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A group of keen children and young people, together with their parents, turned up for the third and final round of this year’s Grand Prix at Svangaskarð.
Conditions for competing at Svangaskarð last night were quite good. It drizzled a little for a while, but it was almost calm while the competition was under way. The young athletes’ improvement over the summer showed in last night’s results, as several of them achieved their best points score so far.
There was excitement in the air, as this was the final round and also decisive for how the placings would be shared among the athletes who had taken part in at least two rounds.
There were several good results, including a Faroese women’s record and also some new age-group records. All the results from last night can be seen here (pdf).
The 38 medals were shared very evenly among the three clubs with athletes who had taken part in at least two competitions. Treysti won the most medals, Bragdið the second most and Frælsi the third most, but both Bragdið and Frælsi won more gold medals than Treysti. Treysti won 14 medals, Bragdið 13 medals and Frælsi 11 medals. The breakdown was as follows:
Bragdið 13: 6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze
Frælsi 11: 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze
Treysti 14: 4 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze
In addition to the medals, FÍF had decided to award a trophy to the girl and the boy who had scored the most points (best result) in a single competition according to the points table that has been used. Not unexpectedly, both trophies went to athletes who are in the youth national team.
Among the girls, the most points went to Bjørk Herup Olsen of Bragdið for the 2,000 m, which she ran last night in 7:01.0 min., giving her 882 points. Bjørk was also the girl with the second most points. She scored 845 points for the 1,500 m in 5:07.7 min. in the second round, while Rebekka Fuglø was the girl with the third most points. She scored 835 points for running the 400 m in 64.3 seconds last night.
Among the boys, the trophy went to Rúni Seloy, who last night ran the 200 m in 27.6 seconds, earning him 879 points. He also scored the second and third most points. Last night he scored 877 points for running the 1,500 m in 4:57.5 min., and in the second round he scored 853 points for running the 1,000 m in 3:08.2 min.
The overall standings in the Grand Prix for children and young people are here (pdf). The standings are calculated from the average points of the two best rounds.
FÍF thanks all the athletes and helpers/parents for the 2007 Grand Prix for children and young people, and hopes to see you all again at the 2008 Grand Prix for children and young people.
