japan running news

18th Incheon International Half MarathonIncheon, South Korea, 3/25/18
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Men
1.Reuben Narry (Kenya)
2. Jean Marie Vianney Uwajene (Rwanda)
3. Paul Kipkemoi Kipkorir (Kenya)
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12. Hiroki Nagayama (Japan/Waseda Univ.) - 1:06:08

13th Warsaw Half MarathonWarsaw, Poland, 3/25/18
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Men
1. Ezrah Kiprotich Sang (Kenya) - 1:01:37
2. Mekashaw Kassa (Ethiopia) - 1:01:52
3. Hillary Kiptum Maiyo (Kenya) - 1:02:18
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8. Yuki Yagi (Japan) - 1:05:03

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優勝 青山学院大学#全日本大学駅伝#二冠pic.twitter.com/i4445kvkTb — EKIDEN News (@EKIDEN_News) November 6, 2016
Izumo Ekiden winner Aoyama Gakuin University went one step closer to becoming just the fourth school in Japanese history to win the Big Three University Ekiden triple crown, running down unexpected challenger Waseda University on the anchor stage to win its first-ever National University Men's Ekiden Championships title.

Defending champ Toyo University came out swinging, putting its best runner, Hazuma Hattori, on first.  Hattori put Toyo 11 seconds out front, but without the talent this year to follow that up Toyo fell to 6th on the Second Stage and spent the rest of the eight-stage race struggling to stay in the six-deep bracket of teams that would score places at next year's Nationals.

Waseda, the last team to pull off the triple crown back in the 2010-11 season, was the next team into the first exchange zone 11 seconds behind Toyo, while heavy favorite Aoyama Gakuin…