Athletes Of The Month Selected
Scott N. Atkinson February 02, 2009
Photo: USA Water Ski Files
Caroline Hensley won two individual gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal, and helped the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team earn the overall team gold medal at the Junior Water Ski World Championships.
USA Water Ski has selected Zack Worden (Deltona, Fla.) and Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.) as its Male and Female Athletes of the Month, respectively, for January. The U.S. Junior Water Ski Team earned Team of the Month honors. Worden, Hensley and the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team are now eligible for the United States Olympic Committee’s Athlete of the Month and Team of the Month honors.
Worden was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Junior Water Ski Team and won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. He successfully defended his world jumping title from the 2006 Junior Worlds, leaping a Junior Worlds' record of 190 feet (58.0 meters). Worden earned the silver medal in men's overall, tallying 2,617.20 points.
Hensley, also a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Junior Water Ski Team, won two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. She won the gold medal in women's overall, tallying 2,810.19 points, and the gold medal in slalom following a run-off against France’s Ambre Franc. After both athletes tied with 2 buoys at 38 feet off, Hensley scored 4-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off to Franc's 4 buoys at 35 feet off to clinch the title. In the preliminary round earlier in the week, Hensley tied the women's junior world slalom record with a score of 3 buoys at 38 feet off to earn the top seed for the finals. Hensley tallied 6,410 points to earn the silver medal in tricks. A bronze medalist in jumping at the 2006 Junior Worlds, Hensley earned another bronze medal this year with a jump of 138 feet (42.2 meters).
The U.S. Junior Water Ski Team won the gold medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. The United States tallied 8,053.97 points at the biennial event. Defending champion France earned the silver medal, scoring 7,801.4 points, and Australia earned the bronze medal with 6,673.16 points. Athletes and teams from 22 countries competed in the five-day event as the world team title and world individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall were at stake. Members of the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team were: Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.), John Lex Kenerly (Jesup, Ga.), Lauren Morgan (Odessa, Fla.) and Zack Worden (Deltona, Fla.). Brenda Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), Jim Grew (Winter Haven, Fla.) and Dr. Brad Harman (Cleburne, Texas) served as coach, captain and physician, respectively. All U.S. athletes advanced to the finals in at least one event, and all four U.S. Junior Water Ski Team members contributed to the gold-medal winning point total. It is the first time since 2002 that the United States has won the world team title.
Worden was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Junior Water Ski Team and won a gold medal and a silver medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. He successfully defended his world jumping title from the 2006 Junior Worlds, leaping a Junior Worlds' record of 190 feet (58.0 meters). Worden earned the silver medal in men's overall, tallying 2,617.20 points.
Hensley, also a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Junior Water Ski Team, won two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. She won the gold medal in women's overall, tallying 2,810.19 points, and the gold medal in slalom following a run-off against France’s Ambre Franc. After both athletes tied with 2 buoys at 38 feet off, Hensley scored 4-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off to Franc's 4 buoys at 35 feet off to clinch the title. In the preliminary round earlier in the week, Hensley tied the women's junior world slalom record with a score of 3 buoys at 38 feet off to earn the top seed for the finals. Hensley tallied 6,410 points to earn the silver medal in tricks. A bronze medalist in jumping at the 2006 Junior Worlds, Hensley earned another bronze medal this year with a jump of 138 feet (42.2 meters).
The U.S. Junior Water Ski Team won the gold medal at the 12th Junior Water Ski World Championships, Jan. 7-11, at the Bujama Lacus Lakes in Lima, Peru. The United States tallied 8,053.97 points at the biennial event. Defending champion France earned the silver medal, scoring 7,801.4 points, and Australia earned the bronze medal with 6,673.16 points. Athletes and teams from 22 countries competed in the five-day event as the world team title and world individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall were at stake. Members of the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team were: Caroline Hensley (Hixson, Tenn.), John Lex Kenerly (Jesup, Ga.), Lauren Morgan (Odessa, Fla.) and Zack Worden (Deltona, Fla.). Brenda Baldwin (Windermere, Fla.), Jim Grew (Winter Haven, Fla.) and Dr. Brad Harman (Cleburne, Texas) served as coach, captain and physician, respectively. All U.S. athletes advanced to the finals in at least one event, and all four U.S. Junior Water Ski Team members contributed to the gold-medal winning point total. It is the first time since 2002 that the United States has won the world team title.
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