The First National Collegiate Parachuting Championships Took Place In 1958

With regret, Skydive Arizona in Eloy, host of the 2020 USPA National Collegiate Skydiving Championships, has submitted a request to the US Parachute Association to cancel the competition due to significant concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic among military academies and civilian competitors.

This request was unanimously approved by both the USPA Competition Committee and the USPA Executive Committee.  Skydive Arizona did everything in its power to host the competition—the longest running skydiving competition in the world—but with students from the military academies and other schools unable to attend, even a scaled-down version of the event simply was not possible.

The 2021 National Collegiate Skydiving Championships will take place at Skydive Elsinore in California December 28, 2021-January 3, 2022, which will mark that drop zone’s first time as host of the competition.

The first National Collegiate Parachuting Championships, now named the USPA National Collegiate Skydiving Championships, took place in 1958. USPA has hosted competitions at various locations in the U.S. ever since, promoting safety, competition, sportsmanship, and camaraderie among college skydivers.

The Collegiates provide a great way for college students, generally limited for funding, to compete in skydiving, and many continue on as competitors after graduation. Many of today’s leaders of the sport got their start as college skydivers.

FMI: https://uspa.org/Nationals