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Japanese Team Rosters for Kampala World Cross Country Championships – Brett Larner – Japan Running News

By GRR 0

The World Cross Country Championships take place this Sunday, March 26 in Kampala, Uganda.

Perpetual team medal contenders, the Japanese junior women's squad is the strongest part of the Japanese roster, featuring four women with 3000 m bests under 9:10 led by 8:58.86 runner Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu of 2016 National High School Ekiden champion Osaka Kunei Joshi Gakuin H.S.

The Japanese national team for the 2017 World Cross Country Championships:

Senior Men's 10 km
Kosei Yamaguchi (Team Aisan Kogyo) – 28:34.19
Shota Maeda (Daito Bunka Univ.) – 28:59.86
Yuma Higashi (Team Kyudenko) – 29:14.78
Haruki Ono (Kanagawa Univ.) – 29:18.49
Yamato Otsuka (Kanagawa Univ.) – 29:22.18

Senior Women's 10 km
Mao Ichiyama (Team Wacoal) – 32:15.73
Kaori Morita (Team Panasonic) – 32:27
Yuki Hori (Team Panasonic) – 32:40
Fumika Sasaki (Team Daiichi Seimei) – 33:37

Junior Men's 8 km
Keita Yoshida (Sera H.S.) – 13:50.67
Ryo Saito (Akita Kogyo H.S.) – 13:53.75
Kazuya Nishiyama (Tokyo Nogyo Prep Daini H.S.) – 13:54.16
Ryunosuke Chigira (Tokyo Nogyo Prep Daini H.S.) – 14:07.42
Sodai Shimizu (Rakunan H.S.) – 14:12.57
Yoji Sakai (Suma Gakuen H.S.)

Junior Women's 6 km
Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (Osaka Kunei Joshi Gakuin H.S.) – 8:58.86
Rika Kaseda (Narita H.S.) – 9:05.64
Yuka Sarumida (Toyokawa H.S.) – 9:07.07
Wakana Kabasawa (Tokiwa H.S.) – 9:08.54
Hikari Onishi (Suma Gakuen H.S.) – 9:18.74
Hayaka Suzuki (Tokiha Gakuen Kikugawa H.S.) – 9:22.77

Brett Larner – Japan Running News

author: GRR