Those iconic jump splits that Kelcey Wetterberg performs as a member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders aren’t as daunting as they seem, she says. Kelcey Wetterberg, center, performs before a Dallas Cowboys game. She said those splits aren’t as daunting as they look.
“If you have the splits down,” she said, “it’s not so bad.” Neither is wearing the sexy outfits, says the 27-year-old from Omaha, who danced at Millard West and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as at Arizona State before trying out for one of the most famous cheerleading squads in the world. It’s the stars she sees in the eyes of the little girls who want to grow up to be just like her that she’ll remember more.
“They just go crazy,” Wetterberg said. “You know you can have a pretty big impact.” Claire Wolford of Lincoln was also part of the squad this year.
She was a cheerleader from 2020 to 2024. That impact grew this summer. She had one of the larger roles on “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” a docuseries that covered the 2023-24 season.
Lincoln’s Claire Wolford also was a part of the team. Wetterberg said the response to the show has been “pretty overwhelming.” “I never in a million years expected myself to be on this team and on a Netflix show and have people recognize me when I go out in public,” she said.
The show documented the last of five years on the squad for Wetterberg, who is staying on as part of an all-star team that helps with.