WATCH: Lincoln Park Varsity Dance Team makes history and takes home top 10 national win

Lincoln Park High School Varsity Dance Team
Emeline Palfrey, a senior on the Lincoln Park High School Varsity Dance Team, strikes a pose during the routine. (Kierstin Lindkvist/MEDILL)

By Kierstin Lindkvist
Medill Reports

Chicago’s 2023 Dance City Champions are now one of the top 10 teams in the country, and get this: The team has only been around four years. This year, the Lincoln Park High School varsity dance team came home with a sixth-place finish, scoring 77.2875 points. Medill Reports’ Kierstin Lindkvist caught up with the Lincoln Park High School Varsity Dance team before they headed to Universal Dance Association nationals to see what bringing home a title would mean to them.

Kierstin Lindkvist is a Medill graduate student in the sports media specialization. Follow her on Twitter @KLindkvistNews or Instagram @kelindkvist, and connect with her on LinkedIn.