(Published Monday, August 13, 2007 11:32:55 AM CST)
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Event: 2007 Division 1 Show Ski National Championships.
Dates: Aug. 10-12.
Location: Shorewood Park, Loves Park, Ill.
Results: Mad City Ski Team of Madison won with 2,184 points, followed by Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team of Wonder Lake, Ill., 1,984 points; Rock Aqua Jays of Janesville, 1,938; Little Crow of New London, Minn., 1,806; Backwater Gamblers of Rock Island, Ill., 1,757; Badgerland of Oconomowoc, 1,682; Aquanuts of Twin Lakes, 1,593; Five Seasons of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1,545; Webfooters of Fremont, 1,374; Chippewa Lake of Chippewa Lake, Ohio, 1,344; Ski Broncs of Loves Park, Ill., 1,332; Midwest Ski Otters of White Bear Lake, Minn., 1,309; Waterhawks Ski Team of Waterloo, Iowa, 1,301; Lake Mohawk Ski Hawks of Sparta, N.J., 1,148.
The Rock Aqua Jays had the highest scoring barefoot and star doubles acts in the weekend tournament.
During Friday's Individual competition, Nikki Noonan placed seventh in the swivel event while the Rock Aqua Jays jump team placed fifth in the jump competition. Bryanna Barkley and Matt Klay finished fourth while Kim Stoner-Lagiudicea and John Debelak finished 12th in the strap doubles portion of the event. Cathy Luiting received the Willa Cook award for most outstanding female single performer.
Hosts: Ski Broncs Water Ski Show Team.
Tournament highlight: "We started off rough because of a couple injuries, but the kids, as young as they are, persevered and they had a great show given the water conditions," said Dave Rezin, co-show director with Matt Klay.
Quote of the day: "We are essentially a barefooting team. We've got five barefoot acts in our show. It was rough to execute our acts because of the rough and high water plus swift current, Rezin said.
Mad City had a real good show. The thing they have going for them is they ski on rough water every day (at their show site in Law Park on Lake Monona in Madison). They have almost no barefooting in their show, so they were able to adapt to the conditions better than what we were, he added.
Just a little bit of wind can pick up white caps. Teams skiing in the late morning and early afternoon had to deal with white caps and extremely rough water. We needed as calm of water as possible. That's the reason we skied first Saturday," Rezin said.
