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.