Yoshimura and Ito Set New Collegiate Records on Last Day of National University Track and Field Championships
The 90th National University Track and Field Championships wrapped up Sunday under sunny skies and late-summer temps in Kumagaya, Saitama. Already the U20 and meet record holder in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, Reimi Yoshimura (Daito Bunka Univ.) broke both the meet and collegiate national records with a solo 9:41.43 for the win. Yoshimura just edged Yuno Yamanaka (Ehime Ginko), who ran 9:41.84 in June, out of the 2nd-fastest Japanese ever position, and with two women now within 8 seconds of Minori Hayakari 's 9:33.93 it feels like there's a legit shot at a new national record on the horizon. The men's 3000 mSC was uneventful, with national record holder Ryuji Miura (Juntendo Univ.) turning in a perfunctory 8:32.47 for the win, 4 seconds off the meet record he set last year during his first collegiate season. Another collegiate record came in the men's triple jump courtesy of another U20 national record holder. Riku Ito (Kinki Univ.) jumped 17.00 m (+1.3) on...