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U.S. Water Ski Athletes Combine To Win 5 Medals On Final Day Of Competition
By Scott Atkinson // USA Water Ski // July 25, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - U.S. Water Ski Team members Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.), Mandy Nightingale (Sapulpa, Okla.) and Cory Pickos (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.) combined to win five medals in respective events on Tuesday during the final day of water skiing at the 2007 Pan American Games at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.
Jaquess won the gold medal in women’s jumping and the bronze medal in tricks. She leaped 143 feet to win the women’s jumping gold medal by just two-tenths of a meter over Canada’s Whitney McClintock, and she tallied 7,050 points to win the bronze medal in tricks. Nightingale earned the silver medal in tricks and the bronze medal in jumping. She tallied 7,380 points in tricks and leaped 138 feet in jumping. Pickos tallied 10,650 points to win the silver medal in men’s tricks.
The U.S. Water Ski Team finished with a total of seven medals – one gold, three silver and three bronze medals – during the four-day competition. Including the silver medal she won in women’s slalom on Monday, Jaquess, 23, has now won six medals in Pan American Games competition, the most among U.S. water ski athletes since the sport became part of the Pan American Games’ program in 1995.
Austin Hair (Tega Cay, S.C.) and Jonathan Travers (Groveland, Fla.) were the other members of the U.S. Water Ski Team. Frank Harrison (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) and Mike Meek (Albany, Ohio) served as team leader and coach, respectively.
“We were extremely proud to be a part of this year’s Pan American Games and to have won seven medals,” Harrison said. “I am exceptionally proud of the U.S. Pan American Games Water Ski Team. We had some adverse conditions throughout the week, but everyone did the job they had to do. I am very pleased with how this team came together throughout the week in Rio. It’s been an experience for all of us that we will never forget.”
Women’s Jumping Finals
1. Regina Jaquess USA Suwanee, Ga. 143 feet (43.7m)
2. Whitney McClintock CAN 143 feet (43.5m)
3. Mandy Nightingale USA Sapulpa, Okla. 138 feet
Men’s Jumping Finals
1. Jaret Llewellyn CAN 215 feet
2. Ryan Dodd CAN 211 feet
3. Rodrigo Miranda CHI 201 feet
6. Jonathan Travers USA Groveland, Fla. 155 feet
Women’s Tricks Finals
1. Whitney McClintock CAN 7,530 points
2. Mandy Nightingale USA Sapulpa, Okla. 7,380 points
3. Regina Jaquess USA Suwanee, Ga. 7,050 points
Men’s Tricks Finals
1. Jaret Llewellyn CAN 11,040 points
2. Cory Pickos USA Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. 10,650 points
3. Ryan Dodd CAN 9,580 points
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