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Medium Varsity Jazz National Runner-Ups
2024 DTU National Championship
The Rochester Varsity Dance Team
The Rochester Varsity Dance Team is comprised of students from Rochester High School. These students perform sidelines and halftime at varsity football games, and some performances at basketball games and pep assemblies. In addition, the team competes at three or four regional competitions each year and one national competition. Below are previous nationals performances and competition results.
Coaches
Head Coach: Lisa Niskar
Assistant Coach: Andrea Arnold
2024 / 2025
2023 / 2024
Competition Pom:
*4th Place Medium Varsity Pom
DTU National Championship
**Overall High Score Champions**
*1st Place Large Varsity Pom
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*1st Place Varsity Elite Pom
Dance Force Xpress
*2nd Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional 1
Competition Jazz:
*2nd Place Medium Varsity Jazz
DTU National Championship
*2nd Place Large Varsity Jazz
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*2nd Place Varsity Elite Jazz
Dance Force Xpress
*1st Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional 1
2022 / 2023
Competition Pom:
*2nd Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU National Championship
*1st Place Large Varsity Pom
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*2nd Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional 2
*3rd Place Small Varsity Pom
Reaction Dance Force - Detroit
*1st Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional 1
Competition Jazz:
*3rd Place Medium Varsity Jazz
DTU National Championship
**Overall High Score Champions**
*1st Place Large Varsity Jazz
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*1st Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional 2
*4th Place Small Varsity Jazz
Reaction Dance Force - Detroit
*2nd Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional 1
2021/ 2022
Competition Pom:
*5th Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU National Championship
**Overall High Score Champions**
*1st Place Large Varsity Pom
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*3rd Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional 2
*2nd Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Winter Virtual Championship
*2nd Place Varsity Pom
Reaction Dance Force - Detroit
*3rd Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional 1
Competition Jazz:
*2nd Place Large Varsity Jazz
Dance Force Xpress Winter Wishes
*2rd Place Large Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional 2
*3rd Place Large Varsity Jazz
DTU Winter Virtual Championship
*2nd Place Varsity Jazz
Reaction Dance Force - Detroit
*2nd Place Large Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional 1
2020 / 2021
Competition Pom:
National Champions - Small Varsity Pom
Pom Battle Champions
DTU Virtual National Championship
*1st Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU Spring Virtual Championship
*1st Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional
*1st Place Small Varsity Pom
DTU Winter Virtual Championship
*4th Place Small Varsity Pom
UDA Spirit of the Midwest
Spring Virtual Dance Challenge
Competition Jazz:
*2nd Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Virtual National Championship
*1st Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Spring Virtual Championship
*2nd Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional
*2nd Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Winter Virtual Championship
*8th Place Small Varsity Jazz
UDA Spirit of the Midwest
Spring Virtual Dance Challenge
2019 / 2020
Competition Pom:
*5th Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Nationals
*Most Entertaining Performance
DTU Detroit Regional
*2nd Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Detroit Regional
*Grand Champion (highest score)
Reaction Detroit Regional
*1st Place Pom
Reaction Detroit Regional
Competition Jazz:
*7th Place Large Varsity Jazz
DTU Nationals
*3rd Place Large Varsity Jazz
DTU Detroit Regional
*2nd Place Varsity Jazz
Reaction Detroit Regional
2018 / 2019
Competition Pom:
*11th Place Large Varsity Pom
DTU Nationals
Competition Jazz:
*8th Place Small Varsity Jazz
DTU Nationals
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