Cheerleaders win national competition

Congratulations to the Delaware Valley College Aggie Cheerleaders who won first place at the Reach the Beach National Cheer competition in Ocean City, Md., over the weekend, earning top honors in the All-Girl College Small Advanced Division.

Several of the team members are from the Pottstown area and other parts of Montgomery County.

Members of the team include: seniors Sara Schwartz of Elkins Park, PA, majoring in criminal justice administration and Jennifer DeLucia of Collegeville, PA, and Brandy Wakeman of Candor, NY, both accounting majors; juniors, Jessica Brown of Middlesex, NJ, and Kelly Harding of Denver, PA, both majoring in zoo science and Ashley Vulpi of Howell, NJ, majoring in business; sophomores Ashley Groff of West Chester, PA, majoring in biology, Jocelyn Hollway of Dallastown, PA, majoring in small animal science and Sarah Vrabel of Wrigthsville, PA majoring in secondary education with a specialization in agriculture; and freshmen Shannon Collins of Royersford, PA, majoring in biology, Kourtney Conti of Lancaster, PA, majoring in small animal science, Elizabeth Farsi of Bound Brook, NJ, Mackenzie Gerlach of Easton, PA, majoring in small animal science; Deanne Larson of Pottstown, PA, majoring in biology, Heather Maurer of Coopersburg, PA, majoring in conservation and wildlife management, Catherine Novak of Duryea, PA, majoring in secondary education with a specialization in mathematics, Nicole Sellers-Hansen of Hampstead, MD, majoring in small animal science, Sarah Winterbottom of Belvidere, NJ.