Life U Classic & SSAC Championships Weekend
Cheerleading / 03.09.24
Marietta, GA.- The Life U Competitive Cheer team had a weekend full of competition. On Friday morning Life University Classic was hosted at home where the team took part in two competitions. In the first competition the Eagles placed third out of seven teams, posting a score of 83.43. In the second round the Running Eagle's made some improvement and posted a score of 87.75, which gave them a second place in the last competition of the day.
Southern States Athletic Conference Competitive Cheer Championships began on Saturday morning at 9 am EST at the Eagle's Nest. The Running Eagle's took home a third-place finish.
Life U finished the event with an overall score of 81.22, finishing behind Florida Memorial University, and UT Southern. The Running Eagles opened with a strong preliminary round score of 82.85 trailing second placed FMU by 4.1 points. In the final round, which accounted for 75% of the final score, Life U scored an 80.68 for the final average of 81.22.
Head coach Sara Killough shared her thoughts on the weekend hosting Life University Classic and the conference championships, stating, "I am incredibly proud of our season. I had 3 seniors on the mat and my hope for this weekend was that they will be able to end their career at Life University knowing they did the best performance of their life. I think we achieved that. I'm also so proud of our Athletics staff, Administration, and my program for how well they executed hosting this large event this weekend. From the grounds crew who did so much work to set up for our banquet to our AD and Assistant ADs who are our biggest cheerleaders and supporters, Thank you so much for making this weekend amazing."
