UP Pep Squad outstand in world cheerleading

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The University of the Philippines (UP) Pep Squad won in the 2015 Cheerleading World Championships, bagging up five medals in a two-day competition held in Berlin over the weekend.

The UP Pep Squad won two bronzes in cheerleading doubles and small groups mixed; and three silvers for junior cheer dance doubles, cheer dance doubles, and all-female cheerdance.

The group also placed fourth in the mixed cheer, fifth and sixth in all-female cheerleading small groups, mixed cheerleading small groups, while another group placed eighth in cheerleading doubles.

The UP Pep Squad also won a bronze and a silver in the seventh edition of the CWC which was previously held in Bangkok.

There are over 20 countries with 1,300 participants in CWC, but the cheering squad went up against them.

Japan won gold in junior cheerleading, female small groups, cheer dance doubles, and all-female cheer.

The UP Pep Squad placed third in the UAAP Cheer Dance Competition last October.