http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/etc/news/20130508-OHT1T00165.htm translated by Brett Larner Tohoku High School will hold a welcoming event for incoming students on May 11 in Sendai. Together with their friend and Tohoku head coach Takehiko Shibuya , 53, a number of coaches from top-finishing teams at this year's Hakone Ekiden will appear to take part in a panel discussion, including Kenji Beppu , 47, who led Nittai University to its first Hakone win in 30 years, runner-up Toyo University 's Nao Sato , 60, and Takayuki Nakano of Teikyo University , whose 4th-place finish was its best showing since 2000. Tohoku H.S. alumnus Hatsuo Okubo , 58, who won the Hakone Ekiden's uphill Fifth Stage all four years of his university career, will also appear. The discussion of Hakone's run up the mountain should be a good one. This year Tohoku's hopes are high with two superb athletes who ran well for Miyagi in last summer's National Junior High School Championsh...
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