SCR Performs Well at Nationals

ULM and ULL finished 1st and 2nd in Division 1, with Texas finishing 9th. In Division 2 Texas A&M finished 7th while Texas State took 1st. Overall it was a very good showing for the South Central Region and an outstanding job by Texas State and the University of Louisiana Monroe.

Natalie Berdnikova won every womens event and Danyelle Bennett took second in all three events. Other SCR D1 winners were Ian Trapp in Mens Slalom, Alaksei Zharnasek in Mens Trick, and Steven Critchley in Mens Jump. Adam Seldmajer took 1st in Overall. Nick Williams to the highest place for the Longhorns with a 13th finish in mens slalom.

Bobby Hall squeaked out a 1st place overall finish over Brent Norwood who finished 2nd. Brent also won mens jump.

Next year looks just as exciting, with Texas bringing back their entire mens team and several young Texas A&M skiers will surely improve. Texas State has several skiers moving on, but hopefully they can reload. Both ULL and ULM will lose some important members of this years teams, but they also got impressive performances from freshman and as always you never know who or where they will recruit next years freshman.

Regionals Results

Another successful regionals finished and no one had to get home in the wee hours of Monday morning. The results are below...

Scores

Regionals this Weekend

- Running orders are due Wed. by 5:00pm, a $10.00 late fee per skier will be enforced for any
orders sent in after the deadline.
- Items needed for registration on Friday night:
- ONE check (cash accepted) made out to 'University of Arkansas'
- NCWSA Liability Waivers for each skier on your team
- Proof of USA Water Ski membership for each member of your team
- Proof of Eligibility for each member of your team
- We will start with MEN SLALOM and WOMENS JUMP on Saturday morning. When those are done, we will switch lakes/events. This is a tentative schedule that may change before registration on Friday night. So....... come with the intent of doing any event on Saturday morning!
- Practice will start at 5:00pm on Friday, a set is $10 and a liability waiver for the Cedar Creek Ski Park must be signed.
- Again, absolutely NO ALCOHOL on the site. This will be strictly enforced.

Fall Classic is in the books

The results should be on NCWSA.com, if they aren't they will be shortly. Congratulations on another good tournament and start getting ready for Monroe.

2007 ULM Bayou Classic

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Bayou DeSiard, Monroe, Louisiana

September 22 – 23, 2007

Pre-Registration

Please email your team’s running orders to collinjt at tribe.ulm.edu by 5:00pm September 19, 2007.

Registration

Registration will take place from 8:00pm until 11:30pm on Friday in the hotel lobby.

You must have a team release, a team roster with AWSA numbers, proof of AWSA membership (can be purchased at registration, but please try to have all memberships taken care of before registration; if it is purchased right before the tournament and you do not have a membership card, you MUST have the receipt), proof of eligibility from your school, and a single check for entry fees ($25.00 per person) made payable to ULM Water Ski Team.

Hotel Information

Holiday Inn Holidome

Group Name: 2007 ULM Bayou Classic

1051 US Hwy 165 Bypass at I20

Monroe, LA 71203

(318) 387-5100

$60.00 per night, please make your reservations by September 14^th.

Order of Events

Saturday 8:00am: Men’s Slalom, Women’s Slalom, Men’s Trick, Women’s Trick

Sunday 8:00am: Women’s Jump, Men’s Jump, B-Team Trick, B-Team Slalom

B-Team Jump

Directions to the Hotel

From east of westbound I-20, take exit 118B (highway US 165 N) located on the right hand side. The Hotel will be on the right approximately 200 yards after the end of the off ramp.

Directions from the Hotel to the Bayou will be provided at the Hotel. ULM does a lot of business with the Holiday Inn Holidome, so it is important that all of our visiting ski teams are good guests!

Contact Treina Landrum ULM Water Ski Team Coach with any questions, at (318) 342-5313 or via e-mail at landrum at ulm.edu .

Fall 2007 Schedule

9/8 - 9/9 UT Fall Classic @ Frame Switch Ski Lakes

9/22 - 9/23 University of Louisiana Monroe @ Bayou Desaird

9/29 - 9/30 Regionals hosted by Arkansas @ Cedar Creek Ski Park