Chuo University ran in the 90th Hakone Ekiden held from January 2nd to the 3rd, placing 17th en route to Hakone (108km), 11th return trip to Otemachi (109.9km), resulting in 15th place overall.
The Hakone Ekiden is a college long-distance round-trip road relay race between Tokyo to Hakone.

We deeply appreciate the warm support from everyone who cheered for the track team, and strive to meet higher expectations next year.

Results:

Otemachi – Hakone Route

Block 1 Shota Shinjo (3rd year Faculty of Law) 1hr. 3min. 36sec. (14th place)
Block 2 Yuto Aiba (4th year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 13min. 9sec. (20th place)
Block 3 Taiga Machizawa (1st year Faculty of Law) 1hr. 5min. 48sec. (16th place)
Block 4 Kazuki Miyake (2nd year Faculty of Law) 56min. 35sec. (13th place)
Block 5 Masahiro Kotani (2nd year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 23min. 19sec. (13th place)

Hakone – Otemachi Route

Block 6 Shuhei Shirota (4th year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 1min. 15sec. (16th place)
Block 7 Sho Tokunaga (2nd year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 4min. 43min. (7th place)
Block 8 Takumi Ichida (1st year Faculty of Law) 1hr. 7min. 35sec. (16th place)
Block 9 Kaname Tada (3rd year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 10min. 41sec. (9th place)
Block 10 Hiroki Sugawa (4th year Faculty of Economics) 1hr. 12min. 3sec. (15th place)

Results by route:
Otemachi – Hakone: 17th place
Hakone – Otemachi: 11th place
Roundtrip: 15th place