We love pointing out how good the Japanese are at long distance running so here we go again.
Imagine if you had a college team with the following guys on it:
Donn Cabral - Olympic steeple finalist/13:40
Kyle Merber 3:35 1500
Joe Stilin 13:33
Dan Lowry 13:34
Mark Amirault - 13:45
You'd be totally studly right? Well the Ivy League team has those guys and bunch of 14:00s on it and they are seeded 11th in the collegiate Ekiden in Japan.
http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/izumo-ekiden-preview-best-line-up-for.html