posted Jan 27th, 2021 - Breaking news made it to the skydiving community yesterday, and they came from the Paraclete XPG4 headquarters.

There is a change in the lineup, with Irina Meshcheryakova leaving the team, and Brenn Richards filling the open slot.

The news came somehow surprising, as Irina Meshcheryakova was the latest addition to the XPG4 lineup.

She had joined the team when Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings decided to resume their XPG4 project in the 4-way Women event last year, after winning bronze medals at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019 with Katrina Autry Shows and Morgan Womble in the lineup.

They recruited Irina Meshcheryakova and Tamara Bartlett for their new XPG4 lineup. Tamara Bartlett did not continue after the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020, even though the team qualified as the U.S. national team in 4-way Women for the next indoor world meet.

Morgan Womble was ready for a comeback with XPG4 and took the open tail slot, while Irina Meshcheryakova continued as the point in the front piece. The new lineup started with a 17.6 average at the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 and followed up with 18.3 at the 4-Way FS Skydiving Championships in Eloy.

XPG4's indoor and outdoor training continued with the same lineup after the competition in November, and the NSL News reported regularly of the team's activities.

The 2020 lineup still came to an end, and XPG4 needed a new team member to continue. Michelle Karamon, Jeana Billings and Morgan Womble still have the world's top spot in 4-way Women on their list of goals, and they were looking for a more than adequate replacement.

The recent announcement of the new team member came quickly, as the three original members found the new team mate without much need for deliberation. Brenn Richards is well known at least by Michelle Karamon, who won USPA gold medals in 4-way Advanced together with her.

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA/Intermediate 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	Ranch 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
6	Blocksmith-4-Less	14	11	19	17	8	10	11	14	10	20	134	13.4
7	Dallas Disturbance	12	14	12	18	9	12	11	15	9	19	131	13.1
8	Multi4	11	15	15	16	8	11	10	13	11	18	128	12.8
9	Haya Whoosh A	10	12	18	14	5	12	9	14	11	14	119	11.9
10	Why Not?	9	13	17	13	9	10	8	12	11	13	115	11.5
11	Not A Legal Grip	11	9	18	13	9	8	7	12	9	15	111	11.1
12	Flight SP	4	12	19	11	10	13	7	7	8	13	104	10.4
13	Randomonium	10	9	13	11	7	9	3	11	7	13	93	9.3
14	Blockwork Orange	5	10	12	9	6	6	7	17	5	10	87	8.7
15	No Rhythmmm XP	7	8	7	3	5	4	6	8	4	5	57	5.7

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Interview with Ranch 2nd Generation and Brenn Richards at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016

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Brenn Richards made the NSL News on a regular basis when she trained and competed with Ranch 2nd Generation. She is actually one of the original team members (Christopher Kuhlmann, Joey Marshall, Dean Van Tassell team videographer Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli), and growing up at The Ranch she was a part of the team name that eventually became very popular.

It was coincidence that the recent topic of the USPA double-gold achievement brought her back into the 4-way picture before XPG4 announced her as the newest team member. Ranch 2nd Generation placed 2nd in the Advanced Class competition of the USPA Nationals 2016 and followed up with gold a year later.

Brenn Richards did not continue after the USPA Nationals 2017. She was 18 years of age when she won the indoor competition in March 2016 and decided to go to college after the USPA gold medal in 2017.

Her original team mates Joey Marshall and Christopher Kuhlmann continued with Ranch 2nd Generation before joining Niklas Hemlin and Mikhail Markine for Arizona Airspeed's current lineup. Michelle Karamon, Joey Marshall and Christopher Kuhlmann first continued in the 4-way Open Class, with Chris Haslam in 2018, then with Jeana Billings in 2019.

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USPA Nationals 2017		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced	O,4,9		G,21,A,H		N,D,J,14		L,16,12		K,19,6		E,2,10		P,11,15		17,3,22		F,7,1		Q,5,M,20		Total	Avg
1	Ranch 2nd Generation	18	-2	20	-2	17	-3	15		16		14	-1	15	-1	14	-1	18		17		164	16.4
2	Fast4ward XP	17		19		19		14		16		15		13	-1	13		19		15	-1	160	16.0
3	AF Storm	17	-1	16	-1	17		14		16		14		12	-2	12	-1	17		17		152	15.2
4	Four Horsemen	17		17		14	-2	14		14		13	-1	11	-1	13		12	-1	17		142	14.2
5	Seattle Swift	15	-2	17		13	-1	13		14		13		14		10	-1	17		15	-1	141	14.1
6	DeOrbit Burn	15	-1	16	-1	16		12		13		11	-1	12		11		15		13		134	13.4
7	CH4	16	-1	14	-2	14		12		12		13		10	-1	12		15		15		133	13.3
8	#Elsinoreishome	15	-1	16	-1	14	-1	13		12	-1	12		11		11		15		13		132	13.2
9	CSC Swift	12	-1	16		15		9	-1	13		12	-1	9	-1	11		15		14		126	12.6
10	Bravo	13	-1	14		14		12		11		12		12		9	-1	14		13		124	12.4
10	AF Blaze	9	-3	16		14		12		13		11	-1	9	-1	12		14	-2	14		124	12.4
12	AZ Defiance	14		13		14		11		12		9		11		8	-1	12	-2	10	-1	114	11.4
13	Perris Event Horizon	14		12	-1	13		9		9		11		9	-1	11		14		11		113	11.3
14	Perris Quattro	17		0		15		11		11	-1	12		9		11		16		10	-1	112	11.2
15	Levity XP	11	-1	11	-2	14		9		11		12		9	-1	8	-1	14		11		110	11.0
16	Perris 4ce	13		11	-1	14		10		8	-1	9		11		7	-2	15		11		109	10.9
17	Perris Dauntless 5	13		10	-2	13		10		10		10	-1	10		10		12	-2	5	-1	103	10.3
18	JetStream Tango	14		11	-1	13		9		10		7	-2	7	-1	9		10	-2	10		100	10.0
19	4ttitude	14		11	-1	13		9		3	-8	6	-3	8	-1	7	-1	12	-1	11	-1	94	9.4
20	Adventure Flyers	14		11		6	-6	9		5	-4	10		9		6	-2	12		10		92	9.2
21	Beauties and the Beasts	9		7	-1	2	-1	5		4	-1	6		7		6		9		7		62	6.2

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Ranch 2nd Generation at the SkyVenture New Hampshire Indoor Fest 2017 and at the USPA Nationals 2017

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Brenn Richards was in the tail slot for Ranch 2nd Generation, which was also Chris Haslam's slot with Skydive Midwest NEXT. Jeana Billings then replaced him in the same position.

Jeana Billings switched to outside center for the XPG4 comeback without Katrina Autry Shows and Morgan Womble. Michelle Karamon continued in her inside center slot, first with Tamara Bartlett as her piece partner, then with Morgan Womble. Now she will fly the blocks again with Brenn Richards, her rear piece partner in 2016 and 2017.

Michelle Karamon, Brenn Richards and Jeana Billings were all training and competing for Ranch 2nd Generation at some time, even though it was not a 4-way Women team. Now it is a 3-way R2G reunion with Morgan Womble for the 4-way Women category. Morgan Womble is going back to her original point slot with XPG4, when the team finished with a 26.2 indoor average at the indoor world meet at Weembi Lille in 2019. All team members will be in their well-trained slots, as Jeana Billings leaves the tail slot for the newest member and continues outside center.

Brenn Richards is now ready to pursue the same goal as her team mates. She has graduated from college three years after her decision to take a break from R2G team training and competition. XPG4 could actually continue under the R2G team brand, as well, with three team members in the current lineup...