As of April 1st , the Kenyan runner - Stephen Mayaka transferred from the Daiei Inc Land Marathon Running Club to our Marathon Running Club. From now, while gaining experience in running full marathons, he will also take an active part in representing us at major long distance running meets, so we have high expectations for the future!

A brief introduction to Stephen Mayaka:

1.	Country of Origin: Kenya
2.	Educational History: Graduated from Yamanashi Gakuin University in 1996
3.	Height: 166 cm
4.	Weight: 52 kg
5.	DOB: 27/11/72 (25 years old)
6.	Recorded times (* Personal Bests):   5,000m 10,000m 3rd year at University (22) *13.50.08 28.22.16 4th year at University (23) 13.50.79 28.03.77 1st year at Work (24) 13.51.93 *28.01.48 2nd year at Work (25)   28.36.27
7.	Long Distance Races run: 3rd year at University Hakone Ekiden 2nd Section, 2nd place (The section's new record) 4th year at University Hakone Ekiden 2nd Section, 3rd place 1st year at Work All Japan Industrial Ekiden 6th Section, 5th place 2nd year at Work All Japan Industrial Ekiden 3rd Section, 6th place
8.	Other information: He has consecutively won the Sapporo International Half Marathon, from 1995 to 1997 He had the best half marathon time: 1hr 01min 15secs (1995 Tokyo City Half Marathon)

About Hitachi Cable's Marathon Running Club:

1. The head of club:	Mr. Yoshihiro NARITA (Hitaka Works, General Manager,Optical Fiber & Communication Cable Dept.)
2. Manager:	Mr. Kazuhide KUROKI
3. Number of members:	16
4. Race data:	1/1/98 All Japan Industrial Ekiden, participated for the 6th continuous year 31st place 7/8/97 Towada - Hachimantai Ekiden 3rd place 1/2/98 Beppu - Oita Mainichi Marathon, Mr. Takayasu KOMATSU 9th place ( after 3rd consecutive years as winner)  11/2/98 Katsuta Marathon, Mr. Shyun YAMANAKA won his first marathon championship!  27/10 - 2/11/97 Aomori - Tokyo Ekiden 8 people participated for Ibaraki Prefecture, contributing to Ibaragki's 4th place.