Day 2 Complete At Collegiate Nationals
Scott N. Atkinson October 23, 2009
Photo: Scott N. Atkinson
Louisiana-Monroe's Zack Worden competes in the men's tricks event.
The 31st Collegiate Water Ski National Championships continued Friday at Ironwood Ranch in Arvin, Calif., with the University of Louisiana-Monroe holding a comfortable lead heading into Saturday's final events. ULM is looking to clinch its fourth consecutive and 22nd overall Division 1 national title.
Hosted by Cal Poly and sanctioned by USA Water Ski and the National Collegiate Water Ski Association, the competition includes 12 teams in Division 1 and 10 teams in Division 2. The tournament, which runs through Saturday, is being streamed live at www.ncwsa.com.
National team champions will be declared in both divisions. Individual medals for slalom, tricks and jumping will be awarded based on athletes' placements within their division. Overall titles will be awarded in each division to athletes competing in all three events.
The Division 1 field includes: Alabama, Florida Southern, Rollins, Purdue, Iowa State, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana-Lafayette, Texas, Arizona State, Chico State and San Diego State.
Heading into Saturday's Division 1 events (women's tricks and men's jumping), ULM leads with 7,975.0 points. Alabama is currently second with 7,095.0 points.
On Friday, Louisiana-Monroe's Adam Sedlmajer won men's tricks, scoring 5,730 points, while Louisiana-Lafayette's Stinne Soendergaard and Florida Southern's Clementine Lucine tied for the women's jumping title with jumps of 146 feet. On Thursday, Lucine won Division 1 women's slalom, scoring 4 buoys at 38 feet off, while Louisiana-Monroe's Martin Bartalsky won men's slalom, scoring 2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off.
The Division 2 field includes: Clemson, Georgia, Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Cal Poly and Western Washington.
With men's and women's tricks remaining in Division 2, Western Washington leads with 4,740.0 points. Cal Poly is second with 4,545.0 points and Wisconsin is third with 4,525.0 points.
On Friday, Clemson's James Dibella won men's slalom, scoring 4-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off, while Texas State's Amanda Stevenson won women's slalom, scoring 3 buoys at 28 feet off. On Thursday, Jennifer Waits of Cal Poly won women's jumping with an 89-foot effort, while Wisconsin's Tyler Lorenz won men's jumping, soaring 152 feet.
The National Collegiate Water Ski Association, a sport division of USA Water Ski, is comprised of more than 90 collegiate water ski teams from four regions. Intercollegiate water ski competition began under the NCWSA in 1979.
For more information and results, visit www.ncwsa.com.
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