{"id":109028,"date":"2026-01-13T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/?p=109028"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:11:29","slug":"und-aerobatic-team-wins-2025-iac-collegiate-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/2026\/01\/und-aerobatic-team-wins-2025-iac-collegiate-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"UND Aerobatic Team wins 2025 IAC Collegiate National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109029\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/260112-aerobatics.web_.jpg\" alt=\"2025 UND Aerobatics team lined up for photo in front of UND-green airplane\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/260112-aerobatics.web_.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/260112-aerobatics.web_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/260112-aerobatics.web_-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/260112-aerobatics.web_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of North Dakota Aerobatic Team has claimed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iaccdb.iac.org\/leaders\/collegiate\"><strong>2025 International Aerobatic Club (IAC) Collegiate National Championship,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0officially securing first place in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The national title caps off a demanding and highly competitive year in which UND pilots faced off against top collegiate aerobatic teams from across the country. Judged on precision, accuracy and control, the UND team demonstrated consistent excellence throughout the season to secure the top overall ranking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students compete against the best aerobatic pilots around the country, judged on precision and accuracy while flying advanced dynamic maneuvers including rolls, loops and spins in challenging sequences,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.und.edu\/directory\/michael.lents\"><strong>Mike Lents<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0UND Aerobatic Team coach. \u201cAt the end of the season, their scores are tallied and compared to other collegiate competitors to determine the top teams and individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lents credited the team\u2019s success to dedication, teamwork and strong institutional support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2025 team was one of the hardest-working and most cohesive groups of aviators I\u2019ve had the privilege to fly with,\u201d Lents said. \u201cThrough practice, critique and encouragement during a very challenging season, their effort paid off with strong, consistent performance. It wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the support of UND Aerospace and our aircraft maintenance, service and dispatch crews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/01\/und-aerobatic-team-soars-to-national-title-in-2025-iac-collegiate-series\/\"><strong>For more on this story, read it at UND Today<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national title caps off a demanding and highly competitive year in which UND pilots faced off against top collegiate aerobatic teams from across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":109029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-honors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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