Aguascalientes, Ags., May 9, 2024.- The students of the hip hop, poms and jazz dance teams of our Panamericana campus in Aguascalientes, Ags. Panamericana campus Aguascalientes became champions in the ONP 2024 competition, one of the most important dance and cheerleading competitions organized by the National Cheerleading Organization.
On March 9 and 10, the students of the hip hop, poms and jazz dance teams had their first national competition of the year for the National Cheerleading Organization in Cuautitlán Izcalli, where they won the first three places for the UP in their respective categories.
These top three places qualify for the Pan American campus Aguascalientes for the ONP national championship to be held in December of this year. At the same time, the competition served as preparation for CONADEIP which was held on March 19 and 20 at UVM, Lomas Verdes, State of Mexico.
"This competition is very important for us because it is where all the DANCE teams from the best private universities in the country meet. Being here is to have contact with the best in dance. It gives us learning, knowledge, experience and has strengthened us as teams," says Pedro Arredondo, coach of the Poms and Jazz teams.
The poms and jazz teams are directed by coaches Adalya Puente and Pedro Arredondo and are made up of the following students: Sara Ruíz, Alejandra Esparza, Sofía Poblete, Gabriela Miranda, Oceanía Hernández, Lucero Hermoso, Vercia Lozano and Camila Gutiérrez.
The Hip Hop team is led by coach Gary Ochoa and includes students Paola Valdez, Kelly Preciado, Valeria de la Cruz, Goretti Vela, Ana Sofia Bermudez, Belem Lopez, Roxanna Najera, Fatima Ruiz, Edna Navar, Pamela Martin, Regina Gomez, Clara Perdomo and student Diego Hermosillo.
"They come with all the attitude, with all the energy, with all the preparation and rehearsals. It's nice and it's good for the team to come and measure ourselves against such great and good teams because the only thing that remains here is to learn. We will always come out of here stronger and better. Always looking to be among the top 5 is a great result for the team and for the Universidad Panamericana", says Gary Ochoa, Hip Hop coach.