Tag: Cheer
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My Championship Rings
3 years after my 6-year national/world championship cheerleading career came to a close (2011-2017), I finally grew to be financially responsible enough to finish my ring collection. I won my first ring as a college freshman at Hofstra and continued to compete for the United States National Team 2 years after I graduated (both programs…
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Replacing Cheer Camp with Camping
Working my usual summer consists of constant (mostly domestic) traveling to teach cheerleading camps. Now that we are in a worldly pandemic, traveling and mass get-togethers have diminished. As much as I’m bummed about missing out on camp, this means I have been home in Colorado nearly every weekend! I’ve lived in Colorado for 3…
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The Colorado Storm vs. My Travel Plans
This post is my weirdest one ever– featuring an almost cancelled work trip that I really wanted to be part of. I usually rewrite my blogs 10+ times before publishing them, but I posted this one after the trip was cancelled and before I knew it could be saved. Naturally, I kept parts of the…
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How to Feel When You’re Done Cheering
You know you’ve heard this throughout your cheerleading career, “You’re going to miss these tough moments when it’s all over… you’ll want to be back at practice, back on the sidelines, back on the mat…. just one more time…..” Now we’re in has-been heaven, reliving the glory days in our heads, asking ourselves if missing…
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