April 6, 2007
Cheerleading Team Just Short of Appearance in National Finals
Monarchs competed in NCA Collegiate Cheer Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, FL— The Methodist cheerleading team left Tuesday night to travel to Daytona Beach for the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Collegiate Cheer Competition.  The Monarchs competed in the Cheer Division II Preliminaries Thursday afternoon and came up just one tenth of a point away from reaching the finals.

Hawaii Pacific University led the group with a 9.07 while the Monarchs finished in fifth out of the seven teams with a 7.10.  Updates, photos and interviews from the competition can be found by visiting http://www.varsity.com/index.asp?article=2804

Some photos of Methodist student-athletes from the website: