KARLA WESTCOTT

Canoe Slalom experience

1987/88 Scoring and pre/start control at events / Wausau, WI

1989Jr./Sr./Masters and U.S.National's - Gate Judge / Wausau, WI

Worlds Cup Race - Gate Judge / Wausau, WI

Mid-America Slalom - Gate Judge / Wausau, WI

Open Boat Nationals Slalom & Wildwater - Organizer, Chair, Registrar Open Boat Wildwater Nationals - Starter / White Lake WI.

1990 Champion International Series - race Co-Chair Gate Judge / Wausau, WI.

Champion International Series - Boat Control / Carlton, MN

Juniors, Seniors, Masters - Section Judge / Wausau, WI

Passed Divisional Judges Test

1991 World Cup - Section Judge / Wausau, WI

Olympic Festival - Gate Judge / Taylor’s Falls, MN

Champion International Series - Race organizer, Chair / Wausau, WI

Champion International Series - Section Judge / Carlton, MN

1992Out of State for the Summer Director of the theater program at a fine arts camp in MI

1993 Champion International Series - Race Organizer, Chair / Wausau, WI

Champion International Series - Starter / Carlton, MN

U.S. Junior Team Trials - Race Organizer, Chair / Wausau, WI

Pre-Junior World Championships - Starter (Slalom) / Wausau, WI

1992National Judges Test/ passed

Passed ICF test International Judge Slalom/Wildwater

U.S. Junior Team Trials - Race Organizer, Chair, Registrar / Wausau WI

Junior World Championships- Starter (Slalom) / Wausau, WI

Junior World Championships - Finish (Wildwater) / Hurley WI

Championship International Series – Assistant Chief Judge / Carlton MN

Champion International Series - Starter / Ocoee River / Cleveland TN

1993Open Canoe Slalom – Chief Judge / Wausau, WI.

Mid America Slalom – Starter / Wausau, WI.

Preliminary Olympic event Ocoee River - Section Judge / Cleveland, TN.

CoordinatedOfficials for this event.

1994Passed the ICF exam to become an International Canoe Federation Judge/Official

1994Jr. World Championships Judge Wausau, WI

1995Test event for the Olympics judge /Cleveland TN

Worked closely with the National and International organizations with the venue and officials

1995-2013Board of Directors Wausau Kayak and Canoe

1996 World Cup Ocoee River - Section Judge / Cleveland TN.

Officials Coordinator for this event

Champion International Series - Section Judge / Vail CO.

Olympics - Judge Cleveland, TN

Coordinator of Officials for Slalom at the Olympics, Cleveland, TN

1997 President Board of Directors Wausau Kayak & Canoe Corp.

US Nationals - Starter / Wausau, WI.

1998Event Chair for the Summer Season races included:

US Team Trials, World Cup 4 Slalom, Whitewater Rodeo,

U.S. Team Trials - Starter / Wausau, WI

World Cup Chair Wausau, WI

Whitewater Rodeo Organizer / Race Chair Wausau,WI

Appointed Secretary of National Whitewater Slalom Committee

1999Organizer / Chair Whitewater Rodeo Wausau, WI

Section Judge Slalom World Championships La Seu d’Urgell, Spain

Re-elected Secretary of the NWSC

2000Section Judge Eddie Bauer International Race Series - Boulder Co.

Chief Judge Eddie Bauer International Race Series

Confluence Park – Denver Co.

Race Chair Wausau Freestyle Championships – Wausau WI.

2001 Race Chair Wausau Freestyle Kayak Event - Wausau WI.

U. S. National's Chief Judge - Wausau WI.

Race Chair World Cup Finals - Wausau WI.

2002Team manager for all World Cups and Worlds spent 2 months traveling to the events in Europe with the team

2003 Section judge at 2003 Worlds Augsburg

Event Chair US Nationals Wausau, WI

2004 Section judge at 2004 Olympics Athens Greece

Chief Judge Age Group Nationals Wausau

2005 Judge at Sr. Worlds Penrith, AU

Event Chair for Slalom Events in Wausau

2006 Section Judge for Pre-Worlds Foz do Iguassu, Brazil

Section Judge US National’s Charlotte, NC

Chief Judge Jr. Team Trails Wausau, WI

President BOD Wausau Kayak & Canoe Corp. Wausau, WI

2007Chief Judge Jr. Team Trials Wausau, WI

Section Judge Sr. Team Trials/Olympic Trials Charlotte, NC

Finish Judge Open Boat Nationals Wausau, WI

2008 Chief Judge Age Group Nationals Wausau, WI

Chief Judge World Slalom Series: American Open ASCI –McHenry MD

Event Chair 2012 Jr. World Canoe Championships to be held in Wausau, WI

Section Judge USA/Canadian Olympic Team Trials/Pan Am Championships Charlotte, NC

2009 Chief Judge Sr. Team Trials Durango, CO

ICF Technical Delegate for the Charlotte Open/World Rankings Race Charlotte, NC

Section Judge for Charlotte Open/US Nationals Charlotte, NC

1995 – present Board of Directors Wausau Kayak & Canoe Corp.

2006-present Mid Continent Rep for USA Whitewater Slalom Committee

20102010-present Named Chair of the USA Canoe /Kayak Slalom committee-which oversees all policy and procedure, events and athlete relations for Slalom in the United States

Sr & Jr Slalom Team Trials – Wausau- Event Chair

July - attended the Jr. Worlds in Foix, France delegate for Wausau Kayak and Canoe in addition to USA Canoe Kayak

November - Lausanne, Switzerland requested by the International Canoe Federation to attend the organizer’s conference for upcoming World Cup and World Championships events

2011Chief Judge 2011 Sr. Team Trials

Jr. Team Trials- Wausau- Event chair

Wausau Open international race –Event chair

2011 World Championships –Bratislava Slovikia- Judge

November - International Canoe Federation Organizers conference Barcelona Spain

2012Sr Trials- Charlotte, NC –Judge

Jr. Team Trials- Wausau- Event Co-Chair

ICF Canoe Slalom Jr. & U23 World Championships-Event chair

2013-2014 Liaison between USACK/ICF and the Deep Creek 2014 organizing committee to insure a successful

Canoe Slalom World Championship competition

2015ICF Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships NOC Managed Accreditation, Awards and Ceremonies

2015Attended the Pre Jr. & U23 Worlds in Krakow as a representative of USACK

2015- PresentChair of the Officials committee for USACK and member of the Events committee and Slalom Committee

2017USACK Team Trials Equipment control OKC

Some Personal information.

I have been Married to Michael Westcott for 44 years we have 2 adult daughters. I am active in the Central WI Beekeepers assoc., The Wausau Area Empty Bowls project which raised $45,000 for a local food pantry in 2017. Habitat for Humanity Re-store salvage and deconstruction I seek out buildings/properties that are going to be demolished and negotiate with the owners to have Habitat come in to salvage items that we can sell in our Re-Store. We have made over $100.000.00 for Habitat Wausau from items that normally would have gone into landfills. I sit on the Board of Elders for my church and also enjoy gardening and landscaping our yard.