2023 Hakone Champ Komazawa University's Tsubura and Akahoshi to Make International Debuts at United Airlines NYC Half

The New York Road Runners have announced the elite women's and men's fields for the Mar. 19 United Airlines NYC Half. Alongside half marathon WR holder Jacob Kiplimo and 5000 m/10000 m WR holder Joshua Cheptegei, 2023 Hakone Ekiden champion Komazawa University's Kensuke Tsubura and Yuta Akahoshi will make their international debuts.

Tsubura and Akahoshi were the top two Japanese collegiate finishers at November's Ageo City Half Marathon, earning them places in NYC through a program JRN has run since 2012 in cooperation with the NYRR and Ageo city hall.

Tsubura finished 2nd on the opening leg at Hakone to get Komazawa off to a solid start, with Akahoshi maintaining Komazawa's lead on the second day of the race with a 4th-place finish on the eighth leg. Their win capped a 2022-23 season sweep of all three major university ekidens, the first-ever triple crown for head coach Hiroaki Oyagi. Oyagi will travel to NYC with his two athletes, and having announced post-Hakone that he is stepping down it will be his final appearance as Komazawa head coach.

United Airlines NYC Half

Elite Men's Field

New York, USA, 19 Mar. 2023

complete elite field

times listed are best within last 3 years

Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) - 57:31 - WR

Kennedy Kimutai (Kenya) - 58:28

Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - 59:21

Edward Cheserek (Kenya) - 1:00:13

Galen Rupp (U.S.A.) - 1:00:23

Teshome Mekonen (U.S.A.) - 1:00:40

Maru Teferi (Israel) - 1:00:58

Frank Lara (U.S.A.) - 1:01:00

Chris Thompson (Great Britain) - 1:01:07

Rory Linkletter (Canada) - 1:01:08

Zouhair Talbi (Morocco) - 1:01:08

Nico Montanez (U.S.A.) - 1:01:13

Belay Tilahun (Ethiopia) - 1:01:22

Kensuke Tsubura (Japan) - 1:01:51

Yuto Akahoshi (Japan) - 1:02:00

Ben True (U.S.A.) - 1:02:10

Juan Luis Barrios (Mexico) - 1:02:27

Filmon Ande (Eritrea) - 1:02:51

Andrew Butchart (Great Britain) - 1:02:59

Marofit Maourad (Morocco) - 1:03:17

Jordan Guzman (Malta) - 1:03:41

Connor Winter (U.S.A.) - 1:03:43

Giovanni Grano (Italy) - 1:04:06

Japan's First Goldless Day - Asian Athletics Championships Day Four Highlights

Day 4 of the Bangkok Asian Athletics Championships was the first without a single gold medal going to Japan, but there were still enough silvers and bronzes to go around. Robyn Lauren Brown of the Philippines outclassed the rest of the women's 400 mH final field, taking gold in 57.50. Eri Utsunomiya and Ami Yamamoto made it a Japanese 2-3, Utsunomiya running 57.73 for silver and Yamamoto 57.80 for bronze. Yusaku Kodama also scored silver in the men's 400 mH, running 48.96 behind Qatari winner Bassem Hemeida 's 48.64. Yuki Yamasaki won bronze in the heptathlon with 5696 points, Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina taking gold in 6098 and Swapna Barman silver in 5840. Teammate Karin Odama was 4th in 5487. Another bronze came in the mixed 4x400 m relay, with Japan running 3:15.71 behind India's 3:14.70 and Sri Lanka's 3:15.41. Naoto Hasegawa and Ryoichi Akamatsu both cleared 2.23 m in the men's high jump, Hasegawa finishing 4th overall and Akamatsu 5th. ...

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