Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Yesterday, Wednesday, DN-Galan Youth got under way, and all six of our athletes were in action.
First up was Rúni Seloy in the 100 m. Rúni’s greatest strength is the 800 m and 1,500 m, but because he is putting all his money on the 800 m today, Thursday, he chose to save his energy and skip the 1,500 m, and instead try the less familiar 100 m. He also ran this distance earlier this year in Tårnby, with a result of 12.89. This time it went rather worse, and Rúni’s final result was 13.32 s.
Next came 13-year-old Regin Joensen, who was running the 600 m. The race set off at a fierce pace, and Regin was among the last at the start. But Regin gradually worked his way forward, and when he crossed the finish line he had run his way up to 8th place and set a new personal best with a time of 1:44.53.
Jan Elmar Sørensen also took part in VU-Ungdomsspelen earlier this summer, where he ran the 1,500 m in 4:29. He was not entirely satisfied then, so yesterday the distance was to be run a little faster. The 1st lap looked promising, but suddenly there was no more gunpowder left. The 2nd and 3rd laps were too slow, and despite a good finishing sprint, the time was 4:34.13.
Finally, the three girls, Rebekka Fuglø, Rannvá Djurholm and Bjørk Herup Olsen, were all running the 800 m. In recent years Rebekka and Bjørk have taken turns setting the Faroese record, and it was exciting to see whether one of them, or perhaps both, would reach the record of 2:21.50 that Bjørk set earlier this summer. First up was Girls 15 with Rebekka. The young athlete from Norðdepil kept up well on the first lap and was in 4th-5th place. She soon moved up to 3rd place, and with 100 m to go she was 2nd. She could not hold on to 2nd place, but finished in a fine 3rd place with a new personal best and age-group record for Girls 15. The time was 2:22.17.
Then it was Rannvá, who ran in the B final for Girls 16. Rannvá was towards the back for the first 200 metres, but then she ran her way up through the field. With 300 metres to go she had come all the way up to 2nd place. At 600 metres it looked as though Rannvá would break 2:30, but there was no more juice left, and towards the end she dropped back to 6th place. The final time was still enough for a new personal best, which now stands at 2:32.88.
That left only Girls 17 with Bjørk. Although the race was run fast from the start, there was heavy jostling all the way up to 200-300 metres. Someone’s spikes caught Bjørk on the shin, but she simply had to battle on. Now the pace really picked up, and the field stretched out. From last place she ran her way up to 5th, and in the final 100 metres she passed one more, so she finished in fourth place. The time was good enough for a new Faroese record, which now stands at 2:21.12.
All the results from day 1 can be found here
