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Did You Know...

... that the race for national medals has started in Germany?

Henning Stumpp with Dynamite at the World Cup 2011
posted Jun 3rd, 2012 - The first test for a new German lineup with former members of the national teams in 4way and 8way was up at the Northern German Championships this weekend in Kassel-Calden. The seven teams completed nine rounds in the AAA Class and eight rounds in the A Class and the Rookie Class, which both have slightly different dive pools.

Gamma Ray Kassel consists of three former X-Ray Remscheid members (Steffen Schiedeck, Uli Sehrbrock, Henning Stumpp) and Petra Bärenfänger, who trained and competed with the Chicas. The three former X-Ray members were all members of earlier German 8way lineups at World Meets and World Cups, and the Chicas represented Germany at several international meets in the female 4way category.

Henning Stumpp was still in the German 8way lineup at the World Cup 2011 before he married Petra Baerenfaenger and both decided to train and compete together in a new lineup.

Germany June 2012Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9TotalAvg
RankAAA ClassN,13,A,1722,16,FC,9,820,12,106,11,GE,L,15,21O,P,18,34,5,HB,K,19,2TotalAvg
1Gamma Ray Kassel 11 11 19 12 13 13 12 16 1612313.7
2Usual Suspects 11 13 17 11 14 14 14 12 1512113.4
3Timber Hassfurt 7 10 12 9 10 8 9 10 11869.6
4Black Moon 10 9 10 5 10 10 7 8 11808.9
RankA ClassN,A,8F,G,2C,921,76,QE,L,NO,P,A4,HB,K,19TotalAvg
1Paradox 10 9 9 7 9 12 10 9-759.4
2Quo Volatis 2 7 7 7 2 7 3 4-394.9
RankRookieN,A,OF,G,PC,M,HK,D,JQ,B,AE,L,NO,P,AH,F,CB,K,GTotalAvg
1Airkraft 5 7 9 0 6 7 4 14-526.5
Uli Sehrbrock and Steffen Schiedeck with Mixed Forces Remscheid
All four team members were in different lineups throughout the 2011 season and battled with each other at the German Nationals 2011. Petra Bärenfänger with Final Four DeLand gave the German national 4way team Paratec-Saar a good competition. ISB Air Remscheid member Petra van Overveld filled an open slot for Paratec-Saar at the championships.

Petra Bärenfänger outscored her husband Henning Stumpp who finished in 3rd place with Dynamite. Uli Sehrbrock and Steffen Schiedeck formed a pickup team (Mixed Forces Remscheid) with two other ISB Air Remscheid members (Anne Heinrich, Pia Weingart) for the German Nationals 2011 and ended up in 4th place.

All Gamma Ray 2012 members scored significantly higher with their 2011 lineups, but it was a challenging situation at the beginning of the 2012 season. All four team members are trained in front pieces, and two of them had to volunteer to fly the rear piece. Henning Stumpp (Center Outside) and Steffen Schiedeck (Point) are now back in their familiar slots, while Uli Sehrbrock and Petra Bärenfänger have to train the rear piece from scratch.

German Nationals 2011Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class1,8,21N,H,F,9B,5,O,16A,19,137,J,23,20,18L,15,1222,P,4Q,C,10,1114,K,D,ETotalAvg
1Paratec-Saar 14 37 21 14 17 15 15 15 16 2118518.5
2Final Four DeLand 14 30 20 15 18 13 13 16 17 2117717.7
3Dynamite 14 31 18 14 19 12 14 14 17 2017317.3
4Mixed Fource Remscheid 12 31 20 15 18 13 13 13 13 2016816.8
5Usual Suspects 12 26 16 14 16 10 12 13 15 1715115.1
New Usual Suspects lineup with Carsten Reese
The team that was 17 points behind Mixed Forces Remscheid in 5th place at the German Nationals 2011, Usual Suspects, took full advantage of the difficult slot situation for Gamma Ray this weekend.

The Usual Suspects have a new team member, as well. Carsten Reese joined the team this year and had his first competition with the new lineup at the World Challenge 2012.

The Usual Suspects started the 2012 season with a lower meet average compared to the German Nationals 2011. However, the distance to last year's 4th place team is down from 17 to 2 points, and the Usual Suspects gave up the earlier lead only in Round 8 and Round 9. Gamma Ray will most likely move up to a higher performance and scoring level very soon, and the Usual Suspects will do their best to keep close. The 2012 race for medals at the German Nationals 2012 is on.

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