While fall break brought a respite for most LSU students, the University’s Water Ski Club stayed on the grind, continuing to polish their skills. 
The club placed 10th in Division II of the National Collegiate Water Ski Association National Championships this weekend in only its second semester of competition.  
The championship took place at Bennett’s Water Ski and Wakeboard School in Zachary, a 63-acre property with two 2,100 foot-long lakes. 
Texas State took the Division II title, followed by Purdue in second and University of Wisconsin-Madison in third.
On the men’s side, veterinarian graduate student Daniel Boggs placed 16th in the jump competition, jumping 69 feet.
It was the first time Boggs had jumped since breaking his leg in a tournament in the spring of 2007 as an undergraduate at Louisiana Tech.
“It felt good hitting [the ramp],” Boggs said. “After not hitting [a jump] in five years, it’s not near what I used to do, but it wasn’t bad landing on more.”
Wallace helped jump start an LSU water ski club that had been inactive when she transferred from the University of Louisiana-Monroe. ULM won their 23rd Division I national championship this weekend, and Wallace said she is looking forward to one day being able to compete against her former school.
“I would love to see an LSU ski team that is able to compete and score with the scholarship teams and represent the Fighting Tigers to a championship,” Wallace said.
Jay Bennett, owner of Bennett’s and NCWSA National Championships tournament director, said he is excited at the notion of a possible reemergence of an LSU program that placed third in the national collegiate championships in 1987.
“It’s kind of fun to see LSU trying to get a little team going,” Bennett said. “Jaime Wallace has done a great job getting people back on the