NIACC Trojans Dance Team competes in state competition on Friday

DES MOINES - The NIACC Trojans Dance Team will compete in its first-ever competition on Friday at the Iowa State Dance and Drill Team state competion.

NIACC will compete in the community college division along with Kirkwood CC, Hawkeye CC, Iowa Central, Southwestern CC and Western Iowa Tech CC.

NIACC will compete in the Pom competition at 11:20 a.m. on Friday in Hy-Vee Hall. The Trojans will also compete in the Hip Hop competition at 4 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena and the Jazz competition at 5:35 p.m. in Wells Fargo Arena.

Competing for NIACC on Friday will be Samantha Harper, Harleigh Mckee, Ramona Robinette, Christina Schmidt, Samantha Schupanitz and Elyssa Wilson.

In last year's state competition in the community college division, Iowa Lakes won the Hip Hop competition and Iowa Central won Jazz and Pom.