The morning started out beautiful 41 competitors arrived from around the world to compete in the fifth and final FLCPA meet of the 2012 season.  After completing the practice round we moved directly into the first two rounds of speed. As that event completed the winds began to pick up from the southeast.  Those of you who have been to Skydive the Farm before know that this is the direction that blows over the trees from a quartering tail wind making it a bit more difficult to run courses.

After a five and a half hour hold, we resumed jumping at around five o’clock.  With just under 4 hours left of daylight, it seemed unlikely that we would conclude the meet in one day.  With Han’s Paulsens lightning fast pilots, and the quick course changes by our judges, we managed to complete the final four rounds with less than one minute remaining before the 8:52 pm official sunset.

With the rule changes in distance, the FAI & USPA brought back the “competition” record category which had been eliminated.  For the last few years all records were deemed “Performance” records. Bringing back this category sets a new area for records to be set.  The speed event concluded with a new state and national competition record set by Tommy Delibac at 2.494 seconds beating Greg Windmillers previous record of 2.607 seconds. And a Female category, a new state and national competition record was set by Jessica Edgeington at 2.897 seconds.

The distance event saw a new state and national competition record set by Nick Batsch at 131.19 meters. This passed Tommy’s record set at FLCPA meet #4 of 128.74 meters.  In the female category Jessica set a new state and national distance record with a stupendous run of 108.70 meters.

In the end Nick Batch was in first place with 548.44 points,  Greg Windmiller in second with 535.73 points, and Curt Bartholomew in third with 518.81 points.

Big thanks to all our judges, Skydive the Farm, and our league supporters Performance Designs and Mirage Systems.

With USPA Nationals of CP beginning in just a few days, this meet served as a great warm up for competitors, judges, and the host.  A USPA national and FAI international judges training program is also going on this week to ensure our judges are in tip-top shape. They’re prepared for our Nationals and ready to see new records set at the state, national, and international levels.

Full scores for meet 5 can be found here.

Pictures are on the FLCPA facebook page.