posted Oct 7th, 2022 - As in most other countries, the USPA Nationals are the qualifiers for the FAI/ISC events in the following year, either the world meets or the world cups. The qualification event for the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 was last year's national championship, where Arizona Airspeed (4-way Open), XP8 (8-way Open) and XPG4 (4-way Women) won their respective national titles.

The 4-way Women competition does not have a separate leaderboard, and it is embedded in the 4-way Open Class competition. The winners still receive USPA medals and their places on the podium.

All three champions of 2021 defended their top spots successfully last month at Skydive Chicago, before they will compete soon for the U.S. delegation and try to bring this year's FAI world championship titles, medals and trophies to the United States.

The next FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving is scheduled for 2024 in Israel, as the NSL News reported on May 13th. The USPA Nationals 2022 qualify teams only for the FAI events in 2023, which is the FAI Outdoor World Cup in Voss, Norway.

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USPA Nationals 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		G,9,M,8		P,3,O,E		7,13,18		B,21,Q,14		20,L,2		D,1,A,19		5,11,15		10,17,N		F,C,K,H,22		12,J,16		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	28	-2	32		23		26	-1	22		26		22		21	-1	35		23		258	25.8
G	Qatar Tigers	QA	23	-2	21	-3	20		23		19		23		18		20		29		19	-1	215	21.5
2	Hammertime	US	23	-1	26		16	-1	22	-1	18		20		16	-1	18		26		19		204	20.4
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	23		24	-1	19		20		15	-1	19	-1	16	-1	17		25		18		196	19.6
4	XPG4	US	22		23	-1	17		20		17	-1	20		15		18		21	-2	16	-1	189	18.9
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	22		23	-1	16	-1	19	-1	15	-1	18	-2	16		16		23	-1	17		185	18.5
G	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	19	-1	20	-2	15	-1	18		16		20		15		16		19	-3	14		172	17.2
6	Lightspeed XP	US	19	-1	19		14	-1	17		14		16	-1	14		14	-1	20		14		161	16.1
G	Qatar Lions	QA	16	-2	19	-3	15		17	-1	16		16		11		15		17		15		157	15.7
7	Spaceland Apex	US	17	-1	19	-1	13	-2	17		10	-2	17		13		12	-2	16	-3	13	-1	147	14.7
8	Corn Needs Butter	US	17	-2	15	-1	13		11	-3	10	-2	14		11		14		15	-2	14		134	13.4
9	SNE Fly Girls	US	13		10	-3	11		11		10		13		10		11		13	-2	9		111	11.1

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XPG4 - SNE Fly Girls at the USPA Nationals 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of USPA/InTime

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There was no challenger in 4-way Women for XPG4 at the USPA Nationals. In fact, there is no other all-female team anywhere close to the U.S. national indoor and outdoor team. However, there was at least one other 4-way Women lineup on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard at Skydive Chicago.

SNE Fly Girls have posted scores on AAA/Open Class leaderboards since 2018, and the 11th place at the USPA Nationals at Chicagoland Skydiving was actually rewarded. The New England team was eligible to compete at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 at Skydive Arizona, where they collected their first exciting experiences of international 4-way competition.

They were on the same leaderboard with the best 4-way Women teams in the world, including the French world champions and British team NFTO. Two more teams competed for the U.S. delegation in Eloy, Phoenix XP and Victorious Secret, who qualified at the USPA Nationals in 2018, as well. SNE Fly Girls are the only 4-way Women team in the United States who came back to the national championships this year. XPG4 had not launched their team project in 2018 and started in 2019.

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FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		13,11,16		P,22,4		O,7,21		9,20,G		18,15,L		K,10,3		6,14,C		1,M,A,17		F,D,Q,8		2,5,E		Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	17		19		25		20		20		19		20		23		25	-1	21		209	20.9
2	NFTO	UK	17		17		23		19	-1	17		17		19		21		23	-1	20		193	19.3
3	Phoenix XP	US	13		13		17		14		13		12	-1	14		17		18	-1	14		145	14.5
4	Skynamite	DE	13		12		18		16		11	-2	13		13		15	-1	16	-3	16		143	14.3
5	SNE Fly Girls	US	11		11	-1	15	-1	14		11		12		13		14	-1	16		12		129	12.9
6	Victorious Secret	US	9		11	-1	14		10	-2	11		11		12		16	-1	14		14		122	12.2
7	Alola	UK	9	-1	10	-2	13		10	-1	9	-1	9	-1	9	-1	12	-1	16		11		108	10.8

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Phoenix XP - SNE Fly Girls - Victorious Secret at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/OmniSkore!HD

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SNE Fly Girls and XPG4 have shared several AAA/Open Class leaderboards ever since, and XPG4 needed some time to find their best lineup. The current Fly Girls lineup is identical with the one that competed for the first time at the SkyVenture New Hampshire Indoor Championship in January 2019.

Nicole Bedard, Jennifer Cook, Monique Lai and Jill Lavacchia first attended the indoor event at SkyVenture New Hampshire, and then recruited Brooke Saunders for the camera slot at the USPA Nationals and the FAI Outdoor World Cup later the same year.

Ryan Serewicz was filming the SNE Fly Girls last month at Skydive Chicago, where they competed again in 4-way Open, after an excursion to 4-way Advanced at the USPA Nationals 2019.

There was a good reason for the 4-way Women team to compete in 4-way Open. The same SNE Fly Girls are planning to travel to Norway next year and compete at the outdoor world cup, which requires qualification in 4-way Open at the USPA Nationals. Once again, each country can send four teams in each discipline to the next world cup. Only XPG4 and SNE Fly Girls have earned the privilege to represent the United States in 4-way Women at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023.