TK Grevenbroich celebrates success at U16 and U20 DM in Koblenz

Von Kl Redaktion

high jump victory and team spirit in Koblenz: Successful German championships for the TK Grevenbroich

The German Championships of the U16 and U20 in Koblenz not only offered exciting competition, but also an impressive demonstration of the team spirit and the promotion of talent in the country. The TK Grevenbroich in particular was an outstanding player in athletics, while the great rival, TSV Bayer Dormagen, remained without a medal despite solid performance.

jan tremendously enthusiastic with gold

A highlight of the event was the appearance of the high jumper Jan unemployed from Grevenbroich. The only 15-year-old was able to show up this season and leads the German leaderboard in his age group with an impressive height of 1.93 meters. Although he suffered from pain before the competition, proved tremendously skill and dominance by working up to a height of 1.89 meters and thus winning the title. His trainer, Wilfried Faßbender, emphasized: "Jan has done enormous things this year. Now it's time to calm down and just relax."

silver for the U16 relay

The performance of the TK Grevenbroich was not only limited to the individual competitions. The U16 season also convinced with a silver place in the 4 × 100 meter race. The athletes Emily Zorn, Wanda Schmidt, Josie Buchwald and Sina Schüller competed in a team performance with Pulheimer SC. They only had to give up SC Magdeburg, who won the race in 47.69 seconds. The Grevenbroichernen still achieved an impressive time with strong 47.89 seconds.

further competitions and placements

In addition to the high jump and the season, there were also remarkable services in the hurdle run. Wanda Schmidt secured the finals over the 80 meter hurdles with a time of 11.71 seconds, but falls back to seventh place. The U20 relay of the Grevenbroicher also performed strongly and achieved the finals with a new best time of 46.85 seconds, but did not quite come to the stair with sixth place.

services of TSV Bayer Dormagen

TSV Bayer Dormagen was not able to get a medal this weekend, but the athletes showed remarkable progress in their disciplines. Emilia Marquart set a new personal best in the shot put with 12.19 meters and became sixth. Her team -mate Felix Hinrichs also achieved a new record in the javelin throw of the U20 at 60.32 meters.

conclusion: promotion of young talents and team services

This German championship has impressively showed how important the promotion of young talents in German athletics is. While Grevenbroich convinced with gold and silver, both clubs - TK Grevenbroich and TSV Bayer Dormagen - that the performance and the will to give the best are just as valuable as the medals themselves. The success of the athletes are a sign of the high quality and good youth work in German sport.

- Nag