Alex Lauretano Sets New Regional Records

Alex Lauretano is on a roll!!! She has skied exceptionally well in two recent tournaments, establishing new region records in each.

At the Can-Am Championships, she set three new Eastern Region records in one round. The Eastern Region records she broke are as follows.

Trick: 6390	previous record by Susie Lohr of 6330 set in 1997
Slalom: 1 @ 38 off	previous record by Alex Lauretano of 3-1/2 at 35 off set in 2004 Nationals
Overall: 3994	previous record by Susie Lohr of 3593 set in 1997

A few great photos were provided by Frank Harrison, US Ski Team Manager, taken at the Can-Am's. Click on the thumbnails.

The one of Alex smiling is her coming out of the water after she ran 1 @ 38 in the final round. Everyone, both USA and Canada, gave her a long round of applause as she came out of the water.

View the USA Water Ski press release of the tournament. Additional info no longer included on the web page: In the Junior event, Lauretano swept titles in Girls' slalom, tricks, jumping and overall. She scored 1 buoy at 38 feet in slalom, tallied 6,390 points in tricks, and leaped 132 feet in jumping to finish with 3,000.0 overall points. In Boys' action, Selsor won the overall title, tallying 2,641.4 points; Travers won the slalom title, scoring 2-1/2 buoys at 38 feet off; and Pickos won the tricks title, scoring 8,040 points.

In the 17 to 21 event, Wolfe won titles in Women's slalom (2-1/2 buoys at 35 feet off), jumping (142 feet) and overall (2,949.7 points. In Men's action, Burdick won slalom (2-1/2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off), Nightingale won tricks (8,010 points) and Reid won overall (2,665.7 points).

At the Jack Travers' Sunset Lakes Fall Classic Record Tournament in Florida this weekend (10/1/05), Alex skied three personal best performances and broke the Eastern Region records again!

Alex skied 2 buoys at 38-off in the Slalom event, scored 6870 in Tricks, and jumped 146 feet. The trick and slalom scores are new records, and her overall score of 4174.2 is also a new record. Alex' jump of 146' was while doing a 3/4 cut.