Cam Delligatti was one of 12 athletes selected to the 2025 USA Adaptive Water Ski Team.
USA Adaptive Water Ski & Wake Sports, a sport discipline organization of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports, has announced the selection of the 2025 USA Adaptive Water Ski Team that will compete in the 16th IWWF World Disabled Waterski Championships, Nov. 27-30, 2025, in Mulwala, NSW, Australia. The selections were announced following the conclusion of the 2024 USA Adaptive Water Ski National Championships & Team Trials, presented by Visit Central Florida, Sept. 19-21, at Championship Lake in Auburndale, Fla.
Within each event (slalom, tricks and jumping) at the Disabled Worlds, athletes are grouped into the three categories of seated (paraplegics and quadriplegics), standing (arm and/or leg disabilities with or without prosthesis) and vision impaired (partially or totally blind).
Athletes selected to the 2025 USA Adaptive Water Ski Team were: Raquel Benson (Land O’ Lakes, Fla.) – Seated Women; Cam Delligatti (Chattanooga, Tenn.) – Standing Men; Abigayle Dunn (Susanville, Calif.) – Seated Women; Elijah Hager (Alexis, N.C.) – Seated Men; Katie Mawby (Grand Haven, Mich.) – Vision Impaired Women; Elisha Nelson (Woodland, Calif.) – Standing Women; Connor Poggetto (Sacramento, Calif.) – Seated Men; Mike Royal (Magnolia, Texas) – Vision Impaired Men; Gregg Stokes (Rocky Mount, N.C.) – Standing Men; Sarah Switzer (Madison, Ala.) – Seated Women; Craig Timm (Center City, Minn.) – Standing Men; and Chuck Wesson (Charlotte, N.C.) – Seated Men.
Jessica Van Dyk (Grand Rapids, Mich.) will serve as manager; Brian Detrick (Elk Grove, Calif.) will serve as the coach; and Dr. Keith Barbour (Monroe, Mich.) will serve as the team physician.
Note: USA Adaptive Water Ski & Wake Sports plans to add two more team members. For athletes still interested in earning a spot on the team, USA Adaptive Water Ski & Wake Sports will be requiring athletes to ski in two American Water Ski Association class C/L/R tournaments in 2025. The date for score submissions will be determined in the spring of 2025, but will be after the 83rd Goode Water Ski National Championships, Aug. 5-9, 2025, in Arvin, Calif. USA Adaptive Water Ski & Wake Sports will take those scores and evaluate which athletes will help the team the most in its quest of defending the world championship title. The additional team members will be announced at minimum 2 months before the event.
At the 2023 Disabled Water Ski World Championships, the USA Adaptive Water Ski Team won the world team gold medal and U.S. team members earned a total of 27 individual medals, including 11 gold medals, 10 silver and six bronze.