A maximum of eight (8) competitors in each discipline shall receive invitations to the 2022 Jr. Masters Water Ski Tournament. These positions will be comprised of a maximum of five (5) single event competitors in junior men and junior women slalom, trick and jump and a maximum of three (3) overall competitors. The overall competitors may compete for individual event titles at the 2022 Junior Masters tournament. Qualifying overall skiers do not take a single event position, even if said overall skier qualified in both overall and the single event at the MQS event. If an overall skier qualifies in a single event and an overall position, the athlete with the next-best performance in that single event at that MQS event in which the overall skier qualified in the single event shall receive the invitation. Upon qualifying for an invitation, an athlete may continue to compete in MQS Series events, but for score only, and not for placement for the purposes of Jr. Masters Qualification.
Selections shall be made according to the following criteria, and in the following order, until all five event competitor positions and all three overall positions are filled:
- Defending 2021 Junior Masters Champions in slalom, trick, jump and overall (*defending champions must meet age requirements)
Junior Men’s Slalom: Federico Jaramillo – aged out
Junior Women’s Slalom: Luisa Jaramillo – aged out
Junior Men’s Trick: Pablo Font
Junior Women’s Trick: Kennedy Hansen – aged out
Junior Men’s Jump: Pol Duplan Fribourg – aged out
Junior Women’s Jump: Agustina Varas – aged out
Junior Men’s Overall: Blaze Grubbs – aged out
Junior Women’s Overall: Kennedy Hansen – aged out
- 2021 Jr. World Champions in slalom, trick, jump and overall
(*defending champions must meet age requirements)
Junior Men’s Slalom: Federico Jaramillo – aged out
Junior Women’s Slalom: Luisa Jaramillo – aged out
Junior Men’s Trick: Martin Labra
Junior Women’s Trick: Kennedy Hansen – aged out
Junior Men’s Jump: Pol Duplan Fribourg – aged out
Junior Women’s Jump: Agustina Varas – aged out
Junior Men’s Overall: Martin Labra
Junior Women’s Overall: Kennedy Hansen – aged out
**Because Martin Labra qualified in both overall and tricks at the qualifying event, he only takes the overall position and not the Jr. Men’s Trick position.
- 2022 Junior Moomba Masters International Invitational Champions (*provided said champion meets or exceeds the following benchmark scores)
Junior Men’s Slalom: 3 @ 10.75 meters
Junior Women’s Slalom: 2 @ 11.25 meters
Junior Men’s Trick: 9,590 points
Junior Women’s Trick: 6,800 points
Junior Men’s Jump: 49.80 meters
Junior Women’s Jump: 39.00 meters
**There will be no overall position filled from the 2022 Junior Moomba Masters International Invitational.
- The first and second place finishers with the single highest score of multi-round Masters Qualifying Series, Event #1 held May 6th -8th, 2022 at Cory Pickos Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in Jr. Men and Jr. Women slalom, trick and jump. The first-place finisher in Jr. Men and Jr. Women overall.
- The first and second place finishers with the single highest score of multi-round Masters Qualifying Series Event #2 held May 13th – 15th, 2022 at Isle of Lake Hancock, Drew Ross Ski Academy, in Orlando, Florida in Jr. Men and Women slalom and jump and in Jr. Women trick. (*In Jr. Men’s tricks, we will only take the 1st place finisher from this event because Pablo Font has qualified in 1 of the 5 available positions.) The first-place finisher in Jr. Men and Jr. Women overall.
- First-place finisher (1) with the single highest score of multi-round Masters Qualifying Series Event #3 held May 20th -22nd, 2022 at Jack Travers’ International Tournament Skiing in Groveland, Florida in Jr. Men and Women slalom, trick and jump. The first-place finisher in Jr. Women overall. (*Martin Labra has declined his junior overall position so the 1st place finisher in Jr. Men overall will be invited to the 2022 Junior Masters).
- If positions are still available, the second-place finisher with the single highest score from Masters Qualifying Series Event #3, held May 20th – 22nd, 2022 at Jack Travers’ International Tournament Skiing in Groveland, Florida will be invited.
- In order to be eligible to compete at a qualifying event tournament, junior skiers must meet the following minimum scores achieved at a Class R or L tournament by December 31st, 2021.
Junior Men’s Slalom: 3@11.25 meters
Junior Women’s Slalom: 3@12 meters
Junior Men’s Trick: 6,600 points
Junior Women’s Trick: 4,500
Junior Men’s Jump: 45.90 meters
Junior Women’s Jump: 33.50 meters
Junior Men’s Overall: 1,780.00
Junior Women’s Overall: 1740.00
*To qualify, an athlete must be 17 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2021. If a junior aged skier qualifies for pro level Masters and Junior Masters, he/she must decide which level to ski. After the decision to ski at the pro level is made, and if said skier qualifies in both pro and junior level again, said skier must compete in the pro level.
