National champs! Carolina Girls dance team claim title for Gamecocks
A South Carolina sports team is bringing home a national championship.
USC’s dance team, the Carolina Girls, took home first place in Division IA dance team performance at the National Dance Alliance championships on Friday for a historic victory.
The team took to social media to show off its national championship trophy and banner at Daytona Beach, Florida.
HISTORY MADE. #TheWorkIsWorthIt pic.twitter.com/gjiI3r1RVO
— The Carolina Girls (@TheCarolinaGrls) April 10, 2021
Guys the Carolina Girls won NDA today!! They are the 2021 National Champions in D1A Dance Team Performance! ️
— Mariah Comeau (@mariahkathleeen) April 9, 2021
The Carolina Girls had earned top-five finishes nationally in 2019, 2016, 2015 and 2014, finishing second in 2019. Last year’s national collegiate championship was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to competing itself, the dance team also performs at men’s and women’s Gamecock basketball games. This year due to COVID-19 restrictions, those performances were filmed beforehand and shown on the video screen during the game.
