Michigan Cheerleading wins National Championships!
ICYMI years ago, the Cheer and Dance teams are officially Varsity sports. Dave Brandon when he was AD brought them aboard in 2012-13.
This came after a national runner-up finish in 2011-12 when the Cheer team funded itself. Becoming Varsity resulted immediately in a National Championship in 2013 in the inaugural season of Varsity cheer.
Michigan then won the National Championship again in 2014......then in 2015.......and again in 2016.
The last two years the team came up short. The National Championships that Michigan won were in the Coed Intermediate category as the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) has different categories and competitions.
Well, this year Michigan was not only in Coed Intermediate but also in Division 1A Coed Gameday. A performance that includes dancers, Michigan Marching Band members and the twirlers.
And the Wolverines were gold in both.
Michigan won their 5th and 6th National Championships in the program's 7 season history at the Varsity level.
First it was the Coed Intermediate squad that won the program's 5th National Championship in that event.
Michigan finished with a team score of 98.0917, edging out second place East Carolina (96.5792)
The day wasn't done.
In the Division 1A Gameday competition, Michigan won the National Championship over the likes of SMU, Clemson, NC State, South Carolina and Houston.
The Wolverines just barely eeked it out as you can see below in the final standings-
- Michigan - 96.7459
- SMU - 96.6584
- NC State - 94.7583
- Clemson - 94.5917
- South Carolina - 91.4958
Daytona Beach
It feels good to be a cheerleading school
Does our AD get a bonus for this National Championship?
Congratulations on a job well done, ladies and gentlemen. Go Blue!
WD---I don't know Roman Numerals very well past "M".
Can you translate "ICYMI" for me?
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I think it’s the city/dateline tag where the original announcement was made .... but the comma is missing in the middle ICY, MI
ICY MI IS IN UP?
We're a cheerleading school!!
Congrats, team, on a job well done - so many times in 7 years!
And to be honest, I didn't even know that Michigan competed in cheerleading...
cheerleading is not a sport.
I agree. But I still like it when Michigan wins things. Go Blue!
Except it is because it's defined as a Varsity sport by the athletic department.
Their schedules are insane. My friend was on the 2016 National Championship team and captained the team last year. They have to practice and train and get ready for competition and then have to go cheer on other teams in addition to their own competition.
Lol shut up WD
Oh...my...gosh. That's like...totally crazy.
Maybe Brian will let you handle the UFR: cheerleading on Mondays this fall.
Lol that brings me back to HS
then you don't know anyone who has competed in competitive cheer. It is a sport and the conditioning required and practices these kids go through is intense. It's not rah rah pom pom stuff.
So who cheers for the competitive cheerleading team?
Well, the basketball team has been free lately.
All kinds of awesome. Congrats!
Recently met one of our varsity cheerleaders, current public health student and pre-med.
Michigan Difference!
They're wearing vastly different shades of "maize"
I'm surprised it hadn't been noted by the OP---he usually doesn't miss those details.
Looks perfectly fine to me. That's why I didn't say anything.
Maybe it's my screen (but I don't think so): in the first picture in front of the hotel, the maize of the uniforms worn by the Michigan women looks right, but the men in the background look like they're wearing something closer to yellow than to true maize.
In the beach picture it's not so easy to see the difference, as the contrast between the bright blue sky/ white sand and the Michigan cheer team in the deep shade of a passing cloud cause the picture to not "pop".
This post is the Platonic ideal of a WD post.
When were there more guys cheerleading than girls?
At one time, Michigan's cheerleaders were exclusively male. This was in the 40s when my dad was there and prior. To the best of my knowledge, Texas A&M still has an exclusively male group of "yell leaders" as well.
Craig looked puffy at the last bowling match. I hope all is well.
How is cheerleading judged as a "sport?" Volume? Dance routines? Who can make the highest pyramid without wobbling? Who has the sunniest disposition and whitest teeth?
Similar to figure skating in that there are required stunts that must be incorporated in each routine. Teams must do the minimum requirements and are allowed to incorporate more difficult stunts and pyramids which can help result in a higher score if they hit.
I know people think it's a joke, cheerleading. I did too until my daughter started 10 years ago. It's intense and I'd wager most on this board couldn't survive their conditioning practices..:)
Go Blue!!
What about the dance team!? I became a fan of there's after a home game I attended earlier this year..
Hail to the Victors!!!
Yay!
