ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The St. Catherine University dance team secured the program's highest team finish bringing home fourth place overall from the USA Collegiate Championships. 

The Wildcats competed in the Four Year College DII/DIII Jazz Finals with an overall score of 83.57. Headed into the finals the Wildcats were sitting fifth with a score of 82.03 before moving up in finals. Their national jazz routine to "I Have Nothing" was choreographed by industry award winning choreographer Derrick Schrader. 

Teams are judged on three different categories including choreography, execution, and performance. Points in choreography can be obtained by jazz style and creatively, routine staging and technical skills/specialties. Through execution teams are judged on movement technique, uniformity and technical kills/specialties again. The overall performance is scored on showmanship and overall impression for a possible total score of 100. 

Also competing in the event from the MIAC was Gustavus Adolphus College finishing sixth with a finals score of 82.47.