Date: 06/30/01
Author: World Sports & Marketing Press Release

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High Point, NC - The U.S. Pro Wakeboard Tour's Qualifying at Festival Park was full of surprises on Saturday. Many of the Pro Tour's top riders barely made it through to Sunday to compete in the semifinals and finals.

The Pro Tour's top three, Darin Shapiro, Parks Bonifay and Shaun Murray who have accounted for all four wins on the Pro Tour in 2001, finished near the bottom of their Pro Men's quarterfinal heats on Saturday.

With the exception of Daniel Watkins, who took first in Heat #2, the top qualifiers in the Men's Quarterfinal came somewhat out of nowhere. Rob Struharik, who was the first rider off the dock in the Men's Quarterfinals, barely making it to Saturday after qualifying on Friday in the Last Chance Qualifier, finished first in Heat #1. Struharik was the 27th seed in the quarterfinals, but he will be one of the top three seeds in Sunday's Pro Men's semifinals.

In the third Heat, Ryan Wynne, the 24th seed, took the top spot, followed by Erik Ruck and Pro Tour leader Shapiro.

In the Women's semifinals, Dallas Friday and Marie Botved-Studd continued to be the one-two punch on the Pro Tour in 2001, taking out heats one and two in qualifying, giving them the top two spots in Sunday's Pro Women's finals.

Tara Hamilton, the 2000 Pro Tour Season Champion, made her return to competition after missing the first two stops in 2001 due to injury. Hamilton secured a place in Sunday's finals, qualifying third in the first heat.

Pro Men Quarterfinals (top four in each heat advance to semifinals)

Heat # 1
1. Rob Struharik (USA) - 64.44
2. Gerry Nunn (OH) - 60.56
3. Brett Eisenhauer (AUS) - 60.00
4. Shaun Murray (FL) - 59.56
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5. Joel Cahill (USA) - 58.78
6. Steve Edwards (USA) - 58.44
7. Josh Sanders (AUS) - 49.33
8. Chad Sharpe (CAN) - 44.11
9. Jeffrey McKee (USA) - 42.22

Heat # 2
1. Daniel Watkins (AUS) - 65.89
2. Evan Kennedy (FL) - 63.00
3. Parks Bonifay (FL) - 61.67
4. Chris Law (USA) - 57.33
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5. Danny Harf (USA) - 56.03
6. Froggy Soven (FL) - 52.44
7. Trevor Hansen (FL) - 49.00
8. Chris Williams (USA) - 43.33
9. Collin Harrington (FL) - 36.89

Heat # 3
1. Ryan Wynne (USA) - 58.56
2. Erik Ruck (USA) - 58.00
3. Darin Shapiro (FL) - 57.44
4. Randall Harris (CA) - 56.22
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5. Bryan Kennedy (FL) - 50.44
6. Wayne Mawer (AUS) - 49.56
7. Shane Bonifay (USA) - 49.00
8. Nick Weinacker (FL) - 48.44
9. Zane Schwenk (FL) - 47.67

Pro Women Semifinals (top four in each heat advance to finals)

Heat # 1
1. Marie Botved Studd (DEN) - 53.67
2. Emily Copeland (CO) - 52.00
3. Tara Hamilton (USA) - 50.78
4. Melissa Marquadt (USA) - 47.11
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5. Leslie Kent (FL) - 45.56
6. Buster Lutgert (USA) - 40.89
7. Laura Lohrmann (USA) - 36.67
8. Cathy Williams (USA) - 36.00
9. Jaime Necrason (USA) - 19.89

Heat # 2
1. Dallas Friday (USA) - 55.78
2. Lauren Harf (USA) - 49.78
3. Maeghan Major (USA) - 48.56
4. Cheryl Newton (USA) - 44.44
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5. Lauren Loe (TX) - 42.56
6. Lauren Bowman (FL) - 32.22
7. Melanie Pronik (USA) - 27.44
8. Sonja Scheffler (FL) - 26.11

Jr Boys Qualifying (top four advance to finals)
1. Tadpole Robert Soven (FL) - 49.89
2. Casey Dorner (FL) - 39.56
3. Cameron Richardson (NC) - 38.89
4. Trevor Farr (MI) - 32.22
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5. Robert Southworth (LA) - 30.78

Boys Qualifying (top six advance to finals)

Heat # 1
1. Jeff House (TN) - 62.67
2. Devin Rogers (FL) - 59.33
3. Reed Hansen (FL) - 56.89
4. Jackie Denwalt (AR) - 54.89
5. J D Webb (FL) - 45.67
6. Mason Dorner (FL) - 45.11
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7. Lee Mann (NC) - 27.33

Heat # 2
1. Corey Miner (FL) - 48.56
2. Ian Reid (FL) - 46.78
3. Hank Carter (TX) - 45.78
4. Nick Mertes (MN) - 45.33
5. Chase Gregory (OH) - 43.67
6. Austin Hair (SC) - 12.67
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7. Hoyt Henshaw (GA) - NS

Girls Finals
1. Amber Hansen (FL) - 43.11
2. Liquid Liz Gardner (FL) - 41.78
3. Chelsea Szegidewicz (GA) - 37.00
4. Amber Lynn Ragans (NC) - 31.11

Jr. Women Finals
1. Megan McNeil (WA) - 50.11

Men I Finals
1. Adam Fields (NC) - 64.89
2. Nyker Sheldon (TN) - 61.11
3. Brandon King (NC) - 57.69
4. Justin DeVos (AR) - 56.78
5. Evans MacDowell (FL) - 48.89
6. Ryan Rogers (FL) - 30.44

Master Finals
1. Scott Harwood (FL) - 48.67
2. Robert Moore (USA) - 48.50
3. Anthony "Miles Armstrong - 48.33
4. Geoffrey Gregory (OH) - 40.78

Jr. Men Semifinals (top four in each heat advance to finals)

Heat # 1
1. Kyle Murphy (CA) - 52.67
2. Robin Friday (FL) - 51.89
3. Robert Bonifay (FL) - 49.56
4. Derek Grasman (MI) - 46.56
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5. Keith Lyman (FL) - 40.11
6. Wes Brisco (FL) - 21.00

Heat # 2
1. Joey Arcisz (TX) - 61.22
2. Brad Allen (TX) - 57.78
3. Chris Kolb (MO) - 53.00
4. John Peterson (FL) - 51.11
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5. Tim Kovacich (FL) - 42.89
6. Justin Sellers (NC) - 19.78

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