University of Tsukuba Track & Field Team Competed in the 101st Japan National Championships

The 101st Japan National Championships (Track & Field), organized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF), was held from June 23 to 25 at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka.

Members of the University of Tsukuba Track & Field Team participated in the competition, including Ms. Minori Tsujikawa (fourth-year student in the School of Health and Physical Education) who claimed a victory in the women's discus throw.

The team members made a courtesy visit to President Kyosuke Nagata and Vice President Shin-ichi Tamagawa on July 3. The following members of the Track & Field Team attended the courtesy visit. All were in the School of Health and Physical Education: Ms. Minori Tsujikawa; second-year student Ms. Kuria Kenmochi (2nd place in the women's triple-jump); and fourth-year student Mr. Daichi Morishita (4th place in the men's shot-put). The team members were accompanied to the courtesy visit by Associate Professor Keigo Ohyama and Associate Professor Satoru Tanigawa of the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.

All attendees at the courtesy visit reminisced about the events with the board members. When asked about factors that contributed to their achieving personal records, they said they owe it to the university's sporting environment and the teachers' great coaching.

At the end of the meeting, President Nagata and Vice President Tamagawa praised the students for their performance and offered them encouraging words. They expressed their expectations that the members will make the world their stage in the future.

From left: Mr. Morishita, Ms. Kemmochi, and Ms. Tsujikawa

Students' Records (School of Health and Physical Education)

• -Mr. Jun Yamashita (second-year / 6th place in men's 200m)
• -Mr. Shuhei Ishikawa (fourth-year / 7th place in men's 110m H)
• -Mr. Daichi Morishita (fourth-year / 4th place in men's shot-put)
• -Ms. Nanako Matsumoto (third-year / 4th place in women's 400m)
• -Ms. Kuria Kenmochi (second-year / 2nd place in women's triple-jump)
• -Ms. Satomi Teratani (third-year / 4th place in women's high jump)
• -Ms. Minori Tsujikawa (fourth-year /1st place in women's discus throw)
• -Ms. Kiyono Sekiguchi (second-year / 7th place in women's hammer throw)

Students' Records (Graduates)

• -Mr. Hideki Omuro (Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / 5th place in men's 110mH Semifinals / selected as a member of the Japan national team for the IAAF World Championships London 2017)
• -Mr. Takashi Eto (Ajinomoto AGF, Inc. / 1st place in men's high jump / selected as a member of the Japan national team for the IAAF World Championships London 2017)
• -Mr. Naoto Tobe (Tsukuba Twin Peaks / 3rd place in men's high jump)
• -Ms. Eriko Souma (STARTS Corporation / 3rd place in women's 100mH)
• -Ms. Ai Nakata (Mito Shin Bank / 2nd place in women's pole vault)
• -Ms. Hitomi Katsuyama (Orient Corporation / 1st place in women's hammer throw)