Twenty-Four Athletes Win Titles On Day 2 Of 79th GOODE Water Ski National Championships

 World’s largest 3-event tournament continues Tuesday at 7:00 a.m.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The 79th annual GOODE Water Ski National Championships continued Monday at Waters Edge in Wilmington, Ill., with 24 athletes winning national titles in respective divisions and events. Nearly 700 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 during the seven-day tournament that culminates Saturday. A live webcast will be available at www.waterskinationals.com.

 

Advancement to the world’s largest three-event

water ski tournament is primarily earned through placement on the national rankings list. Athletes also can qualify by placing in the top-five in the previous year’s event or at respective 2021 regional championships.

 

The American Water Ski Association, a sport discipline organization of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports, and Waters Edge Ski Club are hosting the tournament.

 

Monday’s (Day 2) National Champions

 

Men 6 Slalom: Mark Brandt (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), 2-1/2 buoys at 38 feet off; Men 7 Slalom: Steve Ware (Gilbert, Ariz.), 1 buoy at 39-1/2 feet off; Men 8 Slalom: Steve Raphael (Southlake, Texas), 2-1/2 buoys at 38 feet off; Men 9 Slalom and Overall: Dennis Longo (Coral Gables, Fla.), 1 buoy at 35 feet off/2,442.4 points; Men 10 Slalom and Overall: Carrol “Bud” Piercy (Ashland, Neb.), 2 buoys at 15 feet off/587.2 points; Men 11 Slalom: Roger Wahl (Prior Lake, Minn.), 2 buoys at 75 feet/Long Line; Men 6 Overall: Stephen Miller (Marysville, Wash.), 2,479.6 points; Men 7 Overall: Paul Armour (Plano, Texas), 2,760.2 points; Men 8 Overall: James Hooker (Mansfield, Ohio), 845.5 points; Men 11 Overall: Elgin Faulkner (Houston, Texas), 657.5 points; Women 6 Tricks: Libby Van Treese (Maria Stein, Ohio), 3040 points; Women 7 Tricks and Overall: Janie Fausold (Pleasant Grove, Calif.), 2,710 points/2,215.2 points; Women 8 Tricks and Overall: Prissy Edwards (Alexandria, Ind.), 460 points/233.5 points; Women 9 Tricks and Overall: Janet Piercy (Ashland, Neb.), 1,460 points/1,981.5 points; Women 3 Tricks and Overall: Erin Kalkbrenner (Maize, Kan.), 3,040 points/3,072.3 points; Women 4 Tricks: Jill Smith (New Carlisle, Ind.), 3,560 points; Women 4 Overall: Jane Greenwood (Little Rock, Ark.), 2,431.0 points; Men 3 Tricks: Benjamin Lohr (Orlando, Fla.), 7,510 points); Girls 1 Tricks: Grace Lohr (Orlando, Fla.), 2,330 points; Women 6 Jumping and Overall: Joy Kelley (Loudon, Tenn.), 96 feet/3,165.2 points; Women 7 Jumping: Janet Madden (Homer Glen, Ill.), 49 feet; Women 3 Jumping: Rebecca Bartlett (Wolfeboro, N.H.), 86 feet; Men 3 Jumping: Brandon Waters (Lady Lake, Fla.), 181 feet; and Men 3 Overall: Tyler Boyd (Cypress, Texas), 2,724.0 points).

 

Competition continues Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. A live webcast, daily scorebooks, schedules, recaps and additional information on the Nationals can be found at www.waterskinationals.com.

 

The first national championships was held in 1939 at Jones Beach in Long Island, N.Y. Except for three years during World War II (1942-1944), the Nationals has been held every year since 1939.

 

USA Water Ski & Wake Sports is affiliated with the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (world governing body) and is recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and Pan-American Sports Organization as the national governing body of organized water skiing and wakeboarding in the United States.