Track & Field Club wins third straight 13-University Track Meet

Tokyo Tech's Track and Field Club again won the men's category in the 12th 13-University Track Meet held on July 5, attaining their third successive victory since 2013. Under favorable conditions on a calm cool day with gentle rain, many of the Tokyo Tech athletes set new personal bests.

Tokyo Tech Track and Field Club

In the high jump, Tokyo Tech monopolized the podium. Club captain Takumi Kobayashi, 3rd-year undergraduate student from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, won both the triple jump and high jump.

Two Tokyo Tech athletes also set meet records. Yuya Nagashima, a 2nd-year student from the Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, recorded a new fastest time in the 110-meter hurdles. Masaki Matsui, a 4th-year student from the Department of Mechano-Aerospace Engineering, is now the man to beat in the 1,500 meters.

It was another great day for Tokyo Tech athletics.