NYRR - When the women step up to the starting line of the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile in Manhattan on September 29, without a doubt the youngest competitor on the line is going to be 18-year-old Yuriko Kobayashi. She just graduated from Suwa Gakuen High School in Kobe this past spring, but not before posting times of 4:07.86 in the 1500 meters (a record in Japan), 8:52.33 in the 3000 meters, and 15:21.37 in the 5000 meters. She holds a silver medal from the 2005 World Youth Games, bronze medal from the 2006 World Junior Championships, and a bronze medal from the 2006 Asian Games. She placed 30th in the 4K at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.