COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The accomplished, national-champion winning Ohio State dance team will be vying for a world championship soon. The Buckeyes jazz and pom routines were selected by USA Cheer to represent them at the International Cheer Union World Championships in Orlando. The world championships will take place from April 24-26. “This is certainly […]
Monica Aldama had been coaching cheer squads since 2000 and began her career at Navarro College teaching mathematics and sponsoring the college’s cheerleading team.
new sport where they truly feel that it s utilizing their athletic skill set and to where they re recognized for the amazing abilities that they have. u.s.a. cheer and national collegiate acrobatics and tumbling association, or ntaca, on taking the necessary steps to meet ncaa standards, participation from at least 20 schools, consistent score keeping, and competitive regular and post season. our goal is to provide new opportunities for female athletes at the collegiate level. giving these competitors something to flip over. they have so many opportunities, and i ve been doing this for so many years and to see it develop into something new like this is awesome. both groups hope to have a plan by the spring and hope to have competitive programs up and running by next year but it will be up to the ncaa to make the official ruling. juliet: that is a sport, bill. laura. right? don t you think?
invested years of training and dedication, that s something they have always dreamed of. sonja stark considers herself an athlete. we re in the weight room. we re lifting weights. we re competing with the football guys. but in july, a connecticut judge disagreed. ruling cheerleading is too underdeveloped and disorganized to qualify as a sport under title 9. the 1972 law ensuring equal rights for women s athletics. now, two different organizations are taking matters into their own hands. we want to establish a new sport where they truly feel that it s utilizing their athletic skill set and to where they re recognized for the amazing abilities that they have. u.s.a. cheer and the national collegiate acrobatics and tumbling association or ncata are taking the necessary steps to meet ncaa standards.