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Dance team pom, American Rivers Conference Cheer and Dance Championships

Cheer & Dance Land Six All-Conference Performers

2/15/2026 9:18:00 PM

PELLA, Iowa (Feb. 15, 2026) - The 2026 American Rivers Conference Cheer & Dance Championships were held on Sunday afternoon inside of the P.H. Kuyper Fieldhouse on the Central College campus. BVU would place fourth in the hip-hop and pom divisions and fifth overall in jazz.

BVU and Dubuque both had two teams entered in the 5-person STUNT division and the Beavers would claim both second and fourth while the Spartans landed first and third.

Cheer five person stunt, American Rivers Conference Cheer and Dance Championships

The day concluded with the all-conference tryouts, and the Beavers dominated the list of honorees. Highlighting the list was freshman Keesha Lindemann who was named First Team All-Conference in both cheer and dance. Landing Second Team All-Conference cheer for the Beavers were Brianna Aspleaf, Keelie Martens, and Ashley Westering.

Senior Dayana Buesa joined Lindemann on the First Team All-Conference Cheer list.

For the fourth straight season it was Central College taking home the crown of overall dance team champion.