McCasland at The University of Oklahoma, in Norman Oklahoma was built January 13, 1982, its first opening was with a basketball game between The Oklahoma Sooners and The Kansas Jayhawks, which resulted in a Sooner win. McCasland is now a place for athletes such as, volleyball, gymnast and cheerleaders. This is where the volleyball team and the gymnast perform and compete, but this is where cheerleaders practice.

Although, McCasland has been open for many years. I didn’t know of it until I became interested in the University of Oklahoma which was a year and a half ago. I have now spent more time in McCasland than I have in my own house in Washington over this last year. The meaning of McCasland to me is much deeper than just a building apart of my school campus. McCasland carries the root of my journey at OU. I am a current cheerleader for the university of Oklahoma and McCasland, is where I met everyone on the cheer team, it is where this whole journey began for me. I would say McCasland is the first chapter to my college story.

McCasland is where my team and I have put in blood, sweat and tears, to get the opportunity to cheer for the Sooners football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics teams. However, the biggest experience McCasland carries is the opportunity I had of being apart of the OU national cheerleading team.

During Christmas break myself and 19 other people out of the 42 of us on the team got chosen by our coach Miranda to represent OU and the UCA national cheerleading competition In January. While  everyone else on the team and everyone else on campus went home, we spent at least four hours everyday in McCasland for 35 days straight. Anytime I look at McCasland or walk in there a different memory pops up in my head, bad or good they still make me appreciate how much memory McCasland holds. McCasland is where my story has been written, it is where all the begin the scenes moments happened.