University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 5. 1986
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Cheerleaders careful to prevent tragedies
By RIC ANDERSON Staff writer
Staff writer
KU cheerleaders say that the recent death of a cheerleader at North Dakota State University shocked them and that they will continue to take precautions to prevent such tragedies.
Janis Thompson, 21, died Friday from multiple skull fractures and brain damage she suffered after falling 10 feet from a formation she was practicing with other cheerleaders. The accident occurred at the university's basketball arena in Fargo, N.D.
"We were told about it in practice today and everybody was kind of quiet for a while," said Ron Sevart, Parsons sophomore and varsity member of the cheerleading team. "The first question we asked was 'Were enough precautions taken?'
Sevart said that after hearing of the accident the team looked at pictures of themselves to make sure they were taking enough
"On most pyramids we have three people spotting," he said. "We have one person on the inside, one on the outside and one for the head. On some, we have five people spotting."
precautions.
A padded practice floor is one precaution the team uses, he said. Thompson was injured after she fell from the third tier of a pyramid onto North Dakota State's basketball floor.
"That's the first thing that is taught to us," he said.
Sevart said that although it was impossible to be completely free from accidents such as these, the KU team is always cautious.
Sevart said the women were instructed to always look before they fell off the pyramids. The KU team is careful not to build their pyramids higher than safety allows, he said.
"We're not going to fall victim to the competition," he said. "Some things are more important than that and a human life is one of them."
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