The fifth meet of the season saw everyone converge in Raeford, NC at Skydive Paraclete XP. 28 competitors gathered as the season starts to wind down and rankings begin to solidify. The weather was great all week and those that arrived early got some great training in. The day of the comp saw an early wheels up at 7am with light and variable winds. Speed was the first event and after a practice round and a brief hold for some low layer clouds the meet progressed quickly. In the Pro class Curt Bartholomew toped the time sheets after a cutaway on round two and an ensuing rejump. He was followed by Justin Price and Greg Windmiller. In the Advanced class Beau Riebe was the man to beat, followed by Jesse Weyher and Robin Jandle. The Beginners were topped by newcomer Kian Morris, followed by David Williams and Jeremy George.
The comp progressed into Zone Accuracy with extremely variable conditions. They were tough to read with winds switching between headwind, crosswind and downwind all in a matter of minutes. Curt topped the score sheets again followed by Matt Shull and Joe Abeln. The Advanced fought it out with Blake Gaynor taking top honors followed closely by Beau Riebe and Richo Healy. The Beginner class saw a rare tie for Zone Acc between Kian Morris and Tom Esposito, followed by Jeremy George.
The meet closed up with Distance, and in the Pro Class Curt was on top again followed by PDFT members Travis Mills and Justin Price. The conditions were light winds but slow conditions keeping the distances fairly short. In the beginner class Jesse Weyher put up some impressive runs, followed by Beau Riebe and Richo Healy.
When the dust settled after the last round and in the Pro class Curt Bartholomew from Team Alter Ego Fastrax took the Gold overall with 598.7 points out of 600, followed by Matt Shull with another great performance, and the final spot of the podium was Justin Price of the PD Factory Team. Rounding out the top 5 was the rest of Alter Ego Fastrax with Alex Hart in 4th and Jeannie Bartholomew in 5th. This locked the season overall win for Curt with 400 out of 400 points. Matt seems to have solidified his 2nd place finish for the season, and Justin Price is in 3rd for the season as well. Beau Riebe won the Gold in the Advanced class, followed closely by Jesse Weyher. These two locked down those places for the season overall finish as well. 3rd on the podium was Robin Jandle from Hawaii, this was her first podium finish (beer!) Matt Koch sits in 3rd for the Season Overalls with Robin right on his heels. Newcomer Kian Morris won the Beginner class, with Jeremy George and David Williams fithing it out as usually for the podium positions. David sits first overall in the beginners, with Siddharth Choudhury in 2nd, with Jeremy George in 3rd having only completed 3 meets so far.
The meet went off without a hitch, zero injuries and a quick finish in the early afternoon thanks to the awesome judges, meet director, and the staff at Skydive Paraclete XP. The league would like to thank everyone involved for such an awesome event!
The fifth meet of the season saw everyone converge in Raeford, NC at Skydive Paraclete XP. 28 competitors gathered as the season starts to wind down and rankings begin to solidify. The weather was great all week and those that arrived early got some great training in. The day of the comp saw an early wheels up at 7am with light and variable winds. Speed was the first event and after a practice round and a brief hold for some low layer clouds the meet progressed quickly. In the Pro class Curt Bartholomew toped the time sheets after a cutaway on round two and an ensuing rejump. He was followed by Justin Price and Greg Windmiller. In the Advanced class Beau Riebe was the man to beat, followed by Jesse Weyher and Robin Jandle. The Beginners were topped by newcomer Kian Morris, followed by David Williams and Jeremy George.
The comp progressed into Zone Accuracy with extremely variable conditions. They were tough to read with winds switching between headwind, crosswind and downwind all in a matter of minutes. Curt topped the score sheets again followed by Matt Shull and Joe Abeln. The Advanced fought it out with Blake Gaynor taking top honors followed closely by Beau Riebe and Richo Healy. The Beginner class saw a rare tie for Zone Acc between Kian Morris and Tom Esposito, followed by Jeremy George.
The meet closed up with Distance, and in the Pro Class Curt was on top again followed by PDFT members Travis Mills and Justin Price. The conditions were light winds but slow conditions keeping the distances fairly short. In the beginner class Jesse Weyher put up some impressive runs, followed by Beau Riebe and Richo Healy.
When the dust settled after the last round and in the Pro class Curt Bartholomew from Team Alter Ego Fastrax took the Gold overall with 598.7 points out of 600, followed by Matt Shull with another great performance, and the final spot of the podium was Justin Price of the PD Factory Team. Rounding out the top 5 was the rest of Alter Ego Fastrax with Alex Hart in 4th and Jeannie Bartholomew in 5th. This locked the season overall win for Curt with 400 out of 400 points. Matt seems to have solidified his 2nd place finish for the season, and Justin Price is in 3rd for the season as well. Beau Riebe won the Gold in the Advanced class, followed closely by Jesse Weyher. These two locked down those places for the season overall finish as well. 3rd on the podium was Robin Jandle from Hawaii, this was her first podium finish (beer!) Matt Koch sits in 3rd for the Season Overalls with Robin right on his heels. Newcomer Kian Morris won the Beginner class, with Jeremy George and David Williams fithing it out as usually for the podium positions. David sits first overall in the beginners, with Siddharth Choudhury in 2nd, with Jeremy George in 3rd having only completed 3 meets so far.
The meet went off without a hitch, zero injuries and a quick finish in the early afternoon thanks to the awesome judges, meet director, and the staff at Skydive Paraclete XP. The league would like to thank everyone involved for such an awesome event!
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