The USPA recently updated their process for selecting the US National Canopy Piloting team.  Historically CP has taken the top 8 in a world meet year, and 12 for a world cup from the overall placings.  The new criteria used will be to take the gold medal winners from each event(speed, distance, zone accuracy), and then fill the remaining slots from the overall standings.

In most cases this won’t change who makes the team, because anyone who gets 1st place in one event, usually ends up making the top 8 or twelve anyway.  The only difference would be if someone takes gold in an individual event and ends up falling down the standings so far that they don’t make the top 8 or 12 overall.  This could be because they zero in other events, get injured and can’t complete the meet, or maybe they are just REALLY good in one event and suck at the other ones.  Whichever the reasons, this new process ensures that the US is sending the top performer in each event and in design is sending the top candidate to win a medal at the world level event.

Nationals begins in about 16 weeks, get to practicing!!!!