KSU acquired off to a sluggish begin, 35 seconds behind the chief in sixth after the opening leg. However on the 11.8 km 2nd leg Kaito Kojima, the highest Japanese finisher in September’s Nationwide College Championships 10000 m, was excellent. Passing one workforce after one other, he overtook chief Ritsumeikan College close to midway on his stage and pushed on to interrupt the CR he set final 12 months by 11 seconds. By the point he handed off he had a lead of fifty seconds over Ritsumeikan.
Ritsumeikan closed that again right down to 11 seconds over the third leg, however KSU’s 4th runner Taiyo Yamaguchi reopened it with a stage greatest run. The remainder of the workforce ran a secure security race, and anchor Daiki Kuwata was all smiles as he broke the tape, his win guaranteeing KSU a spot at subsequent 12 months’s Izumo Ekiden.
Kwansei Gakuin College took 2nd a distant 2:23 behind KSU. 2nd runner Keima Yamashita moved up from seventh to third, and third runner Daisuke Kuyama beat the CR for the 5.6 km third leg by 43 seconds. A superb run on the eighth leg from Kenshin Kamimoto whereas racing head-to-head with Kansai College was sufficient to safe KGU’s place even with none particular person stage wins.
After a stage-winning run from beginning runner Hayato Omori Ritsumeikan ended up third, with Osaka Keizai College 4th after having been the 2nd-place Kansai Area workforce at Nationals two weeks in the past. Regardless of working a lot of the race in 2nd with stage wins on the fifth, sixth and seventh legs, Kansai College fell to fifth after its eighth runner struggled.
Doshisha College, Ryukoku College, Kobe College, Kinki College and Osaka College rounded out to 10-deep podium to safe themselves locations at subsequent 12 months’s race. For Kinki it was the primary podium end in 3 years, with Osaka making it again after lacking out final 12 months.
Working in a non-competitive capability for the 2nd 12 months in a row, 2024 Hakone Ekiden champion Aoyama Gakuin College beat winner KSU to the end line in 3:46:30. AGU’s 1st runner So Honma, 4th runner Kaito Nakamura, fifth runner Kaito Kumai and sixth runner Sho Fukutomi all ran quicker than the official stage-winning occasions on their legs.
Tango College Ekiden
86th Kansai Area College Males’s Championships
Tango, Kyoto, 16 Nov. 2024
22 groups, 8 levels, 74.4 km
high 10 groups seeded for 2025
Prime Particular person Stage Outcomes
First Stage (9.9 km) – Hayato Omori (Ritsumeikan) – 29:56
Second Stage (11.8 km) – Kaito Kojima (Kyoto Sangyo) – 35:05 – CR
Third Stage (5.6 km) – Ryosuke Chaki (Ritsumeikan) – 16:37 – CR
Fourth Stage (9.5 km) – Taiyo Yamaguchi (Kyoto Sangyo) – 27:55
Fifth Stage (9.4 km) – Shusuke Shiba (Kansai) – 28:41
Sixth Stage (6.3 km) – Keito Hirano (Kansai) – 18:52
Seventh Stage (11.8 km) – Kosei Tanimura (Kansai) – 35:48
Eighth Stage (10.4 km) – Renta Iwasaka (Osaka Keizai) – 32:15
Staff Outcomes
OP – Aoyama Gakuin College – 3:46:30
1. Kyoto Sangyo College – 3:47:52
2. Kwansei Gakuin College – 3:50:15
3. Ritsumeikan College – 3:50:53
4. Osaka Keizai College – 3:51:22
5. Kansai College – 3:52:08
6. Doshisha College – 3:57:46
7. Ryukoku College – 3:57:53
8. Kobe College – 3:59:35
9. Kinki College – 4:00:54
10. Osaka College – 4:01:39
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11. Setsunan College – 4:02:10
12. Biwako Gakuin College – 4:02:23
13. Kyoto College – 4:02:50
14. Osaka Kokusai College – 4:04:13
15. Osaka Koritsu College – 4:07:38
16. Osaka Taiiku College – 4:08:02
17. Bukkyo College – 4:10:11
18. Osaka Gakuin College – 4:10:22
19. Osaka Kyoiku College – 4:11:41
20. Konan College – 4:13:46
21. Hyogo Kenritsu College – 4:18:42
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translated and edited by Brett Larner
