Japan Collegiate Ekiden Championships

The collegiate ekiden championships in Japan are held for women and for men. The women's championship is in late October and the men's championship is in early November. These dates are relatively early in the ekiden season, with several other major races in subsequent months.

All-Japan Collegiate Women's Ekiden Championship (Morinomiyako Ekiden)

The annual All-Japan Collegiate Women's Ekiden Championship, begun in 1981 and also called Morinomiyako Ekiden, is held in Sendai Miyage Prefecture at the end of October. It is a 6-stage, 38.6 kilometer race from Miyagi Track and Field Grounds to Sendai City Hall. Video showing Sendai course and terrain. The race is broadcast nationwide from Sendai on Nihon Television broadcast home page (in Japanese).[1][2] [3] 2009 Preview in English, 2010 Results in English, 2011 Results in English, 2011 Results in Japanese.

Women's National University Ekiden Championships 38.6 km - Stage Winners
First stage
5.8 km		 Second stage
6.8 km		 Third stage
9.1 km		 Fourth stage
4.9 km		 Fifth stage
4.0 km		 Sixth stage
8.0 km
2010 Chinami Mori
Bukkyo Univ.
18:24		 Risa Takenaka
Ritsumeikan Univ.
21:30		 Kasumi Nishihara
Bukkyo Univ.
28:56 - CR		 Rika Kawashima
Bukkyo Univ.
15:24		 Akane Yabushita
Ritsumeikan Univ.
12:38 - CR		 Hikari Yoshimoto
Bukkyo Univ.
25:14 - CR
2011 Risa Takenaka
Ritsumeikan Univ.
18:16 - CR		 Akane Yabushita
Ritsumeikan Univ.
22:26		 Hikari Yoshimoto
Bukkyo Univ.
30:06		 Mutsumi Ikeda
Ritsumeikan Univ.
15:20		 Chinami Mori
Bukkyo Univ.
12:56		 Eri Yagi
Meijo Univ.
26:21
Women's National University Ekiden Championships - Top 6 teams automatically seeded for next year
First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place Sixth Place Seventh Place Eight Place Ninth Place Tenth Place
2010 28th Bukkyo Univ.
2:02:44 - CR		 Ritsumeikan Univ.
2:04:20		 Meijo Univ.
2:08:00		 Matsuyama Univ.
2:08:55		 Josai Univ.
2:09:18		 Kanoya Taiku Univ.
2:10:39		 Josai Kokusai Univ.
2:10:43		 Osaka Gakuin Univ.
2:10:56		 Hakuo Univ.
2:11:16		 Fukuoka Univ.
2:11:19
2011 29th Ritsumeikan Univ.
2:06:29		 Bukkyo Univ.
2:07:47		 Meijo Univ.
2:07:58		 Kyoto Sangyo Univ.
2:11:00		 Matsuyama Univ.
2:11:15

All-Japan Collegiate (Men's) Ekiden Championship

On the first Sunday of November, the men compete in the 8 stage, 106.8 kilometer National Collegiate Ekiden Championship in Aichi and Mie Prefectures.[4] This race is the second of the season's big three, the first being the Izumo Ekiden and the last being the Hakone Ekiden. Here, 27 teams battle for the national title. The race starts in front of Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya City and then proceeds out of the city, along the coast and 106.8 kilometers later to Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. Two versions of the course map are available: the meet website's own map, and TV Asahi's google map version. TV Asahi provides 2011 video highlights.

The top six teams in the race are automatically seeded for the following year's race. Other teams must qualify in a series of June track meets featuring 10,000 meter races. Kanto Region qualifier

The 2011 (43rd) race featured defending national champion and course record holder Waseda University and Izumo winner and eventual Hakone Ekiden winner Toyo University. However, on this day Komazawa University won, taking its 9th national title is 17 years. Toyo University's anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara almost made up the 1:40 deficit over 19.7 km but came up half a minute short - English meet summary.

Men's National University Ekiden Championships - Stage Winners
First stage
14.6 km		 Second stage
13.2 km		 Third stage
9.5 km		 Fourth stage
14.0 km		 Fifth stage
11.6 km		 Sixth stage
12.3 km		 Seventh stage
11.9 km		 Eighth stage
19.7 km
2010 Keita Shitara
Toyo Univ.
42:42		 Tetsuya Yoroizaka
Meiji Univ.
37:38 CR		 Ikuto Yufu
Komazawa Univ.
27:02 CR		 Hiroyuki Sasaki
Waseda Univ.
40:23		 Fuminori Shikata
Waseda Univ.
33:47 CR		 Shinobu Kubota
Komazawa Univ.
36:03		 Akinori Iida
Komazawa Univ.
35:09		 Benjamin Gando
Nihon Univ.
56:42
2011 Hirotaka Tamura
Nihon Univ.
43:38		 Takehiro Deki
Aoyama Gakuin Univ.
37:43		 Ikuto Yufu
Komazawa Univ.
27:13		 Wataru Ueno
Komazawa Univ.
40:56		 Kazuhiro Kuga
Komazawa Univ.
34:15		 Kenji Yamamoto
Toyo Univ.
36:22		 Taichi Takase
Komazawa Univ.
35:23		 Ryuji Kashiwabara
Toyo Univ.
57:48
Men's National University Ekiden Championships Team Finish
from Nagoya to Ise 106.8 km- Top 6 Automatically seeded for the next year
First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place Sixth Place Seventh Place Eight Place Ninth Place Tenth Place Eleventh Place
2010 Waseda Univ.
5:13:02 CR		 Komazawa Univ.
5:15:22		 Toyo Univ.
5:16:21		 Nihon Univ.
5:19:18		 Tokai Univ.
5:19:45		 Meiji Univ.
5:19:52		 Nittai Univ.
5:20:00		 Chuo Univ.
5:20:32		 Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.
5:21:05		 Teikyo Univ.
5:22:04
2011 Komazawa Univ.
5:15:46		 Toyo Univ.
5:16:19		 Waseda Univ.
5:21:06		 Nihon Univ.
5:21:54		 Chuo Univ.
5:22:21		 Jobu Univ.
5:23:44		 Tokai Univ.
5:24:26		 Meiji Univ.
5:26:22		 Aoyama Gakuin Univ.
5:27:55		 Josai Univ.
5:30:55		 Teikyo Univ.
5:31:32

See also

References
  1. Larner, Brett. National University Women's Ekiden - Preview pt. II: The Top Five Contenders. October 25, 2008 japanrunningnews.blogspot Preview. accessed Feb. 19 2009.
  2. Larner, Brett. Ritsumeikan Takes Third Straight National Ekiden Title. October 26, 2008 japanrunningnews.blogspot post-race accessed Feb. 19, 2009.
  3. APU's First Triumph. Back Number, Vol.13. 2006 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Back Number sports information (English). accessed Feb. 19, 2009
  4. Japanese Wiki page
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