Cheer Team Takes First Place at National Event

GSU won first place at CheerSport National on Feb. 14Georgia State's Cheerleaders earned first place in the College Small Coed 6 Division to claim status as a National Champion Sunday after the finals of the Cheersport National High School Cheer, All-Star Cheer, College Cheer, and Dance National Championships held at The Georgia World Congress Center Feb. 13-14.

The Panther Cheerleaders scored on top in the Small Coed Level 6 division above Georgia Tech, West Alabama, The University of Guelph from Canada, and Virginia Tech.

"This is a great group of student-athletes," head coach Darryl Lyons said."In the last two months of practices over the holiday break, the daily 6 a.m. practices, some…