The Mesa girls, 6 and 3 years old, recently returned from the 2010 Water Ski National Championships in Wilmington, Ill.
Written by Allie Seligman
Monday, 16 August 2010 18:04
The Mesa girls, 6 and 3 years old, recently returned from the 2010 Water Ski National Championships in Wilmington, Ill.
Katelyn came in seventh place in tricks and 12th place overall. Kimberly came in 19th in tricks and 14th overall. The girls compete in the same division.
"Both of them were really excited," said Jennifer Westover, the girls' mom.
Kimberly competed in the national competition as the youngest-ever child to qualify. Both girls scored enough points in the Western Regional Water Ski Championships in Caldwell, Idaho to qualify for nationals. Katelyn took home first place in the tricks category at the regional competition.
Westover started skiing when she was 11 when her family took up the sport. She went on to ski for Arizona State University on a scholarship, and the team captured first place during her last year at collegiate nationals. She handed the tradition down to her daughters.
Jerry Worthington, Westover's father and the girls' grandfather, said the family learned to ski in Mesa, then bought a boat.
A few months before I was born in 1968, my father Dr. Jack Horton began pumping water in the first ever purpose-built tournament water ski lake. In early 1969, he and Bob Barton took the inaugural ski rides at Horton Lake. Now, 40 years later, I asked my father about the early days.
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The Mesa girls, 6 and 3 years old, recently returned from the 2010 Water Ski National Championships in Wilmington, Ill.
Whether you’re a crafty vet on the water looking to take your skills to the next level or a recreational rider interested in doing some eye-opening tricks for fun, Water Skiing and Wakeboarding is your guide to tearing up the water.