Noda Wins National University Women's Half Marathon

Daito Bunka University 1st-year Mariya Noda won a tight three-way battle over the last km to win the 2024 National University Women's Half Marathon title Sunday in Matsue. After a slow start with almost 40 athletes going through 5 km in 17:22, the pace built steadily with 17:14 and 16:41 splits over the middle part of the race. By 20 km it was down to just Noda, newcomer Mahiru Kobayashi of Osaka Gakuin University, last year's 5th-placer Nanase Tanimoto from national champion Meijo University and corporate leaguer Shiho Tachizako from Tenmaya, with 2023 3rd-placer Saki Harada drifting 9 seconds back in 5th. Noda ramped the pace up to 3:08 for the final km, dropping Tachizako, then Tanimoto, and finally Kobayashi to win by 2 seconds in 1:12:01. Kobayashi was next in 1:12:03, holding Tanimoto back to 3rd in 1:12:05. The top 6 were all under 1:13, with 17 women under 1:15 and 24 under 1:16.

45th Matsue Ladies Half Marathon

National University Women's Half Marathon

Matsue, Shimane, 17 Mar. 2024

complete results

1. Mariya Noda (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1:12:01

2. Mahiru Kobayashi (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 1:12:03

3. Nanase Tanimoto (Meijo Univ.) - 1:12:05

4. Shiho Tachizako (Tenmaya) - 1:12:18

5. Saki Harada (Meijo Univ.) - 1:12:29

6. Momoka Tsutano (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1:12:57

7. Saki Arai (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:13:12

8. Hinata Kaneko (Josai Univ.) - 1:13:20

9. Ai Yamada (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:13:36

10. Shiori Zama (Shimamura) - 1:13:56

11. Nana Nagashima (Josai Univ.) - 1:14:02

12. Ami Furunishi (Meiji Kokusai Iryo Univ.) - 1:14:03

13. Koharu Kaneko (Josai Univ.) - 1:14:16

14. Mako Nakasai (Toyo Univ.) - 1:14:25

15. Shuho Takahashi (Asia Univ.) - 1:14:39

16. Koto Hiramura (Daiso) - 1:14:50

17. Mana Marumo (Surugadai Univ.) - 1:15:16

18. Akie Hirao (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1:15:23

19. Amisa Murayama (Tohoku Fukushi Univ.) - 1:15:24

20. Misaki Matsumoto (Chukyo Gakuin Univ.) - 1:15:37

21. Sakurako Yanai (Nittai Univ.) - 1:15:39

22. Ayaka Maeda (Kansai Univ.) - 1:15:39

23. Hinano Shiroki (Josai Univ.) - 1:15:49

24. Momoko Shimada (Nittai Univ.) - 1:15:58

25. Hikari Kobayashi (Tohoku Fukushi Univ.) - 1:16:00

26. Ayana Yamashita (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 1:16:12

27. Momona Nishimoto (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 1:16:13

28. Misaki Kato (Daiso) - 1:16:31

29. Nanaka Miyahara (Fukuoka Univ.) - 1:16:40

30. Himeka Chiba (Osaka Gakuin Univ.) - 1:16:44

31. Nozomi Tanaka (Nittai Univ.) - 1:16:48

32. Yumena Kirikuri (Kansei Univ.) - 1:16:59

33. Koyuki Kato (Daiso) - 1:17:07

34. Moe Koda (Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 1:17:23

35. Kyoka Gomi (Meijo Univ.) - 1:17:27

36. Shion Katagiri (Takushoku Univ.) - 1:17:52

37. Aiwa Sakaguchi (Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) - 1:17:52

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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