POLK CITY, Fla. — U.S. Junior water ski athlete Joy Todd of Pierson, Fla., won titles Thursday in Girls' jumping and overall at the 2003 Junior Moomba Masters in Melbourne, Australia. Todd, the lone U.S. Junior competing in the event and the current Junior Girls' world jumping champion, also finished second in tricks and slalom.

Todd, of Pierson, Fla., leaped 132 feet (40.3 meters) to clinch the jumping title over Australia's Karina Nowlan (36.7 meters). She tallied 5,800 points in tricks and ran 1 buoy at 35 feet off in slalom to finish with 2,848.56 overall points. Australians Michale Briant and Nowlan won Junior Girls' tricks and slalom, respectively.

In Junior Boys, Mexico's Carlos LaMadrid won slalom and tricks. New Zealand's James Donald won jumping and France's Quentin Lafosse clinched the overall title.

The 2003 Australand Moomba Masters —an annual event held on the famed and unpredictable Yarra River — marks the first major water ski tournament of the season. Competition at the Moomba Masters begins Friday with the Men's and Women's events.