posted Mar 6th, 2019 - Lite XP, formerly known as Spaceland Lite, or Spaceland SPX Lite, is one of the longest standing 4-way teams in the United States. In fact, the 2019 season brings the 10-year anniversary for Lite, who appeared for the first time on the NSL leaderboard in May 2009.

The lineup has changed over the years, and Katrina Autry Shows is the only original member in the current lineup. She and her husband Devon Shows launched the team project, together with Richard Rothery and Bill Green. Devon Shows trained and competed with Lite until the end of the 2016 season, and Andre Van Heerden took his slot beginning in 2017.

Christy West joined Richard Rothery, Katrina and Devon Shows in 2010, together with team videographer Cory Kossan, who has been filming the team ever since. Richard Rothery had to step back after two years, and Joseph Wood took his slot in 2012 and for the next three years.

Dave Grabowski was the next new Lite member in 2015, and in the 6th year for Christy West, Katrina and Devon Shows. Christy West left in 2016, and Dave Grabowski's former Ranch Fallout team mate Kim Hollander replaced her. The current lineup came together when Devon Shows stepped back and is now in its third year.

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

Lite XP in 4-way and Spaceland Lite in 8-way at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2019

It's not only the 10-year anniversary that is catching the attention of the NSL News. The scoring progression, especially since 2015, has been impressive and seems to continue. Lite XP had finished with another new outdoor team record average at the USPA Nationals 2018, after adding an average point year by year since 2016.

The situation is similar with the indoor performance, where Lite XP finished with a new team record for a 10-round meet with the complete FAI dive pool at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship.

The NSL News mentioned earlier that outside center Katrina Autry Shows had a very busy meet with her three teams, Lite XP and XPG4 in 4-way and Spaceland Lite in 8-way. She was rewarded for the efforts with a trip of the U.S. delegation to the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019, after winning the 4-way Women qualification with XPG4.

Lite XP members Katrina Autry Shows and Dave Grabowski then joined Spaceland Lite's 8-way team, where they re-united with former Lite 4-way members Christy West and Devon Shows and the complete Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies lineup. Kim Hollander and Andre Van Heerden competed only with Lite XP in 4-way.

USPA Nationals 2018		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	J,19,K,22	P,13,A,E	H,G,Q,B,21	9,2,L	C,14,4	O,16,3	1,15,10	M,20,11	F,D,18,6	5,12,17	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	23	29	34	28	23	24	19	24	26	25	255	25.5
2	SDC Rhythm XP	20	25	33	26	20	18	17	21	23	20	223	22.3
3	Airspeed Odyssey	20	25	28	22	18	20	17	19	20	17	206	20.6
4	Defiance	19	23	25	21	18	21	15	21	21	19	203	20.3
5	Ranch 2nd Generation	17	22	20	22	17	18	15	17	21	19	188	18.8
6	Spaceland Lite	15	19	24	19	16	18	12	17	17	14	171	17.1
7	Phoenix XP	17	17	21	18	13	17	12	16	16	14	161	16.1
8	Perris Force	12	11	21	17	13	13	12	17	14	14	144	14.4
9	Spaceland Dallas 350	17	0	17	17	13	16	13	14	20	16	143	14.3
10	Victorious Secret	11	13	16	12	10	9	9	12	13	10	115	11.5
11	SNE Fly Girls	8	8	10	12	9	11	9	9	8	8	92	9.2
12	Spaceland Heatwave	9	11	11	6	6	9	7	7	9	9	84	8.4

Spaceland SPX Lite XP scoring progression between 2009 and 2019

On the way to the current performance level in the 4-way AAA Class, Lite XP collected two sets of USPA medals. Christy West, Richard Rothery, Katrina and Devon Shows, with Cory Kossan on camera, won Advanced Class bronze medals in 2010 and followed up with gold a year later.

The new lineup, with Joseph Wood for Richard Rothery had to move up into USPA's Open Class competition in 2012, even though the Advanced Class medalists finished with significantly higher meet averages.

However, the placement near the bottom of the Open Class leaderboard did not discourage Lite, and the same lineup placed slightly higher a year later. The situation did not change at the USPA Nationals 2014 and 2015, where the Advanced Class medal winners scored higher than the 2011 champions, who competed in the Open Class, together with Dallas 350 in a similar situation.

Former Advanced Class champion Mass Defiance was a different example though, who had worked their way up the Open Class leaderboard year by year. Lite XP eventually moved away from the bottom of the Open Class leaderboards in 2016 and 2017 and finished in 6th place last year, right behind two other former Advanced Class champions, Mass Defiance and Ranch 2nd Generation.

Happy 10-year anniversary, Lite XP...