Bennett's Water Ski and Wakeboard School

Connelly 2017 NCWSA Nationals Website Page Updated With 2017 Information

The Connelly NCWSA Collegiate Water Ski National Championships page has been updated with information for the 2017 Nationals in October. Bennett’s Water Ski & Wakeboard School was a proud sponsor of the 2017 NCWSA All-Stars tournament this past weekend at Bullneck Lake in Scott, Arkansas, and they look forward to hosting the Connelly 2017 NCWSA Nationals at Tri-Lakes from October 19th through the 21st of 2017.

Notable Nationals Changes

  1. NCWSA Tournament Rulebook has been updated to mandate a runoff to determine event champions at Nationals and All-Stars. The rule and format is defined within the tournament rulebook.
  2. The Nationals tournament schedule has been modified.
    1. NCWSA Nationals Standards will specifically outline the circumstances for moving the entirety of the last round of Division 1 men’s slalom due to sunset/darkness, and the standards will outline when the event will be moved to.
    2. Division 2 tricks has been moved to Friday.
    3. Division 2 slalom has been moved to Saturday.

Photo / Video Credit

Thank you to ULL Ragin’ Cajun’s water skier Carlo Basic (Instagram) for the drone footage!

Thank you to Claire Hansel of The Ohio State University Water Ski Team (Instagram) for the feature image.

 

Adam Koehler

I am Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside and Bachelor's and Masters from Marquette University. I skied collegiately at Marquette and in 2009 I received the NCWSA Outstanding Leader Award. I was NCWSA Operations Committee Chair for 7 years, and the NCWSA Secretary for 8 years.