Hakone Ekiden Preliminary Competition Yamanashi Gakuin University, which has participated for 33 consecutive years, will miss next year's tournament, October 26, 15:40

Next January's Hakone Ekiden qualifier was held on the 26th, and the top 10 schools including Tokyo International University and Kanagawa University won the entry. Yamanashi Gakuin University, which had participated for 33 consecutive years, was in 17th place and was unable to win the entry.

43 schools in Kanto participated in the qualifying event held in Tachikawa City, Tokyo. The total time of the top 10 students from the ground self-defense force Tachikawa Garrison to the national Showa Memorial Park, running a half marathon distance I fought over.

The top 10 schools won the right to participate in Hakone Ekiden on January 2 and 3 next year, and as a result of the race, Tokyo International University decided to enter first place in 10 hours 47 minutes 29 seconds.

In addition, 2nd Kanagawa University, 3rd Nikko University, 4th Meiji University, 5th Soka University, 6th Tsukuba University, 7th Nihon University, 8th Kokushikan University, 9th Waseda Large, 10th Chuo University won the right to participate.

Yamanashi Gakuin University, which participated for 33 consecutive years and won 3 times overall, was 17th in 11 hours, 6 minutes and 14 seconds and missed the next year's tournament.

Next year's Hakone Ekiden will be the seed school that won the 10th place in the tournament such as Tokai University, which won the overall championship in the previous tournament, and Aoyama Gakuin University in the second place, 10 schools that passed the qualifying on the 26th, and the Kanto Student Union A total of 21 teams will participate.

Yamanashi Gakuin University Director “Sorry”

Yamanashi Gakuin University has won three wins in Hakone Ekiden since 1994, but the results are not good recently, and it is the 21st place in Kotono Hakone Ekiden. It was over.

“I am sorry for the players who missed the race and were aiming for the OB and related people, and the Hakone Ekiden,” said Eriden, the director of Yamanashi Gakuin University Athletics Club, who missed the first tournament. I just like Yamanashi Gakuin University because there are good players, so I want to go to Hakone Station next year. ”