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<BODY TEXT=#000000 LINK=#FF8040 VLINK=#FF8000 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="90%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000095> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s9 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;'><B></B><B>Rolex Junior Masters </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s7 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:18pt;'><B><I>May 1996</I></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:12pt;'>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s7 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#FFFFFF;font-size:12pt;'> </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class=s0> <TABLE WIDTH="89%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s10 style='text-align: center;'> <B></B><FONT style='color:#000080;'><B><I>"Lohr Wins Jump Event" </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:14pt;'><B>Susie Lohr</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:18pt;'> </FONT><FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>of Sparta won the jump event at the Rolex Junior Masters Water Ski Tournament held at Callaway Gardens, Georgia Memorial Day Weekend. Lohr's jump of 123 feet in the finals out-distanced top seed Leander Currie of New Zealand by 3 feet. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>The invitational Masters is a premier world-class water ski tournament where skiers from all over the world compete for top honors. Lohr placed second in the trick skiing event with a score of 5,170 points, and managed a fourth place finish in the slalom event to capture a second place finish in the overall results. Trick skiing winner Mandy Nightingale of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, a long-time competitor of Lohr's, was the overall champion. Other overall places were captured by Leander Currie (3rd), Holli Hunt of Orlando Florida (4th) and Anais Amade of France (5th). </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Invitations to the Masters were restricted to U.S. National Champions and skiers in the top five positions in the World Standings. Other Virginia skiers included Eric Hall of Richmond and Russell Gay, whose hometown is Fredericksburg. Hall placed 3rd overall in the Rolex Junior Masters and Gay placed fourth in trick skiing and fifth in the wake boarding events in the Masters. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>The 37th Masters was sponsored by Correct Craft Boats, Rolex, Ford Motor Company, and Ashland Chemical. Highlights of the tournament will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 later in the summer. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s7 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='color:#000080;font-size:12pt;'>Upcoming water ski events include the World Collegiate Championships to be held in Milledgeville, Georgia on June 14-16, the U.S. Open in Greenville, North Carolina June 24-25, the United States Team Trials and Olympic Championships July 5-7, the Junior World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in August, and the U.S. Nationals in Destin, Florida also in August. Additional information can be obtained by calling the American Water Ski Association at 800-533-AWSA. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV> <DIV class=s0>  </DIV>