ATHENS -
The Concord cheerleading team's January trip to Disney World was fun, but it was no
vacation.
The Lady Lions traveled to "The Happiest Place on Earth" to take part in the National Collegiate
Cheerleading Championships the weekend of January 13-15, and came home with the 8th place trophy in the All-Girls Division II competition.
Fifteen teams composed the field, with the top nine advancing to the final round.
"I'm very proud of how we did," said CU head coach Lisa Blankenship. "We compete with 20 members on the team, and 14 were new this year, including all five of our ‘flyers.' The results were very close – only seven points separated us from third place. It's the eighth straight year Concord has finished in the national top ten."
The University of West Georgia won the event, with Slippery Rock, Southern Connecticut State, Avila University and Misericordia University completing the top five. The rest of the top ten was the College of New Jersey, Kutztown University, CU, the University of Scranton and Fredonia State University.
2012 marked CU's 16th consecutive appearance in the national competition.
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