Jaquess, Siemers Selected Athletes of the Month
Polk City, Fla. - USA Water Ski named Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.) and Jimmy Siemers (Round Rock, Texas) Female and Male Athletes of the Month this April. Both MasterCraft skiers will now be considered for the US Olympic Committee’s Athlete of The Month honor.
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Regina Jaquess |
Jaquess, 19, who competed on both the U.S. Elite and Under 21 Teams at the 2004 Pan American Water Ski Championships, April 7-11, in Lima, Peru, led the medal haul for the United States with seven individual medals, including five gold medals. In the Open Women's competition, Jaquess won a gold medal in tricks and silver medals in slalom and overall. In the Under 21 event, she swept gold medals in Women's slalom, tricks, jump and overall. Her performances helped both the U.S. Elite and Under 21 Teams win overall team titles at the biennial event.
Siemers, 22, captured a silver medal and a bronze medal at this year’s Pan American Championships. Competing as a member of the U.S. Elite Water Ski Team, Siemers racked up 10,200 points in Open Men’s tricks to earn the silver medal, and 2,746.57 points in Open Men’s overall to earn the bronze medal. He also finished fourth in Open Men’s jump and ninth in slalom to help the U.S. Elite Team win the overall team title. Both Jaquess and Siemers also set World Championship Overall records as well. They are the first two USA athletes to win World Overall titles together since Deena Brush-Mapple and Sammy Duvall in 1987.
MasterCraft's Freddy Krueger also earned a silver medal in jump and Karen Truelove won a gold medal in Women's slalom. MasterCraft's mother/daughter duo - Danyelle and Anne Bennett - also had outstanding performances in the Jr. and Vet. divisions respectively. Both won Overall titles and Anne swept the slalom, trick and jump events.
Chet Raley (www.pbtcenter.com) and April Coble-Eller (www.cobleskischool.com) also represented MasterCraft and the US at the Pan American Championships, coaching the US team.
Courtesy of Master Craft
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