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WR holder Agnes Ngetich  soloed a fast one at the 54th edition of the Mastercard New York Mini 10k, leading inside the first mile and pulling away the rest of the race to run a 30:07 CR for the win, the fastest time ever on U.S. soil albeit on a slightly net downhill course. On a warm day that saw over 10,000 women finish  Tsigie Gebreselama  was on her own most of the way too, a distant 2nd in 30:53 and 17 seconds up on past champ Hellen Obiri . Further back, 2026 World University Cross Country bronze medalist Amisa Murayama  and 2025 Morinomiyako Ekiden 3rd leg CR breaker Nazuki Sasaki  from 2025 National University Women's Ekiden runner-up Tohoku Fukushi University  made their U.S. debuts. Murayama was targeting the fastest-ever Japanese time at the Mini, 32:37, but struggled on the hills just before 5 km and late in the race, fading to finish 23rd in 34:08. Sasaki, recovering from a stress reaction in her upper back a few months ago, ran a conservative ...

Every year since 2012 that there's been a United Airlines NYC Half , JRN has partnered with the NYRR and November's Ageo City Half Marathon to bring two top-tier collegiate Japanese men to the NYC Half for what's usually been their international debuts. For years we've wanted to extend that program to include top collegiate women, but that has always faced 2 problems. For one, while the half marathon distance is the main focus for Japanese collegiate men due to the stage lengths at the Hakone Ekiden, few collegiate women run it. Those that do run the National University Women's Half Marathon in Matsue, held the same day as the NYC Half. This year, though, we're finally making it happen in a slightly different way. Amisa Murayama and Nazuki Sasaki of 2025 Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden national collegiate championship runner-up Tohoku Fukushi University are joining the field for the NYRR's Mastercard New York Mini 10 km on June 6. After running an 18:14 CR ...

Paris Olympics women's marathon team member Mao Ichiyama (Shiseido) ran the Mastercard New York Mini 10k in the U.S.A. this weekend. Running as part of her training, she was 25th in 35:41 in what will be her final race before the Paris Olympics. Ichiyama finished 8th at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and took 2nd at the Marathon Grand Championship Olympic trials race last Oct. 15 to qualify for her second-straight Olympic marathon. In January she ran 1:12:26 at the Okukuma Road Race half marathon and 1:45:21 to win February's Ome Road Race 30 km. Also racing in the U.S. this weekend was men's Olympic trials 3rd-placer Suguru Osako (Nike). Running at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon, Osako was 6th in the 10000 m in 28:16.00 in his first track race since last November's Hachioji Long Distance 10000 m. Doing it as a training run, Osako ran the first half at 66-68' per lap, clocking even splits of 5:40 at 2000 m and 11:20 at 4000 m. He slowed gradually after 6000 m but ...

http://www.nyrr.org/media-center/2017/2017-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k/press-releases/recap-kenyas-mary-keitany-wins-her-second-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k-and-fifth-consecutive-nyrr-race Kayoko Fukushi finally got to do her first-ever race in NYC... enjoying the #Mini10k and #nyrr hospitality. pic.twitter.com/FzRERhvbP6 — Boulder Wave (@BoulderWave) June 10, 2017 NYRR New York Mini 10K New York, U.S.A., 6/10/17 click here for complete results 1. Mary Keitany (Kenya) - 31:20 2. Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) - 32:09 3. Aliphine Tuliamuk (U.S.A.) - 32:14 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 32:23 5. Diane Nukuri (Burundi) - 32:25 ----- 12. Kayoko Fukushi (Japan/Wacoal) - 33:48

http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/nyrr-new-york-mini-10k/race-report/kenyas-jemima-sumgong-wins-45th-nyrr-new-york-mini-10k As per the results linked above, Japan's Rio Olympics women's marathon team member Tomomi Tanaka (Team Daiichi Seimei) was 10th in 33:39.

2011 New York Mini 10k New York, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Linet Masai (Kenya) - 31:40 2. Aheza Kiros (Ethiopia) - 32:09 3. Belainesh Gebre (Ethiopia) - 32:10 4. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) - 32:24 5. Emily Chebet (Kenya) - 32:31 6. Kim Smith (New Zealand) - 32:32 7. Jo Pavey (U.K.) - 32:46 8. Alessandra Aguilar (Spain) - 32:56 9. Eloise Wellings (Australia) - 33:06 10. Magdalena Lewy-Bouvet (U.S.A.) - 33:09 ----- 13. Yoshimi Ozaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) - 33:30 18. Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC) - 34:09 Nittai Univ. Time Trials Yokohama, 6/11/11 click here for complete results 1. Masataka Fujiwara (Team Chugoku Denryoku) - 29:57.80 2. Arata Fujiwara (Remo System AC) - 29:58.42 3. Daisuke Miyanaga (Team Osaka Gas) - 29:58.97 4. Shunsuke Miyasaka (Senshu Univ.) - 30:03.26 5. Yoshiharu Tateishi (Team Osaka Gas) - 30:02.90 (c) 2011 Brett Larner all rights reserved

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/06/06/kiji/K20110606000971260.html translated by Brett Larner Teammates at both the Daiichi Seimei women's ekiden team and this summer's World Championships marathon in Daegu, Korea, Yoshimi Ozaki and Azusa Nojiri left from Tokyo's Narita Airport on June 6 for two months of altitude training in Boulder, Colorado. Ozaki, the defending World Championships silver medalist, plans to adjust to the change in environment by running the June 11 New York Mini 10 km and the June 18 Steamboat Classic 4-miler in Illinois. "I want to get the feeling of racing back while building up my mileage in training," she commented, saying that her target is to run 800 km per month. Both Ozaki and Nojiri went to Daegu in May to tour the World Championships course. "It's my kind of course," smiled Nojiri. "I'll be ready for it."

by Brett Larner Tokyo-based Yuri Kano (Second Wind AC) took a break from her training for August's World Championships marathon to run in the women-only NYRR New York Mini 10k on June 7 in New York's Central Park. While winner Rose Kosgei of Kenya already had a lead of more than 20 seconds over Ethiopia's Ashu Kasim and a chase pack of eight at halfway, Kano ran in a smaller pack of four another 10 seconds back. She finished strong, picking off one member of the larger chase pack and nearly closing the gap on two more, but finished 9th overall in 33:43, exactly one minute behind Kosgei. Complete results from the New York Mini 10k are available here .