DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Oklahoma City carried off a national championship and a runner-up finish at the National Dance Association National Finals this weekend.
 
Head Coach Tasha Hinex's squad won the hip hop competition with a score of 87.3 and placed second in the team performance with an 85.27.
 
Competing in the Hip Hop section for OCU were Jonathan Ballard, EmmaLu Clayton, Madison Dennis, Jillian Gutierrez, Abby Koehn, Hannah Lieberoff, Makayla Messaris, Hannah Miller, Alyssa Seratte, Lea Valero and Kamila Zepeda. Alternates were Ella Farias and Damaris Chavarria.
 
In team performance, OCU was represented by Ballard, Clayton,  Dennis, Gutierrez, Koehn,  Lieberoff, Messaris, Miller, Seratte, Valero and Zepeda. Alternates were Farias, Julieann Coraccio and Chavarria.
 
"I can't say enough of how proud I am of this team and this season," said Hinex. "I really and truly didn't know how everything would go and it worked out exactly as it should. This group fought from the start and showed how much they were willing to fight at the end. It's been 10 years since we've won our first and only hip-hop championship. We've come close many times but this year was our year and we would not have been able to do it without their hard work, hip hop choreography from Brandi Tucker and our support system."

The Stars were third in hip hop last season and took home the team performance title.