Day One of MLF Championships Cancelled
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today that Day 1 of the 2024 Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI National Championship at Lake Toho has been cancelled due to high winds and inclement weather.
The full field of 138 teams will battle it out on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and Thursday, Jan. 11, with the winner determined by heaviest two-day cumulative weight.
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Anglers will launch at 7:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday and Thursday from Big Toho Marina, located at 69 Lakeview Drive in Kissimmee, Florida. Weigh-ins will be held at the marina starting at 3:30 p.m. and will be livestreamed daily. Fans are welcome to attend and encouraged to follow the event online through the "MLF Live" weigh-in broadcasts and daily coverage at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The Bethel University Bass Fishing team qualified a total of five teams/ten anglers to fish in the Championship. Those Bethel student anglers qualified are as follows: Hunter Filmore, Dylan Forgarty, Anthony Cicero, Joseph Woods, Chase Mulholen, Koltyn Harbin, Coleman Self, David Gummow, Hunter Shelton, and Colton Drawdy.
Coleman and David are freshmen who qualified by finishing in eighth place out of more than 250 plus boats on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina this past Oct 27. Not too bad for a couple of Bethel young guns.
Hunter Shelton, Colton Drawdy, Chase Mulholen, and Koltyn Harbin also qualified during the MLF tournament at Hartwell. Dylan Forgarty and Hunter Filmore finished in 15th place during the event and had already qualified for the nationals in a previous MLF college tournament.
"We are so very proud of these ten Bethel Anglers. Each one of them has represented our school and our program with professionalism and pride at every opportunity and they each certainly deserve to fish in the national championship," said Head Bass Fishing Coach Garry Mason.
"Bethel University is ranked in ninth place going into the National Championship by ACA rankings," said Mason. Once again all of our Bethel student anglers are helping to continue to contribute to the legacy of Bethel University being one of the top fishing programs in America to date," said Mason.