From: Dean Turcol[SMTP:DT2@worldzine.com] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 1997 9:56 PM To: Eric Bacos-email; Greg Wait-Behind the Boat editor; Jean Claude-GAISF-email; John Capell-email; jumping site-email; mooseweb-email; Nancy Irvin-email; Nicki Brown-email; Peter Frei-email; Samatha Clark/water skier-ema; Steve Smith-GAISF-email; William Lesourd-email; Acrostar-Tom Bertrand-email; Andres Botero-email; awsa-Duke Waldrop-email; Bob Corson-email; Carlos Tribino-email; Des Burke Kennedy-email; Gill Hill-email; img-Roy Judleson-email; iwsf-Aubrey Sheena-email; Jeff Parnell-email; Jon Franklin-email; Kyle Tate-email; Larry Meddock-email; Max Kirwin-email; moomba-Russell Morris-email; Roby Zucchi-email; Thomas Strunck-email; Walther Jansen-email Subject: 1997 John Deere U.S. Open Results Cafe de Colombia Water Ski World Cup John Deere U.S. Open > There were plenty of surprises in the final round of the 1997 John > Deere U.S. > Open held Sunday at Lake Kristi in Greenville N.C. Steffen Wild of > Germany jumped 209 feet to capture his first jump title and $5,000. > Andy Mapple won > Men's Slalom with 1 at 41 off and Susi Graham led all women with 3 > 1/2 @ 38 > off. Kristi Overton, hospitalized with complications from an > off-season surgery > did not compete, and is not expected to return to the water until > after she > delivers her first child, expected in January. Emma Sheers of > Australia jumped 151 feet to win the Women's Jump event. A huge > North Carolina crowd turned out for the event. > > > Final results follow. > Men's Slalom Prelims / Finals > 1 MAPPLE, ANDY 3.50/1075 1.00/1025 > 2 COX, WADE 5.00/1075 5.50/1075 > 3T RODGERS, JEFF 5.00/1075 4.00/1075 > 3T ROBERGE, CARL 5.00/1075 4.00/1075 > 5 ROSS, DREW 3.00/1075 3.00/1075 > > Men's Jump Prelims / Finals > 1 WILD, STEFFEN 61.6(202) 63.6(209) > 2 CLUNIE, JIM 62.2(204) 63.5(208) > 3 LEVINGSTON, JOHN 62.6(205) 63.4(208) > 4 ROBERGE, CARL 64.5(212) 62.4(205) > 5 SWANSON, JOHN 62.2(204) 62.3(204) > > Women's Slalom Prelims / Finals > 1 GRAHAM, SUSI 3.50/1125 3.50/1125 > 2 SHEERS, EMMA 2.25/1125 2.50/1125 > 3 TRUELOVE, KAREN 2.00/1125 2.00/1125 > 4 LEACHMAN, JENNIFER 4.00/1125 5.00/1200 > 5 KJELLANDER, HELENA 2.00/1125 5.00/1200 > > Women's Jump Prelims / Finals > 1 SHEERS, EMMA 43.7(143) 45.9(151) > 2 COBLE, APRIL 42.8(140) 44.5(146) > 3 BALDWIN, BRENDA 43.2(142) 44.1(145) > 4 NEVILLE, TONI 44.6(146) 43.9(144) > 5 BARTON, RHONI 41.9(137) 42.2(139) > > >