Ekiden (Road Relay) Club placed 8th in the All Japan University Ekiden, earning a seeded spot

At the 56th All-Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships (All-Japan Inter-University Ekiden) held on Sunday, November 3, 2024 (National Holiday), the Teikyo University Ekiden (Road Relay) Club placed 8th and earned a seeded spot in the next tournament. This tournament is one of the three major ekiden races in the world of university ekiden racing, and 25 universities that have passed the regional selection process compete over 106.8 km in eight sections from Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture to Ise Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture.

The temperature was higher than usual, making it difficult for the runners, but the runners showed good flow from the beginning of each section. At one point, they fell to a position outside the seeded range, but five out of eight runners from our university were able to run in single digits for their section, finishing in eighth place and earning a seed for the first time in four years.

We would like to thank everyone for their support. We hope you will continue to support our university's Ekiden (Road Relay) Club.

Total time

5 hours 16 minutes 24 seconds

Section record / section ranking

Section 1: Akira Shimada (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 28 minutes 23 seconds (9th place in the section)
Section 2: Hiroo Yamanaka (4th year, Faculty of Liberal Arts) 31 minutes 44 seconds (4th place in the section)
Section 3: Hitoshi Ozaki (3rd year, Faculty of Economics) 35 minutes 07 seconds (13th place in the section)
Section 4: Riku Hirota (2nd year, Faculty of Economics) 34 minutes 52 seconds (11th place in the section)
Section 5: Ryota Shibato (3rd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 37 minutes 32 seconds (11th in the section)
Section 6: Yoshihiro Kusuoka (2nd year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 37 minutes 18 seconds (4th place in the section)
Section 7: Sho Fukuda (4th year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 52 minutes 10 seconds (8th place in the section)
Section 8: Daisei Kobayashi (4th year, Faculty of Medical Technology) 58 minutes 48 seconds (4th place in the section)

Future schedule

The 101st Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race (Hakone Ekiden)
Date: January 2nd (Thurs) and 3rd (Fri), 2025, 8:00am
Broadcast: Nippon Television Network
For more information about the Hakone Ekiden, click here

For details Ekiden (Road Relay) Club click here
Click here for details on the 56th All Japan Inter-University Ekiden Championships

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