UDA College Nationals

What an incredible experience the UDA College National Championships in Orlando was!  I'm already looking forward to next year!  It was truly a national competition.  So many colleges from all over the country were there competing in all types of cheerleading and dance!  Endicott competed in the open division and placed 5th in the nation for Pom, 3rd in the nation for Game Day and 3rd in the nation for Jazz!  So amazing!! 

We arrived on Thursday.  The place where we stayed had a beautiful heated pool.  The weather was a bit chilly but there was lots of sunshine and blue skies. Florida in January is my kind of weather...

That evening we went to Disney Springs for dinner...

I had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and donuts!! I know it sounds weird but it was so good!! 

Gianna brought a friend along on the trip...

The competition was held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. First up was the Game Day competition.  

The venues are gorgeous and the stages are huge...

Before your school performs, family and friends line up outside the arena and then file in while their school is being announced.  Then you sit on the floor right in front of the stage to cheer your team on.  This was my view during line up...

They competed in the preliminary round and the top teams advanced to the finals later that day.  Here is the award ceremony....

 

Endicott placed 3rd and won a Bronze Medal for their Game Day routine!! 

Day Two of competition was the preliminary round for Pom and Jazz. They were against about 20 other colleges in the nation for each routine.  They were so excited when it was announced they would advance to the finals round the next day for both routines!!  Let me tell you...the competition was no joke!!  

There were three different panels of judges for each division...D1, D1A and Open. 

Warming up with her team...

Getting ready for the Pom Competition...

Jazz Competition...

Buddy Team...

Finals Award Ceremony...

They placed 3rd for Jazz and 5th for Pom!! Amazing as the competition was so incredibly difficult!! 

Freshmen...

So proud of our Gull!!  

They received so much support from their family and friends...

Then that night the Magic Kingdom held a special celebration for all of the college competitors, family and friends.  We had the park to ourselves from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m....

What a weekend it was!!  Memories for a lifetime for this Gull...

Open Pom Finals

1.    Minnesota State University, Mankato         94.5797

2.    St Cloud State University                            93.1159                 

3.    Northwest Missouri State University          92.029

4.    University of Minnesota-Duluth                 90.8116

5.    Endicott College                                        90.1304

6.    The College of New Jersey                         87.7536

7.     College of St Benedict                               87.5652

8.     Pittsburg State University                          83.6594

9.     Peru State College                                      83.2029

Open Jazz Finals

1.    Minnesota State University, Mankato         95.942

2.    St Cloud State University                            93.8261

3.    Endicott College                                         93.3043

4.     University of Minnesota-Duluth                 92.3333        

5.     College of St Benedict                                89.9275

6.     Miss Gulf Coast Community College         89.6812

7.     Northwest Missouri State University          89.6667

8.     Stockton University                                     89.5797

9.     Lindenwood University                               88.8551

10    The College of New Jersey                          88.8261

Open Game Day Finals

1.     St Cloud State University                            91.4667

2.     Minnesota State University, Mankato         90.1167

3.     Endicott College                                        90.0833