- 15 groups with a 10-man 5000 m common underneath 14 minutes
- 3 groups with a 10-man 5000 m common underneath 13:45 led by 2024 Hakone winner Aoyama Gakuin College in 13:40.07
- 10 groups with a person underneath 13:30 for 5000 m, AGU, Komazawa College, Chuo College, Tokyo Kokusai College, and Yamanashi Gakuin College with 2 every
- 2 groups with a person underneath 13:15 for 5000 m, TKU’s collegiate document holder Richard Etir at 13:00.17 and Komazawa’s indoor NR holder Keita Sato at 13:09.45
- 17 groups with a 10-man 10000 m common underneath 29 minutes
- 4 groups with a 10-man 10000 m common underneath 28:30, led by Chuo’s unimaginable 28:15.62
- 11 groups with a person underneath 28:00 for 10000 m, AGU and Chuo with 3 every, and Komazawa, Josai College, TKU, Waseda College and YGU with 2 every
- 4 groups with a person underneath 27:30 for 10000 m, TKU’s Etir once more at 27:06.88, Nihon College‘s Shadrack Kipkemei at 27:20.05, YGU’s James Mutuku at 27:23.09, and Komazawa’s Sato at 27:28.50
- 6 groups with a 10-man half marathon common underneath 1:03:00
- 3 groups with a 10-man half marathon common underneath 1:02:30 led by Komazawa in 1:02:01
- 13 groups with a person underneath 1:02:00 for the half marathon, Komazawa with 4, and Izumo Ekiden and Nationwide College Ekiden winner Koku Gakuin College, AGU and Soka College with 3 every
- 6 groups with a person underneath 1:01:00 for the half marathon
- 1 crew with a person underneath 1:00:00 for the half marathon, TKU’s Etir but once more with a 59:32
We’ll do a extra detailed preview nearer to the race, nevertheless it’s no shock that on the high of the heap are Izumo and Nationals high 3 KGU, AGU and Komazawa. 2nd at Hakone in 2024, Komazawa has one of the best half marathon common within the discipline, an important statistic given Hakone’s common stage size of 21.71 km, however with loads of its individuals not having run 10000 m its common for that distance is sluggish and drags it down behind KGU and AGU within the rankings. If #1-ranked KGU wins it’s going to be a part of each AGU and Komazawa on the very brief record of faculties to comb all three college ekidens in a single season.
The following tier is the place issues begin getting actually fascinating, with a top-10 inserting at Hakone scoring groups locations on the subsequent season’s Izumo and Hakone, and everybody eleventh and decrease lacking Izumo and working the Yosenkai as a substitute to attempt to get again to Hakone. You’ve got bought a mixture of groups like Waseda, Teikyo College and Hosei College that at all times carry out higher than they give the impression of being on paper and normally make the highest 10, and groups like TKU, Juntendo College and Nittai College that made it via this season’s Yosenkai.
The Kanto Area Pupil Alliance crew, made up of top-placing people on the Yosenkai from faculties that did not make the reduce as a crew, leads the underside tier, however for no matter motive, possibly a scarcity of crew chemistry, it nearly at all times performs worse than its rating. Curiously, the highest 3 from the Yosenkai, Rikkyo College, Senshu College and YGU, are all down at this degree together with bottom-half Yosenkai qualifiers Nihon and Kanagawa College. Situations on the Yosenkai have been scorching, so it is in all probability finest to not learn an excessive amount of into among the higher groups like Chuo and TKU working badly there, nevertheless it’s seemingly that it was the height of the season for Rikkyo, Senshu and YGU, and it will take correct planning for them to copy their performances subsequent month.
Test again nearer to race date for an in-depth preview and information on how one can watch dwell.
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