2022 GPAC Cheer and Dance Championships This Weekend at Doane
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(Crete, Nebraska) – The sixth annual Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Cheer and Dance Championship(s) are this Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, in Crete, Nebraska, hosted by Doane University. The GPAC Dance Championship is also the NAIA Northwest Group Qualifier and will include Viterbo with the GPAC participants.
Both events will have a preliminary and finals round. The NAIA All-American tryouts will be held for both dance and cheer.
Dance competition will begin on Friday afternoon at 3:00pm at the George and Sally Haddix Recreation and Athletic Center on the Doane University campus in Crete. Cheer competition will begin at 10:00am on Saturday morning.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
GPAC Dance Championship and NAIA Northwest Group Qualifier
Dance Prelims – Friday Afternoon Session - February 25, 2022
3:00 pm - Northwestern College
3:11 pm - Concordia University
3:22 pm - College of Saint Mary
3:33 pm – Mount Marty University
3:44 pm - Viterbo University
3:55 pm - Morningside University
4:06 pm - Doane University
4:17 pm - Hastings College
4:28 pm - Dordt University
4:39 pm – Midland University
Finals start at 5:54 pm and will be ordered based on preliminary scores
NAIA All-American Auditions – 7:45 pm
Awards Ceremony – 8:30 pm
GPAC Cheer Championship
Cheer Prelims – Saturday Morning Session - February 26, 2022
10:00 am - Concordia University
10:11 am - Hastings College
10:22 am - Northwestern College
10:33 am - Midland University
10:44 am - Mount Marty University
10:55 am - Doane University
11:06 am - Morningside University
11:17 am - Dordt University
Finals start at 12:34 pm and will be ordered based on preliminary scores
NAIA All-American Auditions – 2:35 pm
Awards Ceremony – 3:00 pm
In 2021 Midland won the GPAC Cheer Championship, while Morningside won the GPAC Dance Championship.
The NAIA National Championships will be in Ypsilanti, Michigan, hosted by the Ann Arbor Sports Commission & Concordia University Ann Arbor on March 11-12, 2022.