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Chris Saxl - Is crowned the first Winner of the King of the Tritons Series.
The 2011 King of the Tritions Series has officially been completed.
Thank you very much to each of you who committed to the club series and I hope that it was as challenging as we originally hoped for. Just to give you a quick recap of the tournament series rules: Each diver may submit up to 15 species from a preselected species list. Each fish was worth 20 points plus a maximum of 5 bonus points from weight. For example: Rubber Lip that weighs 1.75lbs earns 21.75 points / a Ling Cod that weighs 15lbs earns 25 points.
The tournament series was blessed with perfect weather for the first 4 events but our final event was not quite as lucky. Even though it was diveable and the conditions were not unsafe, the ground swell was really strong and made for some bad visibility and a little extra work. The weather made our final event the smallest turnout yet and the awards ceremony was missing a few people, but the rest of us had a great time. We are looking forward to more competitors in 2012 and growing our membership.
The series was sponsored by Addiction Spears & the Freedive Shop. Please, support these sponsors by purchasing the gear they offer as they have invested over $1,500 to support the Tritons in 2011. A special thanks to them for their support. The board will make every effort to work with them to be part of our 2012 series.
Finally, the moment we have all been waiting for, the 2011 King of the Triton’s Champion is Chris Saxl.
Chris turned in 15 scoring species for a total score of 340.30 points and a total fish weight of 40.30lbs. Remeber, total weight maxes out at 5lbs, so that means all the other smaller fish need to have some weight to keep up your bonus points. Chris had some noteable fish!!
Chris was the only competitor to break the 40lb bonus mark, which is a solid performance by any standards. Secondly, Chris led the series from the first event and did a great job on the final day to pick up some extra weight points, which by the looks of it, he needed to keep his lead.
The Tritons congratulate Chris for a great performance and officially give him the “Crown”.
Tournament Results “Top 10”:
1: Chris Saxl 340.30 points & 15 species _ 40.30lbs
2: Alex Reynaud 339.75 points & 15 species _ 39.75lbs
3: Rick Duenas 334.70 points & 15 species _ 34.70lbs
4: Brian Gross 289.10 points & 13 species _ 29.10lbs
5: George Scheidt 287.95 points & 13 species _ 27.95lbs
6: David Peretz 243.30 points & 11 species _ 23.30lbs
7: Kavi Tressengel 202.05 points & 9 species _ 22.05lbs
8: Robert Watson 179.65 points & 8 species _ 19.65lbs
9: Nick Elsbree 115.10 points & 5 species _ 15.10lbs
10: Kevin Kelly 111.60 points & 5 species _ 11.60lbs
For more details, Rules & Current Standings, click on the "king of the tritons" tab
Monterey Bay Tritons Qualify 2 Teams for the 2012 US Nationals
Team 1: Brian Gross, Chris Saxl & Alex Reynaud qualified by placing in second place in Cen Cal for 2011.
Team 2: David Peretz, Kavi Tressengel & Travis Jones qualified by winning the 2011 Pacific Coast Championship.
Cen Cal only had 3 spots plus the winning team of the PCC's for nationals in 2012. the Monterey Bay Tritons have earned two of the four spots. This is a great honor for our club and something to be pround of.
Congrats to the Board of Directors for 2012:
Robert Watson - President
Bryan Mabrey - Vice President
Brian Gross - Treasurer
George Scheidt - Secratery
Alex Reynaud - Safety Officer
