Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Aquinas College Dance Team took to their home floor of the Sturrus Sports and Fitness Center and competed twice for the Wolverine-Hoosier-Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championships (NAIA National Qualifier) on Friday (Mar. 7).
For the preliminary round, AQ tallied a showing of 85.27. Due to a ruling error, the team received a five-point deduction - totaling to six and a half points in deductions. Equating the team's preliminary efforts to 78.77. The Saints fixed their error before the start of the final round. In the final round, AQ bumped up to an 86.27 - with half a point in deductions (85.77).
Taking 25% of the round one score and 75% of the round two score, Aquinas bounced back healthily to a second place finish.
Here is how the competition finished out on the day:
| Place |
School |
Points |
| 1st |
Concordia |
85.22 |
| 2nd |
Aquinas |
84.02 |
| 3rd |
Siena Heights |
82.15 |
| 4th |
Madonna |
79.70 |
| 5th |
Lourdes |
79.16 |
| 6th |
Marian |
79.10 |
| 7th |
Indiana Tech |
61.43 |
This is what Head Coach
Ashley Kaman had to share on the team's performances "We had an incredible comeback in finals to overcome an unfortunate large deduction in prelims. The team went into the final round with so much passion and pride, and were able to crawl from fifth all the way into second. It was empowering to see the team come together and rally when they needed to most, and it gives me huge confidence in them going into our nationals season."
Up Next
Aquinas will now await to see if they receive an at-large bid for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Nationals.
