AGU ended up 2nd in 3:17:25. Chuo’s B-team took third in 3:17:50, beating Juntendo College by simply 2 seconds.
Within the 7-stage, 42.8 km highschool boys’ race, Nagano’s Saku Chosei H.S. took the lead on the Third Stage with a strong run from Soma Nakahara. Fourth runner Riki Koike prolonged Saku Chosei’s lead with a stage-best run, placing his final three teammates in place to run safely to the win in 2:25:32. Sendai’s Sendai Ikuei H.S. and Kyoto’s Rakunan H.S. have been left to duel for 2nd, Sendai Ikuei getting it by 2 seconds in 2:27:45. Native Akita Kogyo H.S. was a DNF when its first runner Taiyo Narita was unable to complete his leg.
The 2021 nationwide champion Sendai Ikuei ladies pulled off what the boys could not, profitable their 5-stage, 21.2 km race in 1:10:12 by 27 seconds over Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan Uji H.S. Sendai Ikuei’s B-team was adequate for third in 1:10:43.
69th Ogi Ekiden
Akita, 25 June 2022
College Males – 7 levels, 64.7 km, 10 groups
Prime Staff Outcomes
1. Toyo College – 3:16:54
2. Aoyama Gakuin College – 3:17:39
3. Chuo College B – 3:17:50
4. Juntendo College – 3:17:52
5. Chuo College A – 3:22:16
6. Tokai College – 3:22:23
Particular person Stage Winners
First Stage (13.4 km) – Tomohiro Chimori (Chuo Univ. A) – 39:48
Second Stage (11.8 km) – Yudai Nakazawa (Chuo Univ. B) – 36:29
Third Stage (7.5 km) – Kaisei Nishikawa (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) – 22:00
Fourth Stage (3.8 km) – Kosuke Aburaya (Juntendo Univ.) – 13:19
Fifth Stage (8.2 km) – Hiroki Sugano (Toyo Univ.) – 23:12
Sixth Stage (9.9 km) – Fumiya Horiuchi (Juntendo Univ.) – 30:05
Seventh Stage (10.1 km) – Shu Yoshida (Toyo Univ.) – 30:17
Excessive College Boys – 7 levels, 42.8 km, 26 groups
Prime Staff Outcomes
1. Saku Chosei H.S. – 2:25:32
2. Sendai Ikuei H.S. – 2:27:45
3. Rakunan H.S. – 2:27:48
4. Aomori Yamada H.S. A – 2:28:37
5. Omuta H.S. – 2:29:08
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DNF – Akita Kogyo H.S.
Excessive College Ladies – 5 levels, 21.2 km, 18 groups
Prime Staff Outcomes
1. Sendai Ikuei H.S. A – 1:10:12
2. Ritsumeikan Uji H.S. – 1:10:39
3. Sendai Ikuei H.S. B – 1:10:43
4. Aomori Yamada H.S. A – 1:11:25
5. Kyoto Gaidai Nishi H.S. – 1:11:51
Open Males – 7 levels, 64.7 km, 29 groups
Prime Staff Outcomes
1. Tendo Higashimurayama Ekiden A – 3:27:22
2. Tsuchizaki RC – 3:34:52
3. Nanyo Higashiokitama – 3:36:21
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translated and edited by Brett Larner
