Ohio State University finished in second place and Ohio University took third. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Sky Broncos have taken first in fall regional competition. Six members of the 1998 national championship team were joined by nine new team members in the win. The team will now train for the April 26-May 1 NIFA championship which will be held at Kansas State University at Salina, the same site as last year's national event.
Teams compete in four flight events and five ground events at both the regional and national events.
Sky Broncos captured four first-place finishes in the regional effort. Orwin also came in second in the event's top pilot ranking. The entire effort is under the supervision of Mark Serbenski, supervisor of aviation operations in WMU's School of Aviation Sciences and Sky Bronco head coach.