Lakeland based youth cheerleading teams win medals at national competition

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Central Florida Sharks cheerleading program started two years ago. It has grown and now has close to 80 cheerleaders competing across multiple age groups.

What You Need To Know

  • The Central Florida Sharks are a youth recreation cheerleading program with four team across multiple age divisions
  • In the second year of the program, the Sharks had three teams compete at the Youth Cheer Globals competition
  • All three teams earned a bronze medal at the Globals competition

They have cheerleaders on four teams, ages 4 to 15. In just their second year, three teams traveled to New Jersey to compete at the Youth Cheerleading Globals competition.

“This is everything. I would have never imagined that we would have gone this far and we’re still growing. It’s very overwhelming. But in such a good way. We pour into these athletes as much as we can, and we truly love each and every one of them,” Central Florida Sharks Vice President Courtney Brown said…

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