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Re: USAT botches scoring at collegiate nationals [B_Doughtie]
University of Colorado had the entire event scored by two people separately prior to the awards ceremony. We pointed out the mistake immediately after the announcement and then hung around until USAT could confirm with the scoring company that a mistake was made. Our numbers aligned exactly with everything except their CU women's and overall scores allowing them to quickly track down the error but not fast enough as everyone had left. We were told we were overall winners before leaving that evening and actually grabbed some podium photos.

Why CU women not being in the top 5 with a 4th and 5th place finish and historical track record of podium finishes wasn't enough to pause the awards ceremony I don't know... The most frustrating part for us was the almost 3 day wait for them to publicly correct their error and post the correct results.

ETA: Just want to include some insight I've received since posting this and slightly back track on the comment above although I will leave it as a valid frustration. The thunderstorms and combination of new scorers actually caused the awards to begin as the results were still coming in and with no time for validation, a valid problem in my mind. The strange placements were recognized but with no ability to check with tight timelines, the number of penalties present and no team score breakdowns. Post-awards USAT was quick to work with us to find the error but I feel my frustration with the delay is valid and I've shared my reasons with USAT. I am aware now that USAT conducted an extensive top to bottom scoring review and all affected notifications that had to be made prior to the public announcement.
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