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Central scores three team titles at state dance competition

Dutch win trio of championships for fifth straight year

DES MOINES—Making another dominant run through the Iowa State Dance & Drill Team Association Championships on Friday, the Central College dance team won three titles.
           
Entered in the NCAA Division II/III level for hip hop, jazz and pom, the Dutch were victorious in all three categories. It's the fifth year in a row Central has topped all three categories.
           
Scores are tabulated by four different judges giving scores out of 100 and averaging the four numbers together. Central's highest-rated performance was a 93.38 in jazz. The Dutch scored a 91.25 in pom and a 90.63 in hip hop
           
For the second year in a row, the Dutch also received the Judge's Choice Award in the jazz category. The team's routine was choreographed by Coach Sydney Bradford.                                                                                                           
           
The Dutch will vie for its fourth straight American Rivers Conference title at the league's championship in Pella on Sunday, February 15.
 
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