by Brett Larner highlights video courtesy of race broadcaster NHK click here for National High School Boys Ekiden results 2014 national champion Osaka Kunei Joshi Gakuin H.S. ran one of the fastest times in National High School Girls Ekiden history, breaking its school record to win its second national title in three years. Osaka Kunei got off to a relatively slow start, its leading runner Kanami Sagayama just 10th on the 6.0 km First Stage behind defending champ Sera H.S. , last-year's runner-up Tokiwa H.S. , powerhouse Nishiwaki Kogyo H.S. and others. Osaka Kunei's star runner Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu , with an 8:58.86 best for 3000 m while still just 16 years old, got the team back in the game, running the second-fastest time on the 4.0975 km Second Stage to put Osaka Kunei into 1st. Third and fourth runners Ayaka Murao and Saya Nakajima both won their stages, giving Osaka Kunei a 26-second lead over the relatively unheralded Nagano Higashi H.S. heading o...
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