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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

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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


*2n
d 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 Larg
e 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

*2n
d 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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