posted Mar 1st, 2022 - One of the most impressive results at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022 was not only the 33.0 average of Arizona Airspeed. It was the team in 2nd place on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard that caught the attention of many 4-way experts, and especially R2G fans Donna and Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli.

XPG4, with former Ranch 2nd Generation members Michelle Karamon, Brenn Richards and Jeana Billings in the lineup, finished in the runner-up position on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard, right behind Arizona Airspeed. The NSL News expected a close competition for the U.S. indoor silver medals between five teams, and this battle for silver lived up to the expectations, with XPG4 in the contested 2nd place.

It happened only once in the history of indoor competition in the United States that a 4-way Women team finished in 2nd place on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard. The 4-way Women lineup of the Golden Knights finished right behind the U.S. Army's Gold lineup with a 27.6 average at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016.

The Golden Knights then moved on to win the FAI outdoor gold medals in 4-way Women at the world meet in Ottawa 2016 half a year later.

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Paraclete XP Indoor 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		4,19,7	C,18,6	21,2,15	P,B,J,E,5	A,8,M,1	F,20,10	9,Q,14	L,K,G,H,22	N,16,O,12	D,11,3	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights Gold	US	24	27	23	44	29	24	32	31	25	23	282	28.2
2	Golden Knights Female	US	23	28	23	41	26	24	29	31	24	27	276	27.6
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	21	24	22	44	26	23	30	29	25	24	268	26.8
4	Perris Fury	US	22	23	23	40	25	23	30	31	23	23	263	26.3
5	Savolo	ZA	15	18	18	33	20	20	26	22	20	19	211	21.1
6	Verve XP	US	20	17	17	29	21	19	24	18	18	19	202	20.2
7	Golden Knights Black	US	18	17	16	29	19	13	23	15	16	15	181	18.1
8	Spaceland Lite	US	14	12	16	29	18	16	22	18	17	15	177	17.7
9	The Four Horsemen	US	15	17	14	26	18	13	22	18	17	16	176	17.6
10	CSC Survival Instinct	US	15	14	16	20	18	16	15	20	15	16	165	16.5
11	Fabio’s Angels	US	15	14	13	20	17	13	18	16	15	12	153	15.3
12	Christy's Love Slaves	US	14	13	15	17	19	14	19	16	13	11	151	15.1
13	Southern Mix XP	US	16	13	12	18	17	11	14	16	14	12	143	14.3
14	Fallout	US	15	12	11	18	14	11	16	16	13	12	138	13.8
15	Armageddon	US	14	9	12	23	7	13	19	13	13	14	137	13.7

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XPG4 is not at the same scoring level yet where the Golden Knights were in 2016. The new lineup, with inside center Anna Brunner and Michele Karamon in the point slot, started with training in January 2022, while the Golden Knights were in their 6th year with the same lineup.

XPG4 still seem to be on the same path with the very new lineup. Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon and Brenn Richards won the qualification as the U.S. national team in 4-way Women with Morgan Womble, and with Andres Mesa on camera at the USPA Nationals 2021.

The Golden Knights did not attend the indoor world cup in 2016 after the 2nd place at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship and focused only on outdoor competition for the remainder of the year. XPG4 have no plans for the upcoming indoor world cup in Charleroi and will compete for the U.S. delegation at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Eloy this October. Arizona Airspeed will first meet NMP PCH HayaBusa at the Shamrock Showdown this week and then travel to Belgium for the indoor world cup.

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Paraclete XP Indoor 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	F,9,4	G,8,A,C	22,10,J	11,D,6	N,3,M,H	20,P,Q,L	12,17,B	18,2,13	E,7,14	5,19,K	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	39	37	26	29	40	37	31	25	33	33	330	33.0
2	XPG4	30	25	16	24	32	28	20	20	26	25	246	24.6
3	Skydive Midwest NEXT	27	27	18	24	32	29	18	20	24	22	241	24.1
4	Bobba Fat XP	28	24	19	23	31	24	21	19	25	23	237	23.7
5	SDC Rhythm XP	27	27	19	21	28	28	20	19	27	20	236	23.6
6	Golden Knights	33	27	16	21	26	29	22	18	21	19	232	23.2
7	Lucky Chris Take 2	24	22	15	18	22	21	14	15	19	18	188	18.8
8	Sloppy Seconds	23	17	10	16	18	15	14	12	18	15	158	15.8
9	Three Men and a Katie	19	18	13	14	17	16	14	12	18	15	156	15.6
10	Platinum XP	14	15	11	14	15	13	12	10	14	12	130	13.0

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XPG4 at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022

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Russia's 4-way Women team, Bubbles, are the reigning outdoor world champions after the 1st place at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August last year. Bubbles were registered for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, together with six other teams from Russia, and they were the top contender in 4-way Women.

Due to the current political situation, the Russian delegation will not be allowed to compete in Belgium, and there is probably even a question mark behind the chances for participation at the outdoor world meet in Eloy.

The progression of the new XPG4 lineup since January lifts the team straight up to medal contention, at least for the outdoor world meet in October. The NSL Live Talk with the complete lineup after the ten indoor rounds at Paraclete XP provides more insights of the team and the 2022 plans.

Fact is that last weekend's competition was the first AAA/Open Class meet for the new team member, Anna Brunner. Former inside center Michelle Karamon made room for the new team mate and moved to point, where Morgan Womble performed until the USPA Nationals last year. First result of the indoor training with coach Niklas Hemlin since January was the extremely promising 24.6 average last weekend.

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NSL Live Talk with XPG4 at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022

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