Lake City Skiers
The Lake City Skiers of Warsaw won the team title at the 14th Division 2 Show Ski National Championships, Aug. 2-3, held in Warsaw. Hosted by the Lake City Skiers, the tournament featured seven teams competing for the Division 2 show ski national title.
In competitive show skiing, each club had one hour to present a theatrical performance on water skis. Judges scored the acts by awarding points based on originality, presentation and execution. Elaborate costumes and staging intermixed with music and fast action on the water as an announcer lead the audience through the show.
The Lake City Skiers won top awards for pick-up boat crews, towboat driving, showmanship, overall show, high individual club act, barefooting and jumping in tallying 1,486.8 points.
The Waterboard Warriors of Wrightstown, Wisc., earned top-scoring awards for dock and equipment personnel, sound crew, ballet, doubles, and pyramid to finish second with 1,342.45 points.
The Hartwick Huskys of Delhi, Iowa, finished third with 1,223.03 points.
The Brown’s Lake Aquaducks, Burlington, Wisc., placed fourth with 1,203.07 points, and the Silver Lake Ski Club of Fenton, Mich., rounded out the top-five placements with 1,104.75 points.
The Division 2 Show Ski National Championships also featured athletes competing individually in adagio doubles, swivel, freestyle jumping and multi-jumping acts. Lauren Sheldon (Storrs Mansfield, Conn.) won swivel, scoring 11.76 points; Will and Danielle Bazeley (Whitewater, Wis.) won doubles with 11.73 points; Steve Hawblitzel (Warsaw, Ind.) won freestyle jumping with 382.92 points; and the Lake City Skiers (Warsaw, Ind.) won team jumping, tallying 68.67 points.
For complete Team results visit www.usawaterski.org