WWU water ski team places first in nation in women's jump competition
The Western Washington University water ski team has taken first place in the women's jump competition at the national championships, which are taking place Oct. 22 to 24 at Ironwood Ski Ranch near Bakersfield, Calif. On the men's side, WWU took fourth in the jump competition Thursday.
The women took first place in Division II, with five skiers placing in the top 20. In Thursday's women's jump finals, Alyson Howisey took fourth, Kelly Thees took seventh, Heidi Dimmit took eighth, Kaylin Bettinger took ninth and Sarah Temple took 17th.
The Top 10 in the women's jump competition:
1 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNI WWU 1355.0
2 CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBIS SLO 1240.0
3 TEXAS STATE UNIV TSU 1135.0
4 UNIV OF WISC MADISON MAD 740.0
5 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLE 655.0
6 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MCH 550.0
7 KANSAS UNIVERSITY KAN 490.0
8 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TAM 460.0
9 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNA CIN 330.0
10 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UGA 0.0
For the men, Carl Skerlong took fifth, Kyle Foley took 12th, Michael Eisele took 21st, Jameson McEwan took 30th and Brian Zuleger took 49th.
The Top 10 in the men's jump competition:
1 UNIV OF WISC MADISON MAD 1535.0
2 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNA CIN 1415.0
3 KANSAS UNIVERSITY KAN 1340.0
4 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNI WWU 1320.0
5 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TAM 1215.0
6 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA UGA 1155.0
7 TEXAS STATE UNIV TSU 1090.0
8 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MCH 880.0
9 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLE 845.0
10 CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBIS SLO 570.0
For more information, and to watch the events live, visit http://www.ncwsa.com/. The WWU water ski team's Web site is at http://www.wwu.edu/waterski/.