After The Summit was over, it turned out that mistakes had been made in the International Open Coed level 4 division.

The judges apparently missed (twice) what should have been deductions in one of the routines in the division.

Now, missed deductions do unfortunately happen occasionally, but this situation has caused more conflict. 

Why? Because the team with missed deductions (Cheer Extreme - Open 4 Coed) won the division. Had the deductions been noticed, another team (Palm Beach Lightning - Moonstones) would have won. 

You can watch Varsity's apology to the team here (+ why they won't change the final results) & read the Palm Beach Lightning gym's statement here.

On a more positive note, here are some D2 Summit moments!

• A military dad surprised his daughter who competed at the event, after not having seen each other for 2 years. If you need to either smile or cry a little today, you can watch the video here.
• Dynasty from CheerXcel advanced from the Wild Card round (for teams with wild card bids, not at-large or paid bids) to Finals - and then won their division (Junior Level 1 - A, tied with Reign Elite Majesty)! Don't underestimate teams based on the bid type they have 🥳
  
• 2 teams shared the highest score of the competition - WIDC Hailstorm (medium junior level 2) & Extreme All Stars X5 (small senior coed level 5) both with a score of 98.75. 
• The fire alarm went off again, as it did at Worlds. Coincidence? Prank? Upset cheer mom? Who knows...

Click here to see all D2 Summit results.

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