Ivy League team 14th at Izumo Ekiden.

C/M Runner wrote:

According to japan running news blog (Brett Larner), they broke down the top 5 runners + Ivy runner in each stage. Very interesting to see the comparison:

25th Izumo Ekiden

Izumo, 10/14/13

twenty-two teams, six stages, 44.5 km

click here for complete results

Top Team Performances

1. Komazawa University - 2:09:11 - CR

2. Toyo University - 2:10:17

3. Nittai University - 2:10:59

4. Waseda University - 2:11:47

5. Aoyama Gakuin University - 2:12:09

6. Chuo Gakuin University - 2:12:24

7. Meiji University - 2:13:09

8. Hosei University - 2:13:20

9. Juntendo University - 2:13:29

10. Chuo University - 2:14:40

11. Kyoto Sangyo Univ. - 2:15:22

12. Teikyo Univ. - 2:16:07

13. Kwansei Gakuin Univ. - 2:17:13

14. Ivy League Select Team - 2:18:08

Stage Best Performances

First Stage (8.0 km)

1. Shogo Nakamura (Komazawa Univ.) - 23:25

2. Shota Hattori (Nittai Univ.) - 23:45

3. Kazuto Nishiike (Hosei Univ.) - 23:46

4. Yusuke Ogura (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 23:47

5. Hironori Tsuetaki (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) - 23:51

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10. Joe Stilin (Ivy League) - 24:29

Second Stage (5.8 km)

1. Genki Yagisawa (Meiji Univ.) - 16:32

2. Keisuke Nakatani (Komazawa Univ.) - 16:44

3. Yuta Oikawa (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) - 16:45

4. Koki Takada (Waseda Univ.) - 16:47

5. Shohei Tomita (Nittai Univ.) - 16:49

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10. Mark Amirault (Ivy League) - 17:31

Third Stage (7.9 km)

1. Kenta Murayama (Komazawa Univ.) - 22:36 - CR

2. Hideto Yamanaka (Nittai Univ.) - 22:49

3. Yuta Shitara (Toyo Univ.) - 23:14

4. Yuki Matsumura (Juntendo Univ.) - 23:26

5. Shuhei Yamamoto (Waseda Univ.) - 23:29

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14. Dan Lowry (Ivy League) - 24:40

Fourth Stage (6.2 km)

1. Yudai Okamoto (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) - 17:46 - CR

2. Ikuto Yufu (Komazawa Univ.) - 18:03

3. Jun Nobuto (Toyo Univ.) - 18:05

4. Hikaru Kato (Nittai Univ.) - 18:13

5. Rintaro Takeda (Waseda Univ.) - 18:15

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19. Kyle Merber (Ivy League) - 19:39

Fifth Stage (6.4 km)

1. Yuma Hattori (Toyo Univ.) - 17:54 - CR

2. Yusuke Nishiyama (Komazawa Univ.) - 18:31

3. Ken Yokote (Meiji Univ.) - 18:38

4. Shota Kai (Nittai Univ.) - 18:45

5. Kazuki Ozawa (Juntendo Univ.) - 18:50

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17. Trevor Van Ackeren (Ivy League) - 20:12

Sixth Stage (10.2 km)

1. Shinobu Kubota (Komazawa Univ.) - 29:52

2. Keita Shitara (Toyo Univ.) - 29:59

3. Suguru Osako (Waseda Univ.) - 30:00

4. Daichi Kamino (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 30:27

5. Keigo Yano (Nittai Univ.) - 30:38

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12. Brendan Martin (Ivy League) - 31:37

Alternates' 5000 m

1. Genta Yodokawa (Toyo Univ.) - 14:06.77 - PB

2. Ryo Kuchimachi (Toyo Univ.) - 14:07.23 - PB

3. Shinya Saito (Toyo Univ.) - 14:07.54

4. Shuya Kurokawa (Komazawa Univ.) - 14:08.99 - PB

5. Yoshihiro Nishizawa (Komazawa Univ.) - 14:11.65