Hachioji CampusEkiden (Road Relay) Club has qualified to compete in the main event of the 56th All-Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships, the Chichibunomiya Cup.

On Sunday, June 23, 2024, at the All-Japan University Ekiden Kanto Regional Qualifying Tournament (Kanto Student Athletics Federation Recommended School Selection Tournament for the 56th All-Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships, Chichibunomiya Cup), held at Sagamihara Gion Stadium (Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture), the Teikyo University Ekiden (Road Relay) Club placed 6th overall and earned the right to compete in the finals.
In this tournament, four out of eight runners had participated in the previous tournament, and the strength of the veteran fourth-year students and the new underclassmen was brilliantly demonstrated in the race. At one point, the time result put the team in 10th place, which was outside the range to qualify for the main tournament, but as planned, the latter half of the group improved their position and they were able to achieve results with the overall strength that is characteristic of our school.
Looking back on the selection meeting, Nakano Takayuki, head coach of our university's Ekiden (Road Relay) Club, commented, "The participants ran well. As planned, we were able to improve our times in the third and fourth groups. From now on, we will participate in the Hakone, All Japan, and Ekiden (Road Relay) Club.

Total time

3 hours 56 minutes 45 seconds

Record/Ranking

1st group: Sho Fukuda (4th year Faculty of Medical Technology) 29 minutes 36.38 seconds (11th place)
Ryota Shibato (3rd year Faculty of Medical Technology) 29 minutes 54.14 seconds (23rd place)
Group 2: Hitoshi Ozaki (3rd year, Faculty of Economics) 30 minutes 19.05 seconds (22nd place)
Yoshihiro Kusuoka (2nd year Faculty of Medical Technology) 30 minutes 6.83 seconds (13th place)
Group 3: Hiroo Yamanaka (4th year Faculty of Liberal Arts) 29 minutes 8.74 seconds (4th place)
Yuta Hara (2nd year, Faculty of Economics) 29 minutes 24.26 seconds (15th place)
Group 4: Fukushima, Wataru (4th year Faculty of Medical Technology) 29:05.15 (18th place)
Akira Shimada (3rd year Faculty of Medical Technology) 29 minutes 11.28 seconds (21st place)

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