Southwest RivCo Skydiver Wins Gold at Collegiate Skydiving Championships

The following was submitted for publication on behalf of the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships:

Temecula native Tramaine Barnett won a gold medal recently at the 2014 U.S. Parachute Association National Collegiate Parachuting Championships, the oldest and biggest collegiate skydiving event in the world, held at Skydive Arizona, outside of Phoenix.

Nearly 70 fearless collegiate skydivers from around the country put their books aside over the winter break to compete at the national championships, pushing their aerial skills to the limit and competing for the title of national champion in four spectacular skydiving disciplines: Formation Skydiving, Vertical Formation Skydiving, Sport Accuracy and Classic Accuracy.

Barnett, a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, won gold in open 4-way formation skydiving with his team Air Force Mayhem. In formation skydiving, teams of four exit the aircraft at 10,500 feet and then race against the clock to form prescribed geometric formations while freefalling at 120 mph.

Barnett is a senior majoring in computer engineering.