Oct. 20, 2009

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Athlon Sports has selected Karielle Chambers from the University of Missouri to represent her school, community and the Big 12 Conference in round three of this year's Sideline Spirit contest. Karielle is a member of the Golden Girls, and a pre-journalism major.

Voting for round three is underway and will run through 11:59pm on Friday, October 30th. Those wishing to vote must have an Athlon Sports account. Voting is limited to 20 times per day per account.

The Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest is entering its seventh year and has proven to be one of the site's most popular programs. At least 32 spirit contestants from across the country will be chosen to participate in this contest, which runs from the beginning of the college football season in September until the bowl season starts in December.

The program in broken into four rounds, featuring seven cheerleaders or dancers in each round (one from each BCS conference and one non-BCS representative). Visitors to our website get the opportunity to show their school spirit by voting for their favorite spirit contestant. Lively message boards bring out the very best in school spirit and the rivalry of college sports. At the conclusion of the regular season, spirit contestants will advance to our championship round. They can advance to the championship round by either obtaining the most votes in her round OR securing the most votes in her conference. The winner of the championship round is titled the overall winner of the contest.

The winner will be featured in the 2010 Athlon Sports College Football annuals and her squad will receive $2,000, plus a JVC HD Everio Camera and a JVC Micro System with iPod dock!

For more information and to place your vote, visit the Athlon Sports web site or Facebook page.