The year’s first throws competition completed

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Saturday wasn’t only the year’s first running race. At Tórsbreyt a number of throwers also competed on a calm but ice-cold winter’s day. Last year we saw several young Hvirlan girls make huge progress in the throwing events. Saturday’s competition confirms that the girls have certainly not been taking it easy since the competition season ended in September.

On the contrary, they have kept up their level, and then some. We even got three new age-group records on the day. All five girls who competed on Saturday are part of the girls’ throwing group that Úrval has supported.

The first age-group record of the day went to Guðrið K. Petersen. It was an improvement of more than 10 metres!! This is Guðrið’s first year throwing the 4 kilo shot.

In the next competition came the next age-group record. It was Helena Svabo Ziska who threw the discus just under a metre further than the renowned Marita K. Petersen did in the summer of 2015.

The third age-group record came in the third competition. Again it was a huge record, as Lydia Simonsen added three metres to the old age-group record.

The fourth age-group record did not come in the fourth competition. But it is probably only a matter of time before Sunniva Bogadóttir overtakes Marita K. Petersen, who of course was and still is a very talented javelin thrower.

And if Sunniva doesn’t manage to take the age-group record, there is little doubt that the talented Elin Niclasen is ready to do it

The coach was very pleased with the results, which he believes were heavily affected by the cold that day. We should all be glad that women’s throwing is flourishing as never before, and we can look forward to a very exciting summer with these and other high-quality throwers.

All the results can be seen HERE

An article on Hvirlan’s website can be read HERE