Swoop Week Aug 25th

Today began around 8:00am with competitors training on the pond in preparation for the competitions starting in the morning. First up is the distance event of the CPC Championships followed by zone accuracy. The weather is looking pretty good with scattered clouds in the region with light to variable winds.  

We have all the courses up on the pond featuring distance, speed, zone accuracy and the long jump. More US Army Golden Knights showed up including the sergeant major who is registered for both the CPC and US Nationals. Last year's CPC champion Bryan Buechler has shown up and is training on the pond today. We spent a few hours today setting up the new timing system with custom brackets to fit. The new system which is property of PD is much better and reliable. The system is so accurate the sensors don't even have to be in the pond but on each side of the pond. We also added more packing tents and the WPST's team truck has been moved into position behind the bleachers at the pond. More to follow...