- May 15, 2012
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If you go to the next page of the age grid rules, you will see rules for Small/Medium/Large Splits - Senior Level 5 Only. These are what apply to Worlds teams, and it has 5 as the minimum number of athletes only for the small division 5-20, medium is 21-30, and large is 31-36. In addition, coed teams have the maximum male rule. And it says EP's will split as long as there are at least 2 teams. Therefore, an all girl team with 29 should have been placed in Medium, or else should have been required to add 2 additional athletes to reach the 31 minimum for Large. Otherwise, you could have a small team of 16 competing in Large and putting up 4 stunts, compared to a true Large team putting up 9 stunts, and we all know it is easier to keep 4 rather than 9 in the air.