Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
Freshman of the Year! Yes, it sounds a little funny that one of our most experienced runners, if not the most experienced Faroese runner of all, Bjørk Herup Olsen, has now been named Freshman of the Year.
VU-spelen in Gothenburg 2010. A focused Bjørk halfway towards yet another record in the 800 m. (2:20.01)
photo: Guttorm Sørensen
But it is not so strange after all. She has received the honour as the best female first-year student at the university in Greenville, North Carolina. And it is no ordinary honour to receive. East Carolina University invests heavily in athletics, and perhaps especially in running. Good runners from all over are headhunted by American universities, and on Bjørk’s team only 7 get to represent the top team at the big cross-country meets held this winter.
Among these, Bjørk has been battling for third and fourth place. The others, however, have run for the university for one or two years.
The indoor season has just got under way. In Nov/Dec Bjørk took a break from training to get rid of the foot injury that has troubled her since July. Still, it will be very exciting to follow her in the coming period. Especially when the outdoor competitions come around, we hope to have Bjørk in top form to represent the Faroe Islands at the Island Games.
FÍF warmly congratulates Bjørk on yet another honour.
