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With Hvirlan and Treysti in Iceland with large squads, competing in the magnificent hall in Laugardalur, it is no wonder that many new personal bests and age-group records have been set. But several new Faroese indoor records have also been broken.
The first of them did not fall in Iceland, though, but in Pennsylvania in the USA, where Bjørk Herup Olsen took part in the Penn State International and ran the 3,000 metres. And there Bjørk managed to get under 10 minutes for the first time. It is a milestone she has been trying to get past for a good two years. At last she succeeded, as Bjørk’s final time was 9:59.91. This is also one of the very strongest records we have in Faroese athletics, judging by the IAAF scoring tables. The result gives her no fewer than 932 points.
Bjørk back on top, as when she won Reykjavík International with a cracking sprint finish in 2010. (photo)
Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss did not manage to score quite so many points, but instead he set Faroese records in no fewer than two events. In both the high jump and the triple jump he improved his own indoor records. In the high jump the new record became 190 cm, and in the triple jump he became the first Faroese athlete over 14 metres with 14.05. On top of all this, Øssur also set a personal best in the long jump with 6.46 m. All three of his results are above the Island Games qualification standard!!
Øssur Debes Eiriksfoss set 2 new Faroese indoor records and beat three Island Games standards! Photo from the Island Games in summer 2011.
13-year-old Marita K. Petersen set not just two but three Faroese records! In the high jump the record became 140 cm, in the long jump 4.15 m, while in the 60 metres it became 9.07 sec. But this last record only stood for half an hour, because then sprint talent Tinna Berg Jørgensen, a year younger, came along and took it from her with a time of 8.81 sec! Young Tinna, who was born in 1999, also jumped far in Iceland. So far, in fact, that it went beyond the Faroese record. Her longest jump was 4.35 m, but because the 13-year-olds jump from a zone (measured from the take-off point and not from the board), this jump cannot be ratified as a record. But the young Hvirlan girls were not finished setting records yet. In the triple jump, Edna Maria Debes (1997) managed to jump a full 9.24 metres.
Marita K. Petersen holds the Faroese indoor records in the high jump and long jump. (photo Hvirlan)
So we got no fewer than seven new indoor records in one weekend! On top of this, a whole host of age-group records have also been set. On Hvirlan’s website www.hvirlan.fo they have taken stock and concluded that they have set no fewer than 29 age-group records! In addition, Treysti have also set a large number of age-group records.
Even though it is relatively recent that we have started competing so much indoors, all these age-group records are clear signs of sporting progress, and this is very encouraging to see.
Tinna Berg Jørgensen is a real sprint talent and set a Faroese record in the indoor 60 m. (photo: Hvirlan)
Edna Maria Debes set a new indoor record in the triple jump! (photo: Hvirlan)
