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A pair of Hawaii born Cheerleaders win World Championship
Hawaii's Cayla Cabanban and Anuhea Keene competed for USA Cheerleading in the ICU World Championships in April.
The Duo traveled to Orlando, Florida and helped lead Team USA to a 1st place finish to secure the gold.
'This is everything I've I've trained for, I dreamed of. I like, prayed for. And so I just took it moment, moment by moment, step by step, and just lived in the moment and tried not to get carried away with how I was feeling at the time,' said Cabanban.
Keene, a Moanalua High School Alum was in her 5th stint with Team USA and winning her 5th ICU Premiere Co-Ed Championship.
While Cabanban, a Sacred Hearts alum and former Rainbow Wahine, was in her 1st year with USA Cheer at this competition.
'It was it was surreal. It was everything I ever dreamed of since I was a little kid and first ever started cheerleading,' said Cabanban.
For these two to earn a spot on the roster, they had to go through tryouts in October of 2024, and then once selected the squad only had a few months to prepare together before competition in April of 2025.
'There's only two girls on the team that that are on the US national team from Hawaii. So like, it's just very grateful to know that we in Hawaii still have talent and we can compete at this level just like everybody else, no matter how small the island is,' said Cabanban.
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