POLK CITY, Fla. – The Midwest Region won the Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships on Sunday, tallying 10,450 points at the 14th annual event held in DuQuoin, Ill. The Western Region finished runner-up, scoring 9,315 points, followed by the Eastern (3,625 points) and South Central (2,540 points) regions.
The Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships includes the top-10 men and top-10 women from each of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association's four regions vying for individual titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. A team title also is awarded to the top-scoring region.
Purdue's Cale Burdick (Coatesville, Ill.) won titles in men's slalom and jumping, and tied for the overall title. It was the fourth consecutive year that Burdick won the men's slalom title at the All-Stars.
Other athletes earning titles were: Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.), women's slalom; Jenna Sligar (Tempe, Ariz.), women's tricks and overall; Kayla McClure (Convoy, OH), women's jumping; and Storm Selsor (Fremont, Calif.), men's tricks. Selsor tied Burdick for the men's overall title.
For complete results and more information, visit www.ncwsa.com. USA Water Ski was formed in 1939 as a non-profit organization promoting water skiing in the United States. USA Water Ski is affiliated with the International Water Ski Federation (world governing body) and is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and Pan-American Sports Organization as the national governing body of organized water skiing in the United States. With more than 20,000 members, USA Water Ski is the largest water ski federation in the world.
