posted Jan 8th, 2020 - SDC Rhythm XP is training at Skydive Chicago in the summer and at Skydive Sebastian during the winter. Paraclete XP is the host for the team's indoor training. The NSL News, located in DeLand, Florida, has been using the Rhythm winter training as an opportunity to meet the team for several years.

The latest opportunity came up this week when Rhythm was back in Sebastian for outdoor training before traveling to Spain for the Wind Games at the end of the month.

It was the new lineup that was in training, with Golden Knights 8-way team captain Andrew Starr in his new slot for the reigning U.S. 4-way champion. JaNette Lefkowitz was present at the training camp, as she continues to manage the team affairs and the Rhythm business. She said that it is still a strange feeling to see the team jump without her.

The complete lineup, including JaNette Lefkowitz and team videographer Justin Wageman, took some extra time after a 14-jump day for a new NSL Live Talk interview at the drop zone.

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NSL Live Talk with SDC Rhythm XP on January 7th

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The new lineup with Andrew Starr has created a unique situation in the history of U.S. Formation Skydiving competition. He is the first 8-way team captain of the Golden Knights who is competing with a civilian 4-way team at the same time.

However, he said that the U.S. Army command was in full support of his situation. He is still representing the United States and the Golden Knights in the U.S. delegation for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving, which was enough reason to find the support.

Related to the same topic, JaNette Lefkowitz mentioned that the situation was similar in the reverse order when she was helping out for the Golden Knights in 2016.

Angela Nichols did not continue for the Golden Knights 4-way Women team when she was planning to become a mother at the beginning of the 2016 season.

JaNette Lefkowitz was helping out until the FAI World Meet at Skydive Chicago, and the Golden Knights 4-way Women team won gold medals for the U.S. Army. JaNette Lefkowitz continued to train as much as possible with her own team in 2016 and competed with Rhythm at the USPA Nationals a month later.

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FAI Mondial 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		12,A,16	18,15,0	1,F,E,C	17,B,14	10,2,20	21,11,G	J,5,19	L,M,K,7	D,8,4	3,13,Q	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	21	21	30	20	17	19	24	35	20	17	224	22.4
2	French Girls	FR	21	18	30	23	17	18	24	34	18	14	217	21.7
3	NFTO	UK	17	15	21	19	13	16	18	26	17	13	175	17.5
4	Montreal Fuzion	CA	18	15	19	16	14	16	17	25	17	14	171	17.1
5	Les Stunts	BE	15	14	20	16	11	13	16	24	15	13	157	15.7
6	Bellatrix	AU	13	12	20	16	12	13	15	22	13	14	150	15.0
7	Skymix	DE	13	11	15	15	12	13	14	23	12	12	140	14.0
8	No Mercy	PL	14	14	19	13	9	11	12	19	14	11	136	13.6
9	Infra Red Band	RU	15	12	16	13	9	11	13	17	14	10	130	13.0
10	CZ Ladies	CZ	11	11	14	13	9	10	12	19	9	10	118	11.8
11	Valkyria	DK	10	8	16	10	9	10	11	17	12	10	113	11.3

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It was possible for JaNette Lefkowitz to help out for the Golden Knights at the FAI World Meet 2016, as Arizona Airspeed was competing in 4-way Open for the U.S. delegation, even though she continued to train with SDC Rhythm XP, as well.

Andrew Starr is now in a similar situation. He will train as much as possible in 4-way and continue to prepare his 8-way lineup for the next events. One of them is the 8-way competition at the Shamrock Showdown 2020, where he will now have a very busy agenda, similar to double-duties at FAI/IPC events. He will switch back and forth between 4-way and 8-way on the meet days.

JaNette Lefkowitz will still train and compete with her team as long as her current situation allows her to do so. In fact, she will be back in her inside center slot at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship in February. That's when Andrew Starr will be competing with his own Golden Knights teams in 4-way and 8-way.

He will also be back with the Golden Knights after the outdoor world meet in August. The U.S. Army will be fielding 4-way teams at the national championships, as well, and both Rhythm inside centers will be opponents again at Skydive City in November.