After capturing third place at the 2019 World Championship Finals, Santa Clara Vanguard broke a tie with the Blue Devils to solely hold the record for the most bronze-medal finishes in DCI history.

Vanguard’s 2019 third-place score of 96.600 notches a ninth bronze medal for the California corps. The previous tie with the Blue Devils, who also hold the record for most gold (19) and silver (11), stood more than a decade since the Devils’ last finish below first or second place at the 2006 DCI World Championships.

Top Medal Earners as of 2019

🥇 GOLD: Blue Devils (19), The Cadets (10), The Cavaliers/Santa Clara Vanguard (7)
🥈 SILVER: Blue Devils (11), Santa Clara Vanguard (8), The Cadets (6)
🥉 BRONZE: Santa Clara Vanguard (9), Blue Devils (8), The Cadets/The Cavaliers (7)

Vanguard’s Bronze-Medal History

1

1972

1972 Santa Clara Vanguard1972 Santa Clara Vanguard
87.350 | Whitewater Wisconsin

2

1976

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89.500 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3

1977

1977 Santa Clara Vanguard1977 Santa Clara Vanguard
89.850 | Denver, Colorado

4

1979

1979 Santa Clara Vanguard1979 Santa Clara Vanguard
90.700 | Birmingham, Alabama

5

1983

1983 Santa Clara Vanguard1983 Santa Clara Vanguard
92.750 | Miami, Florida

6

1984

1984 Santa Clara Vanguard1984 Santa Clara Vanguard
97.400 | Atlanta, Georgia

7

1997

1997 Santa Clara Vanguard1997 Santa Clara Vanguard
96.900 | Orlando, Florida

8

2004

2004 Santa Clara Vanguard2004 Santa Clara Vanguard
96.825 | Denver, Colorado

9

2019

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96.600 | Indianapolis, Indiana