By Staff Report
The University of Louisville spirit groups swept title after title at the 2005 Chick-fil-A Cheer and Dance Collegiate Championship in Daytona, Fla. The competition was held April 7-8.
U of L competed in five different categories and brought back three first-place and two second-place finishes.
The cheerleading groups won in all three categories: Cheer IA, All-Girl I and Small Co-ed I. This marked the first year the Cardinals competed in the Small Co-ed division.
The Ladybirds dance team fell 0.22 points behind Brigham Young University in the Dance IA competition to earn the second-place finish. U of L finished 0.09 points behind Hawaii Pacific University in the group stunt competition for runner-up honors.
A one-hour program of Division 1A will air on April 23 at 2 p.m. on CBS Sports.
U of L swept every category it competed in last year.
Members of the cheerleading and dance teams could not be reached for comment at press time.
Check next week’s edition of The Louisville Cardinal for more in-depth coverage.
