Aoyama Gakuin University retained its Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay title on Friday, breaking its own competition record from last year by 6 seconds to finish the two-day race in 10 hours, 41 minutes, 19 seconds.Holding a 1:47 lead after coming first in Thursday's outward trip, Aoyama Gakuin never relinquished its advantage in the 109.6-kilometer return journey from the mountainous hot spring resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture to Tokyo's Otemachi business district, sealing its eighth win since its first triumph in 2015."I'm grateful to the students that we've been able to w…READ FULL ARTICLE