110 m Hurdles NR Holder Izumiya Jumps 8.14 m to Win National Corporate Championships Long Jump

The Japanese men's 110 mH national record holder at 13.04 and a semifinalist in the Paris Olympics 110 mH, Shunsuke Izumiya (Sumitomo Denko) turned in the biggest performance at this year's National Corporate Track and Field Championships. Doing his annual shot at the long jump at Corporate Nationals, Izumiya beat his 2022 best of 8.00 m and last year's winning mark of 8.10 m with a new PB of 8.14 m (+0.7) on his first and only successful attempt. That was good enough to take the win over Hibiki Tsuha by 11 cm and moved Izumiya up to all-time Japanese #10 in the long jump. NR holder Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) was 3rd with a first attempt jump of 7.81 m (+0.5).

Other standout performances:

Shoto Uno (Orico) got into the sub-10.1 club with a 10.09 (+1.4) win in the men's 100 m final.
400 m specialists Fuga Sato (Mizuno) and Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) stepped down to the 200 m, beating Uno to go 1-2 in 20.67 (+0.4) and 20.79 with Uno 3rd in 20.90.
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) won the women's 400 m with a meet record 52.29.
Teresiah Muthoni (Daiso) broke the women's 1500 m meet record in 4:02.54, finishing 3 seconds up on Hellen Ekarare (Toyota Jidoshokki). Esther Muthoni (Nitori) made it a Kenyan 1-2-3 as she took 3rd in 4:12.06.
In Izumiya's absence Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.) made sure the men's 110 mH was still hot, setting a meet record 13.38 (+0.8) for the win.
Maya Takeuchi (Mizuno) took down NR holder Sumire Hata (Sumitomo Denko) in the women's long jump, clearing 6.49 m (+1.7) on her final attempt and going 5 cm past Hata's opening 6.44 m (+0.1).

In distance races:

Reika Kozono added another win to the Kyocera team's haul with a 9:16.80 in the U20 women's 3000 m.
Muthoni and Ekarare went 1-2 again in the women's 5000 m, Muthoni taking the win in 15:06.03 and Ekarare 2nd in 15:09.81. Tabitha Njeri Kamau (Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo) added another Kenyan sweep to the tally with a 15:12.59 for 3rd.
Agnes Mwikali (Kyocera) led yet another Kenyan sweep of the top 3 in the women's 10000 m, winning by 11 seconds in 32:00.67 over Pauline Kamulu (Route Inn Hotels) and Rebecca Mwangi (Daiso).
Reimi Yoshimura (Cramer Japan) won the women's 3000 mSC win 10:07.41.
Shota Nakano (Honda) beat Olympian Abraham Guem (Ami AC) and Yudai Noguchi (Toenec) to win the men's 1500 m, 3:41.47 to Guem's 3:41.75 and Noguchi's 3:41.91.
Emmanuel Kipchirchir (SGH) took the men's 5000 m in 13:20.57, just edging Daniel Kosen (Fujitsu) who was 2nd in 13:20.99. Emmanuel Maru (Toyota Boshoku) was 3rd in 13:23.11.
Kenyans took the top 6 spots in the men's 10000 m, Evans Keitany (Toyota Boshoku) getting the win in 28:10.29 with Antipas Kibet (Komori Corp.) and Emmanuel Kiplagat (Mitsubishi Juko) both under 28:11. Yamato Yoshii (Toyota) was the top Japanese finisher at 7th in 28:13.10.
Philemon Kiplagat and Yutaro Niinae made it a 1-2 for the Aisan Kogyo corporate team in the men's 3000 mSC, Kiplagat winning in 8:28.25 with Niinae next in 8:29.17. No other runner broke 8:50.

Complete results here.

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