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National Track and Field Championships Day 3 Preview and Streaming

 

Heavy rain in Osaka on Friday meant most field events at the 107th National Track and Field Championships and 39th U20 National Championships got bumped to Saturday morning, meaning a packed program. So let's get to it. Streaming starts at 9:50 on the general feed above and field-dedicated field below and goes until 16:30, after which it'll be on NHK TV. Live results are here. Meet schedule and top entries in each event are below. Marks listed are athletes' best performance inside the National qualifying window.

One of the main stories today is absences. The men's 110 mH heats field is solid but missing Budapest World Championships entry standard holder Rachid Muratake. The men's 400 mH final is missing Kazuki Kurokawa. Absent from the men's 100 m heats are three of its biggest names, NR holder Ryota Yamagata, former NR holder Yoshihide Kiryu and relay team leadoff runner Shuhei Tada. Men's long jump NR holder Shotaro Shiroyama and Yuki Hashioka are both on the start list, but Shiroyama has been far off his best and Hashioka is still coming back from an injury that impacted his performance at Worlds last year. Those will all still be some of the best competitions of the day, plus the women's 100 mH final and the heats in the women's 400 mH and men's 400 m which all have multiple people in the Worlds quota in their event.


Finals

9:55 - U20 Women's Triple Jump
Yura Taguchi (Kokusai Gakuin H.S.) - 12.81 m
Chika Sasaki (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 12.62 m
Miyu Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 12.56 m

10:00 - U20 Women's Hammer Throw
Mimi Shimamoto (Soegami H.S.) - 57.42 m
Hina Sano (Fukuoka Univ.) - 55.80 m
Hiroe Mimura (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 55.11 m

10:10 - Women's Pole Vault
Misaki Morota (At Home) - 4.41 m
Mayu Nasu (Kagotani) - 4.33 m
Kanae Tatsuta (Nippatsu) - 4.25 m

10:20 - U20 Women's Pole Vault
Mitsuki Kobayashi (Nittai Univ.) - 4.13 m
Riho Okada (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 3.90 m
Shuri Yoshizawa (Nittaidai Kashiwa H.S.) - 3.90 m

11:20 - U20 Men's Discus Throw
Haruki Masui (Tsukuba Univ.) - 50.65 m
Dijon Komiyaji (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 50.13 m
Tatsuki Yokoo (Juntendo Univ.) - 50.01 m

12:05 - U20 Men's Hammer Throw
Takumi Yoshida (Shikoku Univ.) - 68.20 m
Reijiro Akiyama (Shikoku Gakuin Univ.) - 66.80 m
Ryosuke Kanbe (Gifu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 63.33 m

12:15 - Women's Triple Jump
Mariko Morimoto (Uchida Kensetsu) - 13.84 m - WC quota (22nd)
Akari Funada (Mukogawa Joshi Univ.) - 13.81 m
Maoko Takashima (Kyudenko) - 13.75 m

12:20 - U20 Men's Long Jump
Teppei Uemura (Tokaidai Hokkaido) - 7.70 m
Masamichi Yoshida (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 7.70 m
Naruki Kodama (Nittai Univ.) - 7.59 m
Sora Nakamura (Toyo Univ.) - 7.59 m

13:15 - U20 Women's 100 mH
Kokona Katayama (Chukyo H.S.) - 13.57
Makoto Nakamura (Nittai Univ.) - 13.65
Ami Takahashi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.72

14:00 - Women's Hammer Throw
Joy McArthur (NMFA) - 69.89 m
Raika Murakami (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 65.33 m
Miharu Kodate (Somayq) - 64.52 m

14:00 - U20 Women's Javelin Throw
Honami Nemoto (Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ.) - 51.43 m
Nako Inui (Higashi Osaka Keiai H.S.) - 50.86 m
Miyabi Sono (Matsuzaka Shoin H.S.) - 50.31 m

14:50 - U20 Men's Pole Vault
Hiroto Shinotsuka (Ikuei Univ.) - 5.30 m
Kizuki Miyaji (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) - 5.10 m
Ryota Murakoso (Nittaidai Kashiwa H.S.) - 5.01 m

14:50 - Men's Pole Vault
Seito Yamamoto (Toyota) - 5.70 m - WC quota (28th)
Takuma Ishikawa (Tokyo Kaijo) - 5.60 m
Tomoya Karasawa (Nittai Univ.) - 5.60 m

15:30 - U20 Men's 400 mH
Nao Yamada (Tsukuba Univ.) - 51.50
Hayato Shimoda (Toyokawa H.S.) - 51.56
Haruki Mitsuyanagi (Doshisha Univ.) - 52.06

15:45 - Men's Long Jump
Yuki Hashioka (Fujitsu) - 8.27 m
Natsuki Yamakawa (Team SSP) - 8.17 m - WC quota (36th)
Hiromichi Yoshida (Kanzakigun T&F Assoc.) - 8.12 m - WC entry standard
Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) - 7.98 m

16:30 - Men's Hammer Throw
Ryota Kashimura (Yamada Holdings) - 72.92 m
Shota Fukuda (Nihon Univ. Grad School) - 71.42 m
Tatsuto Nakagawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 71.39 m

17:15 - Women's 100 mH
Mako Fukube (NKK) - 12.73 - WC entry standard
Masumi Aoki (77 Ginko) - 12.86 - WC quota (25th)
Asuka Terada (Japan Create Group) - 12.86
Yumi Tanaka (Fujitsu) - 12.91 - WC quota (23rd)
Chisato Kiyoyama (Ichigo) - 13.02 - WC quota (25th)
Hitomi Shimura (RJAC) - 13.09
Hitomi Nakajima (Hasegawa) - 13.13
Miho Suzuki (Hasegawa) - 13.20

18:35 - Men's 400 mH
Yusaku Kodama (Nojima) - 49.01 - WC quota (27th)
Hiromu Yamauchi (Toho Ginko) - 49.48
Takayuki Kishimoto (Fujitsu) - 49.51 - WC quota (24th)
Haruto Deguchi (Juntendo Univ.) - 49.52
Kaito Tsutsue (STW) - 49.54 - WC quota (22nd)
Daiki Ogawa (Toyo Univ.) - 49.60
Shuta Nakai (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 49.66
Shuta Inoue (Hosei Univ.) - 49.84

Heats

10:15 - U20 Women's 800 m
Miku Matsumoto (Suzuka H.S.) - 2:07.59
Yui Nagashima (Maoka Joshi H.S.) - 2:07.68
Anri Eto (Kitakyushu Shiritsu H.S.) - 2:07.88
Riho Hirano (Chukyo H.S.) - 2:07.94
Kurumi Sugure (Hokkaido Univ.) - 2:08.25
Nana Tanaka (Yamada Holdings) - 2:08.63
Ako Takeda (Nichidai Mishima H.S.) - 2:08.65

10:45 - U20 Men's 800 m
Ryusei Sakamoto (Kagoshima Minami H.S.) - 1:49.92
Naoki Yamada (Tokai Univ.) - 1:50.13
Shota Shibue (Hosei Univ.) - 1:50.15
Ryo Higuchi (Aichi T&F Assoc.) - 1:50.27
Nanaki Manno (Otsuka H.S.) - 1:50.36

11:15 - U20 Men's 400 m
Yuhei Tominaga (Juntendo Univ.) - 46.69
Haruto Nagayoshi (Kinki. Univ.) - 46.71
Taisei Watanabe (Josai Univ.) - 47.05
Hiroto Shogomori (Higashi Fukuoka H.S.) - 47.16
Sota Kojima (Chukyo Univ.) - 47.18
Mizuho Ota (Narita H.S.) - 47.19

11:45 - U20 Women's 200 m
Miu Kurashige (Konan H.S.) - 24.09
Riko Yamakoshi (Waseda Univ.) - 24.24
Konomi Komatsu (Konan H.S.) - 24.30
Miho Kurahashi (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 24.34
Shion Fukuoka (Nakamura Gakuen Joshi H.S.) - 24.49
Grace Nuwaeme (Josai H.S.) - 24.49

12:05 - U20 Men's 100 m
Wakushi Tarukawa (Tokaidai Shoyo H.S.) - 10.41
Riku Oishi (Toyo Univ.) - 10.43
Futo Hoshi (Sendai Ichi H.S.) - 10.44
Takuma Kojima (Nihon Univ.) - 10.44
Koei Tachibana (Tokai Univ.) - 10.44
Mikihito Kurasawa (Miyazaki AC) - 10.46
Yomei Fukuzawa (Tokai Univ.) - 10.48
Daichi Kadono (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 10.49

12:40 - U20 Men's 110 mH
Kaisei Uchida (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.60
Ryota Imanishi (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.68
Yuki Hojo (Mita Kokusai Gakuen H.S.) - 13.81
Haruto Kudo (Kokusai Budo Univ.) - 13.87
Koki Tanaka (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) - 13.87

13:30 - Women's 800 m
Ayano Shiomi (Iwatani Sangyo) - 2:04.06 - WC quota (51st)
Airi Ikezaki (Daiso) - 2:04.93
Yume Kitamura (Edion) - 2:05.01
Yume Goto (Uniqlo) - 2:05.08
Ayaka Kawata (Niconiconori) - 2:05.37
Ai Watanabe (Sonoda Gakuen Joshi Univ.) - 2:05.61

14:00 - Men's 800 m
Kentaro Usuda (DeNA) - 1:46.17
Mikuto Kaneko (Chuo Univ.) - 1:46.34
Yugo Shikata (Tamatsuka T&F Assoc.) - 1:46.49
Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) - 1:47.02
Yuki Yamasaki (Kagotani) - 1:47.13
Junya Matsumoto (FAJ) - 1:47.23
Kizuki Ushiroda (Juntendo Univ.) - 1:47.69
Yutaro Mihama (Rikkyo Univ.) - 1:47.75

14:35 - U20 Women's 400 mH
Moeno Tsukamoto (Nittai Univ.) - 59.65
Mahiro Usada (Chukyo Univ.) - 59.84
Saaya Natsume (Nittai Univ.) - 1:00.03
Serina Shimizu (Shiritsu Funabashi H.S.) - 1:00.15
Makoto Nakamura (Nittai Univ.) - 1:00.18
Rena Kishimoto (Sakuyakonohana H.S.) - 1:00.25

15:05 - Women's 400 mH
Ami Yamamoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 56.38 - WC quota (37th)
Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa) - 56.88 - WC quota (36th)
Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.24 - WC quota (40th)
Moe Matsuoka (Chuo Univ.) - 57.57
Honoka Aoki (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 57.65

15:50 - Women's 200 m
Remi Tsuruta (Minami Kyushu Family Mart) - 23.37
Shuri Aono (ND Soft) - 23.44
Ami Saito (Osaka Seikei AC) - 23.54
Aiko Iki (Osaka Gas) - 23.62
Sayumi Yoshida (Crane) - 23.65
Arisa Kimishima (DIS) - 23.66
Haruna Kuboyama (Imamura Byoin) - 23.66

16:15 - Men's 400 m
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 45.31
Joseph Nakajima (Toyo Univ.) - 45.39 - WC quota (30th)
Fuga Sato (Mizuno) - 45.40 - WC quota (65th)
Kenki Imaizumi (Tsukuba Univ.) - 45.65 - WC quota (43rd)
Kaito Kawabata (Chukyo Univ. AC) - 45.73
Ryuki Iwasaki (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 45.78
Naohiro Jinushi (Hosei Univ.) - 45.78 - WC quota (47th)
Ken Toyoda (Keio Univ.) - 45.92
Mizuki Obuchi (Torihei AC) - 45.95

16:45 - Men's 110 mH
Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) - 13.10 - WC entry standard
Shunsuke Izumiya (Sumitomo Denko) - 13.21 - WC entry standard
Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) - 13.39 - WC quota (18th)
Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 13.43
Higashi Ishida-Thomas (Katsuura Golf Club) - 13.46 - WC quota (39th)
Yusuke Takahashi (Hokkaido Hi-Tech AC) - 13.47
Taiga Yokochi (Team SSP) - 13.56 - WC quota (49th)

17:35 - Men's 100 m
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Toray) - 9.98
Ryuichiro Sakai (Osaka Gas) - 10.02 - WC quota (26th)
Akira Harada (Kitakyushu RC) - 10.11
Taju Hongo (Onotech) - 10.12
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.13
Hiroki Yanagita (Toyo Univ.) - 10.15
Satoru Fukushima (Toyama Ginko) - 10.17
Naoki Inoue (Waseda Univ.) - 10.19

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