Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
In recent years there has seldom been a long wait for the first Faroese record of the new year. The Reykjavík International Games and Stórmót are competitions held in January, and since Faroese athletes started travelling to Iceland to compete in 2007, a record has fallen over there almost every time. And so it was again this year. The first record fell at the very first track meet of the year. Marnar Djurhuus has been in excellent form this winter, and he was expected to run close to his best in the 3,000 m. Only four runners took part in the race, but all of them were of a high standard. Kári Steinn Karlsson has not only been the best Icelandic runner in recent years, but is also counted among the best Nordic runners. He was going for the Icelandic record, so that was too much for Marnar. Another runner said before the race that he was going for 8:40. That was perhaps a little on the fast side for Marnar, but it was judged that the right tactic was to follow this runner for as long as possible.
Marnar crosses the line in 2nd place in a new Faroese record time – 8:45.27 min
No sooner said than done. Marnar stayed behind for the first good 2,000 metres, but then sensed that the pace was dropping. He quickly moved past and pushed the pace up over the final kilometre. The other two hung on all the way, but were unable to threaten Marnar, who ran to a fine 2nd place and at the same time set a new Faroese record of 8:45.27 min. The old record was his own. He set it in the same race last year, when he ran the distance in 8:53.03 min.
Two youth age groups also got to run at the Reykjavík International Games, and here too Treysti was well represented. When the girls 15 ran the 600 m, Treysti had four of the ten girls on the start line. And here again the opposition was too strong. The clear winner was Tordis Eva Steinsdóttir, who took the youth record from Anita Hinriksdóttir. Anita, for her part, is only 17 and already world class. Tordis’s time was 1:33.34, so there is little doubt that Iceland’s next world-class runner is well on her way. But the Klaksvík girls did not shrink away. Oddvør Josephsen battled her way up to third place and set an age-group record for girls 13 with 1:46.30. She thereby improved her own best time by 4-5 seconds!! The tenacious Maria Biskopstø also set a good personal best, finishing 8th in 1:54.28 min. That was also an age-group record for girls 12. And sure enough, we also got an age-group record for girls 14, when Elin Kristina Ryan ran to 9th place in 1:57.62. Rutt Gregersen finished 11th in 2:02.
Gunnar Sivertsen took part in the boys 15. He too ran a good race and set an age-group record for boys 15. He finished fifth, and his time and new age-group record is 1:37.60 min
The athletes at Treysti have trained hard this winter, and it is great when this shows in good results. Treysti will be competing in Reykjavík again next weekend. Stórmót IR takes place on Saturday and Sunday, and many more Treysti athletes will be taking part then. In addition, several athletes from Hvirlan and Bragdið are also travelling over to compete.
In the high jump we had a Faroese winner. It was Kristin Lív Svabo Jónsdóttir, who won at the Reykjavík International Games with a jump of 161 cm at her first attempt. Kristin Lív has a Faroese mother and often visits the Faroe Islands. When she does, she usually trains with Hvirlan under Heri Ziska, who is her mother’s brother-in-law. She lives in Iceland and represents the biggest club, IR.
Kristin Lív is a very talented high jumper and is on the Icelandic national team. Here in IR’s blue competition kit
FÍF warmly congratulates all the athletes on their good results and wishes them the best of luck at Stórmót IR.
