The Western Mustangs cheerleading team won its 25th national title in 26 years in the University and Open Cheerleading Championships Dec. 4 at the Powerade Centre in Brampton.
Western defeated second-place Queen’s by 40 points, while Waterloo placed third at the annual national cheerleading competition.
In what head coach David Trace describes as “the enormously competitive” men’s tumbling solo competition, Mustangs freshman Dillon Mugridge won the title, keeping Western’s six-year grip on the tumbling title intact.
There is no rest for the team as they head to a huge event in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, followed by the Cheersport Nationals in Atlanta.