SEP Cheerleading to Compete Nationals

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Kaelee Keesee
Managing Editor
Varsity Cheerleader Molly Sweeden. Photo courtesy
of Kaelee Keesee.
                Senior Molly Sweeden has been a member of the SEP varsity cheer squad since her transfer to the school her freshmen year. Now, in her senior year, Sweeden will be making her second trip to NCA Nationals in Dallas, Texas, the last year she went being the 2013-14 season where the team placed seventh.
                Sweeden spends four days a week plus extra practice time with her team getting ready for the big competition. The team boards the plane to Dallas at 4 Friday morning and will compete Saturday.
                “I’m most excited to show off in front of thousands of people,” said Sweeden. The team will also be competing against teams they saw at state including Waukee and Ames.
            A competitive cheer routine consists of a two and a half minute routine with elements of a cheer, dance, stunting and tumbling. The met with a choreographer from the famous all-star team Top Gun earlier this summer to bring their routine to life.
                “[Our routine] is sassy. It’s got Beyoncé in it,” said Sweeden. In the routine, Sweeden is a base and also throws one of the team’s more difficult tumbling passes.

                “I hold people in the air and make sure they don’t fall or die,” said Sweeden. Throughout her high school experience, Sweeden says her biggest accomplishment was winning All-American at camp this summer.  

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