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High School Seniors Kaito Iida and Shunpei Yamaguchi 13:34 at Nittai University Time Trials

 

A group of seven high schoolers dropped fast 5000 m times at the 310th Nittai University Time Trials meet in Yokohama on Nov. 25. Racing corporate leaguers Kenyan collegians in the Nittaidai Challenge Games fast heat, 3rd-years Kaito Iida (Izumi Chuo H.S.) and Shunpei Yamaguchi (Saku Chosei H.S.) ran 13:34.20 and 13:334.59, the 4th and 5th-best ever by Japanese high school boys. Prior to this race, Iida's PB was 13:57.62 from April this year, with Yamaguchi having run a PB of 13:52.73 in September. At the 2023 National High School Championships Iida was 9th and Yamaguchi 10th.

Other Saku Chosei H.S. runners also set new PBs at Nittai. Running in Heat 22, 2nd-year Kazuma Shino ran 13:55.79 and 3rd-year Toma Yoshioka 13:56.99, the first time under 14 minutes for both. At an earlier Nittai Time Trials meet in late September four other Saku Chosei runners broke 14, meaning the all-Japanese team now has six boys at 13 minutes. With 2nd-year Tetsu Sasaki having run a PB 14:03.51 in Heat 19 this time, Saku Chosei's average among its fastest seven, the ones most likely to run next month's seven-stage National High School Ekiden, is now 13:50.05. Before Saturday's results it was 13:58.77.

Translator's note: A seven-runner 5000 m average of 13:50.05 led by a 13:34.59 runner would put Saku Chosei H.S. in a pretty competitive position in the NCAA.

310th Nittai University Time Trials

Yokohama, Kanagawa, 25-26 Nov. 2023

Nittaidai Challenge Games Men's 5000 m
1. Takuma Sunaoka (Konica Minolta) - 13:32.12
2. Yuto Imae (GMO) - 13:33.32
3. Nelson Mandela (Obirin Univ.) - 13:33.75
4. Kaito Iida (Izumi Chuo H.S.) - 13:34.20
5. Shunpei Yamaguchi (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 13:34.59
6. Yohei Ikeda (Kao) - 13:35.27
7. Keisuke Morita (Subaru) - 13:35.90
8. Akihito Kawata (SID Group) - 13:36.44
9. James Karuri (Aomori Yamada H.S.) - 13:41.38
10. Abraham Guem (Ami AC) - 13:45.53
11. Raphael Longisa (Takushoku Univ.) - 13:49.54
12. Nixon Lesia (Nishitetsu) - 13:54.28
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15. Musa Chemaimak (Izumi Chuo H.S.) - 14:01.76

Men's 5000 m Heat 23
1. Aito Sato (Kobayashi H.S.) - 13:57.15
2. Masaya Yamatani (Logisteed) - 13:57.19
3. Naoki Matsui (SID Group) - 13:58.67
4. Sora Masuda (SDF Academy) - 13:59.40
5. Eisuke Sorita (NTT Higashi Nihon) - 14:00.88
6. Daichi Fujita (Chuo Univ.) - 14:01.22
7. Arata Iiguni (Koku Gakuin Kugayama H.S.) - 14:01.53
8. Ryo Kobuchi (Gifu Univ.) - 14:04.01
9. Yujiro Koshiba (Suijo H.S.) - 14:05.74
10. Daichi Shibata (Chuo Univ.) - 14:07.94

Men's 5000 m Heat 22
1. Takuma Akiyoshi (Tokyo Univ.) - 13:53.28
2. Kazuma Shino (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 13:55.79
3. Toma Yoshioka (Saku Chosei H.S.) - 13:56.99
4. Ibuki Sugiyama (Kyushu Gakuin H.S.) - 13:57.00
5. Kaito Kimura (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) - 13:57.52
6. Taku Fujimoto (Team Nitro) - 13:57.54
7. Daisuke Shimojo (ND Software) - 13:58.91
8. Toshimune Niiyama (Surugadai Univ.) - 13:59.21
9. Shun Miyake (Kagawa Nishi H.S.) - 14:01.25
10. Hiroaki Furukawa (Tokyo Univ. Grad School) - 14:03.20

Women's 5000 m Heat 5
1. Sarah Wanjiru (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 15:47.82
2. Aiko Fujita (Aichi Denki) - 15:51.56
3. Misaki Nagaoka (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 15:56.99
4. Akie Hirao (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 15:57.86
5. Daisy Jerop (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 16:01.89
6. Rino Katsuyama (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 16:04.26
7. Saki Matsui (Bears) - 16:08.78
8. Ayami Hirano (North) - 16:15.97
9. Yui Yoshii (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 16:19.01
10. Asumi Mori (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 16:21.08

Women's 3000 m Heat 4
1. Miu Saito (Nittai Univ.) - 9:16.01
2. Haruko Hosaka (Nittai Univ.) - 9:23.59
3. Hikaru Hamano (Chuo Univ.) - 9:25.73
4. Koto Watanabe (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:26.13
5. Sharon Mwanti (Yamanashi Gakuin H.S.) - 9:27.78
6. Kurumi Sugita (Chuo Univ.) - 9:33.24
7. Tsubomi Tezuka (Sendai Ikuei H.S.) - 9:34.32
8. Ayano Ikeuchi (Denso) - 9:35.93
9. Rizuna Yaji (Bears) - 9:39.48
10. Mana Aiba (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 9:40.24

Nittaidai Challenge Games Men's 10000 m
1. Shadrack Kipkemoi (Nihon Univ.) - 28:19.58
2. Shu Hasegawa (Kao) - 28:20.57
3. Joseph Meikai (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - 28:23.49
4. Steven Muthini (Soka Univ.) - 28:29.63
5. Ryuki Yamamori (Soka Univ.) - 29:28.09

Men's 10000 m Heat 10
1. Daisuke Kuwata (Soka Univ.) - 28:11.08
2. Shintaro Nakazono (SID Group) - 28:12.88
3. Kazuto Kawabata (SGH) - 28:13.01
4. Juda Hyodo (Tokai Univ.) - 28:14.75
5. Yuki Ishii (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 28:18.00
6. Haruki Minatoya (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 28:24.58
7. Taiju Nishikata (Aisan Kogyo) - 28:25.86
8. Kenta Nojima (Tokai Univ.) - 28:27.63
9. Yoshiki Kimura (Makes) - 28:28.00
10. Tsuyoshi Bando (Osaka Gas) - 28:28.95
11. Shota Nishimura (Nihon Univ.) - 28:34.38
12. Sakito Matsuzaki (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 28:35.63
13. Yoshiki Kushida (NTT Nishi Nihon) - 28:40.24
14. Riku Tamame (Izumi Chuo H.S.) - 28:40.90
15. Hiroto Kanamori (Komori Corp.) - 28:42.74

Men's 10000 m Heat 9
1. Kyosuke Kogure (SID Group) - 28:32.12
2. Mizuki Nagayama (SID Group) - 28:34.33
3. Naoki Tomita (Chuo Hatsujo) - 28:34.77
4. Kazuki Moriya (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) - 28:35.46
5. Hiroki Suzuki (YKK) - 28:42.21
6. Yusei Tomita (Nihon Univ.) - 28:44.98
7. Koji Suzuki (Nihon Univ.) - 28:47.23
8. Naoki Matsui (SID Group) - 28:49.85
9. Manato Goya (Takushoku Univ.) - 28:50.87
10. Mitsunori Asaoka (Chuo Hatsujo) - 28:52.02

Men's 10000 m Heat 8
1. Ryuichi Yoshioka (withlete) - 28:56.98
2. Yuhi Yamashita (Matsudo T&F Assoc.) - 28:57.26
3. Ryotaro Kishimoto (Toyo Univ.) - 28:58.16
4. Takanori Wakesu (Nittai Univ.) - 29:00.48
5. Kento Warashina (Senshu Univ.) - 29:00.89

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translated by Brett Larner

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