Extremely well run competition in almost every aspect, and dancing in that venue is breathtaking every time.
Congrats to SMD on winning the competition - I wish I had the chance to see your set live! Special shout-out to fellow Duke alum Laamia for killing it as always.
UNC - great to see yall put it together this year. Supremely clean set, and an incredible display of stage presence, especially given the number of new/first time dancers on this stage. Rani, Radhika, Yeshal, Pooja - yall have done an incredible job with this team - can't wait to see what you bring next semester.
MOB - i think yall got robbed. In my opinion, this was one of the best sets of the night. Haven't seen a cleaner performance in several years, and execution was on point. Right after your performance ended, each and every one of our dancers said, "This is 1st place" (no disrespect to SMD - our team didn't get a chance to see SMD live cause they were right after us, so we were judging based on the other teams). Hold your heads high after that one, and keep that up moving forward.
Columbia - By far, most entertaining performance of the night for me. I have never seen a team have more fun dancing on stage. Yall have some work to do on your form and style, but keep that energy and that fire when you're on stage. Everyone on GMU was going crazy for you because yall represent exactly why we all dance. Especially taller guy in glasses and the guy who was front right in last song.
Despite countless injuries to our team, I'm extremely proud of GMU for our performance - I had an awesome time. Special shout-out to Jasmeen & Jay for dealing with our crap throughout practices, and to Yasser Ansari, who danced despite dislocating his knee two minutes before walking onto stage...