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Kentucky Wildcats Cheerleading Wins National Championship

The Kentucky Wildcats cheerleading squad has won the 2016 National Championship.

The Cats were victorious at the UCA College National Cheerleading Championships at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida this weekend.

Congratulations to your 2016 D IA Coed National Champions, @KentuckyCheer! #UCAnationals pic.twitter.com/DK6jJV5I0t

— UCA (@UCAupdates) January 18, 2016
— Kentucky Cheer (@KentuckyCheer) January 18, 2016

Here's how the event finished with four SEC teams in the final top five:

1 University of Kentucky

2 UCF

3 University of Alabama

4 University of Mississippi

5 Mississippi State University

6 University of Cincinnati

7 The Ohio State University

8 Western Kentucky University

9 University of Tennessee

10 Louisiana State University

11 Rutgers University

12 Washington State University

13 University of Minnesota

Congratulations to the cheerleaders for all their hard work paying off as they claimed the school's 21st national title.