[Cheerleading] RedHawks Compete at National Tournament
By Chad Waller, Director of Athletics Communications and Sports Media
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2nd annual NAIA Competitive Cheer & Dance National Championships will be conducted on the campus of Oklahoma City University from March 9 – 10. There will be 12 competitive cheer programs and 12 competitive dance programs participating over the two-day stretch. Three institutions – Midland (Neb.), Oklahoma City and St. Ambrose (Iowa) – send both squads to the national championships.
Aquinas (Mich.) kicks-off the preliminary round of competitive cheer competition at 4:30 p.m. CST on Friday in Abe Lemons Arena. Competitive dance preliminary competition sees Martin Methodist (Tenn.) begin the routines at 6:45 p.m. On Saturday, the finals in each of the two sports is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (dance) and 12:15 p.m. (cheer) with the awards ceremony set to go at 2:25 p.m.