Susie Lohr

<BODY TEXT=#000000 LINK=#FF8040 VLINK=#FF8000 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="95%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000095> <DIV ALIGN=right class=s9 style='text-align: right;margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:12pt;'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#808080;font-size:9pt;'><B>Original Post date:  1996 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s9 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:12pt;'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;'><B>Susie Lohr </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s9 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;'><B>Sparta, Virginia </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s7 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:12pt;'>Born: April 25, 1980 </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="95%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <IMG SRC="classic103_i000056.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=310 HEIGHT=274 > </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s1 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;'><B><I>Susie in training - 1983</I></B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Residence:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> Sparta, Virginia </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Career Victories:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> Rolex Junior Masters Jump Champion, National Jump Champion, and National Champion in Slalom, Trick Skiing, Jumping, and Overall </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Ranking:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> Third in Junior World Standings in overall, third in Jumping and fourth in Tricks </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>1996 Highlights:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> Selected for the four person United States Junior Team, which won the Junior World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Traveled to Santiago, Chile as a United States Team Member for the Pan Am Championships. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B><I>Won the National Championships Jump title with a 131 foot jump, 9 feet further than her nearest competitor. </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B><I>Eastern Region record holder in all three events and overall.  </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Career Highlights:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> Susie was skiing at age three and competing at age five. She has won every event at the United States Nationals and has qualified for Masters competition since 1994. She has jumped further than girls twice her size and has consistently been the smallest kid on the dock. She has won 14 National medals and has won every regional event except one since 1989. She has the Regional record in each event and overall, and has jumped further and tricked a higher score than any other Regional female skier.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Personal: </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>5 foot, 1/2 inches tall (the 1/2 inch may not be true), brown hair and blue eyes. She plays an awesome game of soccer when she’s not skiing and she has the school record for the most pull-ups, better than any boy or girl. Susie is a member of the National Honor Society despite training in Florida during much of the Spring. She trains with the Sparta Water Skiers (Lake Holly, Timberlake and Lohr’s Lake) and at Jack Traver’s Sunset Lakes. She is sponsored by Mastercraft Boats, O’Brien, Masterline and Peace Frogs.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Lohr</B><B>’s National Record:</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'> 1990-Second in Tricks 1991-First in Jump, Tricks and Overall 1992-Second in Jump, Third in Tricks and Overall 1993-First in Slalom and Jump, Second in Tricks and Overall 1994-Third in Tricks and Overall, Fifth in Jump 1995-Third in Tricks, Jump, and Overall 1996-First in Jump and Third Overall </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'><B>Susie...... </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Perhaps the smallest pro skier, but she packs a lot of personality and skill in that small package. Watch a hundred pounds of muscle fly 131 feet through the air.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>She’s a tough sixteen year old three-event skier who’s barely 5 feet tall and weighs in at 100 lbs, but jumps over 130 feet and tricks over 6,000. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>She’s from Sparta, Va., a small village of no more than 100 people, where you drive to the next town to get a hamburger, but have 3 choices as to where you slalom, trick ski, or jump. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>She was compared to a hackney pony running with the thoroughbreds by Water Skier Magazine, but she beat the thoroughbreds and won the Nationals. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie has won the Nationals in each of the three events, and overall. Her best events are Jumping and Trick Skiing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie’s brother Benny trains with her on their private mill pond in their front yard. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie was featured as a Hot Shot in Sports Illustrated for Kids, and has been on the United States Junior Team for the last two years. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie won the Junior Masters Jump Title in 1996. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie says second place is the first loser. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie loves to coach skiing, from tots on trainers to her grandfather. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>She attends Caroline High School, and the administration and teachers help her train in Florida by sending her assignments to her. They “don’t let school get in the way of her education.” </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Susie is sponsored by Mastercraft, O’Brien, Masterline, and Peace Frogs; and Mom and Dad. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV>