The McMaster Marauders Cheerleaders are trying to bounce back from a failed routine in Florida that went viral late last week. On April 6 and 7, the team competed in the National Cheerleading Association and National Dance Alliance Collegiate Championships in Daytona, Florida. After multiple failures, a video of the team’s first race went viral on Twitter. The errors begin during the first 20 seconds of the nearly two-minute performance. In one scene, a lady is thrown at least 10 feet into the air, but instead of flying up, she flies to the side and is caught just inches from the mat below. After regrouping, two groups of individuals build a pyramid, one of which almost saw a woman stick her head into the mat.
Mcmaster Marauders cheerleading video
On Twitter, videos of the routine received more than 430,000 views, accompanied by several scathing responses. Thalia Marinis, a cheerleader for the team, said in a TikTok video that the team did well in practice but not on the mat. “We were literally being cyberbullied,” she explained, “and the trainers were telling us to ignore all the mean tweets.” “We decided to go for a walk and eat something to feel better…it was exactly what I needed to feel better about our terrible day of competition.”
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According to competition scores, they had 10 deductions and finished last in their division, Women’s Advanced Division 1A, that day. According to coach Kelly Van Burgsteden, the team has been practicing since last summer and won the Power Cheerleading Athletics Collegiate Championship (PCA), which motivated them to participate in this tournament. She said that this was the team’s first performance at this level. “When a cheerleading skill fails, it can look scary to the general public.” “No one was hurt,” she said in an email.
“It happens to even the best teams, and sometimes it’s just not your day…we’ll be better in the long run.” This is how programs learn and evolve.” She, like Marinis, blamed some of the mistakes on the heat. “We compete in hockey arenas in Canada and we have to jump backstage to keep warm,” Van Burgsteden explained. “There’s no way to simulate the exhaustion caused by heat rising from the ground under the Daytona sun.” It’s something that only gets better with practice.” On day 2, the team had a chance to redeem itself. “There’s not a lot of stress because our performance can’t be worse than yesterday.” “There is a lot of stress because we really want to prove ourselves,” Marinis said of the second day on TikTok.
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