--- title: "Team Spotlight: 2018 UDA National Champions Ohio State University" description: Check out the story behind Ohio State Dance Team's jazz costume at UDA Nationals! image: https://blog.thelineup.com/hubfs/_Blog-Images/image3%20(002).jpg --- - [Contact](http://thelineup.com/contact) - [About](https://www.thelineup.com/about) - [Sizing](http://thelineup.com/sizing) - [Fabrics](http://thelineup.com/fabrics) - [My Account](http://thelineup.com/account) - [My Cart](http://thelineup.com/cart) [![the line up](https://blog.thelineup.com/hubfs/2018.TheLineupTheme/logo.png "the line up")](https://www.thelineup.com/) - [Shop](http://thelineup.com/) - [Design](http://thelineup.com/services-design) - [Learn](http://thelineup.com/learn) - [Inspire](http://thelineup.com/inspire) . # [Blog](https://blog.thelineup.com/) # Team Spotlight: 2018 UDA National Champions Ohio State University Posted by [Meagan](https://blog.thelineup.com/author/meagan) on Mar 1, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz](https://blog.thelineup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Blog-Images/image3%20(002).jpg?width=790&name=image3%20(002).jpg "ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz") **Team:** Ohio State University Dance Team **Director/Head Coach:** Melissa McGhee  **Location:** Columbus, Ohio  **Style:**  College Dance Team - Jazz ## D1A Jazz National Champions - Ohio State University Dance Team!  The [Ohio State University Dance Team](https://www.instagram.com/ohiostatedanceteam/) took Division 1A by storm at the [UDA National Dance Team Championships](https://uda.varsity.com/College/College-Nationals), held in January. **They took FIRST place in both D1A Pom AND Jazz,** their first championship wins in both categories! Coach Melissa McGhee told us about the inspiration behind their stunning jazz routine: "The vision for our routine came from our choreographer, Doug Burkhardt. He loved the musicality and impact of the song and ultimately wanted to capture those moments through his choreography."  **"We wanted the jazz costume to be simple yet special,"** Melissa explained. Their custom costume perfectly matched that vision - the team designed a trendy yet elegant biketard with a wrap bodice, and dazzled it up with DIY appliques to make it unique. The open back brought the whole ensemble together!  Check out a video of their jazz performance at UDA, and more Q & A with OSU below!   ![ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz](https://blog.thelineup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Blog-Images/IMG_0278c.jpg?width=790&name=IMG_0278c.jpg "ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz") >   > > [2018 UDA D1A Jazz National Champions - Part 1!❤️💃🏻🏆 Choreo: @douglasburkhardt](https://www.instagram.com/p/BeE376dHmE5/) > > A post shared by [The Ohio State Dance Team](https://www.instagram.com/ohiostatedanceteam/) (@ohiostatedanceteam) on Jan 17, 2018 at 7:44pm PST   >   > > [2018 UDA D1A Jazz National Champions - Part 2! ❤️💃🏻🏆](https://www.instagram.com/p/BeE4ZHjntls/) > > A post shared by [The Ohio State Dance Team](https://www.instagram.com/ohiostatedanceteam/) (@ohiostatedanceteam) on Jan 17, 2018 at 7:48pm PST   Videos via The Ohio State Dance Team's  [Instgram account](https://www.instagram.com/ohiostatedanceteam/)!  [![Send us your pictures here: Photo Submission Form >>  ](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1594707/9a49f095-91dd-4124-98df-fa269a22ae95.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1594707/9a49f095-91dd-4124-98df-fa269a22ae95)   #### What is your team's competition song?![ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz](https://blog.thelineup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Blog-Images/IMG_0186.jpg?width=320&name=IMG_0186.jpg "ohio state university dance team at 2018 UDA Jazz") The song was [Crisis by ANOHNI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ0BxhMfijg).  #### What is your favorite fan memory, or what are you most excited for this season? The entire Nationals process is a journey… there are plenty of ups and downs along the way, but ending our journey with our program’s first National Championship was very special!  #### What was your team's biggest challenge/opportunity this season? We have a really young team this year; we have 14 freshmen and sophomores so we definitely had some work to do to get the group to dance as one.    *Images via Anna Miller, [TRIBE 99 Choreography ](https://www.instagram.com/tribe.99.choreo/)*   ---  [![Tribe 99 Dance Combine - Learn more](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1594707/88185a10-7449-4823-9e1b-ae7fd080b323.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1594707/88185a10-7449-4823-9e1b-ae7fd080b323)   Topics: [Team Spotlight](https://blog.thelineup.com/topic/teamspotlight), [Jazz, Lyrical, & Contemporary](https://blog.thelineup.com/topic/jazz-lyrical-contemporary), [College](https://blog.thelineup.com/topic/college) ### What do you think? Add a comment below! 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