U.S. Athletes Win Junior Moomba Titles

U.S. water ski athletes Makayla Haw, Lauren Morgan and Zane Nicholson won titles in respective events Thursday as the 2010 Junior Moomba Masters concluded on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia.

Morgan, of Odessa, Fla., won titles in women's tricks (4,050 points) and overall (2,904.55 points). Haw, of Rio Linda, Calif., won women's slalom, scoring 3 buoys at 35 feet off. Nicholson, of Gallatin, Tenn., won men's slalom, scoring 4 buoys at 38 feet off. Morgan also finished second in jumping and 10th in slalom. Haw also placed third in jumping and overall, and fourth in tricks.

U.S. athletes Anna Gay (Winter Garden, Fla.), Julia Waitt (Clermont, Fla.), Nikki Waitt (Clermont, Fla.) and Jenna Morgan (Odessa, Fla.) also competed in the event. Gay finished second in women's tricks; Morgan finished eighth in women's tricks and 13th in slalom; Julia Waitt finished seventh in women's slalom; and Nikki Waitt finished fourth in women's slalom and fifth in women's jumping.

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