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- 2023 AmCup Final Scores and Report with First 2024 Jr Team Selection Scores and Report
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2023 AmCup Final Scores and Report with First 2024 Jr Team Selection Scores and Report
Starting from: Jim Parker
A fantastic year of USA FAI Free Flight is complete. The score sheet population looks close to the pre-covid levels of participation. 2023 has two firsts per my historical record keeping: this is the year of “father and son”.
Before getting into the event by event details, let me write upfront the details for the AmCup Award ceremony for the 2023 season. For those that have done the 2024 FabFeb online entry you may have noticed no mention of an AmCup Banquet payment. Due to Covid 19 the awards since 2019 have been done outdoors on the field. Some had nice weather and others not so nice weather. This year the AmCup Awards and the MaxMen F1ABCPQ trophies presentation will be done at the Lost Hills recreation center, north building. AmCup awards will remain informal, that is to say no sit-down banquet. SCAT and MaxMen will provide at no charge snacks from Gabbies and water and soda. The schedule start will be 1 hour after last Flyoff flight (Civil twilight 6:08, Dark 7:08pm). Snacks at 7:00 pm until sufficient flyers and MM CD arrive for awards, I’m guessing 8:00. The goal is to finish by 9 pm.
2022 AmCup winners: please get the perpetual trophies polished and the plates engraved and arrangements for the trophy to be at the Lost Hills recreation center for the award ceremony. Our repeat winners Faust Parker (F1C), Bob Hanford (F1C) and Jack Murphy (F1C) may keep the trophy at home, we’ll borrow a trophy for photo shoot.
2023 FAI FF Competition THe Report
In F1A (24 flyers with top 5 points), Enes Pecenkovic (2021 AmCup winner) started the year strong with the first two wins with large bonus points. He traveled and won several smaller contests. Brian Van Nest also started strong with two early, large point wins, won the Nats and was within 2 points of Enes. The Lost Hills October contests were the deciding factor this year, Enes winning 2 of the four and Brian won one. Enes with 112 points and Brian with 110 points. I snuck into third. To my memory this is the first time a father- son combo placed in the top five in the same event; Andrew Barron (4th) and Peter Barron (5th). Congratulations!
In F1B (29 flyers with top 5 points), it looked Jerry Fitch (also the 2021 winner) was the flyer to catch with three high bonus point wins by April. Walt Ghio had 2 good wins during this time as well. Charlie Jones started his move mid-year and to many surprised us with top score at the end of the year. Its very unusual to win the AmCup F1A or B or G (higher entrance count contests) counting a second place score as Charlie did with a 26-point second place Kotuku. Examination of the scores shows a wide spread of the large bonus point contest winners. The top four places were separated by one point! By my thinking, one can argue that F1B is the most competitive event at this time.
Hurts to write, just the opposite for F1C (10 flyers with top 5 points) I do give great credit to Faust Parker who year after year makes the effort to meet the 3 flying site requirement. He has been the only F1C flyer to do so for the past three years. Faust started the year strong with two bonus point wins followed by solo (how sad is that!) win at the NATs and two Texas-contest wins.
In F1P (8 flyers with top 5 points) it’s the same story as F1C but insert the names Bob Hanford and Mike Fedor for the only flyers to meet the three flying site requirement. Bob beat Mike in three of the four contests they flew against each other. So, Bob repeats his 2022 F1P win.
In F1G (22 flyers with top 5 points) Geralyn Jones took the playbook from husband Charlie. Geralyn won one of the early large bonus contests at Lost Hills, went to Canada in midsummer for a win, won the Nats and another Muncie contest to win this year. Perennial power houses, Tiffany O’Dell and Jerry Fitch won many contests but could not overcome Gerlyn’s bonus points. Geralyn and Charlie join the Tiff and Blake as couples that have won AmCup in the same year.
Hurts even more to write about F1H (6 flyers with top 5 points). Only 6 flyers and only three met the 3 flying site requirement. I came out on top due to with 5 wins but one of those was the only bonus point for the season. Blake Jensen is second with 8 wins.
Some good news, F1J (13 flyers with top 5 points) has reversed its declining numbers. A new name at the top of the F1J list is Daryl Perkins. Daryl did it with eight, 25-point wins over Faust Parker’s five, 25-point wins. In other words, they tied with 100 points each. AmCup breaks ties only for first place and this is done by taking a fifth score (no flying site requirement). In this case both have 125 points, still tied. Do the same with sixth score, Daryl has 150 points to Faust’s 148 points.
F1Q (10 flyers with top 5 points) I will anticipate will start to increase in numbers now that it is an FAI FF team event. The next USA Team Selection Finals includes F1Q for the 2025 team slated for Romania. This year Aram Schlosberg topped the list. Aram only won 4 contests, but two were of the 6 contests with bonus points and met the 3-site flying site requirement. I don’t know if Aram planned it this way, but it goes to show the widespread strategies employed while seeking an AmCup victory. On the other hand, Jack Murphy (2022 winner) placed second having placed in 12 contests of the 25 contests where F1Q was flown this year!
All of Jack Murphy’s travels were not for nought, he won F1S (24 flyers with top 5 points) placing in 12 of the 20 where F1S was flown. A new name on the list is second place Frank Mennano who tied Julie Parker at 99- points for second place.
What’s the world coming to? Mike McKeever won F1E! Fred Terzian second, Geralyn Jones third. There were only 4 contests flown, all at Lost Hills this year. The new rule for F1E only allows 3 scores to come from the same flying site. For fun (what else to do on Dec 26?) I calculated a score to the previous rules that in this case would be the best two scores. The only change would be Geralyn would move into a tie with Fred for second.
That’s a wrap for 2023, but no, there is more…….
First 2024 Jr Team Selection Scores and Report
I have been negligent in getting the Jr Team scores published. However, there is significant mentoring on going to the Jr flyers that have expressed interest. Currently four Jr flyers have points from their AmCup contest results. There are several Jr flyers currently flying and will fly at the last 5 AmCup contests for this Jr Team cycle. With these new flyers we plan to have a full 4 person F1A team, a full 3 person F1B team with one open spot and one F1P flyer so up to 3 open spots (taking into account 4 person team if one is female per current FAI FF regulations). The message is it is still not too late to apply for the 2024 FAI FF Jr team. If there are open spots on the team after the last Jr Team- AmCup contest (SCAT Annual, April 2024) there are provisions for the Jr FAI FF committee to place qualified Jrs on the team for the 2024 Summer Jr World Championships in Macedonia. More information at the NFFS website in the “OUTDOOR / Youth in Competition” section. http://https://www.freeflight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024USAFAIJuniorFreeFlightTeamSelectionProgram.pdf Link for the Jr FF Program for all the details,
I was the Jr Team Manger for the Jr team that went to Macedonia in 2016 and we found the country to be inviting with a large, well-groomed flying field. Here’s an excerpt from Bob Stalick’s excellent and extensive contest report:
The day after the final event at the World Champs was billed as a makeup day (for flyoffs, if needed). It wasn’t needed, so we had most of the day, until 6 pm, for sightseeing. The entire team and most of the supporters decided to go to a mountain village about 15 miles from the field where a hang-gliding competition was being held. We arrived around noon or so and were amazed at the number of enthusiasts who were there. We watched takeoffs, slope and thermal soaring and long glides. At one point, it appeared that several dozen parasails were in a huge thermal at a very high altitude, so high that with the telephoto lens, they appeared as specks in the sky. It was quite a show. After a late lunch and a brief tour of the village, we headed back to the Crystal Palace [hotel] to clean up for the closing ceremony.
Link for the full report, https://freeflight.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-Junior-World-Champonships-Report.pdf
Current 2024 Jr FAI FF Team Score Standings:
F1A: Daniel Guo 279 points
Anat Goldstein 83 points
F1B: Ittai Kohavi 300 points
F1P: Emrick Smith 295 points
A bit of detail with the group that Sevak Malkaysan is working with.
Anat Goldstein, is our current Open F1A Female World Champion. Ittai Kohavi, is the current Jr F1B World Champion. Oregon native Emrick Smith with an almost perfect score.
Daniel Gou may be a familiar name being a “Flight” Science Olympiad winner and on the 2024 Indoor Jr Team—yes he is flying both indoor and outdoor FF!
Through the connections of Ronnie Espolt many new youth flyers have been exposed to outdoor FF and the San Diego Orbiteers. Four of which are currently being trained by Sevak Malkhasyan and Tim Batiuk to try out for the FAI Jr Team. Two F1A flyers and Two F1B flyers. They have been competing in psuedo contests at Perris, CA on a bi-weekly schedule, actively training for a team position.
Alongside Emerick Smith’s support from his parents, Randy Secor is also sharing his knowledge of the F1P event to aid the competitor’s preparation process.
USA FAI FF Jr Team Committee,
Jim Parker, Charlie Jones, Sevak Malkhasyan
AM Cup Details
America Cup results – with individual placings
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 11 1
Kiw 13 2
NAC 10 3
MM 16 4
SCA 8 5
SAN 4 6
NCA 1 7
Srn 3 8
Lac 3 9
Hat 4 10
Spe 3 11
Cas 2 13
Hur 7 18
Can 7 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN 3 16
COL 3 15
HOS 4 17
NAT 9 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC 2 21
TAN -x- 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck 2 24
USF 4 26
Har 3 25
Kot 10 27
Ser 12 28
Sim 1 29
Act 2 12
Pat 8 30
AZC 6 31
F1A
1 Pecenkovic, Enes 112 SWR-1 Kiw-1 NAC-4* MM-4* SCA-2* NCA-1* CEN-1 COL-1* Kot-1 Ser-4* Pat-1* AZC-1*
2 VanNest, Brian 110 NAC-3* MM-1 SCA-1 Cas-2* HOS-1* NAT-1 Rck-1 Kot-4* Ser-2* Pat-2* AZC-3*
3 Parker, Jim 105 SWR-5* Kiw-2 NAC-2* MM-3* SCA-3* Srn-1* Spe-1 HOS-2 NAT-3* Kot-2* Ser-1
4 Barron, Andrew 104 SWR-2 Lac-2* Hat-2* Hur-1 Can-2 NWC-2* USF-2* Har-1 Kot-5* Act-2* Pat-4* AZC-2*
5 Barron, Peter 100 Kiw-3 MM-2 Lac-3* Hat-3* Can-4 USF-1* Har-2* Act-1
6 Puhakka, Risto 99 SWR-3 Kiw-5* Hur-3* Can-1 CEN-2 COL-3* USF-4* Kot-3 Ser-5*
7 Danier, Jama 97 NAC-1 MM-5* Lac-1 Hat-1 Hur-5* Can-5
8 Bauer, Ken 72 SWR-4 Kiw-4 SCA-4* SAN-2* USF-3* Ser-3 Pat-5*
8 McKeever, Mike 72 SAN-1 Cas-1 NAT-4
10 McQuade, Pete 67 CEN-3 COL-2 Rck-2
11 Ulm, Gene 66 Hat-4 NAT-2 Har-3
12 Nobel-Cambell, Paul 44 Srn-2 Spe-2
13 Stepanenko, Klim jr 42 Hur-4 Can-3
13 Spence, Steve 42 Srn-2 HOS-3
15 Brocks, Peter 39 SAN-3 AZC-5
15 Farmer, Jim 39 SCA-5 AZC-4
17 Nikolajeras, Vidas 25 Hur-2
17 Jenson, Blake 25 NWC-1
17 Fedor, Mike 25 Sim-1
20 Goldstein, Guy 23 Pat-3
21 Langelius, Jan 21 Spe-3
22 Fradkin. Igor 20 NAC-5
22 Jones, Charlie 20 NAT-5
24 Guo, Daniel (jr) 19 HOS-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 7 1
Kiw 15 2
NAC 20 3
MM 15 4
SCA 8 5
SAN 7 6
NCA 4 7
Srn -x- 8
Lac 1 9
Hat 1 10
Spe -x- 11
Cas -x- 13
Hur 7 18
Can 7 19
I-C 5 14
CEN 3 16
COL 2 15
HOS 6 17
NAT 8 17
Bro 4 20
NWC 4 21
TAN 5 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck 1 24
USF 4 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 13 27
Ser 14 28
Sim 1 29
Act 1 12
Pat 7 30
AZC 2 31
F1B
1 Jones, Charles 107 SWR-2* Hur-1 I-C-1 HOS-1* NAT-1 Bro-3* Kot-3 Ser-5*
2 Fitch, Jerry 106 SWR-1 SCA-1 SAN-1 NCA-2* CEN-2* NWC-1 TAN-4* USF-2* Kot-4* Pat-3*
3 Jensen, Blake 105 Kiw-4 SCA-3* SAN-3* CEN-1 COL-2* TAN-1 Kot-5* Ser-1 Pat-5*
4 Ghio, Walt 104 SWR-3 Kiw-2* NAC-1 SAN-5* NCA-3 USF-1* Kot-1 Pat-4*
5 Felix, Ron 98 Kiw-5 Hur-2 Can-4* Ser-3 AZC-1
6 Norvall, Larry 95 SWR-4 MM-3 SCA-4* SAN-4* NWC-2 TAN-3* Ser-4* Pat-2
7 Perkins, Daryl 94 SAN-2 NCA-1 NWC-4* TAN-5* USF-3 AZC-2
8 Simon, Greg 93 NAC-2 I-C-4 HOS-2 Bro-1
9 Schlosberg, Aram 88 MM-4 Can-5 HOS-2 Act-1
10 Andriukov, Alex 80 Kiw-1 NAC-3* SCA-5* Hur-3 Can-3* Pat-1
11 Booth, Bill 75 SWR-5 Kot-2 Ser-2
12 Pivonka, Jace 74 CEN-3* COL-1 NWC-3* TAN-2 Rck-1
13 Davis, Mike 70 Kiw-3 SCA-2 NCA-4
14 Crowley, Paul 69 I-C-2 NAT-2 Bro-4
15 Gross, Jerry 50 Lac-1 Hat-1
16 Horak, Ladi 49 MM-5 Can-1
17 MacKenzie, Patrick 46 Hur-4 Can-2
18 Simon, Evan 43 HOS-2 Bro-2
19 Kovhavi, Itti (jr) 42 NAC-5 USF-4
20 Gerspacher, David 40 HOS-5 NAT-4
21 Malkhasyan, Sevak 30 MM-1
22 Guest, Bernard 28 MM-2
23 Hanford, Bob 25 Sim-1
24 Schroedter,Martin 24 NAC-4
24 MacCleery, Rich 24 NAT-3
26 Shailor, John 22 I-C-3
27 Pacelli, Brian 20 NAT-5
28 Mathews, Tony 19 Hur-5
29 Sifleet, Bob 18 I-C-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1 1
Kiw 6 2
NAC 7 3
MM 8 4
SCA -x- 5
SAN -x- 6
NCA -x- 7
Srn 1 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe 1 11
Cas -x- 13
Hur 1 18
Can 1 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN -x- 16
COL -x- 15
HOS -x- 17
NAT 1 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC 1 21
TAN -x- 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck -x- 24
USF -x- 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 2 27
Ser 2 28
Sim -x- 29
Act -x- 12
Pat -x- 30
AZC -x- 31
F1C
1 Parker, Faust 103 Kiw-1 NAC-1 MM-2* Srn-1 Spe-1* NAT-1
2 Menanno, Guy 75 SWR-1 Kiw-3* NAC-2 MM-4* Kot-2* Ser-1
3 Shvedenkov, Yury 50 Hur-1 Can-1
4 Chesson, Don 46 NAC-3 MM-3
5 Roberts, Mike 45 Kiw-5 MM-1
5 Ellington, Jeff 45 Kiw-4 MM-5* Kot-1
7 Ghio,Walt 42 NAC-5 Ser-2
8 Mc Burnett, Ron 25 NWC-1
9 Malkhasyan, Taron 24 Kiw-2
10 Buskell, John 21 NAC-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2 1
Kiw -x- 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 4 4
SCA -x- 5
SAN -x- 6
NCA -x- 7
Srn 2 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe 2 11
Cas -x- 13
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN -x- 16
COL -x- 15
HOS 2 17
NAT 4 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC 1 21
TAN 1 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck 1 24
USF -x- 26
Har -x- 25
Kot -x- 27
Ser -x- 28
Sim -x- 29
Act -x- 12
Pat -x- 30
AZC -x- 31
F1P
1 Hanford, Bob 100 Srn-1 Spe-1 HOS-1 NAT-2* Rck-1
2 Fedor, Mike 94 SWR-1 Srn-2 Spe-2 HOS-2 NAT-3*
3 Smith, EmricK, jr 71 MM-3 NWC-1 TAN-1
4 Secor. Randy 25 MM-1
4 Hayden Ashworth 25 NAT-1
6 Kerger, Terry 23 MM-2
7 Jim (North) Parker 21 NAT-3
8 Kelly, Jim 19 MM-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 5 1
Kiw 11 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 12 4
SCA 6 5
SAN 6 6
NCA 2 7
Srn -x- 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat 2 10
Spe -x- 11
Cas 2 13
Hur 2 18
Can -x- 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN 4 16
COL 5 15
HOS 1 17
NAT 10 17
Bro 2 20
NWC 3 21
TAN 3 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck 3 24
USF 1 26
Har 1 25
Kot 9 27
Ser 7 28
Sim -x- 29
Act -x- 12
Pat 4 30
AZC 1 31
F1G
1 Jones, Geralyn 107 SWR-3* Kiw-1 MM-4* Hur-1 NAT-1 Bro-1 Kot-4* Ser-4*
2 O’Dell, Tiffaney 104 SWR-2 Kiw-4* MM-1 SCA-5* SAN-2* CEN-1 COL-1 NWC-3* TAN-2* Kot-3* Ser-2*
2 Fitch, Jerry 104 SWR-1 Kiw-2 MM-5* SCA-1* SAN-1* NCA-1* COL-2 NWC-2* TAN-3* USF-1* Kot-2* Ser-1 Pat-3*
4 Ghio, Walt 96 SWR-4 MM-3 SCA-2* NCA-2 Kot-1 Pat-1*
5 Jones, Darold 84 SWR-5 CEN-4 COL-5* NAT-2 Rck-3
6 McGrath, John 73 Cas-1 CEN-2 COL-3* Rck-1
6 Brocks, Peter 73 Kiw-3 SAN-3* Kot-5* Ser-3 AZC-1
8 Richardson, Mike 66 SAN-4 Cas-2 Pat-2
9 Ewing. Rick 50 NWC-1 TAN-1
9 Rousseau, Don 50 Hat-1 Har-1
11 Menanno, Frank 43 CEN-3* COL-4 Rck-2
12 Pykelny, Mike 39 SCA-4 SAN-5* Ser-5 Pat-4*
13 Guest, Bernard 27 MM-2
14 Markos, Chuck 25 HOS-1
15 Mills, David 24 NAT-3
16 Gross, Jerry 23 Hat-2
16 Silin, Dima 23 Hur-2
16 Simon, Greg 23 Bro-2
19 Kruse, Matt 22 SCA-3
19 DeLoach, Skilly 22 NAT-4
21 Mathews, Tony 21 Kiw-5
22 Gerspacher, David 20 NAT-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 3 1
Kiw 3 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 2 4
SCA 1 5
SAN 1 6
NCA -x- 7
Srn 1 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Cas 1 13
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN -x- 16
COL -x- 15
HOS -x- 17
NAT 5 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC 1 21
TAN 1 22
TCC 1 23
Rck 1 24
USF -x- 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 2 27
Ser 3 28
Sim -x- 29
Act -x- 12
Pat 1 30
AZC -x- 31
F1H
1 Parker, Jim 101 SWR-2* Kiw-3* MM-1 Srn-1 NAT-1 TCC-1 Kot-1* Ser-3*
2 Jensen, Blake 100 SWR-1 Kiw-1 MM-2* SCA-1 SAN-1* NWC-1 TAN-1* Kot-2* Ser-1* Pat-1*
3 VanNest, Brian 97 Kiw-2 Cas-1 NAT-2 Rck-1 Ser-2*
4 Fedor, Mike 39 SWR-3 NAT-5
5 McKeever, Mike 22 NAT-3
6 Guo, Daniel, jr 20 NAT-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2 1
Kiw 2 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 5 4
SCA 3 5
SAN 3 6
NCA 2 7
Srn 1 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe 1 11
Cas 1 13
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN -x- 16
COL -x- 15
HOS 2 17
NAT 8 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC 1 21
TAN 1 22
TCC 1 23
Rck 1 24
USF 1 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 3 27
Ser 3 28
Sim 1 29
Act -x- 12
Pat 3 30
AZC 1 31
F1J
1 Perkins, Daryl 100 MM-3* SCA-1 SAN-3* NCA-2* NWC-1 TAN-1 USF-1* Kot-1* Ser-1* Pat-1* AZC-1
1 Parker, Faust 100 SWR-1 Kiw-1 MM-4* Spe-1 NAT-3* TCC-1* Sim-1
3 McKeever, Mike 99 Kiw-2* MM-2 SCA-2* SAN-1 NCA-1 Cas-1 HOS-2* Kot-2* Ser-3*
4 Lorbiecki, John 52 HOS-1 NAT-1
5 Fedor, Mike 48 SWR-2 Srn-1
6 Hanford, Bob 44 NAT-5 Rck-1
6 Mennano, Guy 44 Kot-3 Ser-2
8 Secor, Randy 26 MM-1
9 Spence, Steve 25 NAT-2
10 Bartick, Don 23 SAN-2
11 Schneider, Glenn 21 SCA-3
11 Ashworth, Hayden 21 NAT-4
13 Kerger, Terry 18 MM-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2 1
Kiw 5 2
NAC 7 3
MM 8 4
SCA 3 5
SAN 4 6
NCA 2 7
Srn 1 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat 1 10
Spe 1 11
Cas 3 13
Hur 1 18
Can -x- 19
I-C 2 14
CEN 1 16
COL 1 15
HOS 3 17
NAT 5 17
Bro 2 20
NWC 1 21
TAN 1 22
TCC 1 23
Rck -x- 24
USF 3 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 5 27
Ser 6 28
Sim 1 29
Act -x- 12
Pat -x- 30
AZC -x- 31
F1Q
1 Schlosberg, Aram 103 MM-1 Hat-1 Hur-1 NAT-1
2 Murphy, Jack 101 SWR-2* Kiw-1 NAC-2 MM-5* NCA-1 Cas-3* CEN-1 COL-1* HOS-3* NAT-5* Kot-3* Ser-5*
3 Parker, Julie 100 SWR-1 Kiw-5* NAC-5* MM-4* Srn-1 Spe-1 NAT-2* TCC-1* Sim-1
4 Tarcher, Ben 99 Kiw-2* SCA-3* SAN-1* NCA-2 Cas-2* NWC-1 TAN-1 Kot-4* Ser-1
5 Seachrist, David 95 Kiw-3* NAC-3 I-C-2* HOS-2 NAT-3* Bro-2 Kot-1 Ser-4*
6 Richardson, Mike 77 Kiw-4* NAC-1 MM-3* SCA-1 SAN-2* Cas-1 USF-3* Kot-5* Ser-3*
7 Sifleet, Bob 50 I-C-1 HOS-1 NAT-4* Bro-1*
8 Brooks, Clint 47 SCA-2* SAN-3* USF-2 Kot-2 Ser-2*
9 Ioerger, Tom 46 NAC-4 MM-2
10 Pykelny, Mike 44 SAN-4 USF-1
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 13 1
Kiw 10 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 9 4
SCA -x- 5
SAN 4 6
NCA 3 7
Srn -x- 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat 1 10
Spe 1 11
Cas 3 13
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
I-C 1 14
CEN 5 16
COL 0 15
HOS 1 17
NAT 10 17
Bro 2 20
NWC 2 21
TAN 2 22
TCC 1 23
Rck 2 24
USF 0 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 5 27
Ser 0 28
Sim 1 29
Act -x- 12
Pat -x- 30
AZC 5 31
F1S
1 Murphy, Jack 102 SWR-5* Kiw-4* MM-4* NCA-1 Cas-2* CEN-1 COL-3* HOS-1* NAT-5* Rck-1 Kot-1 AZC-3*
2 Mennano, Frank 99 SWR-3 Cas-1 CEN-3* COL-1 Rck-2
2 Parker, Julie 99 Kiw-5* MM-5* Spe-1 NAT-3 TCC-1 Sim-1
4 Tarcher, Ben 88 SAN-3* NCA-3 Cas-3 NWC-2 TAN-2
5 Sechrist, David 76 MM-2 I-C-1 Bro-1 Kot-2*
6 Norvall, Larry 73 SAN-2 NWC-1 TAN-1 Kot-3*
7 Morris, George 54 SWR-1 AZC-2
8 Brooks, Clint 51 Kiw-2 SAN-1 Kot-4*
9 Morris, Charlie 48 SWR-2 AZC-4
10 DeLoach, Don 47 CEN-2 COL-2
11 Pangell, Rick 44 SWR-4 CEN-4
12 VanNest, Janna 42 Kiw-3 Kot-5* AZC-5
13 Malkhasyan, Sevak 28 MM-1
13 Skorepa, Edward 28 Kiw-1
13 Grogan, Harry 28 NAT-1
16 Calvert, Phillip 26 NAT-2
16 Mecham, Allan 26 AZC-1
18 Avia, Yuda 25 Hat-1
19 Donnelly, Robert 24 MM-3
20 Edmondson, Lynn 23 NCA-2
20 Lorbiecki, John 23 Bro-2
22 James, Jon 22 NAT-4
23 Bartick, Don 19 SAN-4
24 Murphy, Jerry 18 CEN-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR -x- 1
Kiw 9 2
NAC -x- 3
Cal 9 4
AzC -x- 5
SAN -x- 6
NCA -x- 7
Srn -x- 8
Lac -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Cas -x- 13
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
I-C -x- 14
CEN -x- 16
COL -x- 15
HOS -x- 17
NAT -x- 17
Bro -x- 20
NWC -x- 21
TAN -x- 22
TCC -x- 23
Rck -x- 24
USF -x- 26
Har -x- 25
Kot 9 27
Ser 9 28
Sim -x- 29
Act -x- 12
Pat 0 30
AZC -x- 31
F1E
1 McKeever, Mike 80 Kiw-3* Cal-1 Kot-1 Ser-3
2 Terzian, Fred 78 Cal-2 Kot-2 Ser-2
3 Jones, Geralyn 74 Kiw-1 Cal-3 Ser-4
4 Richardson, Mike 70 Kiw-5* Cal-4 Kot-5 Ser-1
5 Brocks, Peter 46 Kiw-2 Ser-5
6 Greening, Jack 24 Kot-3
7 Skorepa, Edward 22 Kiw-4
7 Van Nest, Brian 22 Kot-4
9 Tarcher, Ben 20 Cal-5
USA FF Team Selection Program Delay:
Some changes to our Team Selection program were decided at our in person meeting last summer and I had emailed a summary to the US participants thereafter and promised to have the new program distributed soon. I put that on hold to prep our Team, travel to France , and participate in the World Championships. After that life got in the way. I was thrown a curve ball and learned that my employer would be making drastic changes and I was not even sure if I would have a job going forward. It’s January and the program has still not gone out, that’s on me. However, things are returning to normal, we have made revisions and edited the document which you should expect to see next week. Some of the changes require participation in certain levels of competition to qualify for the Finals. But, credit will be given retroactively for the year following the pervious Finals. So, a large portion of our group has already met those requirements. Anyone who has not can acquire enough credits just by competing in the competitions in February.
Finally, please realize the SEN is a world wide forum going out to a much larger audience than just the US. If you have any questions or suggestions related to US Team selection please contact your District Rep, or feel free to reach out to me directly
Thank you,
Blake Jensen
USA TSC Chairman