One of the hardest-working spirit programs in the country remained near the top of the Division IA chart Sunday at the 2012 College Cheerleading and Dance National Championships. Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½’s cheerleaders finished third at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, while the KnightMoves dance team recorded ninth.<\/p>\n
With its third-place showing, the Black and Gold has now earned a top-three finish in each of the past six seasons. That includes a national title in 2007, while the Knights also were named the national champions in 2003. This year, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ completed the evening ranked behind only Kentucky and Alabama.<\/p>\n
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ also has placed in the top-10 of the College Cheerleading and Dance National Championships 17 times in the last 19 years under head coach Linda Gooch.<\/p>\n
In the Division IA hip hop dance competition, KnightMoves grabbed ninth for the second-straight year. Memphis took home the title, while only LSU, Cincinnati, Tennessee, UNLV, Florida State, Arizona State and Kentucky finished ahead of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the hardest-working spirit programs in the country remained near the top of the Division IA chart Sunday at the 2012 College Cheerleading and Dance National Championships. Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½’s cheerleaders finished third at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, while the KnightMoves dance team recorded ninth. With its third-place showing, the Black and Gold has now earned a top-three finish in…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":31943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[830,2842],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-31942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cheerleading","tag-linda-gooch"],"yoast_head":"\n