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After an unexpected breakthrough last year to win its first national title in 12 years, Meijo University took full advantage of its new recruits to win the Morinomiyako Ekiden , the Japanese University Women's Ekiden Championships, for the second year in a row Sunday in Sendai. First-year Yuna Wada , who set up Nozomi Tanaka for the gold medal in this year's U20 World Championships 3000 m, took it out hard for Meijo, winning the 6.4 km First Stage by two seconds over Naruha Sato of last year's 3rd-placer Ritsumeikan University . After a rocky start 2017 runner-up Daito Bunka University 's Yuka Suzuki made up a 42-second deficit on the 5.6 km Second Stage, turning it into a 15-second lead over Ritsumeikan with Meijo dropping to 3rd. Star Meijo first-year Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu got it back under control, just missing the CR on the 6.8 km Third Stage as she put Meijo back into the lad for good. DBU, Ritsumeikan and darkhorse Tokyo Nogyo University battled to...

Japan dominated the 2018 World University Cross Country Championships Saturday in St. Gallen, Switzerland, taking the overall gold, women's team gold, men's team silver and one individual silver. That silver came courtesy of Rika Kaseda (Meijo Univ.), who finished 5 seconds behind winner Caterina Granz (Germany) in the women's 10 km to lead four Japanese women into the top six for team gold. 2017 World University Games half marathon gold medalist Yuki Munehisa (Tokyo Nogyo Univ.) was 6th overall, Japan's 4th scoring team member. 【 #世界大学クロカン 】 女子レース速報 加世田選手(名城大)銀メダル獲得🎉 女子団体 金メダル獲得🎊 2位　加世田梨花(名城大) 4位　五島莉乃(中央大) 5位　関谷夏希(大東文化大) 6位　棟久由貴(東京農業大) 13位 棚池穂乃香(京都産業大) 15位 岡田佳子(松山大) #青春に駆けろ pic.twitter.com/sLXoBWMUZR — 日本学生陸上競技連合 (@iuauj) April 7, 2018 The men came up empty-handed for individual medals, Sota Watanabe (Toyo Univ.) taking the top Japanese spot at 4th overall with teammate Yohei Urano (Koku Gakuin Univ.) close behind in 6th. South Africa sco...

It's a busy weekend on and off the roads at home and abroad. Led by 2018 Hakone Ekiden First Stage winner Kazuya Nishiyama (Toyo Univ.) and 2017 World University Games women's half marathon gold medalist Yuki Munehisa (Tokyo Nogyo Univ.), Japan is fielding quality men's and women's teams for Saturday's World University Cross Country Championships in St. Gallen, Switzerland. At home, the first big track meet of the season takes place Saturday in Kumamoto at the Kanaguri Memorial Meet where the main focus will be on 5000 m. Livestream to be had here . 3000 m will be the main order of the day at the year's first Setagaya Time Trials meet in Tokyo, while top members of Waseda University and other Hakone teams will square off at the Tokyo Six-University Meet at Keio University . Sunday the emphasis shifts to the roads, with yet more Hakone talent racing the Yaizu Minato Half Marathon thanks to its unique "pair marathon" team scoring. Overseas...

https://www.independent.co.ug/ugandas-cheptegei-runs-2nd-fastest-15km-race/ Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km Nijmegen, Netherlands, 11/19/17 click here for complete results Men 1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) - 41:16 2. Amdework Walelegn (Ethiopia) - 42:40 3. Noah Kipkemboi (Kenya) - 42:43 4. Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) - 43:33 5. Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) - 43:35 6. Ryohei Sakaguchi (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 43:36 ----- 12. Tomoki Ota (Japan/Waseda Univ.) - 44:48 16. Junnosuke Matsuo (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 45:30 33. Ryoji Tatezawa (Japan/Tokai Univ.) - 48:00 Women 1. Birke Debele (Ethiopia) - 48:52 2. Mercyline Chelangat (Uganda) - 48:54 3. Evaline Chirchir (Kenya) - 48:54 4. Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) - 48:56 5. Rose Chelimo (Bahrain) - 49:08 ----- 7. Rika Kaseda (Japan/Meijo Univ.) - 50:24 9. Rino Goshima (Japan/Chuo Univ.) - 52:13 12. Kanade Furuya (Japan/Matsuyama Univ.) - 53:46 14. Naruho Sato (Japan/Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 54:45 61. Yuki Munehisa (Japan/Tokyo Nogyo Uni...

On Oct. 11 the Inter-University Athletics Union of Japan ( IUAU ) released the entry lists for the Morinomiyako Ekiden , the National University Women's Ekiden Championships to be held Oct. 29 in Sendai. A Rio de Janeiro Olympian in the 3000 m steeplechase, Anju Takamizawa will return to lead Matsuyama University in its shot at a second-straight national title. Other noteworthy names on the entry lists include National University Track and Field Championships 5000 m winner Maho Shimizu (Osaka Gakuin Univ.), National University Individual Track and Field Championships 5000 m winner Rika Kaseda (Meijo Univ.) and World University Games half marathon gold medalist Yuki Munehisa (Tokyo Nogyo University). source article:  http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20171011/ath17101119210001-n1.html translated by Brett Larner

For the second Universiade in a row Japan pulled off a near-sweep of the half marathon medals, taking all three men's individual medals, women's gold and bronze and both team golds. Komazawa University's Kei Katanishi and Naoki Kudo went 1-2, leaving national university half marathon champion Kengo Suzuki over 30 seconds behind to hold off Uganda's John Kateregga for bronze. Wataru Tochigi took 6th to make it 4 Japanese men in the top 6, the only misstep coming from Takato Suzuki of national champion Aoyama Gakuin University who finished only 12th after scratching in the 10000 m. Not so for women's gold medalist Yuki Munehisa . Munehisa had led most of the women's 10000 m only to get dropped in the last kilometer and wind up outside the medals in 4th. In the half marathon she was bound and determined not to end up the same way again, doing all the heavy lifting to drop Turkey's Esma Aydemir with teammate Saki Fukui in a supporting role. Munehisa ...

Ai Hosoda became the first Japanese medalist of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade, winning bronze in the women's 10000 m to wrap the first day of athletics competition. 【 #台北ユニバーシアード 】 女子10000m 細田あいが銅メダル🥉 （写真：奥井隆史） #陸上 #ユニバーシアード pic.twitter.com/tq9XLAU99r — スポーツナビ・陸上編集部 (@sn_gorin) August 24, 2017 Leading the field with a sub-32 best, 19-year-old Yuki Munehisa led the first 9000 m on the race before being overtaken by Daria Maslova (Kyrgyszstan),   Sanjivani Jadhav (India) and Hosoda. On the last lap Maslova kicked away to gold in 33:19.27 less than 3 seconds ahead of Jadhav, with Hosoda 6 seconds behind for bronze. Munehisa fell to 4th, with third team member Natsuki Sekiya , a favorite to medal in the 5000 m, off her game at 12th in 35:21.19. 【 #ユニバーシアード 】 多田修平(関西学院大) 3組1着 0.0 10.29 スタートから1位をキープし、安定したレース展開でした！ 準決勝進出です！！ #青春に駆けろ pic.twitter.com/I5UBAidmIE — 日本学生陸上競技連合 (@iuauj) August 23, 2017 With the rest of the day devoted to qualifying rounds Ho...

Following protests outside the main stadium that interrupted its opening ceremonies Saturday night , the athletics component of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade is set to start Wedenesday. As always Japan is sending a solid crew of its A-list collegiate talent to the World University Games, with a team of 24 men and 14 women set to compete over the six day run of athletics. Getting things off to a quick start, London World Championships men's 4x100 m bronze medallist Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin University) is set to run the first men's 100 m on the first day on competition. Takamasa Kitagawa (Juntendo University), Ryo Kajiki (Josai University), Ryoma Yamamoto (Juntendo Univ.) and Marina Saito (Kokushikan University) will also double back from representing Japan in London to compete in Taipei, Kitagawa in the men's 400 m, Kajiki in the men's 400 m hurdles, Yamamoto in the men's triple jump and Saito in the women's javelin throw. London men's 20 km...

The IUAU has announced a 38-member team for the Aug. 23-28 Summer Universiade in Taiwan, with 24 men and 14 women representing 26 universities. Rio Olympian Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo Univ.) leads the team in men's long distance, with newly sub-10.10 Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) an expected favorite in men's sprints. Javelin throw and heptathlon collegiate record holders Haruka Kitaguchi (Nihon University) and Meg Hemphill (Chuo University) lead the women's team. The complete team roster: Men Sprints Shuhei Tada (Kwansei Gakuin University) Yusuke Tanaka (Nihon Wellness University) Jun Yamashita (Tsukuba University) Sho Kitagawa (Juntendo University) Takamasa Kitagawa (Juntendo University) Shusei Nomoto (Waseda University) Taio Kanai (Hosei University) Ryo Kajiki (Josai University) Long Distance Wataru Tochigi (Juntendo University) Kazuya Shiojiri (Juntendo University) Takato Suzuki (Aoyama Gakuin University) Kengo Suzuki (Kanagawa University) Nao...