Winners of the 2011 U. S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship Announced.
August 30, 2011
By Troy Bradley, Balloon Federation of America president.
The 2011 U.S. National Hot Air Championships concluded last week in Battle Creek. Congratulations the new U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Champion - Nick Donner! Nick did an outstanding job flying the 17 tasks and averaging 872 points/task.
Rounding out the top ten places were:
Johnny Petrehn 2nd,
Joe Heartsill 3rd,
Rhett Heartsill 4th,
Chase Donner 5th,
Bill Baker 6th,
Andrew Baird 7th,
Joe Zvada 8th,
Shawn Raya 9th,
Todd Isley 10th.
Congratulations to all of the competitors and a big thank you to the organizers and officials!