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Spaceland Lite outscored Dallas En Fuego on home turf and AAA Class teams from two other locations (Northern Plains, Czech Republic) on the overall AAA Class leaderboard of last weekend's events.
The 14.2 average is the highest meet average for Spaceland Lite in the records, and the team has been around for a while. The Lite story began with an 8.0 average at a meet of the Texas Skydiving League 2009. Three of the current team members (Richard Rothery, Devon and Katrina Shows) were in the 2009 lineup and followed up with a 9.1 average at the USPA Nationals.
June 29th, 2013 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Avg | |
Rank | AAA Class | 6,M,G,Q | 14,D,B,22 | 16,13,J | E,N,11,3 | O,20,15 | P,18,10 | Total | Avg |
1 | Spaceland Lite (US) | 19 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 85 | 14.2 |
2 | Dallas En Fuego (US) | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 12.3 |
3 | Fourcast (US) | 15 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 9.5 |
4 | Bad Boys (CZ) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | - | 44 | 8.8 |
5 | Relative Team (CZ) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | - | 31 | 6.2 |
6 | Accord (CZ) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | 25 | 5.0 |
Christy West joined Richard Rothery, Devon and Katrina Shows in 2010, and Lite placed 4th at the USPA Nationals. The same lineup continued in 2011 and won the Advanced Class gold medals with a 13.1 average after a fierce 10-round competition with Start 4 and Fallout.
Spaceland Lite was one single point ahead after ten rounds, and the two other top contenders had to go into a jump-off round to break the tie for 2nd place.
Richard Rothery has now come back for the 2013 season, and Spaceland Lite trains and competes with the same lineup of 2010 and 2011. It will be the first competition for Richard Rothery in the Open Class of the USPA Nationals, and the Texas team will try to improve last year's 10th place finish.
The 13.9 average in Eloy last year would not have been good enough to win the Advanced Class, but previous winners have to move up according to the USPA rules. Spaceland Lite's 13.9 average would have tied the team in 3rd place, Team ZeBone. However, the 14.2 average last weekend is a new team record average and a great start into the 2013 season.