The 61st Canadian Water Ski Nationals wrapped up with the premiere Open event. A new Canadian record was set in the Women's Open for the slalom event. Whitney McClintock, from Cambridge, Ontario, smashed the record of 4 buoys at 10.75 when she skied 1 buoy at 10.25! She was extremely close to beating the world record which is 2 buoys at 10.25. Whitney jumped 159ft and score 8680 in trick earning her another 2 gold medals and clinching her the Overall Title. This was an astonishing moment for Whitney as with these scores she broke the current overall world record by 5 points, pending confirmation.

Jason McClintock also made the family proud. He won 2 gold medals today, adding to his previous two for a total of 4 gold medals throughout the Championships. Throughout the weekend Jason dominated the trick and slalom events.

In the men's jump event, national team athlete, Kole Magnowski of Manitoba placed first with a jump of 190ft, barely beating the 2nd place 189ft jump of Kevin Melnuk and Stephen Collins jump of 184ft.

With the weather cooperating most of the weekend there was time to run a head to head slalom challenge. Drew Ross walked away Champion by beating Matt Rini in the finals.

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