SEWARD, Neb. – The fifth annual GPAC Cheer and Dance Championships are set to unfold Friday and Saturday (Feb. 26-27) on the Doane campus in Crete, Neb. The Haddix Center will serve as the venue for the event, which will not be open to fans (due to COVID-19 restrictions). The GPAC Dance Championship also serves as the NAIA Northwest Group Qualifier and will include Viterbo University (Wis.) among the GPAC competitors.
The 2021 GPAC Cheer and Dance Championships will be streamed live at: https://www.youtube.com/user/doaneathletics/live2.
Both cheer and dance will feature a preliminary and final rounds in addition to NAIA All-American tryouts. The dance competition is set to get started at 3 p.m. CT on Friday while cheer will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The full schedule of events can be viewed via the GPAC website: http://www.gpacsports.com/article/4807.php#.YDfUm2hKiM8. The schedule lists preliminary performance times of 4:06 p.m. on Friday for Concordia Dance and 11:06 a.m. on Saturday for Bulldog Cheer.
At the 2020 GPAC Championships, the Bulldogs placed sixth out of 10 teams in dance and sixth out of seven teams in cheer.
The fifth annual Cheer and Dance National Championship is slated to take place March 12-13 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
2021 Concordia Cheer/Dance Results
CHEER
1/13 at Mount Marty – W, 59.2 to 52.5
1/16 vs. Morningside – W, 67.75 to 67.25
1/23 at Friends Day of Duals – 3 of 7 (153.20 combined score in two performances)
2/6 Concordia Invite – 2 of 6 (66.18)
2/10 Triangular vs. Hastings/Peru State – 2 of 3 (66.5)
2/20 vs. Doane – W, 69.60 to 66.30
DANCE
1/13 at Mount Marty – W, 61.3 to 52.1
1/16 vs. Morningside – L, 71 to 68.15
1/23 at Friends Day of Duals – 2 of 7 (153.34 combined score in two performances)
1/28 vs. College of Saint Mary – W, 68.35 to 56.6
2/6 Concordia Invite – 2 of 8 (71.26)
2/10 vs. Hastings – W, 72.35 to 68.70
2/20 vs. Doane – 73 to 65.10