After an exciting weekend at the Íslandsmeistaramót in Laugardalslaug the results show: SH wins clearly the medal table with 13 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze medals. The biggest share of it goes to the relay team: the women winning all 3 events and the men 2. The mixed relays even won first and second place with new Icelandic records.
Individual Icelandic titles: Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir defends her 4 titles of 2014, Viktor Máni Vilbergsson won 2 and Aron Örn Stefánsson 1 breaststroke titles.
The strength of a team depends on the efforts of every individual swimmer, in all individual and relay events, and as well as a supporter on the bench and as a friend for advice during the stressfull time of a championship.
Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir and Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir came just for this weekend from their studies in the USA. They were again an essential part of all team results, beside their individual success in their major races. Both of them raced untapered and concentrate on their preparation for HM in the summer, and for the Small Nation Games in June in Reykjavík. The Olympic Games are their major goal for 2016.
Beside Hrafnhildur´s gold medals in 50, 100 and 200 bringa, and 200 fjór, Viktor Máni Vilbergsson´x 100 and 200 bringa (with fabulous times as well), and Aron Örn Stefánsson´s 50m bringa, those relay swimmers can call themselves proud Icelandic Champion of 2015:
4x50m fjórsund mixed: Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson, Hrafnhildur, Predrag Milos, Ingibjörg Kristín (Íslandsmet)
4x50m skriðsund mixed: Predrag, Aron Örn, Ingibjörg Kristín, Hrafnhildur (Íslandsmet)
4x100m fjórsund women: Ingibjörg Kristín, Hrafnhildur, Karen Sif Vilhjálmsdóttir, Harpa Ingþórsdóttir
4x100m fjórsund men: Kolbeinn, Viktor Máni, Predrag, Aron Örn
4x200m skriðsund women: Ingibjörg Kristín, Bára Kristín Björgvinsdóttir, Hrafnhildur, Harpa
4x100m skriðsund women: Karen Sif, Ingibjörg Kristín, Hrafnhildur, Harpa
Silver medals went to:
4x200m skriðsund men: Ólafur Sigurðsson, Hafþór Sigurðsson, Kári Nielsen, Jökull Ýmir Guðmundsson
4x100m skriðsund men: Predrag, Aron Örn, Viktor Máni, Kolbeinn
4x50m fjórsund mixed: Viktor Máni, Karen Sif, Aron Örn, Guðný Erna
4x50m skriðsund mixed: Kolbeinn, Viktor Máni, Karen Sif, Guðný Erna
4x Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir (50 and 100m baksund, 50 and 100m skriðsund)
2x Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson (50 and 100m baksund)
Bára Kristín Björgvinsdóttir (800m skriðsund)
Aron Örn Stefánsson (50m skriðsund)
2x Ólafur Sigurðsson (800 and 1500m skriðsund)
Viktor Máni Vilbergsson (50m bringa)
Bronze medals won:
Bára Kristín (400m skriðsund)
Kolbeinn (200m baksund)
Harpa Ingþórsdóttir (800m skriðsund)
Predrag Milos (50m skriðsund)
2x Hafþór Jón Sigurðsson (800 and 1500m skriðsund)
Aron Örn (50m flugsund)
2x Karen Sif (50m skrið and 50m bringa)
María Fanney Kristjánsdóttir (200m fjórsund)
Hrafnhildur and Ingibjörg Kristín established the qualification time for HM50 this summer in Kazan, RUS.
Ólafur Sigurðsson qualified for the European Youth festival (EYOF) in Tiblisi, GEO.
Several swimmers performed faster than the "orientational" qualifying times for the Small Nation Games, and we are excited about who will be selected from SSÍ for that team. The announcement of that team should be made during this week.
ÍM 50: SH wins medal table with 13 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze
13.04.2015