posted Jun 24th, 2024 - The NSL News had conversations with all current XPG4 members at numerous occasions. However, Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon, Brenn Richards and Jennifer Davidson have not been together yet live in front of the NSL TV camera. The weather situation on Sunday morning of the Paraclete XP Summer Classic offered the opportunity for NSL Live Talk before XPG4 completed all ten competition rounds on the same day.

The most recent previous conversation with one of the team members took place on the Zoom platform and was published with the NSL News update on June 9th. Jennifer and Matt Davidson shared their thoughts of the current GKXP8 and XPG4 situation with the audience.

Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon and Brenn Richards had discussed the outcome and XPG4 performance at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship with the NSL News after Round 10. Original XPG4 member Morgan Womble had substituted for Jennifer Davidson, who was not available for training and competition at that time. The conversation on Sunday last weekend was the first NSL Live Talk with the complete lineup. New team videographer Taylor Buffington, formerly on camera for Arizona Airspeed, joined the conversation, as well, before the teams were called to the boarding area for Round 1.

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NSL Live Talk with XPG4

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The XPG4 members were not shy of any topics that came up during the conversation, neither the performance of China's 4-way Women team and their potential participation at the outdoor world championship, nor Arizona Airspeed's recruiting situation for the world champions' new lineup at the end of the year.

The members of the new XPG4 lineup have different things in common, which became topics of the conversation. Jennifer Davidson, Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings have 8-way world championship titles in their collections. Jennifer Davidson won her 8-way gold with the Golden Knights in Australia 2018, Michelle Karamon and Jeana Billings with Airspeed XP8 in Tanay 2021, and again with Paraclete XP8 in Eloy 2022. Jennifer Davidson also won a 4-way Women gold medal with the Golden Knights in 2016.

Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon and Brenn Richards together finished in 3rd place at the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2022 and took the world's outdoor top position in 4-way Women at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Norway. They have continued their way towards the first 4-way Women gold medals at outdoor world championships ever since, even after the latest change in the lineup. The potential participation of the Chinese 4-way Women team at this year's world championship in October is a new challenge that XPG4 is fully aware of and appreciates.

Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2024		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	9,C,1		11,J,8		3,2,7		5,G,F,10		N,E,4,A		19,14,20		22,P,Q,O		18,17,M		15,16,L		12,D,6		Total	Avg
1	XPG4	22		19		19		20		27		17		25		21		17		18	-1	205	20.5
2	RhEvolution XP	20		14	-1	16		16	-1	21	-1	15		19		16		13	-2	15		165	16.5

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XPG4 - RhEvolution XP at the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2024

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Last weekend's 20.5 average is a very promising starting point for this year's outdoor competition, especially under the pressuring conditions last weekend, with all ten rounds completed on Sunday. XPG4's previous lineup with inside center Anna Brunner had a 22.5 average in the team records that was boosted by a Super Sequence in Round 1 of the USPA Nationals 2023.

The new lineup posted the 20.5 average after a competition draw without a special scoring opportunity, with the 27-pointer in Round 5 (N,E,4,A) as the highest score.

Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon and Brenn Richards have more in common than only the last three years together for XPG4. All three current team members also have a history with Ranch 2nd Generation, one of the most promising teams in U.S. 4-way history. Brenn Richards was an original R2G member of 2015 and spent three years (2015 - 2017) with reigning Arizona Airspeed 4-way world champions Joey Marshall and Chris Kuhlmann before taking a break. Michelle Karamon joined R2G in 2016 and spent four years (2016 - 2019) in the lineup with Joey Marshall and Chris Kuhlmann. Jeana Billings eventually shared the last R2G year with Michelle Karamon and the two 4-way world champions, who are now recruiting two new members for the next Airspeed generation. It seems to be obvious that all former R2G members could be candidates for the new Airspeed lineup.