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102nd Hakone Ekiden Qualifier Half Marathon Preview

January’s Hakone Ekiden has a big impact on the shape of the fall season for Japanese collegiate men. The top 10 teams at Hakone run this past Monday’s Izumo Ekiden, where 6 runners per team run an average of 7.5 km. 11th-place and lower run Saturday’s Yosenkai, the half marathon used to fill the 10 remaining slots in the Hakone field and the lineup of the select team made up of top-placing

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Koku Gakuin University Wins 2nd-Straight Izumo Ekiden, Ivy League Takes Best-Ever 4th

Even with some big losses to graduation this year, defending champion Koku Gakuin University found a way to put together a winning lineup to take its 2nd-straight title at the season-opening Izumo Ekiden in Shimane.Favorite Chuo University was expected to be looking at a landslide, but instead of riding it to a blowout win it found itself caught beneath one under sunny skies and