The All-Japan University Women's Selection Ekiden, "Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden," was held in Shizuoka Prefecture on the 30th, and Meijo University won the championship with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes 38 seconds, which set the tournament record for more than 1 minute, and achieved the third straight victory.
The 8th Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden was held on a 7-section 43.4km course from Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture to Fuji City, and the tournament was held because Osaka University of Arts found out that the team members were infected with the new coronavirus. He declined to participate before and was contested at 21 universities nationwide.
At Meijo University, who is aiming for the third straight victory, Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu, a third-year student who was entrusted with the first ward, took the lead in the first half, but was overtaken by Nippon Sport Science University at a point about 600 meters to the relay station and ranked 4th. Connected to the 2nd ward.
At Meijo University, third-year student Yuna Wada took the lead in the section award run in the second ward, with a 50-second difference to the second place and below, and continued to widen the lead.
In the 5th ward, which has a maximum length of 10.5km with the ace of each school, the captain Rika Kaseda, who was in the 4th grade, was caught up by Daito Bunka University and Yuka Suzuki, who moved up to 2nd place, and the difference narrowed to more than 40 seconds.
Even so, Yuka Masubuchi, a first-year student who was assigned to the 6th ward, an anchor in the 7th ward, and Narumi Kobayashi, a second-year student, all expanded their lead again with a powerful run of a new section record, and 2 hours to break the tournament record for more than 1 minute. I won the championship with a time of 21 minutes and 38 seconds.
Meijo University won the championship for the third time in a row for three years, and won two major tournaments for the third year in a row, including the All Japan University Women's Ekiden, which won the championship for the fourth time in a row in October.
The second place was Daito Bunka University, and the third place was Ritsumeikan University.
All results of Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden
All results of All Japan University Women's Selection Ekiden "Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden".
Winner Meijo
University
2 hours 21 minutes 38 seconds * New
2nd place in the
tournament
Daito Bunka University 2 hours 24 minutes 16 seconds
3rd place Ritsumeikan University 2 hours 27:00
4th place Matsuyama
University 2 hours
27 minutes 42 seconds
5th place Osaka Gakuin University 2 hours 27 minutes 53 seconds
6th place Josai University 2 hours 27 minutes 59 seconds
7th place Nikkei University 2 hours 28 minutes 21 seconds
8th place Kansai
University 2 hours
29 minutes 19 seconds
9th place Fukuoka University 2 hours 30 minutes 16 seconds
10th place Kansai Gaidai 2 hours 30 minutes 51 seconds
11th place Juntendo University 2 hours 31 minutes 13 seconds
12th place Buddhist University 2 hours 31 minutes 47 seconds
13th place Toyo University 2 hours 32 minutes 03 seconds
14th place Kyoto Sangyo
University
2 hours 32 minutes 08 seconds
15th place Takushoku 2 hours 32 minutes 47 seconds
16th place Tohoku Welfare University 2 hours 33 minutes 04 seconds
17th place Kyoto Kouka Women's University 2 hours 33 minutes 12 seconds
18th place Tokyo Agricultural University 2 hours 33 minutes 31 seconds
19th place Tamagawa University 2 hours 33 minutes 47 seconds
20 Chuo University 2 hours 34 minutes 24 seconds
21st place Kobe Gakuin
University 2 hours
34 minutes 43 seconds