Zeyituna Husan (Denso) - 1:09:24 (Sanyo 2020)

Desta Burka (Denso) - 1:09:31 (Sanyo 2021)

Joanne Kipkemoi (Kyudenko) - 1:09:38 (Sanyo 2021)

Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo) - 1:10:07 (Sanyo 2021)

Martha Mokaya (Canon) - 1:10:18 (Sanyo 2021)

Ryo Koido (Hitachi) - 1:10:20 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2022)

Yuma Adachi (Kyocera) - 1:10:21 (Osaka 2022)

Shuri Ogasawara (Denso) - 1:10:25 (Sanyo 2020)

Mirai Waku (Univ. Ent.) - 1:10:26 (Sanyo 2020)

Reia Iwade (Denso) - 1:10:43 (Gifu Seiryu 2022)

Minami Yamanouchi (Shimamura) - 1:10:44 (Sanyo 2018)

Kanako Takemoto (Daihatsu) - 1:10:45 (Sanyo 2020)

Rei Ohara (Tenmaya) - 1:10:46 (Nat'l Corp. Half 2021)

Debut

Hellen Ekarare Lobun (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 31:22.89 (Hyogo RC 10000 m, 2022)

Margaret Akidor (Comodi Iida) - 14:44.83 (Nittai Univ. 5000 m, 2022)

10 km

Agnes Mwikali (Kyocera) - 31:11 (Sanyo 2021)

Naomi Muthoni Kariuki (Univ. Ent.) - 31:15 (Sanyo 2021)

Tabitha Njeri Kamau (Mitsui Sumitomo) - 31:17.40 (Nat'l Corp. Champs 2022)

Janet Nyiva Mutungi (Sera H.S.) - 31:21 (Sanyo 2021)

Natsuki Sekiya (Daiichi Seimei) - 31:50.17 (Edion Distance 2018)

Misaki Hayashida (Kyudenko) - 32:39.57 (HDC Abashiri 2022)

Mao Uesugi (Starts) - 32:41 (Sanyo 2020)

Mao Kiyota (Suzuki) - 32:41.62 (Isahaya 2021)

Toshika Tamura (Hitachi) - 32:45 (Katsuta 2020)

source article:

https://www.sanyonews.jp/article/1337125

translated by Brett Larner

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