NEWS
2009
* SDC Furies XP won the GOLD MEDAL (1st place) in 4-way Adv at the 2009 US NATIONALS *
left to right (Photo by Christy West): Shannon, Karyn, Charles, Rhonda, and Anabel
Scoreboard courtesy of www.uspanationals.com.
left to right (Photo by Craig O'Brien): Karyn, Charles, Shannon, Anabel, Rhonda, and Chad.
US NATIONALS - October 2009 (Skydive Spaceland in Houston, TX) DAY #3 8pm - Awards Ceremony! The SDC Furies XP won the GOLD MEDAL (1st place) in 4-way Advanced at the 2009 Nationals! WOOHOO!!!! A snapshot of the final scoreboard is above, showing the girls finished in 1st place with a 13.1 average. The girls would like to thank everyone for their support. DAY #3 - Jumping started once the fog burned off. After losing a lot of blood to mosquito bites (yes, Houston actually had a warning for mosquitos - no joke), the SDC Furies XP had a great competition day!!! Round #6 was the all-random round. The girls scored a 23, which (at the time) set the Women's National Record! Woohoo!!! Competition remained stiff. The other advanced teams stayed really close all day. Round #10 was completed around sunset. It was a LONG DAY, but the competition is finally OVER!!! DAY #2 - After another day of weather holds, the SDC Furies XP were able to complete 3 jumps, finishing round #4. We're all crossing our fingers, hoping for blue skies tomorrow!!! DAY #1 - The weather in Houston is not cooperating. After a long day of weather holds, the girls finally made a jump (round #1) on the sunset load. PRE-COMPETITION: The SDC Furies XP arrived over the weekend, only to be greeted by weather. After the draw occurred on Sunday evening, the girls prepared for the jumps with assistance from their coach, Brian Johnson. Scores, information, and daily blogs were available on www.uspanationals.com.
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October 2009 It is definitely fall in Ottawa, IL. The Skydive Chicago Furies XP had their last training camp. Even though the girls were weathered out on Saturday, they had a productive Sunday to prepare for the US Nationals. The high temperature over the weekend was 55 degrees - BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank goodness the US Nationals takes place in Houston!
September 2009 It is already Labor Day?!? YIKES!!! What happened to the summer? The Skydive Chicago Furies XP had a 3-day training camp over Labor Day weekend. The weather cooperated for most of the weekend. The girls are preparing for their next camp in just a few days! The team will participate in the NSL/MWSL meet at CSC, so check out the scores! Having back-to-back training weekends really paid off for the Skydive Chicago Furies XP! The girls competed at the MWSL meet at CSC last Saturday, and finished with an average of 15.5 over 6 rounds!!! Only one more training camp until the US Nationals! Check out new pictures posted in the Gallery!
August 2009 It was HOT, HOT, HOT for the NSL/MWSL meet, which was held at Skydive Chicago on Saturday, August 8th. With temperatures soaring into the 90s and windy conditions, the Skydive Chicago Furies XP were able to complete the 10 round meet. After pausing a number of times for weather holds, the girls remained focused and finished the meet with a 13.7 average. Woohoo!!! It remained HOT, HOT, HOT for the next weekend, too. The girls helped organize other jumpers of a variety of skill levels on Saturday. And as the story of this season continues, there was no jumping on Sunday due to bad weather. The girls last camp in August started with bad weather on Friday, but held out for the rest of the weekend for 30+ skydives!!! Whew! There's only a few more weekends remaining this summer, which means US Nationals is just around the corner!
July 2009 For the annual 3-way scrambles, the Skydive Chicago Furies XP took a slightly different approach, organizing separate competitions on each day of the weekend. This allowed more people to participate, and offered those jumping both days a chance to jump with a variety of people. There were 2 teams on each day. As with most scrambles, while there is friendly competition, we also worked on making new friends, ground work, dive engineering, exit technique, and lots of learning. And, there were FABULOUS prizes, as well as bragging rights!!! Thanks to everyone who participated, as well as the GLOM (Gorgeous Ladies of Manifest), "Eat Up", Charles Lane, and SDC for donating prizes. The weekend after the 3-way scrambles, the Skydive Chicago Furies XP had a productive practice weekend! The girls cranked out a ton of jumps, before the weather arrived. Check out the new jumpsuits by Tony Suits!!! Just in time for the TUNNEL! The girls finished the month with a weekend at the Paraclete XP tunnel. Whew!!! July was a busy month!
June 2009 Summer has officially started! However, the weather isn't cooperating. The Skydive Chicago Furies XP hosted the New Wave Boogie. Despite the gloomy weather forecast, several hardy jumpers joined us for a great weekend! Saturday, when the clouds finally parted, Tom, Aga, Eric, Kati, and Ellen, made several jumps with Karyn and Anabel, working on vertical adjustments, levels, turning in place, proximity to the formation, and exit technique. Although Sunday started out grey and overcast, team JetStream Tango took advantage of our time on the ground to work on dive engineering, exit lineups, and creeping. Thanks to all who came out. It was a blast jumping with you! Thanks also to Henrik and Johnny for providing video, and to our lovely ladies in manifest, as always!
May 2009 April showers definitely brought May flowers!!! The Skydive Chicago Furies XP started the month with a 3-day training weekend at SDC with their coach, Brian Johnson. Memorial weekend was a blast! The girls trained on Friday and Saturday at SDC with Brian. For the first time in many years, the weather was beautiful and jump-able all weekend. For the last weekend of the month, the team traveled to the Paraclete XP tunnel in Raeford, NC for more training. It was good to see some familiar faces from SDC!
April 2009 The Skydive Chicago Furies XP announce a new line-up for the 2009 season!!! The team will continue its history of supporting an all-girls line-up, with veterans Shannon Sweet (tail) and Karyn Rees (point) and welcoming Rhonda Wilcox (inside center) and Anabel Durham (outside center). The girls have started this season with tunnel time at Paraclete XP. Everyone loves tunnel time! And now, spring has finally decided to show up in Chicago, so the girls will be jumping at SDC in Ottawa, IL.
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