2021 Pan American Water Ski Championships Results (U14, U17, U21 and Open Divisions)
That's a wrap on the 2021 Pan Am Championships in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico and it was an exciting week for the U14, U17, U21 and Open Divisions. Canada was well represented with 21 Athletes in all of the divisions. Our Water Ski & Wakeboard Alberta Athletes that represented were:
U14 Team Carly Bonham Megan Pelkey U17 Team Evan Kraus U21 Team Brad Gibbons
Our athletes performed very well and helped Canada win many medals and contributed to very awesome team results.
In the U14 Division, Megan Pelkey, an overall skier, competed in all 3 events of slalom, trick and jump and had a fantastic event and took home a Bronze Medal in the Slalom Event with a score of 2 @ 12m/35' off at 52kmh. She earned a Silver Medal in the Jump Event with her best jump of 25.9m/85'! Megan made the finals in trick and had a great semi-finals score of 3,980 points to help her win the Overall Title. With these fantastic results, Megan won GOLD in the Overall Event and is the Pan Am U14 Overall Champion! Way to go Megan!
In the U14 Division, Carly Bonham competed in the overall event tricks, jump and slalom and made her way in the Finals in Slalom. She had a great score of 3 @ 13m/32' off at 52kmh in the semi-finals in slalom. In the Finals she skied to 2 @ 13m/32' off for a tie for 5th at her first PanAm Championships! Carly is an Overall skier and she also competed in the Trick and Jump Events. She finished in 10th place in the Trick Event and 7th Place in the Jump Event. This earned her a 6th Place in the Overall Event for the U14 Division! Awesome, way to go Carly! In the U17 Slalom division, Evan Kraus skied awesome in the semi-finals with a score of 3 @ 11.25m/38' off at 58kmh to earn a spot in the Slalom Finals. Evan repeated this score of 3 @ 11.25m/38' off to win a Silver Medal in the Slalom Finals in the U17 Division. Evan is a multi-event skier and also competed in the Trick Event. He had a great trick run in the semi-finals with a score of 4190 points to make it to the Trick Finals. In the Finals, Evan improved his trick score to 5410 points, and just missed the podium and finished with an impressive 4th place in the U17 Division! Fantastic Evan! In the U21 Division, Brad Gibbons skied great in the semi-finals with a score of 2.5 @ 12m/35' offat 58kmh to make it through to the Slalom Finals. In the Finals, he improved his score to 6 @ 12m/35' off to win a Silver Medal in the U21 Division. Brad is also a multi-event skier and competed in the Trick Event. He finished in 6th place in Tricks in the U21 Division. Congratulations Brad!
Canada took home a total of 36 medals GOLD 16 SILVER: 10 BRONZE: 10
Not only did our athletes earn individual medals, but their performances also contributed to the Team competition and Canada ruled this event. Here's how Canada dominated the Team Event!
U14 TEAM GOLD U17 TEAM BRONZE U21 TEAM GOLD OPEN TEAM GOLD OVERALL TEAM GOLD
WAY TO GO & BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WATER SKI & WAKEBOARD ALBERTA ATHLETES!
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Once again some of our Alberta Water Ski Athletes had some fantastic performances at tournaments in Florida to earn them spots in the prestigious US Masters Water Ski Event which will be held next weekend, May 28-30, in Georgia.
Evan Kraus had an impressive 6,750 point trick run to qualify for the US Junior Masters. The Junior Masters will be held next Friday, May 28 at Callaway Gardens. This will be the first visit to the Masters for this young skier!
Shae O'Brien continues to impress on the jump ramp and qualified for the Junior Masters as well. The semi-finals and the finals will be held next Friday, May 28. There will be a LIVE webcast so make sure you tune it. This is Shae's first visit to the Masters!
We are excited for both our Junior Skiers, both on the WSWA Junior Water Ski Team to compete in this fantastic, prestigious event!
Dorien Llewellyn has secured a spot in both jump and trick at the US Masters. The Open Men will compete in the semi-finals on Saturday and the Finals on Sunday.
All three of these athletes have also set recent Alberta Records.
Evan Kraus: Evan set a new Alberta U17 Men Slalom Record with a score of 1.5 buoys at 39.5'/10.75m.
Shae O'Brien: Shae has set new Alberta Jump Record for U17 Women and Open Women with a jump of 43.0 m / 141 feet.
Dorien Llewellyn: Dorien set an Alberta Trick Record for the Open Men Division which is also a pending Canadian Trick Record with a score of 11,840 points.
Good luck to all three of these Alberta Athletes next week.
There will be a LIVE webcast so make sure you tune it. Visit the website at: https://masterswaterski.com/
It's been a great start to the water ski season for a few of our water ski athletes! Some of our athletes have been down south in Florida training and competing at some tournaments over the past 3 weekends.
Our athletes that have set new Alberta Water Ski Records include:
Evan Kraus: Evan set a new U17 Men slalom record with a score of 1.5 buoys at 39.5'/10.75m. Congratulations Evan! Evan beat his previous PB by 4.5 buoys!
Shae O'Brien: Shae has been lighting it up on the jump ramp every time she jumps. Over the past few tournaments, Shae has set a new Personal Best and has also set a new Alberta Jump record for U17 Women and Open Women. Last weekend Shae set an Alberta Jump record with a jump of 42.1m / 138 feet. This weekend in the final round, Shae had a huge jump of 43.0 m / 141 feet.
Dorien Llewellyn: Dorien set an Alberta Trick Record for the Open Men Division which is also a pending Canadian Trick Record with a score of 11,840 points. Dorien had set a pending Canadian record last weekend with a score of 11,610 points, but since then has improved that trick run with this new score.
We are excited for the season for these Alberta athletes !