Lake Zurich High School Varsity Poms Qualify for Nationals

Submitted by Michelle Wendell.

The Lake Zurich High School Varsity Poms Team has qualified to compete in the UDA National Dance Team championship in Orlando, FL in February, 2014. The girls had been preparing for months and all of their hard work paid off!

The team qualified for next year’s national championship while competing at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) Elite Camp in Normal, Illinois earlier this summer. The girls qualified by placing in the top three for their home routine and through high scoring individual performances.  They received numerous Top Honor Blue Ribbon s and trophies.  At the camp, the girls learned new dance skills, collegiate level routines and competed against several top high school squads from the Midwest. 

The Lake Zurich High School Poms Team can be seen performing at LZHS football games as well as at Illinois High School Association dance competitions throughout the Chicago area.  The team is coached by Terri Johlie and Melanie Ewanio.

On September 22, the LZHS Pom Team will hold a Poms clinic at LZHS for girls in grades K-5.  The girls will learn a Pom routine which they will perform during a home game on September 29, 2013.  For more information about the clinic, send an email to Terri Johlie at theresa.johlie@lz95.org

The members of the LZHS Varsity Dance Team photo above from left, front:  Gina Bundra, Dana Matasek, Sophia Gritsonis, Olivia Carey, Morgan Kamins, Margaret Lotowski, Allison Dust; middle:Vanessa Gore, Annie True, Isabel Young, Suzanne Zborowski, Emma Davis, Nicole Anderson, Abbie Theis, Michaella Anderson; back: Allie Wendell, Anna Lubera, Natalia Panico, Isabel Ramos, Angela Gaggiano, Jenny Olan, Nicole Nicolay, Nicole Schemansky, Christie Keller, Sarah Gaughan