Undeated!

Today, was another eventful day for the Iowa Elite family. We traveled up to Ankeny, Iowa (a little north of Des Moines) to compete in the 7th annual Winterfest Cheerleading competition, hosted by our friends: Iowa All Stars. A large family of cheerleaders in the Des Moines area, much like Iowa Elite here in Cedar Rapids. Each of our teams competed against the other Iowa All Star teams and other close to home teams in a battle for trophies and titles. We arrived at noon, which first off I think is ridiculous considering we didn't perform until 4:10 but we had to be early to watch our other younger teams compete. After all of this, we warmed up and competed our routine against ourselves. We had no one in our division so obviously it made the competition less stressful for all until our head Coach and founder of Iowa Elite Cheer Inc; Todd told us that if we didn't win the "Judge's Cup" we were going to run five miles at practice on Wednesday. Usually, I'd say he was kidding but this time he was dead serious. We have been slacking lately I'll admit and we haven't been trying half as hard as we could be at practice, as a result our routine is continually getting sloppier and less attractive to the naked cheer watcher eye. The adrenaline we get when competing is about the only thing that has been keeping our team afloat, and I really hope that that changes in the near future or were dead when we get to March and down to Florida for Cheer Nationals. Anyways, we all were really upset because our warm ups weren't well and our performance (we were told by our coaches) was average and not to the best of our ability, which is not in our favor. The judge's cup is what we had to win and this is based off the routine the judge's believe the participants performed to the best of their ability. The routine with the most pizazz and the one that caught their eye the most. Last year, when I was on All Girl Senior, we took that home and believe me, Co-Ed was absolutely pissed off at us. Again this year, All Girl did exceptionally well and we all thought they were a shoo in for the judge's cup. We got nervous when award time came around but excited for our teams because we knew one of them would get it, unless an Iowa All Star team somehow did. Enough with rambling though, point blank: WE GOT IT. We took home that beautiful trophy, the title, and our pride of yet again being the best. So far this season, Iowa Elite Senior Co-Ed has gotten first at every single competition we have competed at and Grand Champs of all of it. It's been amazing and this season has truly been a gift. I know that at times we get down on ourselves for not being as good as we can be, but I am proud of every single one of my teammates who show everyone how it's done and done well. I'm so thankful to be a part of a championship undefeated team that will continue to win and lead ourselves into National Champions. Next weekend, we compete in Des Moines again for the National Qualifying competition where we get our chance at strutting our stuff for a bid to Nationals in March and I hope all goes well. As for practice on Wednesday, well at least we don't have to run those five miles. Buuut we do have to improve alot if we want to win it. I think we can do it. No; I know we can do it! Undefeated and that's how we will stay!!

IOWA ELITE SENIOR CO-ED LEVEL 3 TEAM 2009-2010 :):)