17 Athletes Clinch Overall Titles On Day 2

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Seventeen athletes won national overall titles in respective divisions as the 66th annual GOODE Water Ski National Championships, presented by Speedo, continued on Aug. 13 at Okeeheelee Park.

Athletes clinching national overall titles in their respective divisions were: Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.), Open Women; Brian Kinney (Yuba City, Calif.), Open Men; Makayla Haw (San Mateo, Calif.), Girls 2; Adam Pickos (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), Boys 3; Janice Prociw (Carter Lake, Iowa), Women 6; Hal Hamilton (Birmingham, Ala.), Men 7; Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.), Girls 3; Chad Meny (Rochester, Pa.), Boys 1; Brooke Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), Girls 1; Dylan Alvarez (Homestead, Fla.), Boys 2; Dale Hallberg (Winter Haven, Fla.), Men 6; Jerry Hosner (Fenton, Mich.), Men 8; Carl Peterson (Rosharon, Texas), Men 9; Harry Price (De Leon Springs, Fla.), Men 10; Thelma Salmas (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Women 8; Artis Price (De Leon Springs, Fla.), Women 9; and Frances Woofenden (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Women 10.

The tournament continues Thursday at 8 a.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.

More than 800 water ski athletes from across the United States are competing for national titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall in respective age divisions and two Open divisions. Advancement to the Water Ski National Championships – the world’s largest 3-event water ski tournament – is primarily earned through placement on the national rankings list. Athletes also can qualify for Nationals by placing in the top-five at Regionals or by placing in the top-five at the previous year’s Nationals.

Boys 3 slalom: Brooks Wilson (Winter Springs, Fla.), 5 buoys at 38 feet off; Boys 3 tricks and overall: Adam Pickos (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.), 9,060 points/3,044.0 points; Girls 3 slalom: Keri McClure (Van Wert, Ohio), 3 buoys at 38 feet off; Girls 3 overall: Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.), 4,119.8 points; Girls 1 slalom: Ruth McCreary (Azle, Texas), 5 buoys at 22 feet off; Girls 1 overall: Brooke Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), 2,600.0 points; Boys 1 slalom and overall: Chad Meny (Rochester, Pa.), 2 buoys at 32 feet off/1,950.5 points; Girls 2 slalom and overall: Makayla Haw (San Mateo, Calif.), 4 buoys at 35 feet off/4,286.1 points; Men 6 tricks: Stan Switzer (Mulberry, Fla.), 3,040 points; Men 6 jumping: Steve Prociw (Carter Lake, Iowa), 93 feet; Men 6 overall: Dale Hallberg (Winter Haven, Fla.), 2,203.0 points; Men 7 tricks: Gregory Wilson (Saint Marys, Ohio), 2,720 points; Men 7 jumping: Ronald Kokernak (Webster, Mass.), 89 feet; Men 7 overall: Hal Hamilton (Birmingham, Ala.), 1,735.5 points; Men 8 tricks, jumping and overall: Jerry Hosner (Fenton, Mich.), 2,450 points/36 feet/2,845.9 points; Men 9 jumping and overall: Carl Peterson (Rosharon, Texas), 50 feet/2,204.2 points; Men 9 tricks: Bill Schouten (Jacksons Gap, Ala.), 1,810 points; Men 10 tricks, jumping and overall: Harry Price (De Leon Springs, Fla.), 730 points/32 feet/1,850.7 points; Women 6 tricks: Janet Piercy (Ashland, Neb.), 1,970 points; Women 6 jumping and overall: Janice Prociw (Carter Lake, Iowa), 54 feet/1,831.1 points; Women 8 tricks and overall: Thelma Salmas (West Palm Beach, Fla.), 2,220 points/3,683.7 points; Women 9 trick and overall: Artis Price (De Leon Springs, Fla.), 1,220 points/1,019.1 points; Women 10 tricks and overall: Frances Woofenden (West Palm Beach, Fla.), 1,010 points/2,749.8 points; Open Women tricks: Joy Todd-Strickland (Avery, Texas), 6,900 points; Open Women jumping and overall: Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.), 160 feet/3,914.5 points; Open Men tricks: Storm Selsor (Fremont, Calif.), 6,520 points; Open Men jumping: Freddy Krueger (Winter Garden, Fla.), 220 feet; Open Men overall: Brian Kinney (Yuba City, Calif.), 2,948.1 points; Boys 2 jumping: Briant Detty (Danville, Ind.), 115 feet; Boys 2 overall: Dylan Alvarez (Homestead, Fla.), 3,434.2 points; Women 1 jumping: Kerri Lee (Zachary, La.), 124 feet; and Women 2 jumping: Betsy Harris (Taylors, S.C.), 111 feet.