Great Lakes: The Showdown Grand Nationals 2011

Great Lakes The Showdown Grand Nationals took place on March 19-20 in Detroit, MI. This event had 157 AllStar Cheer, 16 Traditional Cheer, 33 Exhibition Cheer (including 5 Special Needs), 72 AllStar Dance, 6 Traditional Dance, and 3 Exhibition Dance teams compete. This event was a qualifier for Worlds & US Finals. Worlds Paid Bids were awarded to:

• All Star Legend (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
• Crimson Heat All-Stars “5 Alarm” (Senior L5)

Worlds Partial Bids were awarded to:

• ATJ All Stars “This is How We Do It” (Senior Hip Hop)
• CDC Stars (Senior Jazz)
• Energizers (Senior Jazz)

Worlds At Large Bids were awarded to:

• Allstar Athletics “Diamonds” (Senior L5)
• CDC Stars (Senior Hip Hop)
• Cowboy All-Stars “Legacy” (Open Hip Hip)
• Famous Superstars “Celebrity” (International Open Coed L5)
• Just Cheer All Stars (Open Hip Hip)
• Majik Touch Dance Company “X-Treme Majik” (Senior Hip Hop)
• Michigan Xtreme Cheer “Volume” (Open Hip Hip)
• NEO All Stars “Panthers” (Senior Small Limited Coed L5)
• Starlites Dance Teams (Open Hip Hop)
• Top Notch Cheer “Dynasty” (International Open Coed L5)
• Top Notch Cheer “Queens” (Senior L5)
• Xtreme Cheer and Dance Force “Senior Fury” (Senior Large Limited Coed L5)

US Finals Paid Bids were awarded to:

• American Elite Allstars Of Ohio “Fame” (Junior Coed L5)
• American Elite Allstars Of Ohio “Stardom” (Youth Large L3)
• ATJ All Stars “This Is How We Do It” (Senior Hip Hop)
• ATJ All Stars “We Want War” (Senior Jazz)
• Elite Cheer – Michigan “Galaxy” (Mini L2)
• Energizers (Senior Kick)
• ICE “Black Ice” (Senior Open L5)
• Midwest Cheer Elite “Cougars” (Senior Large Coed L4)
• Midwest Cheer Elite “Fashion” (Senior Large L3)
• Star Performance Center (Senior Pom)
• Steel City All Stars “Cobalt” (Youth Large L2)
• Vizion All Stars “Junior” (Junior Large L2)

Event Page

The event had 157 AllStar Cheer Teams in 35 Divisions for an average of 4.49 teams per division and 72 AllStar Dance teams in 21 divisions for an average of 3.43 teams per division.

All*Star Cheer By Level

• Level 1 – 29 Teams in 4 Divisions (7.25 Average)
• Level 2 – 37 Teams in 7 Divisions (5.29)
• Level 3 – 31 Teams in 8 Divisions (3.88)
• Level 4 – 24 Teams in 6 Divisions (4.00)
• Level 5 – 34 Teams in 8 Divisions (4.25)
• Level 6 – 2 Teams in 2 Divisions (1.00)

All*Star Cheer By Age

• Tiny – 5 Teams in 1 Division (5.00 Average)
• Mini – 13 Teams in 3 Divisions (4.33)
• Youth – 30 Teams in 6 Divisions (5.00)
• Junior – 30 Teams in 7 Divisions (4.29)
• Senior – 69 Teams in 14 Divisions (4.93)
• Senior Open – 3 Teams in 1 Division (3.00)
• International/Open – 7 Teams in 3 Divisions (2.33)