The 90th National University Track and Field Championships kicked off Friday at Saitama's Kumagaya Sports Park Field. The biggest result came in the women's 10000 m ,, where favorite Yuka Suzuki (Daito Bunka Univ.) soloed a 32:04.58 meet record for the win, taking 19 seconds off the previous record set in 2003 by Emi Ikeda . 2nd-placer Rinka Hida (Ritsumeikan Univ.) was the only other runner under 33 minutes at 32:56.71, Yui Komatsu (Matsuyama Univ.) 3rd in 33:01.16. Kenyans swept the top four spots in the men's 10000 m . Pre-race favorite Charles Kamau Wanjiku (Musashino Univ.) faded mid-race to leave it to come down to a sprint finish between James Bunuka (Surugadai Univ.) and Philip Muluwa (Soka Univ.). Bunuka took the win in 27:58.60, less than 6 seconds off the meet record, Muluwa 2nd in 28:00.36 and Wanjiku 3rd in 28:29.48. Sota Ueda (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) unexpectedly took the top Japanese spot at 5th in 28:52.63, beating all his Kanto-...
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