posted Jun 17th, 2018 - The Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2018 came close to a conclusion on Saturday when eight of the ten scheduled rounds were completed.

It's the second time that Paraclete XP offers the combination of the traditional indoor competition in February and follow up with a high-profile outdoor competition in June, half way on the road to the USPA Nationals.

Last year, the same event generated the three USPA gold medalists in Perris, Arizona Airspeed in 4-way Open (AAA), Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) in 4-way Advanced (AAA) and Vega XP in 4-way Intermediate (AA). Airspeed is back for the same event to add competition practice and exits from the Cessna Caravan that will be the jump plane at the FAI World Meet later this year in Australia.

SDC Rhythm XP had offered Airspeed great opposition at the Paraclete XP Summer Classics 2017 and had to cancel this year's event due to Doug Barron's injury situation. Airspeed is facing only indirect pressure from the international opponents who will be checking and evaluating the scores very carefully.

Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA/Open/Advanced Class		F,M,C,10		14,P,A,15		19,11,9		E,B,22,7		2,K,G,12		3,O,1		4,17,J		Q,13,D,6		N,L,8,18		16,21,20		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	35		25	-1	24		27	-2	25		23	-1	25	-1	26		-		-		210	26.3
2	Ranch 2nd Generation	US	23	-1	16	-2	19		20	-1	18		19		19		19		-		-		153	19.1
3	Savage XP	US	24		17		18		20		14		16		16		17		-		-		142	17.8
4	Vega XP	US	19		13		15		14		13		11		9		12	-1	-		-		106	13.3
5	Adventure Flyers	PY	18		13		12		12		11	-1	12		12		11		-		-		101	12.6

USPA's 2017 Advanced Class winner Ranch 2nd Generation is challenging the 20-average benchmark with 19.1 after Round 8. The draw for the 10-round meet may not allow the desired average in Raeford.

However, R2G's average after this weekend's meet will be significantly higher than the standing 16.5 outdoor record from last year's event at the same place. R2G had won the USPA Advanced Class gold medals in Perris with a 16.4 average.

Vega XP, USPA Intermediate Class champion of 2017, made the required move up into the AAA/Advanced Class already at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2018 and follow up with the first outdoor competition in this category. The team's performance level at this point in time may even promise a spot in Advanced Class medal contention in September.

The May meet of the Carolina Skydiving League is embedded in the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2018, and the AA/Intermediate Class leaderboard features local and regional reams.

TSC Cadence is on USPA Intermediate Class gold medal level by now and could complete a copy of last year's triple of gold medal teams at the Paraclete outdoor competition...

Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2018		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AA/Intermediate Class	F,M,C,15		14,P,A		19,11		E,B,22		2,K,G		O,1,9		4,J,7		Q,13,D		N,L,8		21,20		Total	Avg
1	TSC Cadence	18		14		11		14		15		13	-1	14		12		-		-		111	13.9
2	Platinum XP	17		10		9		13		12		12		13		9		-		-		95	11.9
3	Tail Spin	13	-1	5	-3	9		9	-1	10		11		11		10		-		-		78	9.8
4	HypeXP	10	-2	9		6		10		10		9		11		9		-		-		74	9.3
5	TSC Off Cadence	9		8		5	-1	9		9		8		8		5	-2	-		-		61	7.6