2010 Cayman Competition- Deja Blue

 

And the Winner is…

MEN’S RANKING	NAME	FIM	CNF	CWT	STA	DYN	DNF	TOTAL
1	Hawkeye Parker – USA	70	52	61	83	54	48.5	368.5
2	Ben Weiss – USA	52	40	58	72.2	50	40	312.2
3	Joe Sheridan – USA	50	25	45	61.4	38	44.5	263.9
4	Greg Fee – Canada	28	33	6	52	54.5	39	212.5
5	Ted Harty – USA			65		69.5		134.5

 

WOMEN’S RANKING	NAME	FIM	CNF	CWT	STA	DYN	DNF	TOTAL
1	Rosibel Molina – CUBA	50	36	66	72.6	71	50	345.6
2	Ashley Futral – USA	55	43	52	54.6	62	44	310.6
3	Jennifer Balfour – CAN	42	22	45	46	30	33	218
4	Junko Kitahama – JPN			60	60.6	62.5		183.1
5	Francesca Koe – USA	32		12	56.4		27	127.4
6	Erin Magee – USA			71				71

May 14, Competition Results – Final Day

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty/Record
1	Erin Magee	CWT	71m	71m	71	NR - USA
2	Junko Kitahama	CWT	66m	56m	45	SHORT
3	Ted Harty	CWT	65m	65m	65
4	Ben Weiss	CWT	62m	44m	25	SHORT
5	Hawkeye Parker	CWT	61m	61m	61
6	Joe Sheridan	FIM	50m	50m	50
7	Ashley Futral	CNF	43m	43m	43
8	Jennifer Balfour	FIM	42m	42m	42
9	Greg Fee	CWT	37m	22m	6	SHORT
10	Rosibel Molina	CNF	36m	36m	36	NR – CUBA
11	Francesca Koe	CWT	34m	34m	0	BO

May 13, Competition Results

Depth 9am

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Erin Magee	CWT	69m	62m	54	SHORT
2	Junko Kitahama	CWT	66m	60m	53	SHORT
3	Ted Harty	CWT	64m	59m	53	SHORT
4	Ashley Futral	FIM	55m	55m	55
5	Rosibel Molina	FIM	50m	50m	50
6	Ben Weiss	CNF	40m	40m	40
7	Greg Fee	CWT	39m	23m	6	SHORT
8	Francesca Koe	CWT	33m	23m	12	SHORT
9	Joe Sheridan	CNF	25m	25m	25
10	Jennifer Balfour	CNF	22m	22m	22

Pool 6pm

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Hawkeye Parker	DNF	1m	107m	48.5	SURF-GRAB
2	Rosibel Molina	DYN	20m	142m	71
3	Ashley Futral	DYN	25m	124m	62
4	Jennifer Balfour	DNF	35m	50m	25
5	Joe Sheridan	DNF	50m	89m	44.5
6	Greg Fee	DYN	52m	109m	54.5
7	Junko Kitahama	DYN	75m	64m	26.5	SHORT
8	Ted Harty	DYN	125m	73m	0	DQ-AIR

May 12, Competition Results – Pool

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty/Record
1	Ben Weiss	STA	0:07	6:01	72.2
2	Rosibel Molina	STA	1:00	6:03	72.6	NR – CUBA
3	Junko Kitahama	STA	1:23	5:03	60.6
4	Greg Fee	STA	3:04	4:20	52.0
5	Ted Harty	DYN	1m	100m	50
6	Ashley Futral	DYN	25m	124m	0	DQ-BO
7	Francesca Koe	DNF	25m	54m	27
8	Jennifer Balfour	DYN	45m	60m	30
9	Hawkeye Parker	DNF	50m	84m	42
10	Joe Sheridan	DNF	50m	78m	39

May 11, Competition Results – Depth

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Hawkeye Parker	FIM	70m	70m	70
2	Erin Magee	CWT	69m	63m	56	SHORT
3	Rosibel Molina	CWT	66m	66m	66
4	Ted Harty	CWT	61m	61m	61
5	Junko Kitahama	CWT	60m	60m	60
6	Ashley Futral	FIM	55m	2m	0	DQ AIR
7	Jennifer Balfour	CWT	45m	45m	45
8	Ben Weiss	CNF	42m	DNS
9	Joe Sheridan	FIM	40m	40m	40
10	Francesca Koe	FIM	32m	32m	32

May 10, Competition Results – Pool

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Ashley Futral	DYN	25m	126m	63
2	Jennifer Balfour	DNF	32m	66m	33
3	Greg Fee	DNF	49m	78m	39
4	Joe Sheridan	DYN	50m	76m	38
5	Ted Harty	DYN	125m	99m	0	SP/AIR
6	Junko Kitahama	DYN	125m	73m	10.5	SHORT
7	Rosibel Molina	STA	1:00	6:04	0	SP
8	Francesca Koe	STA	3:00	4:42	56.4
9	Ben Weiss	STA	5:01	DNS
10	Hawkeye Parker	STA	5:15	6:55	83

Update #6- May 9, 2010

Well as you all have seen we’ve had a great beginning to our competition and we’re not even half way through yet! There’s a tight race for first place in the Men’s category: Ted reached 149m in dynamic during yesterday’s pool session, Hawkeye blew everyone away with his 52m constant no fins dive, Ben did an easy 63m free immersion (in spite of having to drag a float 15 feet underwater during the first part of his dive!), Greg reached a new personal best in no fins and Joe has been riding the sink phase wave on his dives. We’re all very excited to see how they all do!

The women have been putting up some impressive scores too- Rosibel threw down a 5:33 static, which is an easy one for her! Jen reached a new personal best and keeps impressing everyone as she pushes those numbers deeper and deeper. Junko turned a bit early, but after announcing that she’s sending her monkeys back to Japan via Fedex Express, we’re sure she’s going to hit it hard next time! Ashley had a little trouble with a squeeze on her 61m dive, but since she’s already done that depth in the past she’ll rock it on Thursday. Francesca did her first competition dive today and got her first white card in the ocean! I had a good dive today too after flubbing my surface protocol on my 63m dive yesterday- the judges were laughing as I VERY deliberately went through the protocol today.

And as you can see our video guys finished the first video of the competition- a big thanks to Ren, Garo, Matt, Kirk and Tavia to getting all that great footage and to Ren doubly for editing it to make it what it is! Thanks to Ted too for making the soundtrack!

Until next time,

Erin

May 9th – Competition Day 2 Results

Sunday May 9th – 9am Depth

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Erin Magee	CWT	66m	66m	66
2	Ben Weiss	FIM	63m	63m	52	TAG/LINE
3	Rosibel Molina	CWT	61m	1m	0	DBLSTART
4	Ted Harty	CWT	58m	58m	58
5	Junko Kitahama	CNF	54m	39m	0	PULLING
6	Hawkeye Parker	CNF	52m	52m	52
7	Joe Sheridan	CWT	45m	45m	45
8	Greg Fee	FIM	37m	33m	28	SHORT
9	Jennifer Balfour	FIM	36m	36m	36
10	Ashley Futral	CNF	30m	30m	30
11	Francesca Koe	FIM	25m	25m	25

Sunday May 9th – 6pm Pool

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Ashley Futral	DNF	25m	88m	44
2	Francesca Koe	DNF	25m	41m	0	AIR
3	Jennifer Balfour	DYN	45m	53m	26.5
4	Rosibel Molina	DNF	50m	100m	50
5	Greg Fee	DYN	51m	89m	44.5
6	Hawkeye Parker	DYN	75m	108m	54
7	Ben Weiss	DYN	75m	100m	50
8	Junko Kitahama	DYN	100m	125m	62.5
9	Joe Sheridan	STA	04:00	05:12	61.4

May 8th – Competition Day 1 Results

Saturday May 8th – 9am Depth

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Erin Magee	CWT	63m	63m	0	SP
2	Ashley Futral	CWT	61m	57M	52	SHORT
3	Rosibel Molina	CWT	58m	58M	58
4	Hawkeye Parker	CWT	58m	58M	58
5	Ben Weiss	CWT	58m	58M	58
6	Ted Harty	CWT	55m	55M	55
7	Junko Kitahama	CNF	53m	46M	0	PULL
8	Jennifer Balfour	CWT	45m	35M	24	SHORT
9	Joe Sheridan	CWT	40m	40M	40
10	Greg Fee	CNF	33m	33M	33
11	Francesca Koe	FIM	20m	DNS

Saturday May 8th – 6-8pm POOL

Diver #	Name	Discipline	AP	RP	Points	Penalty
1	Jennifer Balfour	STA	03:00	03:50	46
2	Ashley Futral	STA	03:00	04:33	54.6
3	Francesca Koe	STA	03:05	03:42	44.4
4	Greg Fee	STA	03:42	03:03	28.8	SHORT
5	Joe Sheridan	STA	04:00	05:53	0	BO
6	Rosibel Molina	STA	05:00	05:33	66.6
7	Hawkeye Parker	STA	05:00	07:03	0	BO
8	Ben Wiess	DNF	58m	80M	40
9	Junko Kitahama	DYN	75m	75M	37.5
10	Ted Harty	DYN	75m	149M	69.5

Update #5- May 5, 2010- a word from the competitors:

So as promised- a few words from the divers!

Junko: Now I know how to swim with the borrowed monofin, a big thanks, Erin! I did not make my depth today but I know what I need to do now to go deeper tomorrow. It was a great training day today for me and now I’m ready to go deep!

Joe: After the first two days of depth training I got two personal bests, one at 35m and next at 40m….kicking the whole way! Having so much fun, losing track of which day of the week it is! Iwent out with the crew for two sessions of scooter rides….unreal! I felt what it’s like to not kick during sink phase…not bad! I’ll have to do it on my target dives so I can enjoy the ride.

Ashley: Today was my first attempt at a personal best since training began. I spent last night practicing my equalizations in the pool with Rosibel for today’s performance. Feeling pretty confident after all of the practice I suited up this morning adn entered the water with Ted’s last words to me, “It’s only three more seconds and one more equalization,” in reference to my new depth attempt compared to my old personal best. Warm-ups went well as I decided again to concentrate on FRC’s to get my equalization down. 5-4-3-2-1, peak inhalation, 10 packs and down I go! 1:45 later I surfaced with the tag and a new personal best depth of 58m! See you tomorrow, 61m!

Jen: After yesterday’s failed attempt at 40m I was determined to make the depth today and to have fun doing it! I took it a bit easier on my warm-ups than usual and gave myself lots of time to relax before my target. I packed a bit more than usual and had a good entry (yay!) and managed to relax through the dive, working on using better kicks to prevent lactic burn in my legs. It worked- a clean and easy 40m dive that left me wanting even more depth!

Greg: I announced 34m CNF since my left ear was still sore from yesterday’s FIM dive. My warm-ups were not going well, but I ended up making it down to 29m anyway, which is my personal best in this discipline!

Ben: I flew to Cayman straight from two weeks in the Bahamas, where I safety-dived for the Vertical Blue competition. So I hit the ground (er, water) running (er, diving!), with three personal bests in a row: 56m CWT, 40m CNF, and 63m FIM. On the 63m dive I experienced thoracic filling for the first time; slightly unnerving, but thankfully no squeezes so far. Hanging out with everyone at the condo has been loads of fun, and I’m looking forward to the competition!

Update #4- May 5, 2010:

So I’ve finally got some more photos for you! Kirk was running the camera in the water today and got some great pictures of everyone. Depths went great again today and most people on the boat hit Personal Bests! Garo’s having a bit of ear trouble and will be out of the water tomorrow, but should be back soon to help safety during the competition. Hawkeye’s chest squeeze seems to be all better and he looks like he’ll be going after another Personal Best tomorrow- not too shabby after pulling a clean 7:08 static a couple of days ago! And Rosibel rocked her static the other day too- 5:50! We’re going to have some impressive performances I think during the competition.

So I figure I’ve talked enough so I’m going to let everyone else say a few words about how the training’s been going! You can check that out in the next update above…

-Erin

Ashley ascending from 58m Junko breathing up for a dive

Joe’s recovery breaths after 45m Hawkeye recovery breathing after a dive

Rosibel heading to 55m Jen on the way down to 40m Erin heading down to 61m

Ben coming up from FIM 63m Ted on the way down to 55m

Garo…up close and personal!

Update #3- May 3, 2010:

Well yesterday we had another good day on the water- but Junko’s unlucky streak continued! Day 1 she got seasick, Day 2 she lost her brand new monofin and Day 3? She got stung by a bumble bee on the float! I guess that according to the rule of 3′s she’s going to be okay from here on out! Knock on wood! Or as they say in Japan as we’ve all learned, kuwabara kuwabara!

Today was a scootering day from morning to evening. We woke up early and headed off Macabuca and started getting some good footage of scootering, then headed off the wall to do variable ballast drops. Ashley mastered the art of the barrel roll and back flips on the Dive Xtras Cuda and Ren combined two cameras to film the whole thing: both his camera and a couple of new HD GoPros installed on the scooters to catch all the action. In the afternoon we headed back out off Lighthouse Point and had fun diving the swim throughs and tunnels in that area. We’ll post streaming video once it’s all edited. Ren’s working on getting some screenshots now so that will be up on here sooner!

Jen’s first time in warm water is going well, except that she says she wouldn’t mind if the water was a few degrees more similar to her hometown of Vancouver. She inadvertently stepped on an urchin today though so she’s been working to get those out all day- ouch!

Back on the temporary homefront- Hawkeye’s been regaling everyone with his amazing Irish songs, complete with an authentic Irish brogue. Ashley’s been helping too:

Our first judge arrived yesterday too, Matt Charlton from Ottawa, who’s judged several of our competitions before. He’s also going to help out with the camera work to make sure we don’t have a shortage of good video for streaming. Garo Hachigan, from San Diego, arrived yesterday too to safety for yet another competition- this will be his fourth in a row! He’s always a great face to see at depth after coming up from a long target dive.

And Ashley just got done cooking us some wonderful curry, so everyone’s hanging out on the couch, fat and happy. Tomorrow we’re back to work after this day off so we’ll be making our announcements soon and getting our game faces on for another solid day of training.

Until tomorrow,

Erin

Update #2- May 1, 2010:

Day 2 on the boat and we all had a great day of diving! Waves calmed down a bit, not down to Cayman’s typical flat calm seas, but it didn’t seem to affect anyone’s dives! A couple of suits made their debut after minor repairs yesterday, but we did have a fin catastrophe today- Junko’s brand new monofin came undone from it’s carabiner and floated away in the depths. She had to borrow my Glide for the day but didn’t seem to have any trouble with it (even though it’s a couple sizes too big for her tiny feet!). Hawkeye had to sit out the day to nurse a chest squeeze, but will be coming back with a vengeance tomorrow! Mandy also picked up Ben Weiss (USA) at the airport- our group is almost complete now, we’re just waiting on Garo Hachigan (USA- competition safety), Bob Croft (USA- World Record Holder), Francesca Koe (USA), and our judges Grant Graves and Matt Charlton.

And as I promised on Facebook- photos!

This is our shore dive spot- right at Macabuca restaurant. The entry spot is a few steps on the right side, which is actually out of the photo. It’s all about a 3 min walk from our condo and once we hit the water we’re in about 80 feet of water after a short swim. If we swim a little longer we can get beyond the wall and into bottomless blue water!

Kaila doesn’t mind coming on the boat with us either! She’s been attending some of our dive sessions- she seems more interested in kicking back and catching some Z’s than what we’re doing.

Hawkeye was totally pumped to get on some scooters! We’ve been taking them out every chance we got- I mean, it’s important that we all get trained up for the F3F scooter races!

Well Ren and Ashley have started playing guitar and singing for the group so I’m going to close up this update but I’ll definitely have more photos soon (and eventually video) to keep you all in the loop.

Until next time,

Erin

Update #1- April 30, 2010:

So we’ve just started training now and many of the competitors have arrived already. Junko Kitahama (Japan) showed up early and opened up the condos for us. Kirk, Mandy and Kaila Krack (the youngest freediver we’ve had yet!) arrived with Ted Harty (USA), myself (Erin Magee-USA) and Hawkeye Parker (USA) on May 28 and couldn’t wait to get out and get out on the scooters! We headed out for a day with Duncan at Stingray Charters and got our diving reflexes kicked in at full force with the DiveXtra Cudas. The reefs here in Cayman are incredible- we hit some great swim-throughs and even though our footage didn’t come out it was a memorable experience.

Yesterday afternoon we picked up Jen Balfour (Canada) and Rosibel Molina (Cuba), some great up-and-comers who are looking to reach some great new depths! We woke up early(ish!) this morning and headed out on the boat again to start doing some training dives. The ocean was a-rockin’ and a-rollin’ but in spite of the big seas we were resolute to stay out and dive! When we arrived home we found that a new batch of divers had arrived- Ashley Futral (USA), Ren Chapman (USA- competition safety), Greg Fee (Canada) and Joe Sheridan (USA). They couldn’t wait to hop back in the warm Cayman waters so they’ve already headed out to Macabuca to get some shore dives in.

Well that’s all for now but keep checking back for more updates and for the upcoming in-list of competitors from Deja Blue! We’ll also post results here once the competition starts. I’ll get on the photos too!!

Until tomorrow,

Erin

Competitiors for the 2010 PFI Deja Blue Competition

The following is the list of the 11 competitors in this years Cayman Competition. Announcements will be posted the night before each days event and results will be posted here withing hours of the finish of each day.

Women

• Erin Magee – USA
• Ashley Futral – USA
• Francesca Koe – USA
• Junko Kitahama – Japan
• Jennifer Belfour – Canada
• Rosibel Molina – Cuba

Men

• Ted Harty – USA
• Hawkeye Parker – USA
• Ben Wiess – USA
• Joe Sheriden Jr – USA
• Greg Fee – Canada

Competition Information:

Yes PFI’s annual Cayman Competition is back on for yet another year. This years event starts next week, May 8-14 with a week of optional training April 30-May 7.

Disciplines at this years event include the following:

Constant Weight – Diving down and back up under ones own power wearing a fin

Free Immersion – Using the line, one pulls themselves down to depth and back up

Constant No-Fins – Without the use of fins or the line, one swims down to depth and back again

Static Apnea- In the pool the diver flats face down holding their breath as long as possible

Dynamic Apnea – In the pool with a fin on one sees how many lengths they can swim underwater on a single breath

Dynamic Apnea without Fins – One a single breath and without the use of fins, one sees how many lengths of a pool they can swim

During the seven day competition competitors will be able to make attempts during 5 ocean days and 5 pool days. They earn points as follows and the winner will be the diver with the overall highest point score in all disaplines.

Depth Disaplines: 1 point for every meter of depth achieved

Staic Apnea: 1 point for every 5 seconds of breath hold time

Dynamic and Dynamic No-Fins: 1 point for every 2 meters of distance

In past years we have seen athletes from all over the world compete and break both National and World records during the Cayman events. That being said this competition is for Freedivers of all experince levels. Everyone from those entering their first ever competition to those with records are welcome. Watch videos, read updates and relive last years competition by clicking here.

When: May 8-14, 2010

Where: Grand Cayman, BWI