The Women's Ekiden Club did well, finishing 15th in the Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden in its first appearance.

Members of the women's relay race team

Ai Onuma (4th year Department of Management Sciences) crosses the finish line

The Women's Ekiden Club competed for the first time in the Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden held in Fuji City and Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture on December 30th, and finished in 15th place.

Teams that place in the top 12 at the 41st All-Japan University Women's Ekiden are eligible to participate, and our university has decided to compete for the remaining 10 spots this time, with 7 students from each school competing based on their time for the 5000m race. This was our university's first participation since 2009, and the first time since the course changed to the Mt. Fuji course and became the Mt. Fuji Women's Ekiden.

They practiced early in the morning every day, and as the team was made up of mostly fourth-year students, they set a goal of finishing in the top 10 in order to get revenge for the All-Japan University Women's Ekiden in which they competed in October.
At one point, the ranking dropped to 21st, but it was able to catch up in the 5th ward. Nanami Nagashima (1st year student Department of Social Work Studies) completed the 5th ward (10.5km) and showed a strong performance, finishing 4th in the section. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach my goal of finishing in the top 10, but I was able to cross the finish line in 15th place.

Coach Yoshihiko Morioka said, ``We were able to show off the culmination of a year of hard work, mainly from the 4th graders.Among them, Nagashima in the 5th ward was able to achieve 4th place in their section, which gives us hope for the future. "I would like to form a strong team and come back here next year as well. I look forward to your continued support," he said emphatically.

城西国際大学　総合15位　2時間30分35秒

1区(4.1km)　　ｴﾘｻﾞﾍﾞｽ ｼﾞｪﾘ（総合経営学科４年）　13分27秒
2区(6.8km)　　佐藤　華ﾙｲｰｽﾞ（国際交流学科４年）  22分34秒
3区(3.3km)　　多田　汐里（総合経営学科４年）　　11分03秒
4区(4.4km)　　仁科　玲美（理学療法学科１年）　　15分13秒
5区(10.5km) 　長島　奈南（福祉総合学科１年）      34分52秒　区間4位
6区(6.0km)      隂山　朋佳（福祉総合学科３年）　　21分12秒
7区(8.3km)　　大沼　亜衣（総合経営学科４年）　　32分14秒