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2019 WISC US Medal Winners Total Medal Count: 3 Gold, 3 Bronze SDC Core : Gold (VFS open)  Stephanie Strange, Jason Russell, Rook Nelson, Dusty Hanks   XP 8 : Gold (FS 8-way Open)  Kirk Verner, John D’Annunzio, Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon,  Brian Krause,  Andrew Happick, Stevan Lefkowitz, Matthew Davidson  iFLY Aspire : Gold (2-Way Dynamic)  Noah Wittenburg and Kaleigh Wittenburg  Arizona Airspeed : Bronze ( FS-4-way open)  Niklas Hemlin, Mikhail Markine, Ari Perelman, Thiago Gomez  XPG4 : Bronze (FS 4-Way Female)  Jeana billings, Michelle Karamon, Morgan Womble, Katrina Shows  Sydney Kennett: Bronze (Freestyle Junior)

All athletes/teams below will be competing at the 2018 FAI World Cup of Indoor skydiving in Zallaq, Bahrain.   Open Vertical Formation Skydiving   SDC Core:   (Silver medal (4-way VFS) at 2017 WISC and Gold Medal (4-way VFS) at 2016 WCIS)   Michael Russell (Captain) Stephanie Strange Dustin Hanks Matthew Nelson   Open Freestyle   Blake Cullen   Amberly Brown   Reese Willson (Gold medal winner, Freestyle Open at 2014 WCIS)     Junior Freestyle   Kayleigh Wittenberg (Silver medal winner, Junior Freestyle Open at 2017 WISC)   Elijah Diamante Open Dynamic 2-Way   iFLY Crucible Daniel Cordido Dusty Shaw   iFLY Aspire   Noah Wittenberg Kayleigh Wittenberg   Atmosphere XP Mike Brewer Andrew Sutton  

With the 2019 USIS Open National Championship coming up in January, all indoor skydiving athletes no matter what skill level are welcome to compete. For a third consecutive year, the USIS National Championship will be hosted by iFLY Virginia Beach, and for a second consecutive year the FS portion will be hosted by Paraclete XP. The Events at iFLY Virginia Beach will take place from January 11-13 and will include Vertical Formation Skydiving 2-Way/4-Way, Freestyle, Junior Freestyle, Dynamic 2-Way/4-Way and best trick. The date for Paraclete XP’s events have not been set, but they are expected to take place mid to late February. Events will include 4-Way/8-Way Formation Skydiving and 4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving. Events at both venues are broken up into four different skill levels: rookie, intermediate, advanced and open. This allows athletes who participate to compete with each other within the skill level their comfortable with. Junior specific categories are av...

After placing third in the Freestyle Open at 2018 Nationals, Austin Crandall will be competing at this years World Cup of Indoor Skydiving. This will be the first time Crandall will compete at an international indoor skydiving competition.  What led you to the sport of indoor skydiving? Crandall: “My dad and I used to fly ultralights together when I was growing up. We would go fly every weekend, and my job was too put together the parachute and make sure the lines were connected. That along with my dad showing me his awesome skydiving footage planted the seed. Later on, I did my first tandem jump I realized how much I loved skydiving. For two years I would go to drop zones to pack parachutes, in order to pay for my jumps. The more time I spent at drop zones the more I realized that the best skydivers were all tunnel instructors. I realized I needed to start working at a tunnel as well, and that led me to my job at iFLY Va. Beach” Did you play any other spo...

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