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Credited as being only 17 years old, Ethiopian Yeneblo Biyazen (Yachiyo Kogyo) made a big splash in his 10000 m debut, running an under-18 world-leading 27:32.51 to lead 12 men under 28 minutes at Hosei University 's Hachioji Long Distance Meet . Biyazen and compatriot teammate Abiyot Abinet  ran together throughout the race before Biyazen dropped an incredible kick over the last lap. Abinet couldn't match it, running a PB 27:37.62 to outlast Kenyan Muthoni Muiru (Soka Univ.) for 2nd. Muiru's 27:38.05 PB run ranked him at all-time #3 among sutdent athletes at Japanese universities. With an overall slow opening pace,  half marathon national record holder Yuta Shitara (Honda), decked out in Nike's Vaporfly 4%, did his share of the heavy lifting up front but was never on for a shot at the 27:29.69 national record set in Hachioji two years ago. Riding the ebbs and flows of the race before losing touch with the lead trio over the last lap he snipped one second off his...

by Brett Larner video by naoki620 With six weeks to the day to go to the start of the 2016 Hakone Ekiden , defending champion Aoyama Gakuin University showed that it is right on the cusp of realizing head coach Susumu Hara 's vision with one of the greatest team performances in Japanese track history at the Kanto Region University 10000 m Time Trials at Kanagawa's beautiful Keio University Field.  青学強すぎる((((；ﾟДﾟ))))))) pic.twitter.com/Jd9TEhI2Gt — EKIDEN News (@EKIDEN_News) November 21, 2015 Aoyama Gakuin's entire roster of A-listers was entered in the fastest of the day's 13 heats, and in absolutely perfect conditions all but captain Daichi Kamino started.  Senior Kazuma Kubota , winner of his stages at this season's Izumo and National University Ekidens, led almost the entire way after a 2:47 opening 1000 m, talented first-year Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo Univ.), 2015 World University Games half marathon bronze medalist Yuta Takahashi (Teikyo Un...

by Brett Larner Triple 2013 Kanto Region 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m champion Enock Omwamba  led Yamanashi Gakuin University through the woods to take the top position at the National University Ekiden Championships Kanto Region Qualifier June 30 at Tokyo's National Stadium.  One of the most interesting meets on the Kanto circuit, the Kanto Region qualifier features twenty second-tier teams vying for seven spots at November's National University Ekiden Championships, every team with two men in each of four heats and the team's standing determined by the accumulated time of all eight men.  Team supporters line the track making noise and creating a high-energy environment. Heading into the fourth and final heat, Yamanashi Gakuin had a lead of less than 7 seconds over rival Hosei University .  Omwamba led start to finish, dropping his trailers one by one to finish in 28:18.77, beating Hosei ace Kazuto Nishiike  by almost 47 seconds and making hefty donation to...

Bydgoszcz, Poland, 3/24/13 click here for complete results Junior Women's 6 km 1. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (Kenya) - 17:51 2. Agnes Jebet Tirop (Kenya) - 17:51 3. Alemitu Heroye (Ethiopia) - 17:57 ----- 18. Azusa Sumi (Japan) - 19:28 19. Miyuki Uehara (Japan) - 19:32 24. Saki Yoshimizu (Japan) - 19:39 29. Maki Izumida (Japan) - 19:54 43. Nanami Aoki (Japan) - 20:28 53. Yui Fukuda (Japan) - 20:52 Team Results 1. Kenya - 14 2. Ethiopia - 23 3. Great Britain - 81 ---- 4. Japan - 90 Junior Men's 8 km 1. Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) - 21:04 2. Leonard Barsoton (Kenya) - 21:08 3. Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) - 21:13 ----- 27. Yuki Hirota (Japan) - 23:13 28. Tatsuya Hayashi (Japan) - 23:14 31. Tadashi Isshiki (Japan) - 23:17 52. Hideto Yamanaka (Japan) - 23:40 59. Yusuke Nishiyama (Japan) - 23:50 81. Kazuki Takahashi (Japan) - 24:28 Team Results 1. Ethiopia - 23 2. Kenya - 26 3. Morocco - 65 ----- 5. Japan - 138 Senior Women's 8 km 1. Emily Che...

by Brett Larner In what was really and truly probably the last noteworthy ekiden of the season, course records fell Feb. 17 in two of the three divisions at the 37th Chunichi Hamanako Isshu Ekiden at Lake Hamana in Shizuoka.  Despite the absence of aces Martin Mathathi  and Yusei Nakao , the Suzuki Hamamatsu AC  team had no trouble winning the 53.5 km men's race, clocking 2:42:49 to runner-up Teikyo University 's 2:44:15.  Suzuki men took three of the five stages, with 2010-11 steeplechase national champion Tsuyoshi Takeda setting a course record of 29:12 for the 9.6 km Fourth Stage. In the six-stage, 42.0 km high school boys' race, 2012 National High School Ekiden runner-up Nishiwaki Kogyo H.S.  ran 2:07:38 to set a new overall course record thanks to four of its runners scoring stage bests.  Fourth man Yuki Hirota , running the same 9.6 km course as Takeda in the men's race, set a new high school division record of 28:44, almost 30 seconds better th...

2011 World Youth Games - Day Five Japanese Results Lille, France, 7/10/11 click here for complete results Boys' 3000 m Final 1. William Malel Sitonik (Kenya) - 7:40.10 - MR 2. Patrick Mutunga Mwikya (Kenya) - 7:40.47 - PB 3. Abrar Osman Adem (Eritrea) - 7:40.89 - PB ----- 9. Yuki Hirota (Japan) - 8:13.65 - PB 10. Yusuke Uchikoshi (Japan) - 8:14.91 - PB Boys' 200 m Final 1. Stephen Newbold (Bahamas) - 20.89 - PB 2. O'Dail Todd (Jamaica) - 21.00 - PB 3. Ronald Darby (U.S.A.) - 21.08 ----- 4. Akiyuki Hashimoto (Japan) - 21.21 Boys' Sprint Medley Relay Final 1. U.S.A. - 1.49.47 2. Japan - 1:50.69 - PB 3. France - 1:51.81 - PB Boys' Pole Vault Final 1. Robert Renner (Slovenia) - 5.25 m - PB 2. Melker Svard Jacobsson (Sweden) - 5.15 m 3. Jacob Blankenship (U.S.A.) - 5.05 m ----- 9. Ryohei Noda (Japan) - 4.80 m (c) 2011 Brett Larner all rights reserved

by Brett Larner On the second day of the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships , top-seeded sprinter Kazuma Oseto  delivered Japan's first medal of the games, winning silver in the boys' 100 m.  Oseto came to the Championships with the fastest PB in the field, but after a shaky semifinal he was just clipped in the final by Jamaica's O'dail Todd , who ran a PB 10.51 to win gold over Oseto's 10.52. Michael-Meba Zeze  of France rounded out the medals with a 10.57 for bronze.  The only other Japanese athlete of the day to make a final, Ai Yamauchi , finished last in the women's javelin throw where Germany's Christin Hussong threw a meet record 59.74 m for gold. In semi-final, heat and qualification round action, both Yuki Hirota  and Yusuke Uchikoshi  ran PBs to advance to the boys' 3000 m final on time, each finishing 5th in his heat.  Hurdlers Aya Takizawa , Shota Madokoro ,  Takahiro Matsumoto  and Takumi Takahata  likewise ran PBs to m...

by Brett Larner click here to watch the IAAF World Youth Championships live online The IAAF World Youth Championships get underway tomorrow, July 6, in Lille, France. As is to be expected, Japan's best medal chances among its team of 37 come in the sprints and long distances. Kazuma Oseto (Ogura Higashi H.S.) comes to the boys' 100 m as the #1 seed, his PB of 10.39 leading the field. His teammates Kazuya Tsukamoto (Heisei H.S.) and Tatsuro Suwa (Yotsukaichi Kogyo H.S.) are also in the top eight on the entry list by PB, making the chances of at least one medal very good. All three runners are also on the list for the sprint medley relay, where the Japanese team is ranked 4th by a slim margin behind South Africa. Akiyuki Hashimoto (Sensatsu Seishukan H.S.) is ranked 3rd in the men's 200 m with a best of 20.91, Oseto and Suwa entered to double with marks not far off Hashimoto's. In the girls' 100 m Anna Doi (Saitama Sakae H.S.) is ranked 3rd by PB, 11.6...