posted Feb 27th, 2021 - The 4-way competition is over on Saturday at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021, and the 8-way teams came to action in the afternoon.

Six rounds were completed in four of the 4-way events (Open, Advanced, Intermediate, Rookie), and the 4-way VFS teams shared the flying chamber with the 8-way teams in the afternoon.

The NSL News mentioned earlier that Round 1 would get special attention. The topic of any meet opener has been discussed several times at NSL Live Talk with the most experienced competition experts in the world. They all had the same experiences and conclusions. Round 1 is special and brings a challenge like no other round.

Arizona Airspeed's Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall confirmed this once again when they were done with their competition day and met with the NSL News to share their experiences and insights of the first meet day. Their team mates Niklas Hemlin and Mikhail Markine, together with a large number of other 4-way competitors, continued with 8-way competition in the afternoon. The interview with the two newest Airspeed members will be posted as soon as possible.

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Round 1 in 4-way Open at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021

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XPG4 extended the distance to Aviatrixx to 26 points after Round 6. There is no doubt that they will defend the 4-way Women title successfully with the new lineup. Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall also said that they enjoy seeing their former Ranch 2nd Generation team mate Brenn Richards back in successful and very promising 4-way action.

SDC Rhythm XP had to watch Arizona Airspeed pull away in the first five rounds. Airspeed won last year's indoor championship title by eight points over Rhythm's previous lineup, with JaNette Lefkowitz still in the driver's seat. Today the Airspeed lead is at 14 points after six rounds.

SDC Rhythm XP are actually at a higher scoring level compared to last year at half-time, with an apparently slower competition draw. Arizona Airspeed have lifted their performance level even more and seem to be out of reach. In fact, the Golden Knights' Gold team were challenging Rhythm throughout the first five rounds, and before this run came to a screeching halt in Round 6. The 2-point distance turned into 12 with a 10-point deficit in Round 6 alone.

It was bad timing for the Army's top 4-way team, as Rhythm finally increased the pace and matched Airspeed's 29-pointer in the last round of the day. The 8-way teams have six rounds on their schedule, too.

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	19,13,O	21,12,16	A,B,D,11	4,15,C	17,3,E	Q,G,18,22	6,7,14	9,10,2	1,P,20	L,K,H,5	F,N,J,M,8	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	28	27	42	29	34	29	-	-	-	-	-	189	31.5
2	SDC Rhythm XP	25	25	37	27	32	29	-	-	-	-	-	175	29.2
3	Golden Knights Gold	27	23	40	26	28	19	-	-	-	-	-	163	27.2
4	XP4	25	19	34	23	28	20	-	-	-	-	-	149	24.8
5	XPG4	22	20	29	21	23	20	-	-	-	-	-	135	22.5
6	Skydive Midwest NEXT	21	16	30	22	23	20	-	-	-	-	-	132	22.0
7	Lightspeed	20	18	28	21	23	19	-	-	-	-	-	129	21.5
8	Air Force OBYC	18	17	27	17	21	17	-	-	-	-	-	117	19.5
9	Aviatrixx	18	17	23	15	19	17	-	-	-	-	-	109	18.2
10	Vega XP	15	17	24	14	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	105	17.5
11	Golden Knights Black	17	16	22	16	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	104	17.3

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