Florida Man Suspected of Hoarding Gold at Canopy Piloting Nationals
Above: Multiple gold medalist Curt Bartholomew. Photo by Anthony Armendariz.
On September 3, the 2024 USPA National Championships of Canopy Piloting and Canopy Piloting-Freestyle came to a close at Skydive Paraclete XP in Raeford, North Carolina.
For the second straight year, Floridian Curt Bartholomew swooped his way to a sweep of all three events, winning the open-class gold in speed, zone accuracy, distance and the overall. He finished off the four days of competition by taking gold in the Canopy Piloting-Freestyle event.
Joining Bartholomew on the open-class overall podium was Jason Sanders, who rebounded tremendously from his injury at last year’s national championships by taking silver. These were his first competition jumps since the injury. In third, with the bronze, was Paraclete local Jesse Weyher.
Canopy Piloting-Freestyle, which featured more competitors than at any previous national championships, saw not one but two Bartholomews at the top of the open-class podium. Jeannie Bartholomew took silver in the event, with Justin Price earning the bronze.
The full podium results are:
Canopy Piloting:
Open—Overall | Full Scoreboard
Gold—Curt Bartholomew
Silver—Jason Sanders
Bronze—Jesse Weyher
Advanced—Overall | Full Scoreboard
Gold—Alex Ildefonso
Silver—Christian Ard
Guest—Aaron Fels
Bronze—Justin Fuller
Intermediate—Overall | Full Scoreboard
Gold—Michael Woods
Silver—Matt Ziems
Bronze—Quinton Camp
Open—Speed
Gold—Curt Bartholomew
Silver—Jason Sanders
Bronze—Travis Mills
Advanced—Speed
Gold—Alex Ildefonso
Silver—Melanie Firth
Guest—Aaron Fels
Bronze—Lazaro Rodriguez
Intermediate—Speed
Gold—Quinton Camp
Silver—Michael Woods
Bronze—Eric Alden
Open—Zone Accuracy
Gold—Curt Bartholomew
Silver—Justin Price
Bronze—V Prib
Advanced—Zone Accuracy
Gold—Christian Ard
Silver—Joseph Keiser
Bronze—Alex Ildefonso
Intermediate—Zone Accuracy
Gold—Eric Alden
Silver—Matt Ziems
Bronze—Michael Woods
Open—Distance
Gold—Curt Bartholomew
Silver—Jesse Weyher
Bronze—Jason Sanders
Advanced—Distance
Gold—Alex Ildefonso
Silver—Ryan Molloy
Bronze—Christian Ard
Intermediate—Distance
Gold—Brendan Greeley
Silver—Matt Ziems
Bronze—Michael Woods
Canopy Piloting-Freestyle:
Open | Full Scoreboard
Gold—Curt Bartholomew
Silver—Jeannie Bartholomew
Bronze—Justin Price
Intermediate | Full Scoreboard
Gold—Joseph Keiser
Silver—Justin Fuller
Bronze—Mark Staffen
Full scoreboards, including scores of each run, can be found at intimescoring.com.