{"id":80491,"date":"2018-01-18T13:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=80491"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:55:27","slug":"knights-take-2nd-in-national-cheerleading-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/knights-take-2nd-in-national-cheerleading-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Knights Take 2nd in National Cheerleading Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Knights Cheer team captured second place at the national championships last weekend in Orlando, competing against 13 other teams at Walt Disney World Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights have now placed in the Top 10 of the College Cheerleading National Championships 23 times in the past 25 years under head coach\u00a0Linda Gooch, including national titles in 2003 and 2007. 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