The Ohio State University Club Dance Team was founded by Julie Domicone, an undergraduate student from Dayton, OH. After growing up in the competitive dance world, Julie noticed a lack of opportunity at Ohio State to continue competitive dance at the collegiate level. This sentiment resonated with other Buckeyes and in autumn of 2014, the Club Dance Team was born. The team competed at several regional competitions in Columbus, OH before attending NDA College Nationals in Daytona Beach, FL for the first time in 2016. OSUCDT joined Student Life's Office of Recreational Sports and became an official Sport Club in 2017.
Kelly is entering her fourth year coaching the Ohio State Club Dance Team. She is from Avon Lake, Ohio and grew up dancing at Miss Kristin’s Dance Studio. She graduated in 2015 from Magnificat High School where she was a four year member of the dance team. While a student at Ohio State, she danced and competed as a member of The Ohio State University Club Dance Team and served as the team president from 2017 - 2019. After graduating, Kelly continued at Ohio State where she received her doctorate in occupational therapy and was a dancer for the Columbus Destroyers AFL team. During her last year of OT school she began coaching the team with Lauren.
Lauren has been coaching the Ohio State Club Dance Team for eight seasons. She grew up dancing and competing at Marjorie Jones School of Dance in Columbus, OH where she fell in love with competitive dance. While attending the Ohio State University, she auditioned for the Ohio State Club Dance Team during its inaugural season in 2014 and danced and competed with the team for three years. During her time in college, she also trained in New York City at Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester with focuses in jazz, musical theatre, hip hop and contemporary. After graduating, Lauren began coaching the Ohio State Club Dance Team as assistant and later co-coach alongside Kelly Walsh. Lauren and Kelly have helped create a national reputation for the Ohio State Club Dance Team within the NDA competitive circuit as well as a close-knit dance family within the Ohio State community.
The Club Dance Team is a student-run organization. This allows team members the opportunity to handle team organization, fundraising, budgeting, communication, apparel and more. Each year, our team selects their peers to serve on the Executive Board.
Jenna Muñoz
Abby Griffith
Vice President of Logistics: Lainey Harris
Treasurer: Macyn Swincicki
Fundraising: Maddie Jecker
Administration: Dilynn Parker
Apparel: Haylie Srbinovich
Social Media: Paisley French
Social Chair: Victoria Strom
Health and Wellness: Reagan Thunberg
Safety Officer: Julia Strasburg