Colorado University Athletics
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Spirit Teams Head To Orlando For National Championships
January 16, 2014 | General
ORLANDO-The University of Colorado spirit squads, the Dance team, Cheerleaders and Chip, are headed to Orlando's Wide World of Sports this weekend for the Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association National Championships.
This is the first time all three squads will be performing at the same national championship. In the past, the cheerleaders have taken part in the National Cheerleaders Association championships in April. The Dance team and Chip have taken part in the UDA competition the last several years.
"We have a travel party of 50 headed to Florida," CU Dance coach Katie Fear said. "It will be nice to have everybody in the same place; we've never had the extra support of the cheer squads being with us in the past like a lot of other teams. And we will be able to see them perform and support them, as well."
Action gets underway Friday with the mascot national championships. Chip, a two-time National Champion, had to submit a video in the fall that counts toward half the score. The video placed eighth, earning Chip the coveted trip to nationals. On a 100 point scale, the Chip video is just 1-+ points behind the second place video, so the competition is truly anybody's game.
Saturday will be the preliminary rounds for both the Dance team and Cheerleaders. The Dance team will be competing in both the Pom and Jazz competitions and are looking to make the finals on Sunday, to which the top nine Pom and top 13 Jazz routines will advance.
The Cheerleaders follow a similar schedule of preliminaries on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. They will also be competing in a World competition on Sunday.
Those wishing to follow the action live can purchase a live streaming package for $19.99 from varsity.com, which offers extensive coverage of all the events. Videos will be available on-demand for free within 48 hours after the conclusion of each event.
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