Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
There were a great many good results at Tórsbreyt today. It is encouraging to see how the standard of our young athletes keeps improving, and this is also reflected in the record lists, which have gradually become a full-time job to keep up to date. A great deal could be written about today’s competitions, but here are just the bare figures for the many age-group records set on the first day. First comes the age group, then the event, name, club, new record and finally, in brackets, the holder of the old record and the record:
- Girls 8 – long jump – Bára Glerfoss, Bragdið – 2.91 – (Óluva A. Joensen – 2.91)
- Girls 10 – 300 m – Elisabet Holm Simonsen, Bragdið – 51.13 – (Marita K. Petersen – 61.0)
- Girls 12 – 300 m – Tinna Berg Jørgensen, Hvirlan – 47.59 – (Hildur Poulsen – 53.79)
- Girls 13 – high jump – Marita K. Petersen, Hvirlan – 135 cm (no record previously registered)
- Girls 14 – high jump – Edna Maria Debes, Hvirlan – 130 cm – (Bjørk R. Svabo – 121)
- Girls 15 – javelin – Bjørk R. Svabo, Hvirlan – 19.56 – (herself – 17.37)
- Boys 8 – long jump – Samuel Johansen, Bragdið – 3.08 – (Natanael Matras – 3.02)
- Boys 8 – 400 m – Samuel Johansen, Bragdið – 81.12 – (Andreas Antoft – 84.53)
- Boys 9 – 400 m – Andreas Antoft, Bragdið – 77.75 – (Óli Eyðsteinsson – 80.06)
- Boys 10 – long jump – Elias Thorsteinsson, Hvirlan – 3.43 – (Fríði Magnussen – 3.33)
- Boys 11 – 300 m – John Herman Fuglø, Treysti – 51.29 – (Julian Gregersen – 52.21)
- Boys 12 – javelin – Ólavur Weihe Joensen, Hvirlan – 25.52 – (Jack Nielsen – 25.50)
- Boys 13 – javelin – Tórur Mortensen, Hvirlan – 32.68 – (himself – 29.97)
- Boys 13 – 300 m – Tórur Mortensen, Hvirlan – 45.02 – (? – to be checked)
- Boys 14 – javelin – Steingrímur Hallsson, Bragdið – 36.80 – (himself – 33.71)
- Boys 15 – discus – Tróndur Arge, Hvirlan – 31.57 – (Helgi Geyti – 31.24)
- Boys 19 – discus – Rói Holgarsson, Bragdið – 21.04 – (no previous record)
The records for the ball throw are not yet final. Throws have been made with different weights, and the weights have not always been recorded. It should also be mentioned that in the long jump, only jumps with a wind of +2.0 or less can be ratified as records. Almost every time there has been jumping at Tórsbreyt, the jumpers have had a tailwind, and often the wind has been too strong for records to be ratified. Today there were three examples of this: Maria Biskopstø (3.32 – wind +2.5) – Andrias Antoft (3.42 – wind +2.1) – Elisabet Holm Simonsen (3.80 – wind +2.1).
On top of all these age-group records, we must not forget the SENIOR Faroese record set by the young Hvirlan girls Emilia Larsen, Edna Maria Debes, Marita K. Petersen and Tinna Berg Jørgensen in the 4×100 m relay. The old record from 1993 was beaten by two seconds and now stands at 57.60 seconds.
It should be noted that the records are kept separately for each age year. This means that someone who perhaps did not win a medal today may have set an age-group record, while the gold medallist may not have set an age-group record in their age group.
Hopefully the young athletes will manage to keep up the same high standard on Sunday, so that we might get even more age-group records. Good luck, everyone!
The Hvirlan girls celebrate the win and the Faroese record. From left: Edna Maria, Tinna, Marita and Emilia
Emilia and Tinna in the joy of victory
Relays strengthen team spirit and the sense of community!
The star of the day, Tórur Mortensen, won 3 gold medals in three events and achieved two A standards for the talent group.
(Photos borrowed from Hvirlan)
