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“Working hard with others in mind brings out strength beyond your limits： " A captain who led her t…

The Ritsumeikan University Women’s Track and Field Team won both the All-Japan Collegiate Women's Ekiden Championship (Morinomiyako Ekiden) in October 2024 and the All-Japan Collegiate Women's Ekiden Invitational Tournament (Mt. Fuji Women’s Ekiden) in December of the same year, marking the first time in nine years that the team secured the double crown of the women's collegiate ekiden races. One key player in this accomplishment was Tomo Muramatsu, who led the team as its captain. “What makes me happiest is the many people I have met through track and field," says Muramatsu, looking back on her athletic career to date.