About us
Our 2024 Teams!
In 2024 we are proud to be offering four competitive cheer teams and nine competitive dance teams! This allows us to cater to athletes of all levels, from students with no experience to advanced level athletes! We encourage all of our athletes to participate in competitive teams, so as to experience the sport and the club to its fullest, however we understand that some students may not be able to make this commitment; for these students we have recreational dance!
This season, our teams are:
Cheer
Athena - Beginner Competitive Cheer
Artemis - Beginner Competitive Cheer
Apollo - Intermediate to Advanced Competitive Cheer
Atlas - Advanced Competitive Cheer (2024 Uni Worlds)
Dance
Mercury - Beginner Pom
Moneta - Intermediate Pom
Minerva - Advanced Pom (2024 Uni Worlds)
Hybris - Intermediate Jazz
Harmonia - Advanced Jazz (2024 Uni Worlds)
Halia - Intermediate Lyrical
Hemera - Advanced Lyrical
Helios - Intermediate Hip Hop
Hercules - Advanced Hip Hop (2024 Uni Worlds)
History
Monash University Cheerleading and Dance Club was formed in 2012, when a couple of university students got together and decided to form a club dedicated to the amazing sport of dance and cheer. Our first uniforms were made out of some cheap material from spotlight and hand made by the first cohort!
Since then, MONCAD has grown to be a 180+ member strong university sporting club, bringing in great results and amazing experiences for all of our athletes. Our athletes have represented us at local to international competitions and have gained lifelong memories and friendships.
Media & Accomplishments
2024 FISU World Championships
2024 marks a huge milestone for MONCAD as we celebrate 10 years since our first international competition! Back in 2014, we made our debut on the world stage with a single team- Monash Mystics. This year, at the FISU World Cheerleading and Dance Championships in Split, Croatia, we proudly brought FOUR teams to represent MONCAD- all achieving incredible podium results. It’s a testament to how much our club has grown over the past decade, expanding in talent, passion, and community. We couldn’t be prouder of our athletes and this incredible journey!
2023 AASCF Nationals
Held in our home city of Melbourne, MONCAD smashed it at nationals, achieving the following results in dance and cheer:
1st Uni Jazz - Harmonia
1st Uni Pom - Minerva
2nd Uni lyrical - Hemera
2nd Uni Hip Hop - Hercules
3rd Uni Hip Hop - Helios
1st Open Uni Pom - Moneta
2nd Open Uni Jazz - Hybris
Grand Champs - Harmonia
1st ½ AG NT - Athena
2nd ½ Coed NT - Artemis
1st ¾ AG - Apollo
1st ¾ Coed - Atlas
Grand Champs - Atlas
2023 Div 1 Uni Nationals
Our first interstate trip for 2023, Team Monash sent 3 cheer teams, 4 dance teams and 3 dance duos to the Gold Coast, to compete at the Div 1 UniSport Nationals. Our teams blitzed the competition, taking out a total of six gold medals and one silver medal, while our dance duos took home 2 gold medals and a silver medal.
We were able to contribute to 2 out of the 6 Champion pennants Monash University won that week. Our athletes took both the Cheer and Dance Overall Grand Champions.
2023 Uni Worlds
After our teams missing out on FISU WUCC multiple years in a row, we took our premier dance Pom, Hip Hop and advanced cheer team to the UCA and UDA University Worlds in Florida USA.
In 2 months our 3 teams altered their routines to new team numbers and to suit the Worlds competition floor. The competition was the middle of January, just a very short time later.
Training practically non-stop from AASCF Nationals just the November before, the dedication and talent of the athletes was rewarded with two gold medals and a silver, along with the opportunity to do a demonstration run in front of the NCA/NDA Nationals competition. The demonstration was in front of a packed crowd of 8000, and is surely a memory all teams will treasure forever!
2022 AASCF Nationals
In 2022, our teams dominated at the AASCF 2022 National Championships. MONCAD took out Grand Champions in both cheer and dance, scoring the highest scores across all university teams to do so.
Dance Royalty - Minerva (Premier Pom team)
Cheer Grand Champions - Apollo (Intermediate team)
FISU Grand Champions - Atlas (Advanced team)
Our dance duos started our Nationals trip off with gold wins in Jazz duos and Hip Hop duos.
2019 AASCF Nationals
In 2019, our teams dominated at the AASCF 2019 National Championships. MONCAD took out Grand Champions in both cheer and dance, scoring the highest scores across all university teams to do so.
All of our cheerleading teams were National Champions with Apollo, our Intermediate Co-ed team, taking out Grand Champions!
Our dance teams also swept the board with National champions in FISU Pom, FISU Jazz, FISU Hip Hop and Runners Up in Open Uni Pom. Our FISU Pom team, Minerva, took out Grand Champions.
2019 Div 1 Uni Nationals
In 2019, Team Monash sent our Apollo, Atlas, Minerva, Harmonia and Hercules to the Gold Coast, to compete at the Div 1 Uni Nationals. Our teams blitzed the competition, taking out a total of six gold medals and one silver medal, including jazz, pom and hip hop dance doubles.
We had a total of 64 athletes compete across all disciplines, competing across eight divisions. This event was one of two competitions that contribute to the selection process of Team Australia for the 2020 FISU WUCC in South Korea.
FISU WUCC 2018
In 2018, MONCAD was selected to represent Australia by Unisport Australia as the UniRoos at the 2018 FISU World University Cheerleading Championships in Lodz, Poland. The athletes had the opportunity to compete against the best of the best, meeting people from all over the world who share their passion for Cheer and Dance.
Our results were as follows;
Team Pom - 2nd place
Team Jazz - 2nd place
Team Hip Hop - 2nd place
Pom Doubles - 4th place
Premier Large Co-ed - 5th place
Hip Hop Doubles - 6th place
Dance Worlds 2017
The Monash Mystics competed for the last time under the MONCAD banner at the Dance Worlds in 2017. The team was our All-Star Open Pom team which was populated largely by MONCAD alumni.
Monash Mystics at Uni Worlds 2016
In 2016, our very own Cheer team was selected to represent Australia at the World University Championships, in the Premier (Level 6) division. The team brought home the gold as World Champions!
Monash Mystics Uni Pom took out 6th place in a competitive division at the World University Championships in Florida in 2016. The team also came 5th in the Nations Cup!
Monash Mystics at Dance Worlds 2015
The Monash Mystics competed at their first Dance Worlds in 2015 in the International Open Pom division. Our team had the opportunity to compete across two days against the best of the best from around the globe.
The team also had the opportunity to meet dancers from the renowned Golden Girls from Golden Dance and Cheer Academy all the way from Colombia.
Monash Mystics at Uni Worlds 2014
2014 was the first year Monash competed at an international competition, taking home 2nd place in the World University Cheerleading Championships.
The team went from a Level 1/2 squad to a world class Level 6 team in the space of a month and a half, due to an unexpected qualification at Nationals in November. The competition was the middle of January, just a very short time later.
Skilling up massively and training practically non-stop, the dedication and talent of the athletes was rewarded with a silver medal, and the opportunity to do a demonstration run in front of the NCA Nationals competition. The demonstration was in front of a packed crowd of 8000, and is surely a memory all team members will treasure forever!
Consistent results
MONCAD has been consistently churning out amazing results every year, reflecting the dedication and hard work the athletes put into training and team work. It's always great to see hard work pay off, our athletes focus on the journey to the competition, dedicating time and effort into achieving these results.