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Cafe de Colombia Water Ski Tour & Sea Doo Wakeboard Series Results
RESULTS:
Friday, April 12
Wakeboarding
Round One:
(Top 10 advance to tomorrow competition)
1. Zane Schwenk 20,338 points
2. Jeremy Kovak 19,680
3. Thomas Horrell 19,457
4. Parks Bonifay 19,252
5. Andy Lazarus 19,252
6. Shannon Best 19,010
7. Shawn Murray 18,515
8. Dave Reinhart 18,443
9. Randy Harris 18,190
10. Dean Lavelle 17,932
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Missing the cut
11. Greg Necrason 16,845
12. Charley Patterson 16,275
13. Jeff Heer 15,397
14. Russell Gay 15,357
15. Cobe Mikacich 15,310
Friday Summary:
Florida's own Zane Schwenk lived up to his number one seed at the Cafe
de Colombia Water Ski Tour and Sea Doo Wakeboard Series today at Cranes
Roost Park in Altamonte Springs.
Schwenk from nearby Cypress Gardens scored 20,338 points keeping him
the number one seed for tomorrow's wakeboarding competition.
"I didn't think about keeping the top spot all weekend. I was more
concerned about just making it in," said Schwenk. "I really don't like going
last, which the number one seed has to do."
Canada's Jeremy Kovak took second with 19,680. Thomas Horrell from
Winter Haven took third.
Orlando wakeboarders who make the cut included Shawn Murray and Dean
Lavelle.
Among those missing the top-10 cut were defending Wakeboard World
Champion Mike Weddington and former world champ and Orlando native Scott
Byerly.
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Saturday, April 13
Wakeboarding Expression Session Finals:
1. Jeremy Kovak 3,750 points
2. Thomas Horrell 3,423
3. Zane Schwenk 3,317
4. Parks Bonifay 3,313
5. Shaun Murray 3,173
6. Dean Lavelle 3,107
7. Randy Harris 3,060
8. Andy Lazarus 2,760
9. Dave Reinhart 2,733
10. Shannon Best 2,727
Slalom: (top 7 advance)
1. Andy Mapple 3 @ 39
2. Carl Roberge 4 @ 38
3. Mike Kjellander 4 @ 38
4. Wade Cox 3 @ 38
5. Patrice Martin 2 @ 38
6. Kris LaPoint 4.5 @ 35
7. Richard Kjellander 4 @ 35
8. Lucky Lowe 3.5 @ 35
9. Mark Crone 5 @ 32
10. Jodi Fisher 4.5 @ 28
Long Distance Jumping:
(top 7 to tomorrowŠs finals)
1. Carl Roberge 203 feet
2. Bruce Neville 191Š
3. Andrea Alessi 189Š
4. Michael Heath 188Š
5. Stephen Wild 188Š
6. Jaret Llewellyn 184Š
7. Jim Clunie 182Š
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8. Kreg Llewellyn 179Š
9. J.D. Wiswall 179Š
10. John Levingston 178Š
11. Dan Zeisler 176Š
12. Ron Thompson 173Š
13. Franz Oberleitner 172Š
14. John Swanson ---
15. Freddy Krueger ---
16. Brian Swenson ---
17. Kyle Peterson ---
18. Marc Shaw ---
Saturday Summary:
Orlando native Carl Roberge put on a show at today's semi-finals at the
Cafe de Colombia Water Ski Tour in Altamonte Springs.
Roberge seeded number one in jumping waited until the final jump of the
day and soared 203 feet to finish first in today's competition. Australia's
Bruce Neville finished second with a jump of 191 feet.
Roberge also finished second in the slalom competition rounding 4 buoys
at 38 off. Andy Mapple took the top spot with 3 at 39 off.
In the finals of the Wakeboarding Expression Session, Canada's Jeremy
Kovak took the championship with 3,750 points.
Cafe de Colombia Water Ski Tour & Sea Doo Wakeboard Series
Altamonte Springs, Florida (outside Orlando) Finals
Sunday, April 14, 1996
Wakeboarding:
1. Dean Lavelle 19,628 points
2. Parks Bonifay 19,442
3. Shawn Murray 19,222
4. Randy Harris 18,813
5. Zane Schwenk 18,162
6. Shannon Best 18,065
7. Thomas Horrell 17,240
8. Andy Lazarus 17,080
9. Jeremy Kovak 16,382
10. Dave Reinhart 11,163
Jumping:
1. Carl Roberge 203 feet
2. Bruce Neville 197Š
3. Michael Heath 196Š
4. Jim Clunie 193Š
5. Stephen Wild 192Š
6. Jaret Llewellyn 189Š
7. Andrea Alessi Crash: preliminary medical report dislocated left hip
Slalom:
1. Wade Cox 2.25 @ 39 off
2. Andy Mapple 2 @ 39
3. Patrice Martin 4 @ 38
4. Kris LaPoint 4 @ 38
5. Carl Roberge 3 @ 38
6. Richard Kjellander 2 @ 38
7. Mike Kjellander 1.5 @ 38
Sunday Summary:
Hometown favorite and defending champion Carl Roberge waited until the
final jump of the day at the Cafe de Colombia Water Ski Tour and Sea Doo
Wakeboard Series to take the jump title.
Roberge soared 203 feet topping Australia's Bruce Neville's jump of
197. This win follows last year's win in Orlando which began Roberge march
to the championship.
Italian star Andrea Alessi was injured today as he crashed in his jump
attempt. Alessi was taken to Altamonte Springs hospital. Early reports
indicate a dislocated left hip.
In the slalom competition, Orlando's Wade Cox survived a charge by Andy
Mapple and won the title. Cox rounded 2.25 buoys at 39 off just nipping
Mapple's 2 @ 39. Cox lives in Chuluota, Florida.
In Wakeboarding, Dean Lavelle won his first ever tour stop with 19,628
points. 14-year old Parks Bonifay took second with 19,442. That was also a
career high for Bonnifay.
A crowd of 7,600 people attending the event at Cranes Roost Park in
Altamonte Springs. The next stop on the Cafe de Colombia Water Ski Tour is
in High Point, North Carolina, May 17,18,19.
Bill Walker
wake...@worldzine.com (S. Olsen) wrote:
[...]
>Slalom:
>1. Wade Cox 2.25 @ 39 off
>2. Andy Mapple 2 @ 39
>3. Patrice Martin 4 @ 38
>4. Kris LaPoint 4 @ 38
Wow! Kris can still get it done! When I was, I'd guess, 15 (that's 23
years ago, folks!) I had a poster on my bedroom wall that declared "Kris
LaPoint breaks world record on his Maherajah ski!". I don't know how old
Kris is, but to be at the top of any sport for that long is just flat
amazing.
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Bill Walker, QUALCOMM, Inc., San Diego, CA USA
WWa...@qualcomm.com