The Fredonia State cheerleaders finished fifth at the Universal Cheerleaders Association College Nationals at Disney's Wide World of Sports, held Jan. 19 at Orlando, Fla.
The Blue Devils, competing in the All Girls Division II category, performed twice during the competition, first to make it into the final eight, and then during finals. Video links to their performances are available on the www.varsity.com website.
The University of West Georgia won the event, followed by Southern Connecticut State, Fairmont State, the College of New Jersey, Fredonia State, Concord, Scranton, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Misercordia, and Avila. Each team wasjudged on crowd-leading ability, practicality, difficulty and execution, partner stunts, pyramids, baskets tosses, tumbling, and overall presentation.
The Blue Devils entered the competition Saturday with a perfect score of 15 crowd-score points after judges looked at submitted videotapes of all the team leading cheers at their respective schools.
See more on the Cheerleading Team at the athletics website.
