posted Sep 29th, 2020 - The NSL News continues with updates of teams who have recently announced personnel changes. Golden Knights, Optimum CTR, Airbus Illertissen and Vega XP have used the corona virus break to make adjustments of lineups and plans.

It was the very first day of the year when the NSL News introduced the new lineup of Skydive Midwest NEXT and the team's comeback after a 2-year break.

NEXT competed with the new lineup at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020 and had an impressive start with a 22.4 average in 4th place.

New NEXT member Lauren Byrd also launched a new Indoor Cloud League team from the Midwest together with her team mates and started with the highscore on last month's leaderboard.

However, the same lineup does not continue when the operation of usual Formation Skydiving competition resumes at some point in time.

NEXT tail Chris Haslam, who was one of the original team members in 2015, together with Megan George, Crystal Prom and Matt Congdon, has stepped back.

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USPA Nationals 2018		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced	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	Savage XP	18	17	24	17	14	17	14	18	20	15	-	174	17.4
2	Seattle Swift	16	15	18	12	13	16	12	18	15	13	-	148	14.8
3	Elsinore Elevate	14	17	19	17	13	14	10	14	14	15	-	147	14.7
Rank	4-way Intermediate	15,7	A,E,Q,M	11,9	1,22	J,P,F,8	2,20	13,O,K	B,D,6	4,G,14	21,N,19	C,L,H,18	Total	Avg
1	TSC Cadence	11	23	14	10	19	11	13	17	8	12	-	138	13.8
G	SDC RhEvolution XP	13	22	11	11	15	12	14	16	12	11	-	137	13.7
2	SDMW X	10	26	12	9	20	11	11	13	11	9	-	132	13.2
3	Hands Free	11	22	13	11	16	6	9	13	10	11	14	122	12.2
4	Cali4nia Kids	11	21	9	10	15	11	10	14	11	10	12	122	12.2

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Savage XP and SDC Rhevolution XP at the USPA Nationals 2018

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Megan George is now the only original NEXT member. Lauren Byrd and Greg Oldendick continue with the team, and Elliot Byrd will be on camera as it was planned. They have selected a new team member for the tail slot in the meantime. Gorka Amian is filling the open slot and is joining his former team mate Greg Oldendick in the new NEXT lineup.

Gorka Amian and Greg Oldendick trained and competed together with SDC Rhevolution XP in 2019. Gorka Amian was one of the original team members in 2018 and competed in the AA/Intermediate Class of the USPA Nationals, where SDC Rhevolution XP placed 2nd as a guest team.

SDC Rhevolution XP continued with Greg Oldendick in 2019. The team was eligible for USPA medals this time and still moved up into the AAA/Advanced Class competition. Greg Oldendick was actually a defending champion in this USPA category, after winning Advanced Class gold medals with Savage XP at the USPA Nationals 2018.

SDC Rhevolution XP were not ready yet for an Advanced Class medal position in the team's first year with the complete AAA dive pool and finished in 9th place with a 13.8 average.

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USPA Nationals 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced	7,C,H,P	J,21,20	O,3,11	B,2,K,E	8,Q,10	15,D,F,12	N,L,M,14	6,1,9	A,18,13	G,4,5	Total	Avg
1	Redline XP	19	17	16	21	14	16	21	17	17	17	175	17.5
2	Elsinore Elevate	23	14	14	22	15	17	19	14	14	16	168	16.8
3	SNE CenterCell XP	23	14	14	18	14	11	18	15	14	15	156	15.6
4	Air Force Shadow	20	15	13	21	10	13	18	15	15	13	153	15.3
5	Vega XP	21	14	14	21	14	13	15	16	11	12	151	15.1
6	AZ Crime	19	13	14	17	11	12	18	15	13	11	143	14.3
6	Air Force Boomers	20	14	12	15	13	10	16	15	14	14	143	14.3
8	Arizona Alpha	21	14	14	17	14	11	14	14	9	14	142	14.2
9	SDC Rhevolution XP	17	14	12	16	12	13	14	14	13	13	138	13.8
10	Space Force BTR	18	14	13	18	11	11	18	14	10	10	137	13.7
11	SNE Fly Girls	18	12	13	14	11	13	14	13	12	8	128	12.8
12	Chill: Bu	18	13	11	17	9	11	14	13	11	10	127	12.7
13	Perris Goldilocks and 4 Bears	16	11	10	15	10	10	12	10	12	10	116	11.6
14	TSC Cadence	14	9	12	14	10	11	12	12	12	9	115	11.5
15	Fast Break	15	10	10	12	10	12	14	8	10	11	112	11.2
16	Paragon	13	7	11	12	9	8	12	10	7	9	98	9.8
17	AZ Shift	9	9	9	13	9	9	10	11	8	8	95	9.5
18	Perris Section 4	15	8	9	11	8	6	10	10	9	8	94	9.4

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SDC Rhevolution XP at the USPA Nationals 2019

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Greg Oldendick then joined SDMW NEXT for the 2020 season, while Gorka Amian became a USPA judge. He assigned scoring points and penalties at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020 where the new NEXT lineup with his former team mate impressed with the 22.4 average.

Gorka Amian had also partnered with Dee Caminiti in the meantime to launch the Capital Region team for the Indoor Cloud League. The corona virus crisis brought the indoor activities to a halt after two successful months.

The open SDMW NEXT slot was a great opportunity for Gorka Amian to rejoin his SDC Rhevolution XP team mate of 2019, Greg Oldendick, and continue with his 4-way career in the AAA Class. The NEXT lineup of 2017 was already competing in the 4-way Open Class at the USPA Nationals, after winning Advanced Class gold in 2016, and Greg Oldendick won his own gold medal in the same category.

Gorka Amian will have to forfeit a USPA Advanced Class medal and compete in the USPA Open Class next year, where dive pool and rules will not be different. The ICL Midwest and ICL Capital Region teams will be opponents on the 14+ leaderboard, while they probably work closely together to bring new participants to 4-way competition.

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	21,15,10	7,5,G	13,L,11	3,K,B,6	19,8,9	M,P,14,C	N,A,17,1	20,16,Q	F,22,D,H	O,2,4	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	22	34	27	27	27	32	35	27	37	27	295	29.5
2	SDC Rhythm XP	23	35	26	25	26	34	31	25	35	27	287	28.7
3	Golden Knights Gold	21	28	24	24	25	28	29	22	29	24	254	25.4
4	Skydive Midwest NEXT	17	24	20	23	21	29	24	20	27	19	224	22.4
5	Befokte Dose	15	24	20	24	19	28	23	20	27	19	219	21.9
6	XPG4	16	24	21	23	19	30	20	18	24	20	215	21.5
7	Aviatrixx	16	22	18	21	20	23	20	18	24	19	201	20.1
8	Golden Knights Black	16	20	18	17	18	22	20	14	22	18	185	18.5
9	Air Force Apollo	15	18	14	17	17	20	18	14	22	14	169	16.9
10	Air Force Angels	13	18	16	15	15	22	17	15	19	15	165	16.5

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Skydive Midwest NEXT at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020

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