posted Jun 18th, 2019 - The aftermath of the Paraclete XP Summer Classic continues with the video of another NSL News Live Talk that was recorded at the end of the first day on Saturday. Seven rounds were completed, and there was enough time for a conversation with Ranch 2nd Generation.

The NSL News has been following the team regularly since meeting the second lineup (Michelle Karamon, Brenn Richards, Christopher Kuhlmann, Joey Marshall) at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016 with the first NSL Live Talk conversation.

The performance and progression at that time was already convincing enough to call the team the 4-way shooting star in the United States, even though R2G was still competing in the AA Class at Paraclete in March 2016. Three years later, three current members (Michelle Karamon, Christopher Kuhlmann, Jeana Billings) are training and competing with Paraclete XP8 as the top favorite for the 8-way outdoor title at the USPA Nationals 2019.

Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings were in the XP8 lineup at the FAI Indoor World Meet and won FAI gold medals with a record average of 31.6 at Weembi Lille. Christopher Kuhlmann was recently selected for the XP8 lineup when JaNette Lefkowitz decided to discontinue. Joey Marshall is probably the top candidate for the next XP8 slot opening up.

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	P,13,G	7,19	9,O,B	C,A,N,6	18,11	K,2,21	22,8	E,L,J,20	4,1	15,M,F	Total	Avg
1	2nd Generation	19	19	30	22	13	17	15	25	17	28	205	20.5
2	Nimbus	14	17	26	19	12	14	13	19	15	21	170	17.0
3	Exit Strategy XP	13	14	26	19	11	13	14	20	13	23	166	16.6
4	Texas Crush	16	16	25	20	11	15	11	18	12	19	163	16.3
5	Mortal Enemies	9	14	24	18	11	12	11	15	12	14	140	14.0

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The NSL News update on June 5th included the most recent look at the situation of Ranch 2nd Generation this year. The story covered Airspeed Odyssey's 2019 reunion and 15-year anniversary at the FAI World Cup in October this year. It was posted shortly after the announcement of Christopher Kuhlmann as the new XP8 member.

The Odyssey update explained that the complete Airspeed lineup of 2005 will not attend the USPA Nationals but compete later with the U.S. delegation at the FAI World Cup in Eloy. Ranch 2nd Generation does not have one of the four slots for 4-way teams in the U.S. delegation (Arizona Airspeed - SDC Rhythm XP - Airspeed Odyssey - Defiance).

Instead, R2G will be engaged in the battle for bronze medals at the USPA Nationals in the absence of Airspeed Odyssey. Defiance is in the middle of the preparations for the event, with more training than usual this year.

Last weekend's competition in Raeford brought the Golden Knights back into the 4-way picture, as well. Golden Knights have won the USPA bronze medals consecutively between 2014 and 2017, with Jennifer Davidson in each of the lineups.

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Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	2,16,E	P,L,12,A	3,1,5	11,G,19	9,22,15	K,H,10,21	7,17,O	F,N,M,J,20	B,6,4	8,C,Q,13	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	19	24	18	19	19	19	24	29	22	19	212	21.2
2	Ranch 2nd Generation	18	21	14	16	15	20	21	24	19	16	184	18.4
3	Vega XP	11	13	13	12	11	15	15	23	15	13	141	14.1
4	SDC RhEvolution XP	12	12	11	14	11	12	14	20	15	15	136	13.6
5	TSC Cadence	9	9	8	9	10	8	11	15	-	-	79	9.9

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The 4-way bronze medal streak of the Golden Knights was only stopped when the complete U.S. Army delegation at the USPA Nationals 2018 was called back to North Carolina due to the threatening Hurricane Florence approaching their headquarters.

Last weekend, the Golden Knights were back in 4-way with a strong lineup, once again with Jennifer Davidson, and won 28 points ahead of Ranch 2nd Generation. The same Golden Knights lineup would obviously be the top contender for USPA bronze medals this year.

However, it will not be the same lineup back in Raeford in September. Matt Davidson will compete for Arizona Airspeed, and Jesse Stahler will probably go back to his 4-way VFS team. Jen Davidson and Drew Starr would have to recruit two new members for the USPA Nationals.

Team captain Drew Starr could also decide to focus only on 8-way competition this year, as he can expect an extremely challenging situation with Paraclete XP8 as a well trained opponent and defending champion.

Without Airspeed Odyssey and Golden Knights competing at the USPA Nationals, the battle for bronze medals would be fought between Defiance and Ranch 2nd Generation. Ranch 2nd Generation are not ready yet for this battle, as the 18.4 average in Raeford is indicating. Michelle Karamon, Jena Billings and Chris Kuhlmann are also in a similar situation as the Golden Knights, with the focus on 8-way training and competition. The NSL Live Talk with R2G took place at the team's favorite place - in a Twin Otter...

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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

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