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.

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.