*AS OF AUGUST 31, 2010

*Bold font indicates athletes who are competing in the Olympia
**Competitor numbers may differ at time of competition

*AS OF AUGUST 31, 2010

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF JM MANION

*Competitors shown in numerical order by competitor number

Pierre Chamoun (Sweden – 9th)

Gaetano Cisternino (USA – 5th)

Clarence DeVis (Belgium – 7th)

Edward Duque (Venezuela – 6th)

Myoba Edwards (Canada – 4th)

Seth Feroce (USA – 1st)

Dave Goodin (USA – 15th)

Jaroslav Horvath (Slovakia – 2nd)

Alan Ichinose (USA – 14th)

Tricky Jackson (USA – 3rd)

Jocelyn Jean (USA – 12th)

Frank Michel (Germany – 11th)

Carlos Majid Rabiei (Canada – 8th)

Rixio Tapia (Venezuela – 10th)

Randy Jackson Sr (USA – 13th)

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF JM MANION

*Competitors shown in numerical order by competitor number

Alexandre Nataf (France – 17th)

Mark Alvisi (USA – 2nd)

Lee Apperson (USA – 17th)

Grigori Atoyen (USA – 6th)

Gus Carter (USA – 17th)

Brandon Curry (USA – 8th)

Omar Deckard (USA – 17th)

Constantinos Demetriou (Australia – 17th)

Oscar Dexter (Tahiti – 17th)

Tamer Elshahat (Egypt – 17th)

Miguel Filho (Brazil – 17th)

Leo Ingram Jr (USA – 9th)

Manolis Karamanlakis (Greece – 15th)

Michael Kefalianos (Australia – 5th)

Marc Lavoie (Canada – 11th)

Manuel Lomeli (Mexico – 14th)

Jeff Long (USA – 17th)

Cedrick McMillan (USA – 4th)

JoJo Ntiforo (USA – 12th)

Ibrahim Essa Obiad (United Arab Emirates – 1st)

Shawn Rhoden (USA – 16th)

Markus Ruehl (Germany – 7th)

Joel Stubbs (Bahamas – 10th)

Alfonso Valencia-Del Rio (Spain – 13th)

Phil Von Kaenel (Switzerland – 17th)

Bill Wilmore (USA – 3rd)

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ISAAC HINDS

*Competitors are shown in numerical order by competitor number

Bianca Binno (USA – 4th)

Jennifer Dietrick (USA – 5th)

Janet Harding (USA – 10th)

Safiya Johnson (USA – 11th)

Amanda Latona (USA – 1st)

Brandy Leaver (USA – 12th)

Dayna Maleton (USA – 6th)

Nathalia Melo (Brazil – 3rd)

Nicole Moneer-Guerrero (USA – 13th)

Monique Ricardo (USA – 8th)

Ali Rosen (USA – 2nd)

Alea Suarez (USA – 7th)

Sonya Vecchiarelli (USA – 14th)

Natalie Waples (Canada – 9th)

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ISAAC HINDS

*Competitors are shown in numerical order by competitor number

Teresa Nicole Anthony (USA – 3rd)

Elisha Archibold (USA – 17th)

Michelle Battista (USA – 17th)

Susanne Bock (Germany – 17th)

Viviana Casarubbia (Argentina – 17th)

Taylor Condren (USA – 13th)

Ava Cowan (USA – 8th)

Michelle Craven (USA – 17th)

Ginette Delhaes (Canada – 15th)

Monica Escalante (USA – 4th)

LaVonda Ezell (USA – 17th)

Celeste Gonzalez (Spain – 17th)

Alicia Harris (USA – 2nd)

Aleisha Hart (Canada – 17th)

Cynthia Herndon (USA – 17th)

Catherine Holland (USA – 17th)

Sara Hurrle (USA – 17th)

Candice John (Trinidad – 9th)

Danielle Kifer (USA – 17th)

Julie Ann Kulla (USA – 10th)

Christina Mehling (Canada – 17th)

Jennifer Migliacci (USA – 12th)

Emily Nicholson (USA – 17th)

Kristin Nunn (USA – 11th)

Ann Pratt (USA – 16th)

Louise Rogers (England – 17th)

Elvimar Sanchez (Venezuela – 17th)

Mindi Smith (USA – 7th)

Mikaila Soto (USA – 17th)

Ann Titone (USA – 17th)

Gina Trochiano (USA – 6th)

Terri Turner (USA – 1st)

Sue Upson (USA – 17th)

Rosalind Vanterpool (Barbados – 14th)

Elizabeth White (USA – 17th)

Magdelena Wilk (Poland – 17th)

Karly Woodle (USA – 17th)

Josie Zamora (USA – 5th)

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ISAAC HINDS

*Competitors are shown in numerical order by competitor number

Alti Bautista (USA – 6th)

Sonja Bruce (USA – 8th)

Myriam Capes (Canada – 2nd)

Regiane DaSilva (Germany – 4th)

Autumn Edwards (USA – 15th)

Allison Ethier (Canada – 5th)

Ryall Graber-Vasani (Canada – 7th)

Cinzia Massaro-Clapp (USA – 13th)

Stacy McDowell (USA – 14th)

Shannon Meteraud (USA – 3rd)

Daniela O'Mara (Australia – 10th)

Traci Redding (USA – 9th)

Kristina Rojas (USA – 11th)

Hollie Stewart (USA – 12th)

Bethany Wagner (USA – 1st)

Sooner or later, most of you will have a loved one who is battling cancer of some type.  On August 23, 2009, I leaped from a perfectly good airplane at 13,500 feet above Long Island. The event was also an important opportunity to do something for a lot of people far braver than I am.  I called my jump “Leap for Life” and raised over $15,000 in tax-deductible donations for cancer research.

Leap for Life 2009 was such a smash success that I’m doing it again!  How else can anyone have such an incredible thrill for such a worthy cause?!  If you’ve ever thought about skydiving and were waiting for just the right opportunity, maybe the time is now?  Instead of donating to MY event, why not create your OWN Leap for Life?  Whether you’re a first-timer or an experienced skydiver, and wherever you are on this planet, you can choose to go to your local drop zone and jump — and if you do it on the weekend of August 21-22, 2010, you’ll be doing it the very same weekend as me and many, many others!  You can set up your very own web page through the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s LiveSTRONG website by clicking on the word “DIVE” below, which allows you to accept donations from friends, family, neighbors and co-workers with all tax-deductable donations going directly to the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  Can you imagine the excitement of such a constellation of events, comprising a team of brave independent individuals spanning cities, states and even countries, all for the noble cause of research to help find a cure?

Meanwhile, regardless of whether you choose to make the jump yourself, and especially if you don’t, please be generous right now by clicking on the word “DONATE” below.  Whether you “DIVE” or “DONATE” by clicking below, you have my humble and heartfelt thanks!

To see more photos of my Leap for Life 2009, click HERE

You can also watch last year’s jump on Youtube.com right HERE

Donate! To Support Cancer Research Click HERE!

Dive! For the Thrill of Your Life Click HERE!

Find your local skydiving drop zone – Click HERE to find a skydive center near you

Want more info?

E-mail Rick Collins at rcollins@cmgesq.com or call 516.294.0300