Kanto Regionals Day Three Highlights

Day 3 of the 103rd Kanto Regionals meet at Tokyo's National Stadium was mostly one of qualifying rounds on the track, the only finals being the D1 and D2 men's 10000 m race walks. Usual race walking power Toyo University was absent from the D1 podium, 3rd yr., Misaki Kondo (Meiji Univ.) clocking a PB 40:32.85 for the win with 2nd and 3rd-placers Riku Oie (Juntendo Univ.) and Yushi Nakajima (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) within 12 seconds of him, both also PBing. 4th-yr Chisato Hasegawa took the D2 title in 41:34.39.

Qualifying rounds in the men's 3000 mSC didn't see many surprises, with D1 favorites Boniface Mutech (Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) and So Yamasaki (Juntendo Univ.) both getting through to the final and D2 win contenders Oju Tsujimoto (Teikyo Univ.) and Kai Ogata (Kanto Gakuin Univ.) doing the same.

Kanto Regionals wrap up Sunday with the men's half marathon in the morning and the 3000 m SC, 5000 m and other finals in the afternoon.

103rd Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships

Day Three Highlights

National Stadium, Tokyo, 11 May 2024

complete results

D1 Men's 10000 m RW Final

1. Misaki Kondo (3rd yr., Meiji Univ.) - 40:32.85 - PB

2. Riku Oie (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 40:39.78 - PB

3. Yushi Nakajima (2nd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 40:44.57 - PB

D2 Men's 10000 m RW Final

1. Chisato Hasegawa (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 41:34.39

2. Taisei Yoshizako (2nd yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 41:53.38

3. Mitowa Makino (4th yr., Rikkyo Univ.) - 43:21.68

D2/D3 Men's High Jump Final

1. Tsuguru Miyata (1st yr., Nihon Univ. Grad School) - 2.06 m

2. Kaishi Maruono (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 2.03 m

3. Tatsuki Yamamoto (1st yr., Tokai Univ. Grad School) - 2.03 m

D1 Women's Pole Vault Final

1. Mitsuki Kobayashi (2nd yr., Nittai Univ.) - 4.00 m

2. Michiko Takahashi (4th yr., Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 3.90 m

3. Riho Okada (1st yr., Nittai Univ.) - 3.80 m

D1 Men's Long Jump Final

1. Ryo Saito (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 7.54 m (+0.1) - PB

2. Ryutaro Tanaka (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 7.53 m (+1.0)

3. Junpei Takisawa (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 7.49 m (-0.2)

D2/D3 Men's Shot Put Final

1. Shoma Ishizaka (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ. Grad School) - 14.95 m

2. Kei Sato (2nd yr., Tokai Univ. Grad School) - 14.94 m

3. Ryu Inoue (4th yr., Toin Univ.) - 14.88 m

D1 Men's Hammer Throw Final

1. Shoma Anan (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 65.60 m

2. Tokiya Yamaguchi (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 63.56 m - PB

3. Rikiya Sakoda (4th yr., Nihon Univ.) - 61.60 m

D1 Men's Javelin Throw Final

1. Hiroya Kiyokawa (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 76.97 m

2. Ryusei Nakamura (4th yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 74.57 m

3. Kota Yamada (3rd yr., Tokai Univ.) - 70.79 m - PB

D2/D3 Men's Javelin Throw Final

1. Genki Hirota (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 68.02 m

2. Ibuki Kato (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 63.30 m - PB

3. Shugo Araoka (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ. Grad School) - 63.17 m - PB

19-Yr-Old Munakata Breaks Miura's U20 NR to Win Ageo City Half Marathon

The Ageo City Half Marathon is always big, the main race that the coaches of Hakone Ekiden-bound university men's teams use for firming up their entry rosters for the big show. That makes what's basically an idyllic small town race into one of the world's great road races, with depth unmatched anywhere. One of the top-tier people on the start list at 1:02:07, Kodai Miyaoka (Hosei Univ.) took the race out fast, but the entire pack was keying off the fastest man in the race, Reishi Yoshida (Chuo Gakuin Univ.), 1:00:31. Yoshida reeled Miyaoka in before 5 km and kept things steady in the low-1:01 range, wearing down the lead group to around 10 including his CGU teammate Taisei Ichikawa , a quartet from Izumo and National University Ekiden runner-up Komazawa University , 2 runners from local Daito Bunka University , 2:07:54 marathoner Atsumi Ashiwa (Honda), and Australian Ed Goddard . Right after 15 km Komazawa went into action, Yudai Kiyama , Hibiki Murakami and Haru Tanin

Ageo City Half Marathon Preview and Streaming

This weekend's big race is the Ageo City Half Marathon , the next stop on the collegiate men's circuit. Most of the universities bound for the Jan. 2-3 Hakone Ekiden use Ageo to thin down the list of contenders for their final Hakone rosters, and with JRN's development program that sends the first two Japanese collegiate finishers in Ageo to the United Airlines NYC Half every year a lot of coaches put in some of their A-listers too. That gives Ageo legendary depth and fast front-end speed, with a 1:00:47 course record last year from Kenyan corporate leaguer Paul Kuira (JR Higashi Nihon) and the top 26 all clearing 63 minutes. Since a lot of programs just enter everybody on their rosters you never really know who on the entry list is actually going to show up, but if even a quarter of the people at the top end of this year's list run it'll be a great race, even if conditions are looking likely to be a bit warmer than ideal. Chuo Gakuin University 's Reishi Yoshi

10000 m NR Attempt In the Works Saturday at Hachioji Long Distance - Streaming and Preview

There are a bunch of other time trial meets this weekend and next, but Saturday's Hachioji Long Distance is the last big meet for Japanese men, 8 heats of Wavelight-paced 10000 m finely graded from target times of 28:50 down to 26:59 for the fastest heat. Heat 6 at 17:55 local time is effectively the B-race, with 35 Japan-based Kenyans targeting 27:10 at the front end, and in a lot of cases a spot on their teams at the New Year Ekiden national championship on Jan. 1. Corporate teams are only allowed to field one non-Japanese athlete in the New Year Ekiden, and only on its shortest stage, and getting to that has a big impact on African athletes' contracts and renewal prospects. Toyota Boshoku , Yasukawa Denki , Chugoku Denryoku , Aisan Kogyo , JR Higashi Nihon , Subaru and 2024 national champion Toyota are all fielding two Kenyans, and Aichi Seiko three. For people like Toyota's Felix Korir and Samuel Kibathi , getting as close to the 27:10 target time as they can and

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