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“This year, it will be difficult to win without breaking the tournament record.”
As Captain Konosuke Shintani of Sera High School said, many high schools thought that this year’s Metropolitan Road would be a higher speed Ekiden than last year.
This year, it was difficult to maintain the motivation of the players due to the cancellation of inter-high events and others due to the influence of Corona. However, each player made good use of the period of self-control and tried to improve the level. Then, in local competitions and record matches, the time of 5000m and 13 minutes was continued. This is because many players have updated their personal best and a tremendous team has been created, for example with four players in the 13 minute range as Sera.
Todaiji was controlled by Sera.
When Kosmas Mwangi (sophomore) took the lead in the third room a kilometer earlier, Shota Shiode (2), an anchor, made use of his savings as he was 55 seconds behind Rakunan High School, which was second in the fourth room. Year) ran away. Until the fifth room, Sera held the first position in time to break the tournament record of 2 hours 1 minute 18 seconds, but she was a little late in the second half, and it was the second fastest time in history of 2 hours. 1 minute 31 seconds, 10 for the first time in 5 years. It was the second victory. It was impressive that director Shoji Shintaku cried after the race, but in the morning the girls won the championship and I think he felt a lot of pressure to win.
Sendai Ikuei, aiming for the second consecutive victory, reduced the time difference to 31 seconds when Yusuke Shirai (third year) received a lie in the seventh district to 11 seconds at a time, closing in on Sera’s back. However, he was a bit short and unfortunately finished in second place.
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It was Rakunan High School that showed its will.
Hiroki Wakabayashi (3rd year) in 1st district made a good run in 3rd place, and Keisuke Sato (2nd year) pushed the team to 2nd place in 3rd district, and finally finished in 3rd place. In 2008, Chosei Saku set a new high school record (2 hours 2 minutes 18 seconds), which does not include international students, at 2 hours 2 minutes 7 seconds.
Chosei Saku, who was expected to win the championship, got off to a good start with Daishi Ito (third year), who set a record from second place in history in 5000m, to fifth place in first ward, but was able to close the gap with It will be. I finished in fifth place.
This year, the highest Japanese-only high school record was set, and four teams were in the top 10 in the all-time record, and the speed can be said to have increased compared to last year.
Looking at each individual, the number of players looking forward to the future has increased. In particular, the first room of the ace section had 10 players with a time in the 13-minute range of 47, and it was a treasure trove of human resources in the future world of medium and long distance.
