The Track and Field Team Won First Place in Three Events at the 42nd Chugoku-Shikoku Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships!
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The 42nd Chugoku-Shikoku Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships were held over three days from October 18 to 20, 2019, at the POCARI SWEAT Stadium in Naruto-Otsuka Sports Park, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture.
Our university’s track and field team won first place in three events (women’s 5,000m, women’s 3,000m steeplechase, and women’s 10,000m race walk). Additionally, the team placed second in two events (men’s decathlon and women’s triple jump), securing top-eight finishes in a total of nine events.
Details are as follows:
Champion
Junka Morino (2nd-year student, Faculty of Regional Collaboration; Women’s 5000m) *Two-time champion in this event
Kana Asahi (1st-year student, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; Women’s 3000m Steeplechase) *Won a different event last year
Miho Itoyama (2nd-year student, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Women’s 10,000m Race Walk)
2nd Place
Mitsuhiro Tsuneishi (3rd-year student, Faculty of Education; Men’s Decathlon)
Erika Yamanaka (4th-year student, Faculty of Education; Women’s Triple Jump)
(The following are the top 8 finishers)
4th place
Haruki Tanaka (4th year, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Men’s 110m Hurdles)
Yuma Toda (1st year, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Men’s 10,000m Race Walk)
Tomoyoshi Moriki (1st year, Faculty of Education; Men’s Javelin Throw)
5th Place
Erika Yamanaka (4th year, Faculty of Education; Women’s Long Jump)
