Athletics: Komazawa Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

Komazawa University held a 30-second lead over Chuo University after the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Monday.Five Komazawa runners covered the 107.5-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi business district to the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture in 5 hours, 23 minutes, 10 seconds.Defending champion Aoyama Gakuin University placed third and will start Tuesday's return trip a little more than 2 minutes after Komazawa.Komazawa will try to become the fifth team in history to sweep the three collegiate ekiden titles after winning the Izumo Ekid…READ FULL ARTICLE