Lizee wins Collegiate Drone Racing Championship by one point over Park

Joshua “PrincessJ” Lizee won the 2026 Collegiate Drone Racing Championship by a single point, finishing with 69 points to Wesley “wesleyfpv” Park’s 68 in one of the tightest collegiate finishes the FPV circuit has produced this season. Antoine “Baxony” Deschenes was third with 67, and Kalli “kallifpv” Ames followed with 66, giving the top four a spread of just three points from first to fourth.

That kind of margin is the story. In a discipline where a clipped gate, a slight overcorrection, or a mistimed dive can wipe out an entire heat, the leaderboard at the top looked less like a runaway and more like a pressure test. Lizee did enough to separate himself, but Park was right there, and the one-point gap showed how little room there was for error once the championship reached its final laps.

The depth behind the podium made the result even more telling. Ari “uptimefpv” Stehney, Kevin “wykef” Ni, Logan “iPiqqy” Snell, Ethan “Shan” Pulido, Adam “NotBanana” Mawloud, and Tyler “UnderscoreFPV” Harris all landed in a narrow band just behind the leaders, reinforcing that this was not a two-pilot race. More than 50 pilots from 12 schools entered the championship picture, turning the event into a national collegiate finale where school representation mattered as much as individual speed.

MultiGP said the championship ran April 11-12 at Skyway36 Droneport & Technology Innovation Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a venue that gave the title fight a serious stage and a fitting setting for collegiate FPV’s fastest rising names. The format also highlights how the series has matured: team scores are built from the top three scores from a school’s pilots, and any manually submitted time has to be backed by a DVR link for review. That kind of structure rewards depth, consistency, and clean execution, not just one standout lap.

The bigger picture is just as important as the one-point finish. MultiGP says it is the official partner of the Collegiate Drone Racing Association, whose hall of fame shows collegiate open-class champions going back to 2017. The sport’s institutional footprint has also widened since 2020, when MultiGP formed its STEM Alliance with Drones in School and the Collegiate Drone Racing Association. With more than 30,000 registered pilots and 500 active chapters worldwide, the ladder from campus racing to the wider FPV scene looks increasingly real, and Lizee’s narrow victory is another sign that the college ranks are producing serious championship talent.