The 53rd annual All Japan corporate team Track & Field championships were held in Marugame over the weekend, 23 - 25 September.
Seven Japanese World championships team members won their events - Shingo Suetsugu - the 100m in 10.29; Satoru Tanigawa - 110mH in 13.82; Naoyuki Daigo - High Jump in 2.21m; Yukifumi Murakami - Javelin Throw in 74.61m; Miho Sugimori - 800m in 2:05.12; Kayoko Fukushi - 10,000m in 31:39.98; Kumiko Ikeda - Long Jump in 6.59m and 100mH in 13.27; Yoko Toyonaga - Shot Put in 16.70m.
Five defending men’s champions – Jun Tsuji at 1500m, Satoru Tanigawa at 110mH, Shigeo Hatakeyama at Discus Throw, Hiroaki Doi at Hammer Throw and Yukifumi Murakami at Javelin Throw – successfully defended their crown, while eight defending women’s champions – Sakie Nobuoka at 200m, Miho Sugimori at 800m, Lucy Wangui at 5000m, Kumiko Ikeda at 100mH, Makiko Yoshida at 400mH, Mayumi Kawasaki at 5000mWalk, Miyuki Aoyama at High Jump and Fumiyo Yoshida at Triple Jump – successfully defended their titles. Furthermore Martin Mathathi, who won the 5000m last year, won the 10,000m this year.
The distance races, 5000m and 10,000m, were almost completely dominated by the Kenyans living in Japan. The men’s 5000m was won by Mwangi Murigi, while Mathathi, who was fifth at 10,000m in Helsinki, won here in 27:42.64. Furthermore, the first five places in both the men’s 5000m and 10000m were occupied by Kenyans living in Japan.
Lucy Wangui, who was ninth at the 10,000m in Athens Olympics, won both the women’s 1500m and 5000m. In the 5000m, Kenyans occupied the first four places. The women’s 10,000m was the only distance race in the championships in which a Kenyan failed to win. Kayoko Fukushi, who was 11th at 10,000m and 12th at 5000m in Helsinki, won the women’s 10,000m by over 20 seconds. The first Kenyan was Jane Wanjiku who finished third.
Ken Nakamura for the IAAF
Results:
100m 0.0m/s
1) Shingo Suetsugu 10.29
2) Nobuharu Asahara 10.37
200m 1.3m/s
1) Tatsuro Yoshino 20.67
400m
1) Suguru Matsumoto 47.01
800m
1) Hiroshi Sasano 1:51.31
1500m
1) Jun Tsuji 3:51.06
5000m race 3
1) Mwangi Murigi (KEN) 13:19.69
2) Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (KEN) 13:19.89
3) Samuel Muturi (KEN) 13:39.68
4) Julius Maina (KEN) 13:43.93
5) James Ndungu (KEN) 13:47.74
6) Ryuji Ohno 13:48.79
10000m race 3
1) Martin Mathathi (KEN) 27:42.64
2) Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (KEN) 27:55.37
3) John Kariuki (KEN) 28:02.93
4) Julius Gitahi (KEN) 28:26.30
5) Daniel Mwangi (KEN) 28:30.65
6) Takeshi Hamano 28:41.27
7) Atsushi Sato 28:43.41
8) Atsushi Fujita 28:43.66
110mH 1.5m/s
1) Satoru Tanigawa 13.82
400mH
1) Masahira Yoshikata 49.59
3000mSC
1) Hidenobu Koshikawa 8:50.60
10000mW
1) Yusuke Yachi 42:06.39
HJ
1) Naoyuki Daigo 2.21m
LJ
1) Fukutaro Shimakawa 7.49m (1.8m/s)
TJ
1) Daiki Deguchi 16.16m (0.7m/s)
PV
1) Takehito Ariki 5.20m
SP
1) Satoshi Hatase 17.72m
DT
1) Shigeo Hatakeyama 56.35m
HT
1) Hiroaki Doi 67.62m
JT
1) Yukifumi Murakami 74.61m
Women
100m 1.0m/s
1) Tomoko Ishida 11.62
2) Motoka Kojima 11.63
200m 2.5m/s
1) Sakie Nobuoka 23.46
W400m
1) Satomi Kubokura 55.24
W800m
1) Miho Sugimori 2:05.12
1500m
1) Lucy Wangui (KEN) 4:16.55
2) Nanae Kuwashiro 4:16.84
3) Mika Yoshikawa 4:17.60
4) Miho Sugimori 4:17.76
5) Minori Hayakari 4:19.06
5000m race 2
1) Lucy Wangui (KEN) 15:22.96
2) Evelyn Kumuwei (KEN) 15:24.62
3) Julia Mombi (KEN) 15:25.21
4) Ruth Wanjiru (KEN) 15:25.67
5) Hitomi Miyai 15:27.43
10000m race 2
1) Kayoko Fukushi 31:39.98
2) Kiyomi Ogawa 32:04.30
3) Jane Wanjiku (KEN) 32:22.87
4) Hitomi Miyai 32:23.38
5) Ruth Wanjiru (KEN) 32:27.79
6) Kazue Ogoshi 32:27.98
7) Yuri Kano 32:28.54
100mH 0.9m/s
1) Kumiko Ikeda 13.27
W400mH
1) Makiko Yoshida 57.06
W5000mW
1) Mayumi Kawasaki 22:12.67
WPV
1) Ikuko Nishikiori 4.10m
WLJ
1) Kumiko Ikeda 6.59m (2.0m/s)
WTJ
1) Fumiyo Yoshida 13.34m (1.9m/s)
WHJ
1) Miyuki Aoyama 1.81m
WDT
1) Tomoko Yamaguchi 49.16m
WSP
1) Yoko Toyonaga 16.70m
WHT
1) Chisato Ohashi 59.03m
WJT
1) Yuko Kojima 50.32m
