Their performance skills, I mean you have to be able to sell it in cheerleading. They really just sold their performance. The 13 Floyd Central girls competed in the small varsity division of the competition with 45 other schools. Being selected to go to Dallas automatically meant that the team was in the top five percent of all cheerleading squads across the nation. Floyd Central qualified for the NCA competition based on their performance at one of the 1,300 summer cheerleading camps.
Teams also qualify by outstanding regional performances and by sending in video tapes.
The competition routine only lasts for two minutes and 15 seconds, but the teams must exhibit their tumbling, dance and cheering skills in that short time. It's a lot of pressure on the girls. A preliminary competition was held on Dec. 28 in which only 20 of the 45 teams would be selected for the finals on the next day. Floyd Central placed second during the prelims but came out on top when it really counted. But anything can go wrong.