The UP Diliman (UPD) Dancesport Team did the University proud with more than 30 awards at the UP System Oblation Sports – Dance Sport Championship 2024 (UPS Dance Sport Championship 2024), which attracted more than 300 participating entries.

The UPD Dancesport Team consists of student-athletes from the UP Dancesport Society and UP Filipiniana Dance Group. They were coached by Lalaine Rosenda J. Pereña, associate professor at the UPD Department of Physical Education (DPE); Alberto S. Dimarucut, DSD, associate professor at the DPE; Sergio Machon Jr.; Lina Basas-Machon; and Jay-Ar Fernandez.

The UP Dancesport Society earned six championship titles, three 2^nd places, five 3^rd places, two 4^th places, three 5^th places, and two 6^th place titles. These were won by the Machon pair; Fernandez and lawyer Althea Maliwanag; student-athletes Eman Clifford Ros and Patricia Angel Ramos, and John Roni Paderes and Sophia Anne Luces; and by solo student-athlete, Yel Vallejos Yu.

The Machon pair won two champion titles (Latin teacher-guest D, and Latin teacher-guest C).

Fernandez and Maliwanag won two champion titles (standard closed UP, teacher-guest D, and standard closed UP, teacher-guest C) and earned 2^nd place for standard grade B.

Ros and Ramos won two champion (Latin closed up, student-student D, and Latin intercollegiate D) and two 3^rd place (Latin closed up, student-student C, and Latin intercollegiate C) titles.

Paderes and Sophia Anne Luces won two 2^nd places (Latin intercollegiate D and Latin intercollegiate C), a 4^th place (Latin grade D), a 5^th place (Latin closed UP, student-student D), and two 6^th place (Latin grade C and Latin closed UP, student-student C) titles.

Meanwhile, Yu earned three 3^rd places (closed UP solo cha cha, closed UP solo rumba, and closed UP solo jive), a 4^th place (closed UP solo waltz), and two 5^th places (closed UP solo tango and closed UP solo quickstep).

For their part, the UP Filipiniana Dance Group won two 2^nd places, five 3^rd places, four 4^th places, and one 5^th place title. These were earned by the two pairs of student-athletes, Steven Bermudez and Anna Beatriz Araneta, and Jesse Adrian Valdez and Jelany Paguio, and solo student-athlete Kyle Ballar.

Bermudez and Araneta won 2^nd place (standard closed UP, student-student C), 3^rd place (standard closed UP, student-student D), and 4^th place (standard intercollegiate C) titles.

Valdez and Paguio won 2^nd place (standard closed UP, student-student D), 3^rd place (standard closed UP, student-student C), and 5^th place (standard intercollegiate C) titles.

Ballar on the other hand, won three 3^rd places (closed UP solo waltz, closed UP solo tango, and closed UP solo quickstep) and three 4^th places (closed UP solo cha cha, closed UP solo rumba, and closed UP solo jive).

The UPS Dance Sport Championship 2024 was held at the Gaisano Mall of Cebu from June 8 to 9.