Our friends at Tempo Japan put together a behind the scenes video of the 2025 Ivy Select Team. You can watch the video by clicking the image below. Make sure the audio is set to "Japanese original" in the settings of the player once it starts.

On a hot (78F), humid, and windy day in Izumo, Japan, the Ivy Select team began their quest to improve upon last year’s fifth place finish. Stage 1 saw a large lead group of runners staying in a pack with Ben Rosa (Harvard) in the mix. With about 1k to go, Chuo University runner Kaisei Okada blew the race open to take the lead. At the end of stage 1, Ben was in 9th but only 8 sec out of 4th. Stage 2 had Acer Iverson (Harvard) run a fantastic leg with the 3rd fastest split of

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