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PRAIA DO DIABO, Rio de Janeiro\/Brazil (Sunday, October 30, 2011) \u2013 Leila Hurst (HAW) has won the Arnette ASP Women\u2019s World Junior presented by Quiksilver, topping Joanne Defay (FRA) at the backup location of Praia Do Diabo after a dominant performance on the final day of competition. <\/p>\n
Stop No. 2 of 3 on the ASP World Junior Tour, the inaugural Arnette ASP World Junior presented by Quiksilver has run at both the lefthander of Arpoador as well as the right of Praia Do Diabo, which lies on the other side of the event\u2019s primary location. <\/p>\n
Hurst was a standout throughout the event\u2019s entirety and stormed her way through to the Final after earning a 9th place at the ASP World Junior Tour season opener, putting the Hawaiian back in contention for the elite ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Crown.\u201cIt was my first time in a World Junior Final and it might be my last year, so I\u2019m so excited,\u201d Hurst said. \u201cI feel so blessed to be in Brazil. Everyone has been so nice and I\u2019m just really excited. Australia is next, so who knows! Normally I get so stressed out at contests, but I just tried to relax and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hurst was equally efficient at both the main event location of Arpoador as well as Praia Do Diabo and was a consistent top-scorer throughout the entirety of Arnette ASP World Junior competition. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like both waves were really similar,\u201d Hurst said. \u201cIt was really hard to control your board out there because there is so much backwash coming off of the rock.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joanne Defay, who finished equal 3rd place in Bali, established herself as a frontrunner for the under-21 crown when she finished runner-up to Hurst today after topping talented Australian Phillipa Anderson in their Semifinals clash with the day\u2019s highest score of a 9.57.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty happy to have made the final,\u201d Defay said. \u201cPhillipa was inside and I had the priority. I had the first nice carve and made the re-entry to get through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson, who finished second at the ASP World Junior in Bali, was on fire in Rio de Janeiro, but was unable to find a rhythm in her Semifinals matchup against Defay and earned an equal 3rd place finish. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was feeling good throughout the entire event and I don\u2019t know what happened out there in the Semifinal,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cI guess that\u2019s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. There were a couple of bombs out there, but I just didn\u2019t find them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The result establishes Anderson along with Defay as the frontrunners for the ASP Women\u2019s World Junior Crown. <\/p>\n
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at Arpoador at 7am local time for a possible 7:30am start to men\u2019s competition. To watch the Arnette ASP World Junior presented by Quiksilver LIVE log on to www.brasilusopenofsurfing.com <\/p>\n
ARNETTE ASP WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN\u2019S FINAL RESULT:
\n1 \u2013 Leila Hurst (HAW) 15.50
\n2 \u2013 Joanne Defay (FRA) 10.53 <\/p>\n
ARNETTE ASP WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN\u2019S SEMIFINALS RESULTS:
\nSF 1: Leila Hurst (HAW) 13.66 def. Monik Santos (BRA) 11.57
\nSF 2: Joanne Defay (FRA) 17.57 def. Phillipa Anderson (AUS) 9.83<\/p>\n
ARNETTE ASP WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN\u2019S QUARTERFINALS RESULTS:
\nQF 1: Monik Santos (BRA) 9.33 def. Nao Omura (JPN) 8.07
\nQF 2: Leila Hurst (HAW) 16.64 def. Dimity Stoyle (AUS) 14.33
\nQF 3: Joanne Defay (FRA) 15.33 def. Juliana Meneghel (BRA) 9.16
\nQF 4: Phillipa Anderson (AUS) 10.67 def. Heidi Palmboom (ZAF) 8.73<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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