“My team worked really hard so I was pretty confident going into the race [Calgary] but I also had some doubts in my head,” admitted Voroniuk.
The three-minute routine, performed by the team, combines a mix of advanced acrobatics, lifting moves and dance, all in perfect synchrony. Voroniuk explained that they started working on it last fall and over the past few months have been adding something and gradually making it more difficult.
Saturday’s event featured over 100 teams from across Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan and over 1,500 athletes. When asked why she thought her team stood out, Voroniuk replied that her team could do better.
“Most of the teams there were just there for a regular competition, but we were there to make something bigger out of it,” she said.
The win gave the Prairie Fire the opportunity to compete in more national and international events. They already submitted an offer to compete in Florida in May and expected a response as early as Monday night. If their offer is approved, their entire trip would be paid for. However, if it doesn’t work out, Woroniuk said they can still compete in California in April.
Prior to the Calgary competition, the Saskatoon Fire placed first in events over the two months at Lloydminster and Warman.
Voroniuk’s mother, Lorena Willness, explained that before cheerleading, her daughter played minor hockey with her brothers.
“I thought it would be a quick sweet phase. Anyway, as I watch what she and the other girls are doing and how intense it is, choreographed to the seconds and inches. I never cease to be amazed,” Willness said.
Willness also noted that her daughter travels to Saskatoon for training three times a week and is holding on through injuries.
“The lifts, jumps, splits, the air just spins everything. It’s always amazing to see a finished routine. I’m so proud of them and I want people to know that cheering is a sport and these kids are true athletes,” she said.
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Source: panow.com
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