posted Oct 6th, 2019 - Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League September team had a very strong response to the total of 146 points that the Hurricane Factory posted on October 2nd. The 142 points for September missed Paraclete's best total of the year for August only by two points.

The NSL News was live on site at Paraclete XP when Morgan Womble was preparing her September team for the six Indoor Cloud League sequences. It was the Friday before the start of the USPA Nationals when she was running Paraclete's ICL event of the month, and she had a great lineup.

Morgan Womble herself teamed up with three members of Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) and took on the two Open Class sequences (AAA - AA). Only R2G point Joey Marshall was missing, and this Paraclete lineup outscored the Czech HF Cubs by three points for the AAA Class sequence. The HF Cubs won the AA Class by one point.

The Paraclete XP team also won the A Class sequence with a very strong lineup. R2G member Chris Kuhlmann and Lite XP member Dave Grabowski outscored the Czech junior team HF Dragonflies by three points, together with Terry Seaworth and Chris Webb. Cheryl Morgan, Maria Garcia-Sheets, Matt Alarif and Ed Ganley then took the RRR Class highscore before more Czech 4-way juniors made up for the other losses in the other two Rookie Class sequences (RR - R).

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Paraclete XP - September	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	O,8,D,5	B,9,8	C,H,4	F,O,D	M,C,H	M,B	Total
Michelle Karamon, Jeana Billings, Chris Kuhlmann, Morgan Womble	29	26	-	-	-	-	55
Chris Webb, Terry Seaworth, Dave Grabowski, Chris Kuhlmann	-	-	24	-	-	-	24
Matt Alarif, Maria Garcia- Sheets, Ed Ganley, Cheryl Morgan	-	-	-	33(-1)	-	-	33
Lyle Dodd, Mike Stein, Chuck Beasley, Jeana Billings	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
Michael Urzen, Richard Fort, Dave Grabowski, Morgan Womble	-	-	-	-	-	20	20
Paraclete XP's Best of September	29	26	24	33	10	20	142

NSL Reality TV on Friday before the USPA Nationals - Paraclete XP's ICL highscore performances

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Most of the Indoor Cloud League participants followed up with outdoor competition at the USPA Nationals just a few days later.

Ranch 2nd Generation had the complete lineup together for the next duel with Defiance, which pushed R2G above the 20-average benchmark for the first time in the team's 4-way outdoor history.

It was not enough to get to the bronze medal position, as Defiance was back with the same lineup that had posted the team's highest average of 20.9 at the USPA Nationals 2017. Defiance was actually performing on a significantly higher level and ended up with the 20.8 average due to several video busts.

The total of ten point deductions kept Defiance from posting the first 21+ average. Defiance was still rewarded for the damage. Airspeed Odyssey, USPA bronze medalist of 2018, did not attend the USPA Nationals this year, and Defiance took a medal position for the first time in the team's Open Class history.

The two original Defiance members (Ben Liston, Brian Stephens) had won USPA's Advanced Class gold medals in 2005. Nick Grillet and James Klinge joined Defiance later for meets in the 4-way Open Class competition.

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USPA Nationals 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		7,C,H,P		J,21,20		O,3,11		B,2,K,E		8,Q,10		15,D,F,12		N,L,M,14		6,1,9		A,18,13		G,4,5		17,16,22		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	45	-1	24		27		37		21		25		34		25	-1	26	-1	25	-4	-		289	28.9
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	41		22		21	-1	33		21		23		27		25		24		25		21	-1	262	26.2
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	40	-1	24		22	-2	32		19	-2	24		29		25		21	-2	26	-1	20	-2	262	26.2
4	Defiance	US	30	-1	21		15	-4	28		16		19		22	-3	21		18	-1	18	-1	-		208	20.8
5	Ranch 2nd Generation	US	26		19		19		24	-2	16	-1	17	-1	24		18	-1	19		19		-		201	20.1
6	Kinetix	AU	26		18		17		22		13	-1	17		18	-1	17		17		17		-		182	18.2
7	Lite XP	US	24	-1	17		17		22		15		17		20	-2	16	-1	14		17		-		179	17.9
8	No Name	US	22	-4	17		14		19	-2	12	-2	13		14	-3	15		14		16		-		156	15.6
9	Aviatrixx	US	21		14		13	-1	18	-1	12	-2	15		17	-1	14	-1	12		14		-		150	15.0
10	Perris Force	US	20		13	-1	14		18		11	-1	11		18	-1	13	-1	12		12	-1	-		142	14.2

Video Footage Courtesy of USPA/OmniSkore!HD

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Mass Defiance will not have a re-match with Ranch 2nd Generation at the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019, while SDC Rhythm XP and Arizona Airspeed will face each other again just a few weeks after the dramatic jump-off finish at the USPA Nationals.

Ranch 2nd Generation will not be able to get closer to Defiance, as only four teams per nation can compete at a world cup. Defiance have the 21+ level as their own goal and possibly a battle for FAI bronze medals. Three R2G members (Michelle Karamon, Jeana Billings, Chris Kuhlmann) will still compete in Eloy, as they are also in the Paraclete XP8 lineup.

Defiance will meet the same Airspeed Odyssey of 2018 again, who will try to defend their U.S. position right behind SDC Rhythm XP and Arizona Airspeed.

As 8-way competitors with XP8, SDC Rhythm XP members Steve Lefkowitz and Andrew Happick are up for double duties at the world cup. 4-way and 8-way competition are separated at USPA Nationals, which makes it easier to switch from one event to the other. FAI/IPC world meets and world cups have a different agenda, which allows the meet director to send teams in both events into action on the same meet days. It will be challenging, as the best 8-way teams in the world are at Skydive Arizona, including the new French 8-way lineup...