by Brett Larner Nittai University's star first-year Shota Hattori , 2nd on the Third Stage of last month's Hakone Ekiden behind Kenyan Cosmas Ondiba (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.), won the 27th Moriya Half Marathon on Feb. 6 in his debut over the half marathon distance. In a last kick sprint finish Hattori prevailed over Chuo Gakuin University captain Koji Kobayashi and Hattori's teammate Takumi Honda by one second to win in 1:03:54. With mostly university runners in the front end of the field, the top corporate runner was 2:08:56 marathoner Kazutoshi Takatsuka (Team Komori Corp.), 6th in 1:05:09. Nittai runners Hidemi Sakurai and Yasuha Kurita went 1-2 in the women's race. 2011 Moriya Half Marathon click here for complete results Men 1. Shota Hattori (Nittai Univ.) - 1:03:54 - debut 2. Koji Kobayashi (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) - 1:03:55 3. Takumi Honda (Nittai Univ.) - 1:03:56 4. Tomohiro Hayakawa (Nittai Univ.) - 1:04:02 - PB 5. Ataru Otani (Chuo Gakuin Univ.) - 1:04:02 - PB...
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