The STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team recently participated in the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship, organized by the R. O. C Cheerleading Association, and won a number of outstanding achievements and performances.

[STUST's Competitive Cheerleading Team won the first place in the Mixed Group and many other prizes in the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship.]

The competition was divided into four categories: Cheerleading Dance Group, Cheerleading Group, Challenging Group, and Invitational Competition Group. STUST signed up to participate in the first level of the cheerleading mixed group, the second level of the cheerleading mixed group, and the second level of the cheerleading duo, participating in a total of 5 groups. On the other hand, the graduate alumni signed up to participate in the third level of the cheerleading double group and the double skill group of the challenging group. The competitions in this tournament were quite fierce. A total of 21 units and 59 teams have signed up. The R. O. C. Cheerleading Association expressed its hope that the tournament would continue to be held in the enthusiastic southern Taiwan every year in the future.

[STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team won the first place in the mixed group (level 1) of the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship: Yong-Hao Liu, Zhi-Yin Gao, Chen-Kai Shu, Zi-Tong Huang, Yi-Zhen Hou, Guan-Kai Wang (from left to right).]

The Ocean Cup Competition is an important warm-up match for the contestants before the College Cup Competition. The contestants of each group of STUST had been intensively training for the competition process since the beginning of the year. Among the contestants of each group, many players were newcomers to the competition for the first time. Participating in the first level of the cheerleading mixed group, a team must consists of four freshman players. It was not easy to win the first place in the mixed group for the first time. Most of the players participated in the inter-school by the end of last year. After the Cup Cheerleading Championship, the students moved on to participate in the competitive cheerleading school team. The bright results also increased the confidence of the players, and they will surely continue to work hard before they participate in future competitions. Zhi-Yin Gao, an top-level female student of the team, said that she was very happy to have the opportunity to participate in the competition with her teammates. Although they encountered technical bottlenecks during the practice, they still went all the way out to join the competition.

[STUST's Competitive Cheerleading Team won the third place in the mixed group (level 1) of the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship: Yang-Yi Zhu, Yi-An Ou, Bai-Yi Tu, Jian-He Li, Jia-Wei Yan (from left to right).]

Yang-Yi Zhu, another top-level female student of the first-level B team of cheerleading team, said that this competition was her first off-campus competition since she joined the competitive cheerleading team. She had previously watched the senior sisters practice hard for the competition and always wanted to make it there some day. Like her senior sister, this time she finally finished my first game standing on the gymnastic mat. She didn’t have enough experience in the first competition; yet, fortunately, she had closely followed the senior sister’s teaching and suggestions. She would keep a lot of valuable experience in mind and continue to work hard. The team played a higher-than-usual practice level on the day of the competition, showing a complete competition process, and won the first third place in the mixed team at the first level of the competition.

[STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team won the second place in the mixed group (level 2) of the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship: Yi-Han Zhou, Yun-Shuan Chang, Zheng-Han Lin, Yu-Rou Chen, Wen-Wei Huang (from left to right).]

The group competition is the most basic skill training course for the contestants, and it is also the beginning of participating in the big group competition. The multi-level skills emphasize the development of the basic skills and tacit training of each player in the team, as well as a group’s stable skills and display ability. All these contribute to achieving the perfect display of the team participating in the large group competition.

[STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team won the fifth place in the mixed group (level 2) of the 2021 4th Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship: Shuan-Ting Shu, Yin-Zhen Huang, Shi-Yun Luo, Jun-Wei Lin, You-Ting Chen (from left to right).]

In addition, Ting-Yu Chang, a member of the the winning team in the third level of the cheerleading duo and the first place in the challenging duo skill group, who is also a graduate of the Department of Industrial Management and Information, teamed up with Zi-Heng Wang, a graduate of the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology. In this competition, she tried a cooperative entry for the first time and yet won double championships, which is worthy of praise and encouragement. It is also a good example for young students.

[STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team won the second place in the second level of the duo in the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship: Yun-Shuan Chang (left) and Hong-Zhe Shi (right).]

STUST Athletic cheerleader Hong-Zhe Shi said that all the members of the cheerleading team are especially grateful for the support and assistance of the extracurricular activities team of the Affairs Office and the Physical Education Center, Coach Yi-Ting Huang’s diligent guidance, and the care of many alumni and senior students. The STUST Athletic Cheerleading Team has entered its 20th year since it was founded in 1990. It is one of the university’s longest established physical clubs. In the middle of this year, there will bethe "The 20th Anniversary of the Jackal Returning to Her Family," where their alma mater will come back to see the school and the younger team members. It is hoped that the players can uphold this enthusiasm, make themselves shine on the team, and inherit the fascinating sport of cheerleading and the spirit of their never-giving-up. There will be many important cheerleading events in the future. He hopes that the players can continue to work hard to win glory for the school.

[The duo was showing single bottom skills, Ting-Yu Chang(top) and Zi-Heng Wang (bottom), a graduate of National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology.]

[The alumni team won the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship in the Cheerleader Duo Group (Level 3) and Challenging Tournament Duo Skills Group: Ting-Yu Chang (right) and Zi-Heng Wang (middle) from National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology.]

[Players were warming up before the game in the warm-up field.]

[STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team won a number of achievements in the 2021 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship, with each student winning a medal and a certificate.]