SAC Region On The Road To Nationals

The Southern and Atlantic Coastal Regional Tournament took place in McDonald, TN at the
Barkin’ Dog Saloon on October 9-10. Even with just five teams in attendance, the competition was
at its peak as teams competed for the top placement in the Syndicate 2021 National Collegiate
Waterski Championship seed, with The University of Alabama coming in on top with a team
a score of 4,435 points. The second and third place teams were separated by only 60 points, with
Florida Southern College taking the lead at 2,900 points, followed by Rollins College with 2,840.
Clemson University rolled into fourth place, followed by Auburn University in fifth. Each of the
teams are excited to represent the region in Zachary next week at Nationals after the long hiatus
from collegiate skiing.

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On Friday night and Saturday morning, the busses and cars started rolling in with skiers,
equipment, and boatloads of energy. Despite the fog delay each morning, our teams eagerly
hopped on the water to compete. Skiers spent the mornings catching up and swapping ideas to
grow the sport. Our evenings were spent making new friends and bonding with skiers from
across the region over barbeque, music, and dancing.

See Event Photos by Emily Sampson of Simply Captured Moments.

The University of Alabama dominated the men’s and women’s podiums in all three events,
taking 7/10 total podium spots for both slalom and trick, and 9/10 total podium placements in
jump. Auburn University’s, Kailey Clement, landed her first tournament jump at a distance of 44
feet. Alongside Kailey, several other Auburn skiers reached new personal best scores. Mason
Guilford from Clemson University achieved an overall personal best in jump and a collegiate PB
in trick. Due to a high number of skiers from several schools having practice for IWWF Worlds,
the tournament was on the smaller side, but crashes and victories alike, we saw some great
skiing this past weekend.

Placement	Team	Name	Total
1	ALA	University of Alabama	4,555
2	FSC	Florida Southern College	2,980
3	ROL	Rollins College	2,960
4	CLE	Clemson University	1,500
5	AUB	Auburn University	735

Full scorebook available at usawaterski.com

Watch the Syndicate Waterskis 2021 NCWSA Collegiate Nationals LIVE at ncwsa.com/webcast from October 21-23rd.