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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.

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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. [http://www.ntv.co.jp/morinomiyako/course/index.html Video showing Sendai course and terrain]. The race is broadcast nationwide from Sendai on Nihon Television [http://www.ntv.co.jp/morinomiyako/ broadcast home page (in Japanese)].Larner, Brett. National University Women's Ekiden - Preview pt. II: The Top Five Contenders. October 25, 2008 [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/national-university-womens-ekiden_25.html japanrunningnews.blogspot Preview]. accessed Feb. 19 2009.Larner, Brett. Ritsumeikan Takes Third Straight National Ekiden Title. October 26, 2008 [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/ritsumeikan-takes-third-straight.html japanrunningnews.blogspot post-race] accessed Feb. 19, 2009.

APU's First Triumph. Back Number, Vol.13. 2006 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University [http://www.apu.ac.jp/apuinformation/english/vol13/campus/index.htm Back Number sports information (English)]. accessed Feb. 19, 2009 [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/morinomiyako-ekiden-preview-watch.html 2009 Preview in English], [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2010/10/nishihara-and-yoshimoto-lead-bukkyo-to.html 2010 Results in English], [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2011/10/mizuki-noguchi-wins-w-japan-ekiden.html 2011 Results in English], [http://www.ntv.co.jp/morinomiyako/kekka2011/index.html 2011 Results in Japanese].

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|+ Women's National University Ekiden Championships 38.6 km - Stage Winners

! scope="col" | First stage
5.8 km

! scope="col" | Second stage
6.8 km

! scope="col" | Third stage
9.1 km

! scope="col" | Fourth stage
4.9 km

! scope="col" | Fifth stage
4.0 km

! scope="col" | Sixth stage
8.0 km

scope="row" | 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

scope="row" | 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

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|+ Women's National University Ekiden Championships - Top 6 teams automatically seeded for next year

! scope="col" | First Place

! scope="col" | Second Place

! scope="col" | Third Place

! scope="col" | Fourth Place

! scope="col" | Fifth Place

! scope="col" | Sixth Place

! scope="col" | Seventh Place

! scope="col" | Eight Place

! scope="col" | Ninth Place

! scope="col" | Tenth Place

scope="row" | 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

scope="row" | 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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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.Japanese Wiki page 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: [http://daigaku-ekiden.com/coursemap/ the meet website's own map], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111208094221/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ekiden/courseMap/index.html TV Asahi's google map version]. TV Asahi provides [https://web.archive.org/web/20111208100333/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ekiden/highlight/index.html 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. [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/deki-leads-aoyama-gakuin-to-national.html 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 - [http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2011/11/komazawa-back-on-top-with-national.html English meet summary].

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|+ Men's National University Ekiden Championships - Stage Winners

! scope="col" | First stage
14.6 km

! scope="col" | Second stage
13.2 km

! scope="col" | Third stage
9.5 km

! scope="col" | Fourth stage
14.0 km

! scope="col" | Fifth stage
11.6 km

! scope="col" | Sixth stage
12.3 km

! scope="col" | Seventh stage
11.9 km

! scope="col" | Eighth stage
19.7 km

scope="row" | 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

scope="row" | 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

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|+ Men's National University Ekiden Championships Team Finish
from Nagoya to Ise 106.8 km- Top 6 Automatically seeded for the next year

! scope="col" | First Place

! scope="col" | Second Place

! scope="col" | Third Place

! scope="col" | Fourth Place

! scope="col" | Fifth Place

! scope="col" | Sixth Place

! scope="col" | Seventh Place

! scope="col" | Eight Place

! scope="col" | Ninth Place

! scope="col" | Tenth Place

! scope="col" | Eleventh Place

scope="row" | 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

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scope="row" | 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

=Summary=

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! Univ !! title(s) !! Year

align="left"|Komazawa University15align="left"|1998,1999,2001,2002,2004,2006,2007,2008,2011,2012,2013,2014,2020,2021,2022
align="left"|Nippon Sport Science University11align="left"|1970,1971,1972,1977,1978,1980,1983,1985,1987,1988,1988
align="left"|Daito Bunka University7align="left"|1973,1974,1975,1976,1984,1989,1990
align="left"|Waseda University5align="left"|1992,1993,1994,1995,2010
align="left"|Fukuoka University3align="left"|1979,1981,1982
align="left"|Nihon University3align="left"|1991,2005,2009
align="left"|Kanagawa University3align="left"|1996,1997,2017
align="left"|Tokai University2align="left"|2003,2019
align="left"|Aoyama Gakuin University2align="left"|2016,2018
align="left"|Kyoto Sangyo University1align="left"|1986
align="left"|Juntendo University1align="left"|2000
align="left"|Toyo University1align="left"|2015

=Record=

  • From 2018 the distance of each course has been changed.

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! Place !! distance !! Record holder !! Univ !! Time!!Year

19.5kmPeter WanjiruDaito Bunka Univ26:582022
211.1kmKeita SatoKomazawa Univ31:012023
311.9kmVincent YegonTokyo Kokusai Univ32:462021
411.8kmAsahi KurodaAoyama Gakuin Univ33:032024
512.4kmHibiki YoshidaSoka Univ35:182023
612.8kmAyumu YamamotoKokugakuin Univ36:472024
717.6kmRen TazawaKomazawa Univ49:382022
819.7kmMekubo MogusuNihon Univ55:322007

=Triple crown=

Winning the Izumo Ekiden and the next year's Hakone Ekiden at the same time is called the Triple Crown, and 5 teams have achieved it in the past.

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! Univ !! Year

Daito Bunka University1990-91
Juntendo University2000-01
Waseda University2010-11
Aoyama Gakuin University2016-17
Komazawa University2022-23

See also

References

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