On February 10^th (Sun.), the 48^th Chiba International Cross Country was held at Show-no-Mori Park in Chiba City. Kazuki Miyake (1^st-year student in the Faculty of Law) won the senior men 4km, a race which includes many adult runners sponsored by corporations. In addition to Kazuki, Ryosuke Oie and Hirofumi Ueno participated in the senior men 4km, with Hiroki Sugawa and Shota Shinjo running in the senior men 12km. All of Chuo's runners from the men's team finished in the top 20. Runners from the women's team also gave a strong performance.

[Senior Men 4km]
 1^st: Kazuki Miyake (1^st-year student in the Faculty of Law); Time: 11min 33secs
12^th: Ryosuke Oie (2^nd-year student in the Faculty of Commerce); Time: 12min 10secs
17^th: Hirofumi Ueno (2^nd-year student in the Faculty of Economics); Time: 12min 19secs

[Senior Men 12km]
16^th: Hiroki Sugawa (3rd-year student in the Faculty of Economics); Time: 36min 42secs
20^th: Shota Shinjo (2^nd-year student in the Faculty of Law); Time: 36min 45secs

[Senior Women 8km]
11^th: Rika Saito (1^st-year student in the Faculty of Letters); Time: 27min 44secs
25^th: Mai Shinozuka (2^nd-year student in the Faculty of Commerce); Time: 28min 25secs
55^th: Naho Otsuka (1^st-year student in the Faculty of Letters); Time: 30min 34secs
58^th: Renia Muramoto (2^nd-year student in the Faculty of Letters); Time: 31min 06secs

Chuo University Sports (Newspaper Division) uploaded information on the race onto a blog. Please check the blog if you are interested.

Many runners from the Men's Track & Field Team (Long-Distance) will participate in the 2013 Tachikawa City Half Marathon which will be held on March 3^rd (Sun.). The half marathon will cover the airstrip at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Tachikawa Station, Showa Kinen Park and the peripheral course, which are also included in the qualifying course for the Hakone Ekiden. Please continue to support our athletes.Senior Women 8km]

• Chuo University sports blog (Scenes from race)
• Website for supporting Ekiden races
• Introduction of Women's Track & Field Team