full report coming shortly
a hundred and first Hakone Ekiden Day Two
Hakone-Tokyo, 3 January 2025
21 groups, 5 levels, 109.6 km
Prime Particular person Stage Outcomes
Sixth Stage (20.8 km, ~800 m descent)
1. Akimu Nomura (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 56:47 – CR
2. Aoi Ito (Komazawa Univ.) – 57:38
3. Ryuki Kobayashi (Josai Univ.) – 58:06
4. Riku Hirota (Teikyo Univ.) – 58:13
5. Ibuki Yamazaki (Waseda Univ.) – 58:45
Seventh Stage (21.3 km)
1. Keita Sato (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:00:43 – CR
2. Hikaru Tsujihara (Koku Gakuin Univ.) – 1:02:21
2. Hiroto Yoshioka (Juntendo Univ.) – 1:02:21
4. Masaki Tominaga (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) – 1:02:30
5. Sota Sumihara (Nittai Univ.) – 1:02:56
Eighth Stage (21.4 km)
1. Shota Shiode (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 1:04:14
2. Keigo Amimoto (Toyo Univ.) – 1:04:18
3. Hiroya Abe (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) – 1:04:25
4. Kaisei Yasuhara (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:04:31
5. Takanori Wakesu (Nittai Univ.) – 1:04:32
Ninth Stage (23.1 km)
1. Yuga Sakurai (Josai Univ.) – 1:08:27
2. Yuto Tanaka (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 1:08:40
3. Yushiro Kanno (Tokyo Kokusai Univ.) – 1:09:01
4. Taisei Kobayashi (Teikyo Univ.) – 1:09:03
5. Hibiki Murakami (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:09:04
Tenth Stage (23.0 km)
1. Hikaru Ogawara (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 1:08:27
2. Shoya Koyama (Komazawa Univ.) – 1:08:54
3. Kuranosuke Yoshida (Koku Gakuin Univ.) – 1:09:25
4. Daichi Fujita (Chuo Univ.) – 1:09:28
5. Yuta Kanno (Waseda Univ.) – 1:09:36
Total Crew Outcomes
prime 10 groups qualify for 2026 Hakone Ekiden
1. Aoyama Gakuin College – 10:41:19 – CR
2. Komazawa College – 10:44:07
3. Koku Gakuin College – 10:50:47
4. Waseda College – 10:50:57
5. Chuo College – 10:52:49
6. Josai College – 10:53:09
7. Soka College – 10:53:35
8. Tokyo Kokusai College – 10:54:55
9. Toyo College – 10:54:56
10. Teikyo College – 10:54:58
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11. Juntendo College – 10:55:05
12. Nittai College – 10:56:22
13. Rikkyo College – 10:58:21
14. Chuo Gakuin College – 11:00:13
15. Hosei College – 11:03:16
OP – Kanto Area Pupil Alliance – 11:06:53
16. Kanagawa College – 11:07:28
17. Senshu College – 11:08:53
18. Yamanashi Gakuin College – 11:09:40
19. Daito Bunka College – 11:10:38
20. Nihon College – 11:11:50
Day Two Crew Outcomes – 109.6 km
1. Komazawa College – 5:20:50 – CR
2. Aoyama Gakuin College – 5:21:18 (CR)
3. Koku Gakuin College – 5:25:21
4. Teikyo College – 5:25:30
5. Tokyo Kokusai College – 5:26:21
6. Juntendo College – 5:26:25
7. Toyo College – 5:27:03
8. Josai College – 5:27:11
9. Nittai College – 5:28:19
10. Waseda College – 5:28:27
11. Soka College – 5:29:57
12. Rikkyo College – 5:30:54
13. Chuo College – 5:31:01
14. Chuo Gakuin College – 5:31:36
15. Hosei College – 5:31:51
16. Senshu College – 5:32:03
OP – Kanto Area Pupil Alliance – 5:38:46
17. Kanagawa College – 5:33:49
18. Daito Bunka College – 5:36:54
19. Yamanashi Gakuin College – 5:38:37
20. Nihon College – 5:38:46
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