UAAP Cheerdance Competition

UAAP Cheerdance Competition

Sport	Cheerleading & Dance
Founded	1994
No. of teams	8
Country	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	Far Eastern University (4th title)

The 2007 UAAP Cheerdance Competition (CDC) held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines

The UAAP Cheerdance Competition is an annual one-day event of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for cheerdancing. The sequence of the performance are determined by drawing of lots prior the competition.

Before the announcement of winners and after all squads have performed, a recap is shown during the telecast. Only the Top 3 are announced at the end of the competition. The tally sheet of the total number of points garnered by all squads will be posted on social media briefly after the announcement of the top three.

The 2015 UAAP Cheerdance Competition currently stands as the most attended collegiate sporting event in both the UAAP and across the Philippines, with a record-breaking 25,388 paying audience. ^[1]

Participants

School	Cheerdance Team
Adamson University (AdU)	Adamson Pep Squad (with AdU Drummers Yellers On-line )
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Ateneo Blue Eagles (Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion: until 2022)
De La Salle University (DLSU)	DLSU Animo Squad (DLSU Pep Squad: 1986–2007) (DLSU Animo Squad: 2008–present)
Far Eastern University (FEU)	FEU Cheering Squad (with the FEU Boosters and the FEU Drummers)
National University (NU)	National U Pep Squad (with the NU Cheer Squadron and the NU Percussion Department)
University of the East (UE)	UE Pep Squad (with the UE Red Drummers)
University of the Philippines (UP)	UP Pep Squad (UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe: 1994–1996)
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe (with the UST Yellow Jackets)

Rules

The competition rules has been revised through the years since it began. The following is based on the most recent rules drafted in 2012. ^[2]

Basic rules

Main Cheerdance Competition

1. One official team per UAAP-member university
2. 15–25 UAAP-eligible students
3. Max of 5 spotters and props men, in all-black garb
4. Up to 2 substitutes 12 hours before the main competition
5. Minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of 6 minutes with additional 30 secs for exiting competition mats
6. Competing teams must perform within the competition mat during the duration of the performance
7. The timer will start at the last performer stepping inside the competition mat excluding spotters and ends at the last pose of the cheerleaders/performer
8. No interaction between members of the panel judges and participants, coaches and spectators
9. No abusive and profane language
10. No inappropriate and disrespectful action

Group Stunts Competition

1. One official team per UAAP-member university
2. Maximum of 5 members (with at least 2 flyers, Recommended: 3 men and 2 women) UAAP-eligible students
3. Max of 2 spotters and in all-black garb
4. Up to 2 substitutes 12 hours before the main competition
5. Minimum of 45 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds; 1 minute per routine excluding entrance and exiting competition mat
6. Competing teams must perform within the competition mat during the duration of the performance
7. The timer will start and stop at the first and last second of the music
8. No interaction between members of the panel judges and participants, coaches and spectators
9. No abusive and profane language
10. No inappropriate and disrespectful action

Performance

1. Routines must have the following:
   • School cheer yelled live. Any stunt, pyramid, and tumbling done during the cheer routine will be judged under the cheer category of each element.
   • Main Cheer and Dance Routine Consists of the following elements:
     • Cheer Category (50% of the total composite score)
       • Stunts (Lifts and Dismounts)
       • Tosses
       • Pyramids (minimum of 3 pyramids with a maximum of 2.5 high)
       • Tumblings (standing and running)
     • Dance Category (50% of the total composite score)
       • Dance consist of the following
         • Choreography
         • Technique
         • Over-All Effect and Impression
2. Maximum of 7 snares and 12 bass drums if the venue is Smart Araneta Coliseum; 5 snares and 6 bass drums if the venue is SM Mall of Asia Arena
3. Cheerleaders prohibited to be outside the boundary line of 15x20 meters performance area during the performance period
4. Performance must be 5–6 minutes long with additional 30 secs for exiting performance area for Main Cheerdance and 45–60 seconds long for Group Stunts Division
5. Time will be stopped once all cheer dancers are in their last pose with additional 30 secs for exiting performance area and for Group Stunts Division at the last second of the music
6. All skills performed must be legal and within the guidelines of the rules of the competition specified and complement with the rules of difficulty in the rule book judgement

Judges

Prior to 2008, the panel of judges compose of representative from 8 UAAP-member schools and a representative from a credible gymnastics organizations. In 2009, UAAP replaced the panel of judges with specialist from various cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics organizations.

In 2013, a different way of composing the panel of judges was made by a Presiding Judge. A single judge was assigned in every element in the cheerleading criteria. For the dance criteria, two or five judges were tasked to judge this particular criteria.

Criteria

The criteria for judging varies year-on-year. In 2008, the criteria were changed to a more cheerleading-focused point-system, giving a maximum score for each element of cheerleading and/or dancing. For 2013 edition, the criteria were divided into two: cheerleading and dance criteria. Cheerleading criteria were sub-divided into four elements (tumbling, stunt, tosses, and pyramid) with a maximum of 100 points for each element, while the dance criteria, which had a maximum of 100 points per number of judges for dance, were subdivided into four sub-criteria (over-all effectiveness, choreography, technique and execution).

Sponsors

Major Sponsor/s	Competition Name	Year(s)
Nestlé Ice Cream	Nestlé Crunch Ice Cream Cheering Competition [3]	1998–1999
	Nestlé Non-Stop Cheerdance Competition	2000–2005
Samsung	Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2007–2013
Purefoods, Oishi, Hana Shampoo, Systema	UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2014
Champion Detergent, Purefoods, Oishi, Jollibee, McDonald's	UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2015
Yamaha	UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2015–2021
Palmolive, PH Care	UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2022
TBA	UAAP Cheerdance Competition	2023

Results

Every season, the host school for the UAAP Cheerdance Competition may or may not be different from the league's season host school. ^[4]

Main Cheerdance / Cheerleading Competition

Year	Season host	Venue	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
1994	NU	Araneta Coliseum	UST	La Salle	FEU						[3] [5] [6]
1995	Ateneo	Araneta Coliseum	UST	FEU	UP						[3] [5] [6]
1996	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UST 91.70	UP 88.86	La Salle 86.43	FEU 86.39	Ateneo 83.05	Adamson 81.64	UE 81.19	NU 79.87	[6] [7]
1997 a	Adamson	The competition was suspended for a year.									[ citation needed ]
1998 b	UE	Araneta Coliseum	FEU	La Salle	UP	Ateneo	UE	Adamson	NU		[3] [5] [6] [8]
1999	UP	Cuneta Astrodome	UP	UST	FEU	La Salle	Adamson	Ateneo	UE	NU	[3] [6]
2000	UST	Araneta Coliseum	UP 92.75	UST 89.12	FEU 88.99	Adamson 84.04	UE 83.88	La Salle 82.25	Ateneo 81.38	NU 80.97	[3] [6]
2001	FEU	Araneta Coliseum	UP 81.22	Adamson 77.11	UST 76.32	FEU 76.17	UE 74.96	Ateneo 73.80	La Salle 72.55	NU 70.13	[6]
2002	NU	Araneta Coliseum	UST 87.38	UE 84.88	UP 84.00	FEU 80.70	Ateneo 78.60	Adamson 76.80	La Salle 71.50	NU 64.50	[6] [9] [10] [11]
2003	Ateneo	Araneta Coliseum	UST 89.50	UP 88.16	FEU 88.00	Ateneo 83.16	UE 78.50	Adamson 72.60	La Salle 69.60	NU 61.80	[6] [9] [10] [11]
2004	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UST 93.61	UP 90.56	FEU 87.09	Ateneo 85.79	La Salle 84.97	Adamson 84.76	UE 79.52	NU 68.44	[6] [9] [10] [11]
2005	Adamson	Araneta Coliseum	UST 90.98	UP 90.76	FEU 88.72	La Salle 76.37	UE 76.15	Adamson 76.09	Ateneo 69.33	NU 64.48	[6] [9] [10] [11]
2006 c	UE	Araneta Coliseum	UST 94.96	FEU 93.20	UP 91.70	Adamson	Ateneo	UE	NU		[6] [9] [10]
2007	UST	Araneta Coliseum	UP 92.66	UST 92.16	FEU 91.66	Ateneo 91.63	Adamson 91.62	UE 91.55	La Salle 89.54	NU 84.23	[6] [8] [9] [10]
2008	UP	Araneta Coliseum	UP 93.90	UST 85.03	FEU 83.96	Ateneo 83.81	Adamson 81.04	UE 72.89	La Salle 70.07	NU 68.36	[6] [8] [9] [12] [13]
2009	FEU	Araneta Coliseum	FEU 86.10	Ateneo 83.40	UP 83.10	UST 81.00	NU	Adamson	La Salle	UE	[6]
2010	La Salle	Araneta Coliseum	UP 88.18	FEU 87.28	UST 81.50	Ateneo 78.64	La Salle 75.06	UE 72.20	NU 71.58	Adamson 70.92	[6] [13] [14]
2011	Ateneo	Smart Araneta Coliseum	UP 81.00	La Salle 73.80	FEU 72.60	UST	Adamson	NU	Ateneo	UE	[5] [6] [15]
2012	NU	Mall of Asia Arena	UP 92.26	FEU 91.36	NU 85.16	UST 85.56	Ateneo 80.84	UE 79.30	La Salle 81.76	Adamson 77.50	[4] [16] [17] [18]
2013	Adamson	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 87.06	UP 77.52	La Salle 74.56	FEU 73.69	Adamson 69.94	UE 69.88	UST 68.25	Ateneo 64.25	[19]
2014 b	UE	Smart Araneta Coliseum	NU 84.69	UP 82.25	UST 78.13	Adamson 75.00	FEU 74.94	La Salle 70.88	UE 62.88	Ateneo 61.81	[20]
2015 e	UP	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 83.50	UST 81.44	UP 76.31	FEU 72.94	UE 72.88	La Salle 67.31	Adamson 64.19	Ateneo 51.50	[ citation needed ]
2016 e f	UST	Smart Araneta Coliseum	NU 88.88	FEU 82.31	Adamson 81.88	UST 81.25	UE 80.63	La Salle 70.06	Ateneo 64.00		[ citation needed ]
2017 e g	FEU	Mall of Asia Arena	Adamson 85.94	UST 79.81	UE 79.31	FEU 76.31	NU 76.31	UP 71.94	La Salle 70.94	Ateneo 69.81	[21]
2018 e	NU	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 88.88	FEU 81.94	Adamson 79.81	UST 79.75	UE 75.31	UP 71.06	Ateneo 69.75	La Salle 57.44	[22]
2019 e	Ateneo	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 90.25	FEU 88.25	Adamson 82.31	UST 81.25	UE 80.63	UP 77.83	Ateneo 74.13	La Salle 72.19	[ citation needed ]
2020 h	La Salle	The competition was suspended for a year.									[23]
2021 i j	La Salle	Mall of Asia Arena	FEU 90.93	Adamson 86.06	NU 85.12	UST 77.25	UE 74.06	UP 72.81	La Salle 70.93	Ateneo 61.06	[24]
2022 k	Adamson	Mall of Asia Arena	NU 90.38	FEU 89.88	UST 80.00	UE 75.81	Adamson 74.38	UP 71.94	La Salle 66.06	Ateneo 62.81	[25]
2023	UE	Mall of Asia Arena	FEU 87.81	NU 87.13	UST 85.50	Adamson 83.13	UP 75.25	UE 69.88	La Salle 69.44	Ateneo 66.50	[26]

Notes:

• ^a – The UAAP Board suspended the competition when a member from the UP Filipiniana figured in an accident during practice.
• ^b – In 1998, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not join the competition because of injured members. ^[27]
• ^c – De La Salle University was suspended from the league in 2006.
• ^d – Instead of the average score from the five judges, the ranking frequency system was used in ranking and declaring the winners for 2012 UAAP Cheerdance Competition. In the case of NU and UST, NU was declared as the 2nd runner up as 3 out of 5 judges voted for NU as the 3rd placer while 3 out of 5 judges voted for UST as the 4th placer despite of the higher score of UST (85.56) than NU (85.16)
• ^e – Merit-based scoring was used in the criteria: 400 points for cheerleading elements and 400 points for dance elements; for a total score of 800. Scores displayed here are its percentage equivalent (e.g. Actual Score divided by 800 then multiplied to 100).
• ^f – University of the Philippines skipped UAAP Season 79 Cheerdance Competition
• ^g – The Far Eastern University and the National University finished the competition tied in the fourth place.
• ^h – In the 2nd quarter of 2020 the remainder of the UAAP Season 82 was scrapped due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This canceled the 83rd Season as a whole in mid 2020 and the rest of 2021, ^{[28] [29]}
• ^i – UAAP Season 84 was scheduled to begin in 2021, but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UAAP's board of trustees decided to begin the season in March 2022. The UAAP Cheerdance Competition was held on May 22, 2022
• ^j – A new set of rules were applied to fit the COVID-19 Safety Protocols stated by the IATF ^[30]
• ^k – The original rules and regulations were reinstituted. A total of 15–25 performers were allowed to perform and execute a 5- to 6-minute routines. ^[31]

Group Stunts Division

Year	Host school	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
2011	ADMU	UP	FEU	NU
2012	NU	UP	FEU	NU						[16]
2013	AdU	NU	FEU	UST
2014	UE	FEU 86.17	UST 83.67	NU 79.83	UP 78.33	UE 67.50	AdU 64.17	DLSU 61.33
2015	UP	UST	NU	FEU
2016	UST	NU 83.00	UST 76.33	FEU 68.00	AdU 66.00	UE 64.00
2017	FEU	FEU 76.33	AdU 73.17	UP 72.67	UST 72.17	NU 67.33	DLSU 58.83
2018	NU	NU	FEU	AdU	UE	UST	UP	DLSU
2019	ADMU	NU 237 pts.	FEU 223 pts.	AdU 206 pts.	UE 184 pts.	UST 180 pts.	UP 168 pts.	ADMU 156 pts.
2020	DLSU	The competition was suspended due to COVID-19
2021	DLSU
2022	AdU	The competition was suspended indefinitely.
2023	UE
2024		To be determined

Other Awards

Stunner Awardees

Season	Year	Season host	Person	School of origin
71	2008	UP	Frances Fleta [32]	UP
72	2009	FEU	Sari Campos [33]	ADMU
73	2010	DLSU	Nikka de Dios [34]	DLSU
74	2011	ADMU	Nesza Isabel Salvador [35]	UP
75	2012	NU	Nicolette Erica Ambulo [16]	UP
76	2013	AdU	Ana de Leon [19]	DLSU
77	2014	UE	Camille Isabel Lagmay [36]	UP
The award was discontinued.

Corporate Awards

Season	Year	Host	Award Name	Awardee	Ref.
78	2015	UP	Eats so Easy move	Adamson University (AdU)	[1]
			Oishi Oh Wow Surprising move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Smart Prepaid Fearless Jump	University of Santo Tomas (UST)
			Yamaha Best Toss	University of the Philippines (UP)
			PLDT Fantastic move	University of the Philippines (UP)
79	2016	UST	Best Toss	National University (NU)	[37]
			Best Pyramid	National University (NU)
80	2017	FEU	Yamaha Toss	National University (NU)
			Jollibee Inextrahan! Pyramid	Adamson University (AdU)
81	2018	NU	Yamaha Toss	University of Santo Tomas (UST)	[38]
82	2019	ADMU	Juicy Cologne's Juicy-fied Pyramid	Grand winner: National University (NU) 1st runner-up: Adamson University (AdU) 2nd runner-up: University of the Philippines (UP)	[39]
			AXA's Know You Can Stunt (Best in Pyramid)	National University (NU)
			Yamaha's Best Toss	National University (NU)
			Pure Gold's Always Panalo Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
83	2020	DLSU	No competition was held due to Covid-19
84	2021	DLSU	Silka Best Awra Dance Move	National University (NU)	[40]
			Skechers Best Performance	Far Eastern University (FEU)
85	2022	AdU	Palmolive Handa Ang Ganda Hair Moment	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Skechers Most Stylish Team	National University (NU)
			Biogenic Best Pyramid	National University (NU)
			Silka Best Awra Dance Move	National University (NU)
86	2023	UE	Skechers Most Stylish Performance	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Yamaha Most Unique Dance Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			BYS Best Toss	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Juicy-fied Pyramid	Far Eastern University (FEU)
			Silka Best Awra Dance Move	Far Eastern University (FEU)

Championship Table

Main Cheerdance Competition

School	Last Championship	Last Top 3 Appearance	Rank			Total	Championship Rank
University of the Philippines	2012	2015	8	6	6	20	1
University of Santo Tomas	2006	2023	8	6	5	19	2
National University	2022	2023	7	1	2	10	3
Far Eastern University	2023	2023	4	8	9	21	4
Adamson University	2017	2021	1	2	3	6	5
De La Salle University	—	2013	—	3	2	5	6
University of the East	—	2017	—	1	1	2	7
Ateneo de Manila University	—	2009	—	1	—	1	8

Note: Season 84 (2021–2022) was held on March 2022.

Group Stunts Division

School	Last Championship	Last Top 3 Appearance	Rank			Total	Championship Rank
National University	2019	2019	4	1	3	8	1
Far Eastern University	2017	2019	2	5	2	9	2
University of the Philippines	2012	2017	2	—	1	3	3
University of Santo Tomas	2015	2016	1	2	1	4	4
Adamson University	—	2019	—	1	2	3	5
Ateneo De Manila University	—	—	—	—	—	0	6
De La Salle University	—	—	—	—	—	0	7
University of the East	—	—	—	—	—	0	8

Note: Season 84 (2021–2022) was held on March 2022. No Group Stunts competition held in 2020-2023.

History, Trivias and Fun Facts

Main Cheerdance Competition

UP–UST rivalry

Main article: UP–UST rivalry

School colors of
UP and UST

The cheerdance rivalry between UP and UST is one of the most productive rivalries in UAAP history, producing a total of 15 years of joint UP-UST appearances in the podium finishes, including a decade-long streak of joint medal finishes from 1999 to 2008.

The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe won the first three years of competition from 1994 to 1996. ^[3] During those years, UP used to send its own dance troupe, the UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe and in the first edition of the contest, UP did not make it to the top three while the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe reigned supreme. In the 1998 season, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not compete and instead joined the 1st Lipton Cheering Cup Competition. Also in that year, UP established a new pep squad, called UP Varsity Pep Squad, as its official delegate to the competition to replace the UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe.

The rivalry between the two squads began in 1999 when UST returned to reclaim the title after their year of absence. However, they only finished second behind UP Pep Squad. In 2001, UP Pep Squad matched the record of UST's three consecutive wins.

In 2002, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe regained the title while UP Pep Squad finished third. The next three years had UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe in first place and UP Pep Squad as runner-up. In 2006, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe received their eighth title via five consecutive victories setting the highest score in the history of the competition while UP Pep Squad finished third on that year.

UP Pep Squad regained the title in 2007 and garnered their fifth title in 2008, with UST as second placer. In 2009, the UP Pep Squad completed a sweep of podium finishes in the 2000s decade but lost in their attempt of a second three-peat while UST failed to enter top three for the first time. In 2010, UP regained the title while UST came back in the podium finishing third. UP had another three-peat after winning the 2011 and 2012 editions – the same years when UST failed to enter top three again.

Neither UP nor UST won the cheerdance tilt in from 2013 to 2015. In 2013, UST had its lowest ranking and settled seventh place. As of 2013, UP never placed outside top three while UST failed to get a podium ranking four times in five years.

In 2014, UST successfully rejoined the podium finish at third place while UP placed second. In 2015, after nine years, UST defeated UP by winning second place while UP settled for third. As of 2015, both teams have identical number of championship titles at eight. UP, despite being dethroned, is by far the most established team for having stayed at the podium for 20 years straight.

In the 2017 edition, UP returned from a one-year hiatus but failed to enter the top three. The UP Pep Squad placed 6th with perennial rivals UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe placing second. While UST has returned to the podium since 2022, UP has not clinched a podium finish since its 2016 leave of absence from the competition.

Rise of the underdogs

School colors of
NU, AdU, UE, and ADMU

In 2013, the National U Pep Squad claimed its first ever championship with an Arabian theme. The UAAP CDC was no longer about the triumvirate namely the FEU Cheering Squad, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe and UP Varsity Pep Squad which were champions in the previous years. A year later The National U Pep Squad successfully clinched a back to back and furthermore a three-peat in 2015, being the third team to claim a three-peat in the CDC given some controversies. Despite the controversies the National U Pep Squad brought back a four-peat championship in the UAAP CDC with a futuristic theme in 2016 being the second squad to claim a four-peat beside UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe. Unfortunately, in the year 2017 they were not able to clinch a five-peat championship nor enter the top 3 due to low dance scores.

In 2017 the Adamson Pep Squad was crowned the champions with the hashtag 80's for 80. This proved that the underdogs could rise to the challenge of the former champions with the top three of that year containing former underdogs UE Pep Squad as bronze medalist and Adamson Pep Squad as gold medalist. The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe were the silver medalists of that year. Meanwhile, traditional power houses National U Pep Squad, UP Varsity Pep Squad and FEU Cheering Squad were out of the top 3.

In 2018 the National U Pep Squad had its comeback with a 5th Championship in just 6 years. Trailing back are the FEU Cheering Squad with a 70's Funk Theme as the first runner up and 2017 Gold Medalists Adamson Pep Squad with a Lion King theme, being their third straight year at the podium and landing the second runner up for 2018. Scores for the third runner up, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe were close at a 0.5 margin from the second runner up. 2018 was also the year that the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion was ranked 7th among all the teams. This was a first for the Blue Babble in 5 years.

In 2019 the National U Pep Squad added 1 more championship up its sleeve getting that 6th Gold Medal finish since 2013. The 2019 CDC edition is known to be the year where each team went out of their own comfort zones, did death defying stunts, difficult and complicated mountings and dismounts of their pyramid, and very synchronized choreography throughout their respective performances. In the end the scores of the 2019 UAAP Cheerdance Competition garnered the highest average of scores since 2012, despite the exact same ranking as the 2018th edition . First runner up, FEU Cheering Squad, comes close with a Michael Jackson Inspired Theme and brought back the Moonwalk stunt previously done in 2009 by the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion. Second runner up, Adamson Pep Squad, wowed the crowd with a Caribbean-Disco inspired theme. Although the ADU Pep Squad's Last Pyramid (the Caribbean) was not complete they still had a clean run throughout their performance. Thus getting a higher score than the cleaner routines of the 4th placer (UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe) and 5th placer (UE Pep Squad) respectively. The scores for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th runner up were very close. at margins of 1.06 and 0.62.

UP vs NU

School colors of
UP and NU

Questions were raised on the results of the 2015 Cheerdance Competition after NU Pep Squad won despite committing multiple errors including falls on their lifts and pyramids. This is in contrast with runners-up UP and UST executing clean programs. The UAAP community in the social media was outraged mainly due to their disbelief of the ranking and allegations of biased judging and corruption. NU claimed that their stunts have higher degree of difficulty compared to other teams. Due to this, UP filed an official complaint for the case detailing several judging inaccuracies but was remained unresolved with UAAP officials. In a statement released on UP Pep Squad’s official Facebook account on Wednesday, the state university said that they are pulling out of this year’s competition.

“Regretfully, we will not be part of this season’s UAAP Cheerdance Competition,” the statement said.

After a third place finish in last year’s CDC, the UP Pep Squad filed an official protest questioning the result of the contest. National University successfully defended its crown a year ago while University of Santo Tomas took the second spot.

“From our first request for an informal meeting, to the letter of protest advised by the organizers themselves, we have exhausted all our efforts to reach a resolution. We have repeatedly sought out the delegated individuals to no avail. And after many weeks, months, and now a year of waiting, our issues and questions remain unresolved,” the statement added.

“Reared in the institution we represent, we abide with our principles of honor and integrity, and stay true to our word of foregoing with the competition, should the same organizers be hired to handle the event again.” ^{[41] [42]} As a response to the unresolved issues and to focus on international competitions, UP Pep Squad decided to skip the 2016 competition. Since then, the UP Pep Squad has not returned to the UAAP podium as of 2024. ^[43]

Group Stunts competition

In 2011, UAAP introduced the "Group Stunts" competition hosted by Ateneo. Six teams performed on the inaugural group stunts division: UP, Ateneo, FEU, UST, NU and Adamson.

In 2012, La Salle joined the group stunts for the first time while Ateneo didn't participate on the group stunts competition until 2019. UE joined the group stunts competition in 2014.

In 2014, 2017 (UE performed that year but not included in the competition.) and 2018, only Ateneo did not join the competition.

In 2019, Ateneo returned to the competition since last competing in 2011, while La Salle didn't participate on the same year.

No Group Stunts competition held in 2020–2023.

See also

• UAAP Street Dance Competition
• NCAA Cheerleading Competition
• List of domestic club championship attendance: UAAP Cheerdance Competition in a global context.
• UP–UST rivalry

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External links

• UAAP Official site cheerdancing coverage