Hausmót Ármanns offered a tough test for the younger Hákarlar and Sverðfiskar, and good racing chances for the older ones. Several Háhyrningar got an extra chance to prove their baksund abilities.
Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson swam the best result over 50m baksund in 0.26.02, which is 0.58 seconds under the B-cut for the HM50 in Kazan 2015. He has to swim this time again at ÍM25 to be considered for the HM25 in Doha (Qatar) in December 2014.
Boys and girls were winning all 800m and 50m skriðsund races:
800m skriðsund: 1. Bára Kristín Björgvinsdóttir; 2. Harpa Ingþórsdóttir; 3. Katarína Róbertsdóttir (personal best of 9.26.74 - 18,60 seconds improvement)
María Fanney Kristjánsdóttir (9,10 seconds improvement - 9.49,88), Hildur Elísabet Hálfdanardóttir (10,39 sec improvement), Adele Alexandra Pálsson (11,45 improvement), Sunna Svanlaug vilhjálmsdóttir and Jóhanna Elín Guðmundsdóttir (first 800m race on 25m lane), Eyrún Agla Friðriksdóttir and Ylfa Finnbogadóttir (28 sec improvement).
800m skriðsund: 1. Hafþór Jón Sigurðsson, 2. Ólafur Sigurðsson; 7. Marian Catalin Ioneti (72 sec improvement), Kári sölvi Nielsen and Jökull Ýmir Guðmundsson (first 800m race on 25m lane)
50m skriðsund: 1. Karen Sif Vilhjálmsdóttir in 0.27.18 and 1. Predrag Milos in 0.23.87
50m baksund: 1. Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson in 0.26.02
100m flugsund: 1. Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson in 0.57.25
More time improvements were performed by Arnór Stefánsson in 1.56.64 over 200m skriðsund and the swimmers in 50m skriðsund: Ásdís Birta, Katarína, Harpa, Sunna Svanlaug, Eyrún Agla, Ólafur and Catalin.
All Háhyrningar improved their best times in 100m baksund: Diljá Dröfn, Arndís Diljá, Andri, Birnir Freyr, Daníel Lúkas, Edward, Arnar Már and Dagur Snær.
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Hausmót Ármanns: Kolbeinn Swims Cut For HM25
02.10.2014