MESA CAP SQUADRON COMPETES IN CYBERPATRIOT II IN ORLANDO

The Air Force Association has announced the results of the nation's largest high school cyber defense competition, staged in conjunction with the Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 18-19 in Orlando, Fla.

CAP Willie Comp Squadron 304, Mesa, Ariz., was one of eight teams selected to compete, out of 200 high schools from 41 states and Japan. However, it did not place in the top three.

Team Doolittle from Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Utah, won the championships, defeating Team Curry of Burlington, N.C. In third place was Team Cochran, Torrance, Calif.

The top three teams received a total of $25,000 in scholarships, with $3,000 each going to the five members of the winning team.

CyberPatriot II began with a one-of-a-kind simultaneous opening round Nov. 7, with nearly 200 high schools competing over the Internet using specialized Microsoft software. Over two more weekends of competition, that group was narrowed to 36 teams for the Medalist Flight competition on Nov. 21, out of which emerged these final eight teams for the trip to Orlando:

CAP Willie Comp Sq 304, Mesa, AZ
CAP Beach Cities Cadet Sq 107, Torrance, CA (top scorer)
AFJROTC FL-952 F.W. Springstead HS, Spring Hill, FL
CAP Burlington Comp Sq, Burlington, NC
CAP Seacoast Comp Sq, Portsmouth, NH
AFJROTC NY-095 Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh, NY
AFJROTC NY-20031 Rome Free Academy, Rome, NY
AFJROTC UT-081 Clearfield HS, Clearfield, UT

Sandy Schlitt, AFA Vice Chairman of the Board for Aerospace Education, said, "We greatly appreciate our founding partners CIAS and SAIC, and our strategic partners General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Microsoft, and others for supporting this superb educational opportunity. Their contribution of technology, advice and supporting funds helped AFA bring this competition to thousands of teens in our first year of making this extraordinary competition truly nationwide. It was a tremendous success, and we are already planning to expand CyberPatriot III next year. "

To see a video about CyperPatriot II, copy this link and paste into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/user/AirForceAssocHQ#p/a/u/0/bqfSLVGYTY8