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Arizona Airspeed Sweeps US Nationals

Arizona Airspeed completes a long and hard fought competition season with a sweep in all of the formation skydiving events.

Airspeed trained primarily for the 4-way event during the season of 2007. Current members Andy Delk, Craig Girard, Mark Kirkby, and Eliana Rodriguez completed the US Nationals as their 6th stop on the competition circuit and managed to go undefeated for the entire season. Airspeed completed the US Nationals with a new record scoring average for the event with an average of 25.3 points. Airspeed will go on to represent the US at the World Meet in 2008 in France.

Airspeed joined forces with past Airspeed Members Dennis Rook and Brian Johnson along with founding members Dan BC and Jack Jefferies to compete in the 8-way event at the US Nationals. The team completed the 10 round event with a competition average of 18.9. The team has decided to pass down the US 8-way Team selection to Knight Trax so they can focus solely on the 4-way event in the upcoming World Meet.

Airspeed once again picked up former Airspeed members and other competitors at the US Nationals to take a victory in 16-way. This is the 3rd straight year the team has been victorious in the 16-way event. Once again the Airspeed 16-way launch was proved to be successful.

Airspeed completed the 10-way event with current and past Airspeed members along with former 4-way competitor Joey Jones with a come from behind victory to complete the sweep. Airspeed suffered a penalty in the first round to receive the maximum score of 40 but managed to fight their way back to a victory in the 6th round.

Airspeed looks forward to an exciting season in the 4-way arena and hopes for continued success.