Japan Collegiate Ekiden Championships
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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.
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 Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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