Northwest Missouri State and Lindenwood cheerleaders finishsecond at world competition

Northwest Missouri State

The Northwest Missouri State University cheerleading team placed fifth at the 2016 World University Cheer competition in the Premier Large Coed division on Sunday afternoon at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports’ HP Pavillion. This followed up a second place finish in the UCA Division II Coed competition on Saturday.

Lindenwood University, 2015 national champions, finished in second place while Northwest took 11th in the finals of the Open Jazz competition on Sunday.  Avila, out of Kansas City, took 13th in Open Jazz

Open Jazz

1 Minnesota State – Mankato
2 University of Saint Thomas
3 Lindenwood University
4 University of Central Oklahoma
5 Orange Coast College
6 St Cloud State University
7 West Chester University
8 University of California-San Diego
9 St Josephs College
10 Grand Canyon University
11 Northwest Missouri State University
12 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
13 Avila University
14 Endicott College
15 Bridgewater State University

Division II Coed

1 University of West Georgia
2 Northwest Missouri State University
3 University of Puerto Rico – Bayamon
4 University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez
5 Pittsburg State University
6 University of Puerto Rico – Humacao
7 Caribbean University