posted Mar 6th, 2021 - The aftermath of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021 continues with an update of the Indoor Cloud League activities.

Not only the coaches of the Paraclete XP team managed to post ICL 2021 scores and videos before the indoor championships, as the NSL News reported on March 4th. Skydive Midwest NEXT did the same in February. The complete lineup performed the two Open Class sequences (AAA/AA). Lauren Byrd, Gorka Amian and Greg Oldendick also player-coached the other three February lineups through the additional four ICL sequences.

There were several ICL participants who would later make the trip to Paraclete XP and compete with their respective teams at the indoor championships. NEXT member Greg Oldendick had almost the complete SDC Rhebellion XP lineup for the A Class sequence (Q,K,9), which could be drawn for a AA/Intermediate Class competition, as well. In fact, Block 9 came for the AA/Intermediate Class teams at Paraclete XP together with three random formations in Round 6 (D,P,M,9).

Greg Bush joined his Rhebellion team mates for the ten rounds of their first competition, and they were right away in the race for USIS medals in the AA/Intermediate Class before ending up in 4th place.

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Indoor Cloud League February 2021 - ICL Midwest	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	B,20,G,10	J,20,6	Q,K,9	Q,K,J	M,P,G	M,P	Total
SDMW NEXT	21	24	-	-	-	-	45
Aga Horoszko, Kelsey Strock, Eric Bambach, Greg Oldendick	-	-	33	-	-	-	33
Nathan Handegan, Ken Serrine, Brennan Smith, Gorka Amian	-	-	-	14	-	-	14
Natalie Rodriguez, Rhiannon Lucente, Lauren Byrd, Katie Healy	-	-	-	-	20	21	41
ICL Midwest's Best of February	21	24	33	14	20	21	133

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ICL Midwest Highscores of February 2021

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Nathan Handegan, Ken Serrine and Brennan Smith had previously performed the RRR sequence for the ICL Midwest team in December, together with Nicole Land. This time they had player-coach Gorka Amian in their lineup for a new RRR sequence. Brennan Smith then came back for the ten AA/Intermediate Class rounds at Paraclete XP (Podunk Hopscotch Mafia).

Katie Healy assisted Lauren Byrd as a player-coach for two participants of the newest ICL Midwest generation of 4-way competitors, Natalie Rodriguez and Rhiannon Lucente. Katie Healy then competed with Eclipse in 4-way AA/Intermediate at Paraclete XP and joined the QRF 1 lineup for the 8-way Open Class competition.

That's where she battled with her ICL player-coaching team mate Lauren Byrd for the bronze medals. The complete Skydive Midwest NEXT lineup competed with Doug Barron's Rhythm 8-way team at Paraclete XP, while Airspeed XP8 member Jeana Billings had put together an all-female QRF lineup for Hell Week.

The indoor 8-way training paid back for QRF 1, as they were able to put some pressure on the more experienced Rhythm lineup.

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Paraclete XP Indoor 2021		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		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		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	28		27		42	-2	29		34		29		28		26	-1	29		43	-2	315	31.5
2	SDC Rhythm XP	25	-2	25		37	-2	27		32		29		26	-1	27		25	-1	41	-1	294	29.4
3	Golden Knights Gold	27		23		40		26		28		19		25		23		26		35		272	27.2
4	XP4	25		19		34		23		28		20	-3	21	-1	21		23		32		246	24.6
5	XPG4	22		20		29		21		23		20	-1	23		19		20	-1	30		227	22.7
6	Skydive Midwest NEXT	21	-3	16	-2	30	-2	22		23		20	-1	20	-1	19	-1	21		28	-1	220	22.0
7	Lightspeed	20		18		28		21		23		19		20		16		19		28		212	21.2
8	Air Force OBYC	18		17		27		17		21		17		19		15		18		19		188	18.8
9	Aviatrixx	18		17		23		15		19		17		16		17		16		25		183	18.3
10	Vega XP	15		17		24		14		18		17		17		16		18		22		178	17.8
11	Golden Knights Black	17		16		22		16		17		16		18		16		16		20		174	17.4

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Skydive Midwest NEXT and Rhythm 8 at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021

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Paraclete XP Indoor 2021		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	8-way Open	D,B,22,E		K,17,11		C,3,P,5		4,Q,18		16,9,A		2,7,8		G,15,1		F,21,N,H		6,J,12		19,M,13		Total	Avg
1	Airspeed XP8	36		30		35		37		33		22		39		30		29		24		315	31.5
2	Golden Knights	28		26		33		33		27		21		33		27		28		24		280	28.0
3	Rhythm 8	19	-2	18		22	-1	26		18		14		23	-2	19		17		14		190	19.0
4	QRF 1	18		16		23		24		17		14		23		18		17		12		182	18.2
5	Token Male	14		17		19		18		16		13		21		18		16		14		166	16.6
6	Jhabberlution	13		14		16		18		15		11		16		10		15		11		139	13.9

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Lauren Byrd and Greg Oldendick were already in the Rhythm 8-way team in 2018, long before they would both join Skydive Midwest NEXT. The complete 2020 lineup, still with Chris Haslam in the tail slot, then competed in 8-way with Doug Barron in February last year, and the new 4-way lineup was now back in 8-way action with Gorka Amian.

Matt Accord, Brian Ball and Scott Latinis completed the Rhythm 8-way lineup, and Doug Barron has more plans for the team. Skydive Midwest NEXT will follow up with outdoor competition at the upcoming Shamrock Showdown 2021, and Doug Barron is also bringing the 8-way team to Skydive City.

Matt Accord and Megan George are not available for the 8-way competition at the Shamrock Showdown, where Ben Liston and Doug Hendrix will take the 8-way slots. All Rhythm 8 members also compete in 4-way at the event and will be hunting for the $200 of prize money in the Skins Game between Round 6 and Round 10.

The 8-way competition at the Shamrock Showdown will bring back together the three indoor medal winners of the Paraclete XP indoor competition, Airspeed XP8, Golden Knights and Rhythm 8.