24 age-group records and one Faroese record. GP1 in pictures

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

Our talented athletes were in no small way on top form when the first Track Grand Prix took place on the Saturday before last. At first glance the conditions didn’t look anything special, but the raindrops were so small that they made no difference. With the wind gauges showing under 1 m/s all day, there is no getting away from admitting that the conditions were actually very good. Only the sun was missing. Perhaps it will come next time.

And the results lived up to the conditions in fine style. There were many close, hard-fought and exciting contests throughout the day, and when the last event was over, no fewer than 24 new age-group records had to be registered, one of which was also a Faroese record.

Rebekka Fuglø improved her Faroese record over 1,000 metres by a tiny margin to 3:02.69. Katarina Høj, who can be seen behind Rebekka, set an age-group record for Girls 14 with 3:12.68. Oddvør Josephsen, right, won a good victory in the 600 m.

Tummas Napoleon Arge had the day’s best 100 m time and set a personal best of 11.88 s. On the right: Bjørk Sigurdsdóttir Lamhauge, at the front of the picture, won the 100 m for Girls 12–13 in 15.28 s.

Elisabet Holm Simonsen finished No. 2 but set an age-group record for Girls 12 with 15.29 s. Maria Biskopstø also got an age-group record. She won Girls 10–11 in 16.17 s, a whisker ahead of Unna Ró

Chatter, whisper, gossip, whisper……… could they be murmuring about all the boys who have ended up in lane 2 on the right?

Marita Káradóttir Petersen shows triple jumping in grand style. Only centimetres from the Faroese record. Now it is just a matter of time before she takes it.

Margit W. Fríðmundsdóttir won the 100 m for Girls 14–15 and set a new age-group record of 13.99 s. She celebrated the next day by running 25 km from the Loran station to Hósvík. On the right are three very talented girls: Børka Berg Jørgensen, Astrid Breckmann and Vibeka Sivertsen.

Andreas B. Antoft and Pauli Høj paying the price after the 600 m. Here Pauli got an age-group record for Boys 11 with 1:56.52 min. Andreas won the 100 m and set an age-group record in the high jump with 1.26 m. On the right is Jónas Isaksen, who is in a class of his own over the longer distances. He won the 600 m clearly and cut a big chunk off the age-group record, which now stands at 2:07.60 min.

You don’t have to be in front to cheer. The ever-cheerful Hans Sivertsen shows good sporting spirit here. On the right is Andrias Bjarnastein, straining with all he has to get over.

“The skipper shouts through the wheelhouse window……” Yes, the skipper is well placed to take charge. For Sunniva, the whole day went on gunpowder and cakes.

Rúni Seloy ran away from everyone with ease over 1,000 metres. Good to see Rúni so strong again. At the same time as he set an age-group record for Boys 19, he lost the age-group record for Boys 18 to Einar Gregersen, who also ran very well that day. He took only a few 1/10 s off Rúni.

Very pleasing that several of the long-distance runners were on the track that day and ran the 1,000 m. They couldn’t do anything about Regin Thomsen, though. He won in a good time of 2:51.

Hilmar and Herluf can also be pleased, even though they didn’t finish No. 1. Hopefully even more will join in the 800 m next time. On the right is Bragdið’s new star, Steintór Egholm, who won in his very first competition. This was the 600 m for Boys 12–13. Coaches, fathers and chairs are queuing up to pat him on the back.