Osseo Area Schools ISD 279: Maple Grove Senior High Student Avery Ruegsegger Takes Home Two Gold Medals For The U.S. Wakeboard Team

Press release from the Osseo Area Schools ISD 279:

February 3, 2022

Maple Grove Senior High School sophomore Avery Ruegsegger took home two gold medals at the IWWF Pan American Wakeboard Championships, Nov. 12-13, at Club Ski Del Polo in El Marques, Queretaro, Mexico.

Ruegsegger, the only representative from Minnesota on the U.S. Wakeboard team, contributed to help the team win the gold medal with a total of 685 points.

Besides the overall team gold medal, seven U.S. wakeboard athletes won medals, including five gold, in respective divisions. Divisions of competition were U14 Boys/Girls, Junior (U18) Men/Women, Masters (Over 30) Men/Women, Veteran (Over 40) Men/Women and Open Men/Women. Athletes were scored on execution, intensity and composition.

Ruegsegger won the gold medal in the Junior Women division with 70 points, 10 points more than the next competitor. She earned a 23.31 in execution, 23.38 in intensity and 23.31 in composition.

For more information on the U.S. Wakeboard team, visit their website.

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