posted Feb 14th, 2017 - The Sun Path Products NSL News reported on February 2nd that former Dallas 350 member Amanda Lampton has joined a new all-female team with the goal to qualify as the U.S. national team in 4-way Women.

The same story mentioned that Dallas 350 did not have any plans for the 2017 season.

The Dallas 350 situation has changed in the meantime in many ways. There are serious plans for the 2017 season, while the lineup has changed dramatically.

Only Scott Levy will come back for Dallas 350, and he has three new team mates, plus a new 350 videographer.

Former 350 member Scott Latinis has taken the position of the corporate events coordinator for Skydive Spaceland, while he is coaching multiple teams this year. He is also the player coach for the new team Interspeediate (Zach Breaux, Lacey Porter, Genifer Oliver).

USPA Nationals 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	20,D,E,22	M,9,5	12,8,7	H,L,16,15	F,A,N,J,17	G,6,3	K,B,Q,P,C	18,10,11	13,21,4	14,1,19	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	22	37	21	24	39	21	47	16	18	20	265	26.5
2	SDC Rhythm XP	23	35	19	19	28	19	45	14	17	19	238	23.8
3	Golden Knights	20	24	18	24	33	19	38	14	15	18	223	22.3
4	AARsPeed	19	28	17	13	28	17	33	15	15	17	202	20.2
5	Mass Defiance	17	23	17	16	28	17	33	12	14	15	192	19.2
6	Arizona Alpha	18	27	15	19	26	16	29	12	14	14	190	19.0
7	Perris Kiss	15	19	13	15	22	15	30	11	13	13	166	16.6
8	Alliance	14	21	13	11	21	15	25	12	12	13	157	15.7
9	Spaceland Lite	13	19	10	11	22	14	28	11	10	12	150	15.0
10	Dallas 350	14	20	13	17	19	8	26	9	11	11	148	14.8
11	Arizona ZULU	11	18	11	10	18	11	26	8	11	11	135	13.5
12	Bravo Zulu	13	15	9	9	16	12	18	5	7	8	112	11.2

Scott Levy said that his original 350 team mate Lucas King will be training with an 8-way team from Dallas taking advantage of a lighter training schedule:

"He takes care of getting his two teenage daughters sent off to college. I am sure we will see plenty of him all season, and I know that he is readily available for coaching and/or jumping with anyone that wants to."

He added that 350 videographer Al Levy will still be around Skydive Spaceland Dallas this year:

"He will be doing video for both Interspeediate as well as for the 8-way team. Al Levy is a BEAST!!!!"

Former SDC Rhythm XP videographer Thad Parker will take his 350 slot behind the camera.

Scott Levy himself has teamed up with Jens Gronemeyer to commit two world class player coaches. Christy Frikken and Chris Farina will have a new partial Perris Fury reunion with the new Dallas 350 lineup.

Christy Frikken was Perris Fury's outside center between 2005 and 2011, and Chris Farina joined the team in 2006 as the inside center.

Perris Fury did not come back after the 2011 season and after a year without Josh Hall who had joined Arizona Airspeed to become a 4-way world champion in 2012.

Both later joined SDC Rhythm XP, Chris Farina in 2012 and Christy Frikken a year later, when her former Fury team mate accepted his own Airspeed invitation.

Christy Frikken and Rhythm tried to catch up with Airspeed, while Chris Farina won a silver medal for the U.S. delegation in Prostejov 2014.

He continued with Airspeed until the FAI World Air Games 2015, and Christy Frikken left SDC Rhythm XP at the end of the 2015 season.

Paraclete XP Indoor 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	4,19,7	C,18,6	21,2,15	P,B,J,E,5	A,8,M,1	F,20,10	9,Q,14	L,K,G,H,22	N,16,O,12	D,11,3	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights Gold	24	27	23	44	29	24	32	31	25	23	282	28.2
2	Golden Knights F4	23	28	23	41	26	24	29	31	24	27	276	27.6
3	SDC Rhythm XP	21	24	22	44	26	23	30	29	25	24	268	26.8
4	Perris Fury	22	23	23	40	25	23	30	31	23	23	263	26.3

Christy Frikken and Chris Farina both had no serious team commitments in 2016, and the reunion of the original Perris Fury lineup at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016 was one of the event's highlights.

Now they are both back together again in their original slots with Dallas 350. Scott Levy continues in his tail slot, and Jens Gronemeyer is the new 350 point.

Scott Levy said that Dallas 350 will be seen in training at drop zones and wind tunnels throughout the 2017 season:

"Dallas 350 is not only here to train but also to help any other teams or jumpers in any way we can."

There is a wealth of knowledge and experience with Dallas 350 now, and the team's best meet average will most likely get a significant boost too...