Word: chestney
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...dangerous neck compression, which turned out to not be serious, is that the insurance company will not allow the cheerleaders to perform stunts until they have a coach. Although she points out, "It's not like a coach is going to catch the girl who's falling," L. Elaine Chestney '98, the president of the cheerleading club, said, "Having a coach is a very good thing," since such a gymnastic and potentially dangerous sport as cheerleading requires a coach to help perfect technique and prevent accidents...
John Wentzell, associate director of athletics, said, "This [accident] just highlighted the nature of their activity so we'll take a closer look at it," saying that he had met with the cheerleaders and they had discussed further ways to recruit coaches. However, Chestney expressed concern that they may not find a coach soon. The Harvard cheerleaders have not had a regular, paid coach in recent memory. Perhaps this lack of professional coaching has been an obstacle to competing in national forums; we hope that a coach is the first step toward that level of competition...
...Hopefully we'll work something out soon to get back to our pyramids," Chestney said. We too hope that one of the few teams on which men and women can work together to achieve athletic excellence gets a coach to help them in those efforts. The Athletic Department should work to quickly--and safely--get the cheerleaders back on each other's shoulders...
...People fall from stunts, but usually they're caught in the proper way," Chestney said. "This doesn't happen very often...
...Chestney said that accidents are uncommon in cheerleading...