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Last Tuesday, Hvirlan’s annual Jatnatøk meet was held at the Tórsbreyt track, with competition in the mile and the 1,000 m relay.
The mile is not run often in the Faroe Islands, and it may well be that it has only ever been held in connection with Jatnatøk. That is probably also why the Faroese records over the distance were not so strong that they could not be broken.
But that has changed now. At any rate, it will not be as easy to break the mile record next time, because Rebekka Fuglø cut nine seconds off the old record and won comfortably ahead of her Treysti teammates. We were treated to an exciting sprint for 2nd place, with just 4/100 of a second separating the young Treysti girls. The result was:
- 5:02.56 Rebekka Fuglø, Treysti
- 5:28.32 Maria Biskopstø, Treysti
- 5:28.36 Oddvør Josephsen, Treysti
Rebekka has pulled away from the younger girls and is heading straight for a new mile record. (photo: Hvirlan)
The men’s mile record is not so formidable either that Julian Gregersen had no chance of breaking it. But it was only on the first lap that he was on record pace. Julian did not have his best day, but still won fairly comfortably. The result was:
- 4:42.38, Julian Gregersen, Treysti
- 5:01.86 Dánjal Dahl Ljósheim, Hvirlan
- 5:04.88 Regin Thomsen, Roysnið
- 5:40.60 Hans Andrias Gregoriussen, Hvirlan
- 6:04.55 Guttorm Sørensen, Treysti
Then came the 1,000 m relay. The first runner runs 100 m, the second 200 m, the third 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m.
There were four women’s teams: one from Hvirlan, one from Treysti, one from Bragdið and one mixed team. Only Hvirlan had a men’s team. The results were:
- Treysti, 2:28.77
- Bragdið, 2:37.68
- Bragdið/Hvirlan 2:41.26
- Hvirlan 2:44.65
- Hvirlan 2:17.88
Just for fun, there was also a mobile phone throwing contest.
Read more about Jatnatøk on Hvirlan’s website at this link
See all the results at this link
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