by Carlo Anolin, Manila Bulletin
The Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion will be the first to perform while the University of Santo Tomas Salinggawi Dance Troupe will cap off the cheerdance competition of UAAP Season 84.
THE NU PEP SQUAD complete the pyramid during the UAAP Season 82 Cheerdance Competition at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay last November 2019. Final date and venue have yet to be announced but the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion will perform first while the University of Santo Tomas Salinggawi Dance Troupe will showcase their routine last for UAAP Season 84. (MB File Photo)
Final date and further details have yet to be announced but respective head coaches of different squads took the development to social media.
Defending champions National University Pep Squad will showcase their routine at second, followed by the University of the Philippines Pep Squad, and last season’s first-runner up Far Eastern University Cheering Squad.
Adamson University Pep, Season 82’s second-runner up, will perform fifth, De La Salle Animo Squad will execute at sixth, and University of the East Pep Squad will carry out at seventh.
NU, FEU, and Adamson maintained their spot at the podium for the past two seasons, particularly in the 81st and 82nd.
From 2013 to 2019, the NU Pep Squad have won six of their seven cheerdance campaigns.
Adamson halted NU’s reign in 2017 as UST and UE placed second and third, respectively.
While the venue has yet to be disclosed, the cheerdance competition was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City for the past three seasons.
Cheerdance was among Season 84’s nine events along with men’s basketball, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball, men’s beach volleyball, poomsae, and men’s and women’s chess.
The UAAP is set to kick off on March 26 after almost two years since sporting events were put on a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
