posted Feb 28th, 2019 - The Paraclete XP Indoor Championship was the U.S. qualification event for the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019 and included a 4-way Women competition for the same purpose.

The NSL News had mentioned the situation in 4-way Women with the update on February 23rd. The two U.S. teams who are aiming at the top spot in 4-way Women at the FAI World Meet 2020 in Tanya, Russia, Phoenix XP and Perris Force, could not keep up with the newly formed XPG4 lineup on the first day of the competition.

This did not change in the last three rounds, where XPG4 extended the lead in 4-way Women significantly and finished in 5th place on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard.

XPG4 will compete for the U.S. delegation at the FAI Indoor World Meet in April, while Phoenix XP and Perris Force still have the opportunity to win the 4-way Women outdoor qualification at the USPA Nationals 2019 later this year.

XPG4 have no plans to continue after the indoor world meet, and the team members will go back to their own teams (Ranch 2nd Generation, Lite XP) for the outdoor season this year.

Paraclete XP Indoor 2019		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open - 4-way Women	P,N,Q,1		G,2,17		14,18,D		K,12,10		5,H,J,L		19,M,7		15,13,8		C,6,B,9		20,16,11		E,3,O,A		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	38		30	-1	25	-1	25		42	-2	31	-1	23	-1	44		23	-2	36		317	31.7
2	SDC Rhythm XP	39		31		24	-2	23	-1	44	-2	30	-1	22	-1	35	-3	22	-1	36		306	30.6
3	Golden Knights Gold	30		27		22		19	-1	34		26		20		35		21		29		263	26.3
4	Ranch 2nd Generation	31		26		23		22		30	-3	27		18	-2	30	-2	21		28	-2	256	25.6
5	XPG4	30		22	-2	20		19		31		24	-2	19		28		17		27		237	23.7
6	Lite XP	25		19	-1	16	-2	17		23	-4	24		17		26		17		27		211	21.1
7	Great Expectations	27		15	-2	18		17		24		23		16		24	-1	13	-1	24		201	20.1
8	Air Force Shadow	25		20	-1	15	-1	15		27		20	-1	16		25		15		22		200	20.0
9	Perris Force	27		16	-1	16		16		20	-3	22	-2	14	-2	23	-3	14	-1	23		191	19.1
10	Vega XP	22		13	-4	15	-1	12	-4	21	-3	23		15		24	-1	15		20	-1	180	18.0
10	Phoenix XP	22		17		15		16		20	-2	20	-1	14	-1	20		15		21	-1	180	18.0
12	SDC Rhevolution XP	23		14	-1	14		14		19		20	-1	14	-1	21		15		17	-2	171	17.1
13	Fire Ball XP4	23		14	-3	15		14		21	-1	18	-1	15		16	-3	12		21		169	16.9
14	Air Force Boomers	22		16	-1	12	-2	14		22		18		15		18	-4	10		15		162	16.2
15	Lucky Joshua	21		13	-1	14		13	-1	17	-1	17	-1	14	-1	17	-2	13		20		159	15.9
16	SCZ ZEUS 3.5	19		15	-1	13	-1	12	-1	18	-1	15	-1	10	-1	18		11		17		148	14.8
17	A Bunch of Misfits Winto a Bar	17		13	-1	13		14		20		18	-1	13		11	-4	11		16	-1	146	14.6
18	Airtrocity	18		14		12		12	-1	18		17	-1	13		17	-2	10	-2	14		145	14.5
19	NSL4XIC	18		12	-1	10		9	-3	16		15	-1	10	-1	15		10	-1	13		128	12.8

XPG4 - Perris Force - Phoenix XP at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2019

In fact, R2G members Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings will probably focus just as much on their 8-way training and competition with Paraclete XP8.

They will first compete with XP8 at the indoor world meet in April and perform double duties in 4-way Women and 8-way Open, and then try to win the 8-way competition at the USPA Nationals.

Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings will probably not be overly stressed with the international double duties at Weembi Lille. The NSL News mentioned that they both completed 22 competition rounds last Saturday at Paraclete XP (R2G - XPG4 - XP8) and added the remaining eight rounds with their three teams on Sunday morning.

Their XPG4 team mates Katrina Shows and Morgan Womble copied the triple duties at Paraclete XP, Katrina Shows with XPG4, Lite XP and Spaceland Lite 8, Morgan Womble with XPG4, Lucky Joshua and LJ's Angels. Both will compete only in 4-way Women at the indoor world meet, while Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings are in the U.S. 8-way lineup, as well.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		K,17,J,21		4,H,F,11		18,L,16		5,M,O,C		N,8,P,19		6,9,10		D,12,15		Q,B,G,22		20,E,14		7,3,2		Total	Avg
1	NFTO	UK	27	-2	26	-2	20	-1	37	-1	25		23		22		29	-2	22		23		254	25.4
2	France	FR	26		23	-1	20		36	-1	24		19	-1	19		26		17	-3	20		230	23.0
3	Team X	SE	24	-1	26		18	-2	31	-1	22		21	-2	16	-4	27		20		19	-1	224	22.4
4	China	CN	22	-1	20	-3	20		28	-2	23		22	-2	18	-1	24		20	-1	21		218	21.8
5	HF Chicks	CZ	25	-1	23	-1	15	-4	26	-4	23		21	-2	17		24	-4	21		21		216	21.6
6	Satori	UK	24		19	-1	18		31		18	-3	20		18		23		18	-1	19		208	20.8
7	Zero-G	RU	22	-1	22		17		27	-3	20		20		16	-1	22		16	-3	20	-1	202	20.2
8	Zephyrus	UK	12		12	-2	10		16		13		12		10		17		11		13		126	12.6

Morgan Womble will be compensated for her bad luck last year, when an injury kept her from experiencing her first world meet participation in Australia. She was a Phoenix XP member in 2018, and Megan George substituted for her after the injury.

Phoenix XP launched the 2019 season with a new lineup, as the NSL News reported earlier, and Morgan Womble did not continue. Then she had her very successful comeback with XPG4 and now a new opportunity for her first international competition experience at an FAI event.

In fact, she may come back from France with an FAI world meet medal, which was denied Phoenix XP in Australia by Team X from Sweden. XPG4 has the potential to shake up the 4-way Women leaderboard at the FAI Indoor World Meet. Even FAI World Cup silver medalist NFTO may not be safe in 2nd place if XPG4 uses the almost two months wisely and intensively. XPG4 can probably turn the 23.7 average at Paraclete XP into a 25+ average with more training.

Even the new French indoor lineup in 4-way Women could be within striking distance for XPG4, and then the U.S. team would compete for the FAI gold medals. Nephtys Weembi had finished with a 26.3 average at the Wind Games. However, XPG4 have to share time and training until the indoor world meet with XP8, who will be aiming at 8-way medals in April. Double duties at the world meet will be even more challenging than triple duties at last weekend's indoor competition...