<38th Izumo Ekiden> The section entries for Soka University's track and field team have been announced.
The 38th Izumo All-Japan University Ekiden Race, one of the three major collegiate ekiden races and marking the start of the ekiden season, will be held on October 12th (Monday, a national holiday).
A total of 22 teams will participate in this competition, with runners competing over 45.1 kilometers across 6 sections. The competition will be broadcast live on the Fuji Television network starting at 9:00 AM.
Entry Member
The section entries for our university's track and field team, making their sixth appearance, are as follows:
Please note that you can change up to two members on the morning of the event.
| section | Player name | Grade | High school attended / Prefecture attended |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genta Sugano | 1 | Sendai Ikuei, Yamagata |
| 2 | Takumi Orihashi | 4 | Chukyo and Gifu |
| 3 | Steven Mucini | 4 | Mikuyuni Kenya |
| 4 | Murakami Junsei | 1 | Tottori Johoku/Fukuoka |
| 5 | Shoki Yamaguchi | 3 | Omuta and Yamaguchi |
| 6 | Riki Koike | 4 | Saku Nagano |
| assistant | Rintaro Enoki | 3 | Kobayashi and Miyazaki |
| assistant | Kota Tamura | 1 | Kansai Soka Gakkai, Osaka |
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