posted Oct 2nd, 2019 - The Arizona Skydiving League completed its 9th monthly meet last weekend at Skydive Arizona in Eloy, host of the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019.

Eliana Rodriguez and Michelle Karamon re-launched the Arizona Skydiving League this year and offered a meet for any local, regional or visiting teams every month. This time, they had guests traveling in from a very far distance.

In fact, Kinetix from Australia were already in the United States after competing at the USPA Nationals. Australia's national outdoor and indoor champions are using their visit at the United States to the fullest extent by competing at two high-profile events and using the Arizona Skydiving League competition for another meet test before the major international outdoor event of the year.

Kinetix won Australia's national outdoor championship in March and followed up with the indoor title in August before leaving the country and heading to North Carolina for the USPA Nationals and then the FAI Outdoor World Cup. They traveled from North Carolina to Arizona for more outdoor training and used the six ASL rounds for competition practice.

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USPA Nationals 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		7,C,H,P		J,21,20		O,3,11		B,2,K,E		8,Q,10		15,D,F,12		N,L,M,14		6,1,9		A,18,13		G,4,5		17,16,22		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	45	-1	24		27		37		21		25		34		25	-1	26	-1	25	-4	-		289	28.9
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	41		22		21	-1	33		21		23		27		25		24		25		21	-1	262	26.2
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	40	-1	24		22	-2	32		19	-2	24		29		25		21	-2	26	-1	20	-2	262	26.2
4	Defiance	US	30	-1	21		15	-4	28		16		19		22	-3	21		18	-1	18	-1	-		208	20.8
5	Ranch 2nd Generation	US	26		19		19		24	-2	16	-1	17	-1	24		18	-1	19		19		-		201	20.1
6	Kinetix	AU	26		18		17		22		13	-1	17		18	-1	17		17		17		-		182	18.2
7	Lite XP	US	24	-1	17		17		22		15		17		20	-2	16	-1	14		17		-		179	17.9
8	No Name	US	22	-4	17		14		19	-2	12	-2	13		14	-3	15		14		16		-		156	15.6
9	Aviatrixx	US	21		14		13	-1	18	-1	12	-2	15		17	-1	14	-1	12		14		-		150	15.0
10	Perris Force	US	20		13	-1	14		18		11	-1	11		18	-1	13	-1	12		12	-1	-		142	14.2

Video Footage Courtesy of USPA/OmniSkore!HD

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ASL Director Eliana Rodriguez has known one of the Kinetix members for a very long time. She and Ann-Marie Jarzebowski both competed against each other at the first FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving where the 4-way Women event was included as its own category.

Eliana Rodriguez won the gold medal in 2001 with the U.S. national team Synchronicity, and Ann-Marie Jarzebowski won bronze with the Swedish national team 4 Pleasure. Both teams were separated by only four points (147 - 144), and the Norgie Girls placed 2nd with a total of 144.

Ann-Marie Jarzebowski then moved to Australia and trained and competed with the 4-way Women team Bellatrix, who finished in 6th place the FAI Mondial 2016. Eliana Rodriguez joined Arizona Airspeed after the world meet in 2001 and won her next FAI gold medal in 8-way at the world meet in 2004. She followed up with 4-way Open Class world championship title in 2008, and she is still the only Formation Skydiving competitor in history with gold medals in three different categories.

Ann-Marie Jarzebowski also switched to 4-way Open when she joined Kinetix, and she is now competing for the first time in this category at an FAI event. The 4-way Open Class competition at the FAI World Cup next week will feature Eliana Rodriguez and Ann-Marie Jarzebowski once again competing against each other. Airspeed Odyssey, 4-way world champion of 2008, is back for the next reunion of the 2007 lineup and will post scores on the same 4-way Open Class leaderboard as Kinetix.

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Arizona Skydiving League September 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		14,D,17		H,11,F,Q		15,22,P		6,7,12		M,19,4		1,9,13		Total	Avg
1	Kinetix	AU	16		21	-1	13	-1	16		18		17		101	16.8
2	AZ Defiance	US	8	-1	17		8		10		12		9		64	10.7
Rank	AA Class		14,D,Q		H,11,F		15,22		6,7		M,19,4		1,9		Total	Avg
1	Error 404: Team not Found	US	4	-1	8		4		9		5	-1	7		37	6.2
2	Eggplant 6.0	US	5		4	-2	4		6		6		6		31	5.2
Rank	Rookie		D,Q,E		H,F,J		N,P,L		G,O,K		M,C,A		B,N,D		Total	Avg
1	It'll Be Fine 4.0	US	2		8		2		4		7		-		23	4.6

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Eliana Rodriguez also pointed out that AZ Defiance attended their 9th ASL competition this year and have not missed any of the league's meets. Cris Howard was filling in for Joe Howard for the September competition.

She added that the members of the new ASL team Error 404 Team Not Found were not new to the Arizona Skydiving League. They have been part of other teams that have competed throughout the year, and local skydiver Kevin Vetter joined the lineup. His skydiving career goes back to the first days of Airspeed member Craig Girard doing 4-way in Arizona.

Rookie Class team It'll Be Fine attended their 4th ASL meet and were fortunate to have Mikhail Markine join as player-coach and help the young team with the basics of 4-way. Eliana Rodriguez said that they pulled off all their exits and posted some of the higher ASL scores in the Rookie Class this year. She also announced a special ASL event for October:

"Next month we're excited to be hosting a 10-round 4-way meet over two days on October 26-27, the Southwest Skydiving Championships. We would like to welcome any teams that may not have been able to attend the USPA Nationals this season, or teams that want another opportunity to use the skills they trained so hard for all year and put them to the test once again."