Corey Vaughn Wins Oxfordshire Pro Am; Claims First Career Pro Victory
by Scott N. Atkinson
Corey Vaughn (Bumpass, Va.) won his first career pro men’s slalom title on Saturday night under the lights at the 2024 Oxfordshire Pro Am at the Oxford Waterski Club in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. Some of the world’s top professional men’s and women’s slalom skiers competed in the tournament.
Vaughn, 38, scored 2-1/2 buoys at 39-1/2 feet off to win the title over Adam Sedlmajer (Czech Republic), Thomas Degasperi (Italy) and Arron Davies (Great Britain), who each scored 2 at 39-1/2 in the finals.
“It’s a special feeling,” an emotional Vaughn said afterward in an interview with Lauren Morgan on the TWBC webcast. “I have been chasing this for a long time and I think I had some fear that maybe it was never going to come. I have to thank so many people…my wife Amelia, my training partner…I want to shout out to my granddad. I always wanted to do this when he was here with us. Right before I skied I was sitting here on the bank thinking about my childhood when I was at the lake skiing with him. I want to dedicate this to him.”
France’s Manon Costard won the women’s slalom title, scoring 2-1/2 at 39-1/2 in the finals. Canada’s Jaimee Bull finished second (3 at 38) and Allie Nicholson (Gallatin, Tenn.) placed third (1-1/2 at 38).