The STUST Competitive Cheerleading Team recently participated in the 2022 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship, organized by the R. O. C Cheerleading Association, and won a number of outstanding achievements and performances. It was held at the gymnasium of the Nanzi campus of the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, and won second place in the first level of the mixed group, and first place in the second level of the mixed group. The competition was divided into four categories: Cheerleading Dance Group, Cheerleading Group, Challenging Group, and Invitational Competition Group. A total of 17 units and 44 teams have signed up, with 264 member altogether. 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's Competitive Cheerleading Team participated in the 2022 Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Team Championship and won first place and second place in the Mixed Group.]

The Ocean Cup Competition is an important warm-up match for the contestants before the College Cup Competition. All the contestants of STUST had been intensively training for the competition process since the beginning of the year. STUST signed up for the first and second levels of the cheerleading mixed team this year, with two groups participating in the competition, and some graduate alumni signed up to participate in the second level of the cheerleading double team. The group was the most basic skill training course for the contestants, and it was also an important part of participating in a large group competition. Only in small groups could the entire team participate in the perfect process of participating in the large group competition. In addition, Ruo-Tsi Wu and Hong-Zhe Shih, first-place players in the cheerleading double team, are graduate alumni of the Department of Information Management and the Department of Mechanical Engineering of STUST, respectively. The excellent results players obtained in the first cooperative competition are worthy of encouragement. They were also a good example for the students and lower grades. They often returned to STUST to impart professional and technical teaching.

[A Group photo of all the members of STUST Cheerleading Team]

Shuan-Ting Shu, a member of the competitive cheerleading team of STUST, said that this year is the second year of her joining the competitive cheerleading club. Participating in the Ocean Cup competition has always been one of his goals, and she wanted to give herself a chance to grow and to be recognized. During the practice, the team members must communicate, cooperate, and discuss professional skills to present a perfect process. The ups and downs were necessary elements for progress and growth. By participating in this Ocean Cup competition, they looked forward to a breakthrough of their professional skills. The team played at a higher level than their usual practice on the day of the competition, showing a full-scale competition process. It was the first team to participate in the competition and won second place in the first level of the mixed group, which is worthy of praise. Feng-Tsen Tsai, Captain of the competitive cheering team of STUST, said that on behalf of all the team members, he would like to thank the school for their support, the extracurricular team of the Academic Affairs Office for their help, the guidance of coach Yi-Ting Huang, and the care of many graduate alumni.

[The competitive cheering team of STUST won first place in the second level of the mixed group of the 5th Ocean Cup National Cheering Team Championships in 2022: (from left to right) Yu-Rou Chen, Feng-Tsen Tsai, Zheng-Han Lin, You-Ting Chen, and Jun-Teng Lin.]

Deng-Maw Lu, President of STUST, said that under the influence of the pandemic this year, various situations and conditions have been challenged and will continue to develop. After the Ocean Cup National Cheerleading Championships, in early May, the team will face the Cheerleading Championships of the 110th Academic Year, hosted by the Sports Federation of Colleges and Universities of the Republic of China. It is hoped that the competitive cheerleading team in STUST can train diligently and continue to stay brilliant, have great results, and win glory for the school.

[The competitive cheering team of STUST was showing "double-Cupie" skills in the competition of the second-level group mixed team.]

[The competitive cheering team of STUST won second place in the first level mixed group of the 5th Ocean Cup National Cheering Team Championships in 2022: Tsun-Shiu Lin, Shuan-Ting Shu, Da-Wei Jian, Jian-He Li, Yong-Chun Ruan.]

[The competitive cheering team of STUST was showing multi-level "Arab Cup" skills in the competition of the first-level group mixed team.]

[The competitive cheering team of STUST won many achievements in the 5th Ocean Cup National Cheering Team Championships in 2022, with each member awarded a medal.]

[Alumni of STUST won first place in the second class cheerleading duo in the 5th Ocean Cup National Cheering Championships in 2022: Hong-Zhe Shi (left second ) and Ruo-Tsi Wu (right second) took a group photo.]