Reyes, Townend post NSSA wins

Edison High’s Tim Reyes continued his successful start to his

senior year Wednesday by surfing his way to a first-place finish in the

Juniors Division (15-17) in the second event of the 1999-2000 National

Scholastic Surfing Association Explorer Season Southwest Conference at

Salt Creek in Dana Point.

Reyes, team captain of the Chargers, won his first three heats

before finishing second to Carlsbad’s Dane Johnson in the second of two

six-man semifinal heats.

Johnson went on to finish runner-up to Reyes.

Former world champion Peter Townend of Huntington Beach bested a

seven-man field, which also included Huntington Beach’s Steve Weaver, to

win the Super Seniors (45 & up) Division.

In the Masters (25-34) Division, Seal Beach’s Chad Wells won the

event, with Seal Beach’s Jason Shook placing fifth.

In a Seniors (35-44) Division race that was won by Kelly Gibson,

Huntington Beach’s Dean Quinn finished third overall. San Diego’s Nicole

Grodesky won the Womens (all ages) Division, which also included a third-

and fourth-place finish by Liz Kampen and Heidi Tschauner, respectively.

The Menehuene (12 & under) Division went to Del Mar’s Jensen

Hassett, with Seal Beach’s Chris Waring and Chas Chidester finishing

second and sixth, respectively, and in the Bodyboard (all ages) Division,

Fountain Valley’s Tadaomi Okamura was second and Huntington Beach’s Shawn

Daoud finished fourth.

Other winners included San Clemente’s Travis Mellem in Boys

(13-14), Mission Viejo’s Matt King in Mens (18-24), and Laguna Niguel’s

Travis Northey in Longboard (all ages).