Mad-City Wins D1 Show Ski Nationals
- Posted by: usaws
- On: 08/09/2009 21:01:47
- In: Show Skiing
The Mad-City Ski Team (Madison, Wis.) won the national team title for the fourth consecutive year at the 35th Division 1 Show Ski National Championships, Aug. 7-9, at Shorewood Park in Loves Park, Ill.
Mad-City tallied 2,131.64 points in sweeping box scores for Dock & Equipment, Pick-Up Boat, Towboat Driving Showmanship, Overall Show and Sound Crew, and earning top-scoring awards for Ballet, Jump and Swivel. The Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team of Wonder Lake, Ill., finished second with 1,854.06 points and the Rock Aqua Jays of Janesville, Wis., was third with 1,800.3 points.
For complete team results, click here (PDF).
The tournament featured more than 1,500 athletes competing for the coveted show ski national title. In competitive show skiing, each club has one hour to present a theatrical performance on water skis. Judges score acts by awarding points based on originality, presentation and execution. Elaborate costumes and staging intermix with music and fast action on the water as an announcer leads the audience through the show.
In addition to the overall team competition, athletes compete individually in swivel, adagio doubles and team jumping.
Ann Tieman (Monona, Wis.) won the swivel title, scoring 16.70 points. Jon DeBelak (Sussex, Wis.) and Kim Stoner (Milwaukee, Wis.) won doubles, tallying 18.16 points. Paul O'Connor (Belleville, Wis.) won freestyle jumping, scoring 734.17 points. The Badwater Ski-Ters (Florence, Wis.) won team jumping, scoring 79.00 points.
For complete individual results, click here (PDF).
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