Minnesota dance team goes viral
Click to viewThe University of Minnesota dance team's performance at last weekend's UDA (Universal Dance Association) nationals went viral, presumably because of their amazing turns (to be fair, they have had amazing turns for years so I'm not sure why the internet didn't notice until 2024) and possibly because one of the soloists is a male dancer.
While cheer teams have always had co-ed divisions, dance teams have traditionally been all female. Collegiate and pro teams have become slightly more diverse in recent years ( the Carolina Panthers Topcats welcomed their first openly trans dancer in 2022 and several high school/college dance teams now have male dancers).
Even with that amazing routine, Minnesota placed second in the 1A jazz division. Ohio State won by a margin of 0.5 points. OSU's routine was choreographed by So You Think You Can Dance runner up Travis Wall, who was accused of inappropriate behavior and giving drugs to a 16 year old dancer. In the past, Ohio State has credited their competition choreographers in their posted videos but coincidentally, they did not include that information this year so apparently they are aware of his behavior, chose to hire him anyway, but didn't want any flack for it.
Jazz 1A final scores: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. Ohio State University, 98.9206
2. University of Minnesota Spirit Squad, 98.4286
3. Louisiana State University, 96.7778
4. University of Tennessee, 95.5556
5. University of Michigan, 94.6349
6. Texas Tech University, 94.1111
7. Florida State University, 93.9683
8. University of Alabama, 93.2857
9. University of Central Florida, 92.4444
10. Rutgers University, 91.5714
11. Washington State University, 91.2857
More dancing this way!
In the pom division, the positions were reversed - Minnesota finished first and Ohio State came in second.
Minnesota
Ohio State
Pom 1A final scores: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. University of Minnesota Spirit Squad, 98.4762
2. Ohio State University, 97.7143
3. Pennsylvania State-University Park, 96.4762
4. Texas Tech University. 96.1429
5. University of Tennessee, 96.0317
6. University of Cincinnati, 94.9048
7. University of Memphis, 94.2222
8. University of Iowa, 93.127
In hip hop, Louisiana State won the 1A national title
UNLV came in second
Hip hop 1A final scores: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. Louisiana State University, 97.2222
2. University of Nevada- Las Vegas, 96.4921
3. University of Memphis, 95.9365
4. San Diego State University, 95.0635
5. University of Central Florida, 90.6349
6. University of Cincinnati, 89.9206
7. Florida State University, 89.127
8. University of Michigan, 87.254
9. Washington State University, 85.9524
Next up, Division 1 winners!
Note: Division 1A is for D1 universities that have football teams and Division 1 is for D1 universities without football teams.
In D1 jazz, Cal State Fullerton came in first place but for some reason, no one (including Varsity) has uploaded this routine. Hofstra came in second place. It’s a little hard to tell from a distance (and because of the uniforms), but Hofstra has four male dancers on their team:
Jazz D1 final scores: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. Cal State University Fullerton, 95.2063
2. Hofstra University, 94.2381
3. Utah Valley University, 93.8413
4. University of Saint Thomas, 93.0952
5. University of Delaware, 92.4921
6. Grand Canyon University,92.4444
7. UC Santa Barbara, 91.1111
8. University of Nebraska Omaha, 88.9683
9. Southeastern Louisiana University, 87.6825
10. College of Charleston, 87.6349
Hofstra is the D1 champion in pom
UC Santa Barbara came in second place in D1 pom
Since I couldn't find Cal State Fullerton's jazz routine, here's their 3rd place pom routine
D1 pom finals: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. Hofstra University, 96.0317
2. UC Santa Barbara, 94.6508
3. Cal State University Fullerton, 93.6508
4. Quinnipiac University, 93.0317
5. Saint Joseph's University, 92.746
6. South Dakota State University, 92.746
7. University of Northern Iowa, 90.381
8. North Dakota State University, 90.1429
9. Cornell University, 90
10. University of Nebraska Omaha, 90
11. Central Connecticut State Univ, 88.4127
D1 hip hop finals: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1. University of Delaware , 90.6825
2. Utah Valley University, 89.9683
3. St John's University, 87.5714
4. Grand Canyon University, 86.0794
5. University of Saint Thomas, 85.1587
6. Saint Joseph's University, 84.9365
7. College of Charleston, 83.7302
8. Lindenwood University, 83.2381
9. Northern Arizona University, 81.2857
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