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Shimano Breaks 100 mH Collegiate Record - National University Championships Day 3


After a wind-aided 12.93 at the Fuse Sprint meet, Nihon Joshi Taiiku University's Mao Shimano turned in the biggest performance of the 3rd day of this year's National University Track and Field Championships. Running the women's 100 mH final with a -1.8 m/s headwind, Shimano took 0.02 off her own collegiate record with a 13.02 for the win. That was also way under the old meet record of 13.23, and despite the wind 2nd-placer Rei Honda of Juntendo University made it under too with a 13.12 for 2nd.

Another meet record fell in the women's 5000 m. After winning the 10000 m in a 31:48.44 MR on Thursday, Daito Bunka University 3rd-year Sarah Wanjiru took 5 seconds off her own 5000 m MR, dropping her only real competition Daisy Cherop of Josai Kokusai University on the last lap to win in 15:30.04 and complete the distance double. The 1st-year Cherop was 2nd in 15:39.52, with Juntendo's Airi Tajima 3rd in 15:57.14 in a 3-way sprint finish against Sayo Imanishi of Teikyo Kagaku University and Sayuki Ota from last year's national champion on the roads, Ritsumeikan University. Initially going with Wanjiru and Cherop for the first 2000 m, Josai University's Koharu Kaneko ended up 15th in 16:23.68.

The men's 5000 m saw another double win. In this case it was 1500 m winner Tomonori Yamaguchi from Waseda University, who scored a rare 1500-5000 national title in 13:40.06 versus 10000 m winner Shadrack Kipkemei of Nihon University. Soka University 3rd-year Riki Koike made it a wild race when he went out at 2:30/km pace, the field not going with it but going fast enough to keep him in range. To his credit, once they caught him Koike stayed in the lead group of 10, even going back to the front with 2 laps to go. But in the home straight coming up to the bell Yamaguchi attacked, and his 53-second last lap was more than anyone else could handle. Kipkemei was 2nd in 13:42.32, just holding off Nittai University 4th-year Ryuto Hirashima who took 3rd in 13:42.84. Koike held on for 5th in 13:46.96.

The National University Track and Field Championships continue through Sunday.

94th National University Track and Field Championships

Day Three Highlights
JFE Harenokuni Stadium, Okayama, 7 June 2025

1. Sarah Wanjiru (3rd yr., Daito Bunka Univ.) - 15:30.03 - MR
2. Daisy Cherop (1st yr., Josai Kokusai Univ.) - 15:39.52
3. Airi Tajima (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 15:57.14
4. Sayo Imanishi (1st yr., Teikyo Kagaku Univ.) - 15:57.52
5. Sayuki Ota (3rd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 15:58.80
6. Asuka Ishimatsu (4th yr., Meijo Univ.) - 16:00.62
7. Asami Murayama (3rd yr., Tohoku Fukushi Univ.) - 16:02.35
8. Asahi Shirakawa (2nd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 16:03.46
9. Koharu Takeda (2nd yr., Chuo Univ.) - 16:08.75
10. Sakurako Yanai (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 16:10.18

1. Tomonori Yamaguchi (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13:40.06
2. Shadrack Kipkemei (3rd yr., Nihon Univ.) - 13:42.32
3. Ryuto Hirashima (4th yr., Nittai Univ.) - 13:42.84
4. Akito Nakamura (3rd yr., Shigakkan Univ.) - 13:45.74
5. Riki Koike (3rd yr., Soka Univ.) - 13:46.96
6. Hinata Kuroki (4th yr., Soka Univ.) - 13:47.07
7. Stephen Lemaiyan (3rd yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 13:47.50
8. Riito Ikema (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13:49.16
9. Joseph Mwigai (3rd yr., Heisei Kokusai Univ.) - 13:50.60
10. Yuto Miyake (1st yr., Chuo Univ.) - 13:54.77

1. Mao Shimano (2nd yr., Nihon Joshi Taiiku Univ. GS) - 13.02 - UR, MR
2. Rei Honda (2nd yr., Juntendo Univ. GS) - 13.12 (MR)
3. Ami Takahashi (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.35
4. Yuka Fukui (2nd yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.50
5. Uruha Hoshiba (4th yr., Tenri Univ.) - 13.50
6. Marika Yasui (4th yr., Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 13.56
7. Towa Takami (4th yr., Fukuoka Univ.) - 13.57
8. Momoka Takasaki (4th yr., Tokyo Gakugei Univ.) - 13.77

1. Tatsuki Abe (4th yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.25
2. Rikuto Nitanai (4th yr., Iwate Univ.) - 13.61
3. Hayato Higuchi (4th yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.71
4. Ryo Koike (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 13.73
5. Tetsuro Nishi (4th yr., Waseda Univ.) - 13.75
6. Nozomu Matsumoto (4th yr., Hosei Univ.) - 13.78
7. Keigo Tahara (4th yr., Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.89
8. Kaisei Uchida (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 13.91

1. Sotaro Osaka (2nd yr., Toyo. Univ.) - 39:16.14
2. Keisuke Hara (2nd yr., Kyoto Univ. Grad School) - 39:26.14
3. Riku Kaneko (3rd yr., Kokushikan Univ.) - 39:52.47
4. Kosei Akazawa (3rd yr., Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 40:18.90
5. Misaki Kondo (4th yr., Meiji Univ.) - 40:28.50

1. Miu Kimura (3rd yr., Shikoku Univ. Grad School) - 6.42 m (-0.9)
2. Ion Kondo (1st yr., Nihon Univ.) - 6.37 m (-0.9)
3. Akiha Kobari (1st yr., Surugadai Univ.) - 6.37 m (-0.2)

1. Yuto Adachi (2nd yr., Fukuoka Univ. GS) - 16.57 m (+1.4)
2. Anato Miyao (3rd yr., Toyo Univ.) - 16.16 m (+0.5)
3. Koki Kanai (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 16.14 m (+2.5)

1. Masumi Nakamachi (2nd yr., Niigata Iryo Fukushi Univ. GS) - 53.57 m
2. Koshiro Fujiwara (2nd yr., Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ. GS) - 53.40 m
3. Tokiya Yamaguchi (3rd yr., Tsukuba Univ.) - 51.15 m

1. Rei Matsushita (3rd yr., Juntendo Univ.) - 7508
2. Yuto Yamamoto (3rd yr., Osaka Taiiku Univ.) - 7319
3. Yosuke Tanaka (2nd yr., Osaka Kyoiku Univ. GS) - 7265

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