posted Jul 16th, 2017 - The Sun Path Products NSL News is quickly going back to last weekend's leaderboard before new scores will be posted very soon.

Midwest Skydiving League team CSC Swift was the only AAA Class team and completed all ten rounds on their home turf at the Chicagoland Skydiving Center.

CSC Swift is not the only team with this name, and the other Swift of the Northwest Skydiving League, Seattle Swift, posted some AAA Class scores earlier this year.

Both teams competed in different categories last year, and they ended up on different leaderboards at the USPA Nationals. Seattle Swift finished in 1st place of the AA/Intermediate Class as a guest team, while CSC Swift competed in the AAA/Advanced Class. This year, Seattle and CSC Swift will compete directly against each other in the same category, with a very good chance to being in contention for USPA medals.

CSC Swift seems to be slightly ahead, as the two leaderboards from the Northwest and the Midwest are showing. However, the MWSL scores were posted almost a month after the Northwest's, and the USPA Nationals are still more than ten weeks away. Both teams have enough time to get to last year's 14+ medal level in the Advanced Class.

July 8th, 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		O,7,E,17	A,21,12	8,F,J,9	N,L,14,6	13,19,15	1,M,H,P	5,4,20	2,11,3	Q,G,10,D	22,18,K	Total	Avg
1	CSC Swift	MWSL	17(-1)	12	19	13	11	19	10	10	13	9	133	13.3

June 17th, 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,11,H,16	15,5,K	3,7,18	1,O,21	9,8,14	17,Q,B,D	Total	Avg
1	Seattle Swift	NWSL	14	11	11	4	11	16	67	11.2

CSC Swift launched the team project after the end of the 2015 season when Eric Bambach had left MWSL team Jetstream Tango. The original lineup (Irina Meshcheryakova - Outside Center, Eric Bambach - Point, Alex Bucevicius - Inside Center, Drew Porter - Tail, Kevin Naftzger - Camera) trained and competed throughout the 2016 season with coach Chris Farina.

The same lineup started into the 2017 season, only with a new coach. Retired Arizona Airspeed member Thomas Hughes began working with CSC Swift. He also filled the open inside center slot at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2017 when Alex Bucevicius was not available.

Things changed in May this year when the original lineup eventually disbanded. Alex Bucevicius and Drew Porter did not continue, while Irina Meshcheryakova and Eric Bambach began to make new plans with a different CSC Swift lineup.

They found Obed Velazquez who took the tail slot for the Midwest team, even though he lives in Miami, Florida.

USPA Nationals 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
R.	Advanced Class	20,D,E,22	M,9,5	12,8,7	H,L,16,15	F,A,N,J,17	G,6,3	K,B,Q,P,C	18,10,11	13,21,4	14,1,19	Total	Avg
1	Skydive Midwest NEXT	16	21	12	13	26	16	31	11	14	9	169	16.9
2	Ranch 2nd Generation	13	17	13	15	20	14	24	11	13	10	150	15.0
3	AF Bachelor Party	13	19	13	15	18	14	20	11	12	12	147	14.7
4	CSC Survival Instinct	12	20	11	14	23	13	23	11	7	12	146	14.6
5	AZ Defiance	13	18	12	14	18	13	22	9	12	11	142	14.2
6	AF Obsidian	13	18	11	12	18	14	21	9	10	10	136	13.6
7	Four Horseman	11	15	13	15	19	11	19	7	13	11	134	13.4
7	CSC Swift	12	16	10	14	20	12	21	8	11	10	134	13.4
9	DeOrbit Burn	12	16	11	13	16	11	20	8	10	10	127	12.7
10	Perris Event Horizon	11	15	11	13	17	12	20	10	10	6	125	12.5
11	Fabio's Angels	11	16	10	12	16	12	15	7	10	10	119	11.9
12	Surge	11	15	9	10	16	10	17	8	9	9	114	11.4
13	Southern Mix XP	11	16	8	10	15	12	16	7	9	9	113	11.3
14	Synthesis	11	12	8	12	15	10	17	7	7	10	109	10.9
15	Perris Quattro	12	9	10	7	17	9	19	7	9	9	108	10.8
16	Perris Flight SP	10	13	9	10	11	12	18	9	8	7	107	10.7
17	Quatre Francais Invite	10	14	9	8	13	9	17	8	9	9	106	10.6
18	Perris Dauntless Five	10	14	9	11	16	9	11	8	8	8	104	10.4
19	Nimbus	11	14	8	10	15	9	14	8	4	6	99	9.9
20	Dallas Momentum	6	13	9	10	14	10	16	7	7	5	97	9.7
21	Dallas Disturbio	10	10	9	7	14	9	14	8	6	9	96	9.6
22	SDC Jetstream Tango	7	14	9	6	10	10	12	8	9	9	94	9.4
23	Elsinore Vortex	10	12	8	10	11	8	13	6	6	6	90	9.0
24	Dallas Disturbed	8	13	9	7	11	7	11	7	8	6	87	8.7
25	Deland Momentum	9	11	7	6	13	7	7	7	6	5	78	7.8

The inside center slot was still open, and CSC Swift was looking for options for the remainder of the 2017 season. Former Swift coach Chris Farina still had room in his 2017 calendar, even though he has accepted a player coaching slot with Dallas 350 this year.

He is now training with the Midwest and the Texas teams both, and the Swift members know that he will not be available for the USPA Nationals. The Swift 4-way (including original videographer Kevin Naftzger) still has to find a new inside center.

Chris Farina competed with the team at the July meet of the Midwest Skydiving League, and the 10-round video is showing the former Airspeed member in action.

In the meantime, CSC Swift continues the recruiting efforts for the open slot. Several advanced 4-way competitors are on the Swift list, even though the team is still ready to accept a temporary solution with another player coach for the USPA Nationals if the lineup cannot be completed early enough. The Midwest Skydiving League has scheduled one more meet in September, where the new team member can be warmed up before the USPA Nationals...