The Cheer-leading Worlds 2009
Worlds 2009 was a rough year for Senior Elite. They got third at Worlds as was expected. 2009 was the year Cheer Extreme began to be a "famous" gym. Girls like Erica and other girls on Senior Elite, Maddie Gardner were on covers of Cheer leading magazines. Senior Elite was actually just called Large Senior All-Girl, no specific name in 2009. They became Senior Elite in 2010. Erica was on two teams during 2009. She was on Unlimited Coed large level 5 and Senior Elite both in the Cheer Extreme gym. Unlimited Coed means that there can be more boys on the team than girls. It is a very common division in 2008-2009. It is still a division today, just not as popular. Mostly international teams compete in this division today. It was very common for girls and boys to be on more than one team in their gym. To compete at Worlds you have to be on ONE team only. You cannot compete with both teams. Erica picked to compete with Coed Level 5 instead of Senior Elite. Senior Elite got 3rd as did Coed 5. As you can see in the picture to the left, Erica's bases are boys therefore her competing with only Coed. This was Erica's only year competing with a Coed team.
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Erica's Performance
Erica competed extremely well for being in 6th grade at the time. As seen in the video above the stunts the do with Coed levels are much more dangerous and skillful than with All-Girl levels. There routine was completely filled with high flying stunt sequences and tumbling passes. During the teams tumbling sequence you see a small pyramid in the back. She is flying in a back layout pyramid while holding her back-spots' hands.(1:20-1:30) Erica also flies in the teams main stunt sequence. (48-1:12) She is the flier that is one left from center in the back line. In their pyramid you can see Erica do a heel stretch through to a scissor-kick front layout landing in a split. (Far left flip 2:13-2:16) Also, after she lands in her split you can see her go to an outside hitch pyramid as seen in the picture above. (far left in video)
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