The 104th Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships wrapped with another windy day. In the D2 men’s pole vault Hiroto Shinotsuka (Ikuei Univ.) delivered the day’s only new meet record, clearing a PB 5.37 m to win by 20 cm. Arie Flores (Nittai Univ.) impressed again, edging Shihori Sato (Juntendo Univ.) in the last 50 m to win the D1 women’s 200 m final 23.26 to 23.34 (+2.5) in her 8th
The Canadian women’s 4x100m team set a new national record, and the men’s 4x100m team sped to bronze
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PBs for Abbie Ives and Justin Davies highlighted a fantastic afternoon of racing at the Irish Milers Meeting in Belfast on Saturday (10 May). If you put the words Belfast, mid-May, a Saturday afternoon, and 800m together, you get something special. That has certainly been the case in recent years at the Belfast Irish Milers […]
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Ayuko Suzuki (Japan Post) was back from the dead yet again to win today’s Sendai International Half Marathon women’s race. Starting out with company from Selly Kaptich (Kyudenko) and Yuri Mitsune (Hitachi), Suzuki was always a step ahead. Putting away Mitsune early in the 2nd half, it took until the last km for her to break Kaptich, winning in 1:11:00 with Kaptich 8 seconds back in 2nd. Mitsune
Day 3 of the Kanto Region University Track and Field Championships was mostly filled by qualifying rounds, with the only track finals being the men’s 10000 m race walks. Yushi Nakajima (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) had the fastest time of the day, winning a close D1 men’s race in a 39:41.90 PB. Sota Arai (Heisei Kokusai Univ.) also PBd to win the D2 race in 42:39.62 by just 0.40 over Takuma Hachimura
