COA Midwest National Championship took place on February 25-27 in Columbus, OH. This event had 167 All*Star Cheer, 15 Traditional Cheer, 6 Exhibition Cheer (including 4 Special Needs), 37 All*Star Dance, and 8 Traditional Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds & US Finals. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to:

• Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior Small L5)
• Ohio Valley All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)

Worlds Partial Bids were awarded to:

• Ultimate Athletics of Ohio “Janie” (Senior Jazz)

Worlds At Large Bids were awarded to:

• Dance Vibe (Senior Coed Hip Hop)
• Legacy Xtreme (Senior Small L5)
• Michigan Xtreme Cheer (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
• Ohio Explosion (Senior Small L5)
• Pittsburgh Poison “Black Widows” (Senior Hip Hop)
• Pittsburgh Superstars (International Open Coed L5)
• Step 1 All Stars (International Open Coed L5)
• Step 1 All Stars (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)

US Finals Paid Bids were awarded to:

• Elite Cheer Michigan (Youth L1)
• Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior L3)
• Fire & Ice All Stars (Senior Small L5)
• I Yoo Wee All Stars (Senior Lyrical)
• I Yoo Wee All Stars (Senior Open)
• Indian Creek HS (Medium Varsity Advanced Non-Mount)
• Legacy All Stars (Junior Hip Hop)
• McDowell HS (Varsity Advanced)
• Twist & Shout (Junior Small L2)
• Ultimate Athletics of Ohio “Janie” (Senior Jazz)
• USA! All Stars (Senior Coed Small L4)
• William Mason HS (Varsity Lyrical)

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The event had 167 All*Star Cheer Teams in 38 Divisions for an average of 4.39 teams per division and 37 All*Star Dance teams in 10 divisions for an average of 3.70 teams per division.

All*Star Cheer By Level

• Level 1 – 20 Teams in 5 Divisions (4.00 Average)
• Level 2 – 40 Teams in 7 Divisions (5.71)
• Level 3 – 35 Teams in 7 Divisions (5.00)
• Level 4 – 27 Teams in 8 Divisions (3.38)
• Level 5 – 45 Teams in 11 Divisions (4.09)

All*Star Cheer By Age

• Tiny – 2 Teams in 1 Division (2.00 Average)
• Mini – 13 Teams in 3 Divisions (4.33)
• Youth – 25 Teams in 5 Divisions (5.00)
• Junior – 42 Teams in 11 Divisions (3.82)
• Senior – 70 Teams in 14 Divisions (5.00)
• Senior Open – 6 Teams in 2 Divisions (3.00)
• International/Open – 9 Teams in 2 Divisions (4.50)