Category: freediving

 

Phase one of the Freedive Toronto Mini Comp was held this Monday March 8^th 2010. It was a great success and attended by 10 divers competing in the discipline of dynamic with fins.

For several of the competitors it was the first competition they attended, and it gave them the chance to try to prepare for a competition, get their weighting tested and practice surface protocol after the stress and fatigue of competing.

Yaroslava took first place for the woman with a solid performance of 78m. Unfortunately there were only one woman competing, but we all know Yaro can do a lot more and I think she will do very well in her next competition.

Dmitry ended up winning the event for the men with a solid performance of 100 meters which was very impressive since he was over weighted and twice had to use his arms to swim away from the bottom.

Second place was taken by Aaron Wood, who came up with lots of air left and a very solid surface protocol. Aaron said he was a bit tired that day and wasn’t sure if he could go further and it is better to get less points than none.

Third place went to Wojciech who also had a very clean surface protocol and I think he also left room for improvement at the upcoming nationals.

Two people made mistakes on the surface protocol and will need some practice, because both were clean and could have pulled it off with more experience. We had a single LMC, which was Graham’s first and provided a little spice and entertainment to the spectators, since he still finished his surface protocol and gave the camera a big smile.

The event safety was Doug Sitter who had no issues keeping the competitors safe.

Thanks to everyone for competing, and I hope to see you all next Monday the 22^nd for Phase II.

Soren Frederiksen

Results: http://freedivecentral.com/a-results.php?num_competicao=89