This past weekend the Missouri State University Water Ski Team competed in the Midwest Regional Championships in Decatur, IL and took home 3rd place! The third place finish qualifies them for Division I Nationals. The team will be traveling to Austin, TX Oct 14-16 to compete in event held by the National Collegiate Water Ski Association and Texas State University. This is the third time the Bears will be making the trip to Nationals, the first time in 2007 in DI and the second time in 2008 in Division II.

The women’s team took 1^st place slalom, jump, and 2^nd place tricks both at Regionals and at the Conference Championships. Women who made a podum in individual events include Jordan Dutro—3^rd in slalom, 3^rd in jump, 4th place overall; Stephanie Elhoffer- tied for 4^th in tricks, tied for 2^nd overall; Justine Vaughan- tied for 4^th in tricks, 5th place overall. In the men’s event Paul Tierney place 4^th in slalom.

There are currently 110 colleges and universities in the US with competitive waterski teams that make up the National Collegiate Waterski Association memership. The top 22 qualify each year for the National Competition.

MSU is one of 43 teams in the Midwest Region. The fall tournament season has been in full swing as the teams vie for the chance to compete at the Midwest Regional Championships in Decatur, IL Oct 1-3, 2010. Conference tournaments in the region over the past weeks determined the top 16 teams to compete at the Regional level. The Top 3 winners from Regionals go on to compete in the Division I Nationals. Wisconsin Madison took top honors, Purdue University 2nd and Missouri State snatched the 3rd spot ahead of Ohio State and University of Cinncinati. Those 4th and 5th place teams will compete in Division II along with Iowa State.

For more information about the MSU Ski Team visit:http://www.msuwaterski.com/

For a complete list of teams competing at Nationals, or for more information about collegiate waterskiing visit: www.ncwsa.com

This past weekend the Missouri State Bears traveled to Du Quoin, Illinois to compete in SIU’s first annual Fall Classic. With some fantastic skiing by all the Bears, Missouri State placed second only 25 points behind the winner Purdue.

Not only did the team take home second but many from the team received individual medals as well.

For the men:

Paul Tierney- 2nd place slalom; 3rd place jump; 4th place overall

Women:

Jordan Dutro- 2nd slalom; 2nd jump; 2nd overall

Stephanie Elhoffer- 3rd slalom; 5th trick; 4th overall

Justine Vaughan- 5th slalom; 3rd trick; 4th jump; 1st overall

For a complete score book:

http://mcwsa.com/index.php/results/173-siu-fall-classic

This weekend MSU will be traveling to Wilmington, IL to compete in the Great Plains Conference Championships. This tournament will determine who will be moving on from the Great Plains Conference onto the Midwest Regional Championships. Come and cheer on the Bears as they continue their already successful season.

Here is the official scorebook from the Mo-State Fall Showdown.

This is just a list of the teams overall scores. For a complete sorebook

go to USA Waterski's tournament scores.

11U017C          FALL SHOWDOWN          COMBINED TEAM            BACK TO INDEX

        DETAILS OF TEAM SCORES AND PLACES       AS OF  14:42  09-13-2010

TEAM NAME               ID     SLALOM PLC  TRICKS PLC  JMPING PLC  OVRALL PLC

MISSOURI STATE UNIV     MOS    1480.0  1   1475.0  1   1300.0  1   4255.0  1
ILLINOIS STATE UNIV     ILS     740.0  4   1225.0  2   1010.0  3   2975.0  2
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV  SIU    1005.0  2    845.0  5   1070.0  2   2920.0  3
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI  MIZ     690.0  5   1100.0  3    570.0  4   2360.0  4
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS  ILL     645.0  6    875.0  4    340.0  7   1860.0  5
KANSAS UNIVERSITY       KAN     835.0  3    345.0  7    530.0  5   1710.0  6
KANSAS STATE UNIV       KST     300.0  7    595.0  6    430.0  6   1325.0  7

This week the Bears are traveling to the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin

to compete in the SIU Fall Classic. Please come and support the team as well as

watch some amazing skiing!

With the scores of the 2010 Fall Showdown in the books Missouri State’s season is officially underway. This past weekend was the 6th annual Mo State Fall Showdown and if you missed it you certainly missed out! There was some amazing skiing done by all especially by our own bears.

Here are our skiers that placed this weekend:

Paul Tierney

Jordan Dutro

Sam Guilford

Stephanie Elhoffer

Justine Vaughan

Check back soon for a complete score book.

This weekend (9/11-9/12) the Missouri State Waterski Team will be hosting and competing in the annual Fall Showdown. This is a NCWSA (National Collegiate Water Ski Association) sanctioned collegiate tournament that schools from around the region will be competing in as well. This event is open to all spectators who would like to cheer on the Water Skiing Bears of Missouri State or just come and watch some awesome skiing.

Skiing starts at 8 am both Saturday and Sunday with a shrimp boil dinner on Saturday evening.  Below is some more to the point info but please come and enjoy the tournament!

Where: Lake Freddie, Hartville, MO

Theme:  NASCAR: Pit Girls & Grease Monkeys.  Basically, white trash.

Meals: Concessions on site for breakfast and lunch on Saturday. The delicious shrimp boil will be for dinner on Saturday night. Skier’s dinner will be $7 & non-skiers will be charged $10. Whatever is left over from Saturday concessions will be sold on Sunday.

Activities: Bring your water volleyball game!

Directions to the Lake:  2 miles north of Hartville on Hwy 5. Turn right on lake Freddie Road. Follow Signs. OR Hwy-44 exit Hwy-5 south (Lebanon / Hartville Exit). Turn left on lake Freddie Road. Follow Signs.  If lost, call Paul’s phone!

Order of events:

Saturday: Men Slalom, Women Slalom, Men & Women Trick simultaneously. Men start on far start dock, women start on main start dock, Women Jump, Men Jump.  We plan to pull B team on Sunday.

Camping:   Camping on site as usual. Camping will take place on the southside of the stream / parking on the northside.  Please follow the signs. If needed: Little House Inn Mansfield MO. Approx 11 miles from site. Phone 417-924-3531

Questions: Please email Stephanie Elhoffer (stephanie789@missouristate.edu) with any questions or call her at 636.541.4862

Site Rules:

1.     Absolutely no one in the water after dark

2.     Camping in designated area only

3.     No glass on site- no exceptions

4.     Dogs must be on leashes. Be responsible for them!

Be respectful of the site and keep your camping area clean

Attending Teams: