Matsuo Breaks High School Half Marathon Record in 1:02:47
At the 48th Kanagawa Half Marathon at Yokohama’s Nissin Olio Group’s Isogo Plant, Jinya Ozaki (Teikyo Univ.) outran tough competition from National University Ekiden champion Komazawa University and Hakone Ekiden winner Aoyama Gakuin University to take 1st in the men’s race in 1:02:04. AGU’s Sho Fukutomi was 2nd in 1:02:07, with Komazawa’s Rinta Muta 3rd in 1:02:08. High schooler Nichika Maeda (
16-year-old runner blasts to new U18 indoor mile world record
New Zealand’s Sam Ruthe won the mile at Boston University in a blistering 3:48.88, breaking the world U18 indoor mark against a pro field
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Etir Breaks Marugame CR, Catrofe Sets Uruguay NR, Omare 3rd-Straight Win
On the one hand it was too windy for really fast times at the Marugame Half, but on the other it wasn’t, apparently.It was pretty much a strong tailwind over the first 10 km and just a strong a headwind over the last 10, so it wasn’t a surprise that the lead group of men went through 5 km in 13:59 and 10 km in 27:51. Up front in it were 59:30 collegiate record co-holders Richard Etir and Kotaro
Masresha Over Yoshida and Kuroda at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon
The Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon was a strictly amateur race on the women’s side, Chika Yokota running a 2:43:45 PB for the win. But with 6 spots at the L.A. Olympics marathon trials on the line all the Japanese men were obsessed over getting their places reserved early. 2 first-half falls knocked Ethiopian Abe Gashahun and 2024 Nobeoka Nishi Nippon Marathon winner Yota Ifuku out of the race,