Recap Roundup: DCI Southwestern Championship

The DCI Southwestern Championship presented by Fred J. Miller, Inc. was the first and last time all World Class corps will meet on the same day until the DCI World Championships Prelims in Indianapolis on August 10.

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Blue Devils (1^st – 90.100) won the show by 0.475 over Santa Clara Vanguard (2^nd – 89.625) by slight advantages in all three of the main categories of Total General Effect, Total Visual, and Total Music. Vanguard won Percussion, but placed 4^th in Brass. Only 0.45 down from SCV was Carolina Crown (3^rd – 89.175), placing 1^st in Brass and Music Analysis, but finishing 8^th in Color Guard.

Bluecoats (4^th – 88.025) finished 6^th in Color Guard and 4^th in Total General Effect, despite taking 1^st from one of the four General Effect judges. The Cavaliers (5^th – 87.000) were pretty even across all captions except Color Guard, which they won. Boston Crusaders (6^th – 85.625) were 6^th or 7^th in all captions. The Cadets (7^th – 84.975) were 5^th in Color Guard and 6^th or 7^th in everything else except for 8^th in Music Analysis.

Phantom Regiment (8^th – 83.350) was 8^th or 9^th in all total captions, but took 4^th in Color Guard against Blue Knights' 13^th place finish in that caption. That one caption alone dropped Blue Knights (9^th – 82.525) under Regiment, as all other captions finished between 7^th and 9^th.

Crossmen (10^th – 80.250) finished 10^th or 11^th in all captions. Blue Stars (11^th – 80.050) were between 10^th or 12^th in all captions, trading many caption placements with Crossmen.

Mandarins (12^th – 78.325) traded captions with Madison Scouts (13^th – 78.025), with the 0.70 advantage over Scouts in Color Guard calling the matchup. The Scouts finished 0.30 under Mandarins, but with the Color Guard score being divided in half before being added to the total score, that 0.35 difference in the guard score pushed the Wisconsin corps out of the top-12 finishers in San Antonio.

The Academy (14^th – 75.800), Troopers (15^th – 73.975), and Colts (16^th – 73.675) were even keel across the score sheets.

Within the next close grouping of three corps of Spirit of Atlanta (17^th – 71.425), Pacific Crest (18^th – 70.625), and Oregon Crusaders (19^th – 70.150), Pacific Crest's 14^th-place finish in Visual Analysis was the most notable.

Genesis (20^th – 67.900) finished atop Seattle Cascades (21^st – 67.000) based on minor advantages in most captions and a 0.70 advantage in Brass. (Remember only General Effect isn't first divided in half.) Jersey Surf (22^nd – 63.525) bested Pioneer (23^rd – 61.225) in all captions except for Color Guard and Brass.

Guardians, the only corps in Open Class competition, scored 58.925.