By Michael Parker
Well, this is it. Another Nats is in the books—a special one, considering it’s the 100th anniversary of the first Nats. Everyone had a great time, and I look forward to seeing everyone continue to improve with their flying in the future.
I also want to give a HUGE thanks to Deanna Muraki for running the whole scoring system. Without her system, the scoring would not have happened!
![[L-R]1. Brian Byrdsong; third in Expert. 2. Brian Byrdsong; second in Sport Scale. 3. Chris Goodin; first in Sportsman. 4. Danny](/files/1234_edit.jpg)
Now, on to the awards with the final scores:
National Champions for each class:
Sportsman: Chris Goodin
Expert: Gordie Meade
518 Scale: Darrell Sprayberry
FAI/F3C: Yasunobu Muraki
Darrell Sprayberry; first in 518 Scale.
Danny Wang; first in F3N.
Gordie Meade; first in Expert.
Tim Diperi; third in F3C.
The final scores for the AMA Classes:
Sportsman:
Chris Goodin; first: 3,962.96
Douglas Trent; second: 3,952.43
Michael Graves; third: 3,750.48
Charles Crespo; fourth: 3,718.83
Daniel Lucente; fifth: 3,538.15
Doug Leeka; sixth: 3,522.92
Mike Forland; seventh: 3,284.25
Joseph GinSki; eighth: 0.00
Expert:
Gordie Meade; first: 4,000
Michael Parker; second: 3,686.27
Brian Byrdsong; third: 3,550.90
518 Scale:
Darrell Sprayberry; first: 1,000
Even Sayers; second: 648.22
The final scores for FAI/F3C:
FAI/F3C Finals:
Danny Wang; first: 2,000
Yasunobu Muraki; second: 1,945.54
Timothy Diperi; third: 1,871.19
Wesley Minear; fourth: 1,343.89
The final scores for FAI/F3N:
FAI/F3N Finals:
Danny Wang, F3N; first: 1,000