UK Cheerleading is no stranger to championships, and two cheerleaders brought another one back to the Bluegrass this week.

Whitney Agee and Spencer Clan won the National Cheerleading Association Partner Stunt Championship on April 8 in Daytona, Florida.

This championship for the pair comes just months after the cheer team won its 22nd championship.

Clan is a junior, while Agee is an integrated strategic communications senior, though she will be returning for one more year at UK.

“I’m not ready to let it go,” Agee said.

She said that at the beginning of the year, there was no plan for her and Clan to compete in the partnered contest. Once they decided to compete, they put in a lot of work. Agee said she had never competed in partner stunt before.

“Being able to put our names down in history is something we’ve dreamt of doing for a long time,” Agee said.

Agee and Clan are not normally paired on the sidelines of UK games, but they have some experience stunting together. Agee said they have even stunted together since their senior year of high school as well as for nationals.

“They are the epitome of hard work, attention to detail and trust in their preparation process,” said head coach Jomo Thompson.

While this is a championship for just two people rather than the whole team, Agee’s focus was on certain people in the audience.

“It was actually a big honor to have won because a lot of our alumni were watching, and it felt great to make them proud,” Agee said. “We put a huge emphasis on doing things for the ones who did it before us, so making them proud was a big accomplishment.”

Agee was also happy to be with her current teammates as she and Clan won.

“The special part about this championship was that even though it was just us out on the mat, almost our entire program was there to watch and support us, so they were a part of the whole thing,” Agee said.

Those watching Agee and Clan were also champions.

“No other college cheerleading squad has dominated the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championships like Kentucky,” the cheerleading squad’s website said.

The team competes in the Universal Cheerleaders Association for championships and has won 22 times since 1985, according to the UK Cheer website.