posted Feb 23rd, 2021 - The most recent NSL Live Talk conversation, anchored by Joey Jones and posted on February 17th, covered the beginnings of the 4-way Women category at FAI/ISC events. The first separate 4-way Women leaderboard at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving was added in Spain 2001.

The guests at the NSL Live Talk, Eliana Rodriguez and Lena Jones, both competed at the first test events and at the first world meet. Eliana Rodriguez won the first FAI gold medals with Synchronicity, Lena Jones was the alternate for the bronze medal winner from Sweden, 4 Pleasure.

NSL Live Talk anchor Joey Jones was coaching the new world champions and continued for a few years to work with the team. Synchronicity continued for several years and won a second set of 4-way Women gold medals in 2004, after bronze in 2003.

The lineup changed when Eliana Rodriguez moved to Arizona and joined Airspeed to win her next set of world meet gold medals, first in 8-way (2004), then in 4-way (2008). Jaimie Johnson took her slot in 2002 and continued with the team until the Synchronicity project came to its end in 2006.

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FAI World Meet 2001			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		8,19,24	A,L,22,H	E,10,D,11	21,6,4	B,18,C,14	G,5,20	2,1,16	M,K,12,9	15,23,P	O,17,Q,N	Total	Avg
1	Synchronicity	US	13	13	13	12	14	14	15	16	13	24	147	14.7
2	TNT	NO	13	15	15	13	13	12	13	15	13	22	144	14.4
3	4 Pleasure	SE	13	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	12	19	143	14.3
4	V-Max	UK	9	15	14	12	14	14	13	16	13	21	141	14.1
5	Russia	RU	11	11	12	12	9	12	12	13	11	12	115	11.5
6	South Africa	ZA	12	12	11	9	11	8	11	13	10	16	113	11.3
7	Italy	IT	10	10	11	9	5	11	11	9	11	-	87	9.7
8	Parat	DE	8	10	8	7	9	9	9	9	6	-	75	8.3
9	Spain	ES	4	7	6	4	8	6	4	9	5	-	53	5.9
10	Austria	AT	6	4	5	4	3	6	5	7	6	-	46	5.1

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Sally Hathaway became the only original Synchronicity member who was still in the lineup in 2006. She is also the only U.S. competitor with two 4-way Women gold medals in her collection (2001 - 2004). She won the second gold medal when her original team mate Eliana Rodriguez won 8-way gold with Arizona Airspeed in 2004.

In fact, Sally Hathaway did not miss any of the 14 competitions that Synchronicity attended between 2000 and 2006. She and Eliana Rodriguez both are still active in the sport. Eliana Rodriguez competed with Jerry and the Jets at the 4-Way FS Skydiving Championships in November last year and won a 4-way bronze medal with Airspeed Odyssey at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019.

Sally Hathaway has regularly joined the Indoor Cloud League events at iFLY Tampa as a player-coach before the corona break, and she competed for ZEUS at the Shamrock Showdown 2018.

The next step after the gold medals in 4-way Women in 2001 was the USPA Nationals in October the same year. Original member Lilac Hayes and videographer Tony Hathaway were not available, and Pete Allum filled the open slot for the meet. Former Ranch 2nd Generation videographer Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli was available for the camera slot and still had the footage of the ten competition rounds.

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USPA Nationals 2001			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		6,F,18	7,17,22	G,21,3	M,N,P,16	2,Q,1	12,4,19	H,14,L,15	B,24,J,23	9,A,8	C,5,E,10	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed Vertical	US	21	17	21	23	24	19	20	23	24	21	213	21.3
2	Golden Knights Gold	US	21	20	18	22	24	17	23	23	23	20	211	21.1
3	Arizona Airspeed Zulu	US	19	18	18	24	21	17	20	21	21	14	193	19.3
4	DeLand PD Blue	US	21	18	18	15	21	16	20	22	23	17	191	19.1
5	Elsinore Matrix	US	19	18	17	23	20	11	18	19	21	12	178	17.8
6	Endeavour	CH	16	15	17	19	16	14	14	17	19	17	164	16.4
7	Touch of Magic	US	14	15	16	17	19	13	14	17	17	17	159	15.9
8	Synchronicity	US	15	13	11	16	17	13	13	17	19	14	148	14.8
9	Golden Knights Black	US	14	8	12	11	16	11	12	14	16	11	125	12.5
10	Murph & the Magic Tones	US	11	12	12	11	13	10	13	9	14	11	116	11.6

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Synchronicity at the USPA Nationals 2001 - Video footage by Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli

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The Synchronicity lineup changed again in 2003, after Lilac Hayes and Sally Stewart left the team. Sally Hathaway and Jaimie Johnson invited Jaquelen O'Brien and Kim Glover to join the team, which was like an invitation to compete at the next world meet. There was no 4-way Women opposition for Synchronicity in the United States at that time.

It was also perfect timing for the new team members, as FAI/IPC changed the rotation between world meets and world cups in 2003/2004. The new Synchronicity lineup could compete at the world meet in Gap 2003 and a year later in Rijeka 2004.

Sally Hathaway, Jaimie Johnson, Jaquelen O'Brien and Kim Glover, still with Tony Hathaway on camera, started with bronze medals in 2003 and turned them into gold a year later. The 16.9 average in Rijeka turned out to be the highest scoring level in the Synchronicity career.

Jaquelen O'Brien did not continue after winning bronze and gold in these two years, and the new French 4-way Women lineup had caught up with Synchronicity at the FAI World Cup 2005. There was also a U.S. team that tried to challenge Synchronicity, now with Becky Brocato in the lineup, for the first time. The NSL News update on 14 February 2006 provided the details of the new situation.

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Shamrock Showdown 2003			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		N,E,A,16	9,B,18	4,C,15	8,13,12	7,5,P	L,21,F,J	G,3,H,22	M,2,10	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Majik	US	28	25	17	16	23	29	21	18	177	22.1
2	Sinapsi PD	IT	23	24	19	15	24	28	19	18	170	21.3
3	Golden Knights	US	26	24	19	17	19	27	17	19	168	21.0
4	Synchronicity	US	20	18	14	11	16	20	14	14	127	15.9
5	Phoenix	SE	20	17	14	11	19	22	16	-	119	17.0
6	Sebastian DaneZ	DK	14	14	15	11	15	18	14	11	112	14.0
7	Sebastian Teiwaz	US	15	14	14	11	13	16	12	12	107	13.4
8	Mr. Pink	US	15	14	11	10	15	16	12	11	104	13.0
9	Spaceland Inferno	US	16	12	12	8	11	18	13	8	98	12.3
10	Chikara	US	15	14	12	8	13	17	11	7	97	12.1
11	UBI	UK	13	12	11	8	9	11	11	11	86	10.8
12	Remscheid	DE	11	10	9	7	9	6	-	-	52	8.7

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Synchronicity at the Shamrock Showdown 2003

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