Haley Tvinnereim has been able to get away from the cold weather in the region recently.
On consecutive weekends, the Jackson County Central graduate and South Dakota State cheerleader was in Frisco, Texas and Orlando, Florida. The Texas weekend was the Football Championship Subdivision national championship game and the trip to Florida was for the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship.
Haley is a senior at SDSU and is in her third year as a captain of the cheer team.
The Jackrabbit football team won its second straight national title, beating Montana 23-3.
From there, it was on to the UCA College Cheerleading National Championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando.
South Dakota State finished in eighth place in the Open All Girl Game Day Cheer Division.
Earlier the team had finished second of 17 teams in its prelim group and sixth out of 23 teams in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
Here are the top 10 teams and their score:
1. West Chester University 98.8
2. University of Rhode Island 98.4667
3. Sacred Heart University 98.4
4. Pearl River Community College 98.3
5. Towson University 96.2
6. Monmouth University 95.8333
7. Misericordia University 94.9667
8. South Dakota State University 93.8
9. Millersville University 93.1333
10. Loyola University Chicago 92.4