Mitch Grau was one of 10 athletes selected to the 2024 U.S. 35+ Water Ski Team.
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports and the American Water Ski Association are pleased to announce the athletes selected to the 2024 U.S. 35+ Water Ski World Championships Team. The 10-member team will compete in the 7th IWWF 35+ World Waterski Championships, Sept. 4-8, at BOTASKI in Sesena, Toledo, Spain. The American Water Ski Association’s International Activities Committee selected the team based on qualifications criteria previously approved by the American Water Ski Association's board of directors.
Athletes selected to the team were: Patricia Burt (Greenacres, Fla.), Christopher Eller (Lillington, N.C.) and Jeff Surdej (Wilmington, Ill.), 45+; Mitch Grau (Carrollton, Texas), Lori Krueger (Martindale, Texas), Sally Montavon (Lake Worth, Fla.), and Randy Sterba (San Diego, Calif.), 55+; and Janie Fausold (Pleasant Grove, Calif.), Joy Kelley (Loudon, Tenn.), and Eric Lee (San Diego, Calif.), 65+.
The Ski Nautique will be the exclusive towboat of the 7th IWWF 35+ World Waterski Championships. Nautique is a National Sponsor of USA Water Ski & Wake Sports.
The U.S. 35+ Water Ski World Championships Team won the gold medal and 27 U.S. water ski athletes combined to earn 43 individual medals, including 18 gold medals, in respective events at the 6th IWWF 35+ World Waterski Championships, Sept. 13-19, 2022, at Ski Nautique Club de Bordeaux in Baurech Lake, France.