US Nationals, Orlando Florida
Winner
Emerald Ball Championships, Los Angeles, CA
Winner
Seattle Star Ball, Seattle, WA
Winner
Quest for the Best, Seattle, WA
Top Student
US National Amateur DanceSport Championships, Provo UT
3rd, Finals
US National DanceSport Championships, Baltimore MD
Top Student
Blackpool England Junior Dance Festival
Top Competitor
Dance Beat Magazine – US National Amateur Championships, Provo
Running opposite this U/21 event was the US National Junior I Ballroom Championship. Kristers Smits & Sophie Shvartsmann in their 1st final of two they made today were the winners in all dances and they had the majority of 1st places in all dances. Also in two finals on the day, Tyler Li & Anjelica Lowe took 2nd here with 3,2,2,2,2. Jonas Terlekas & Ruby Castro were 3rd with 2,3,3,3,3. Timofei Plekhanov & Dascha Jayne Wright were 4th, 5,4,4,4,5; 5th Ivan Shneerson & Empria King 4,5,5,5,4; 6th Matvey Korsunkiy & Alisa Kashkeyvych 6,6,6,6,7; 7th Griffin Cooney & Josephine Taylor 7,7,7,7,6.
Ohio Star Ball Team Match
West team-Red
PT1 Standard and Latin – Arye Raksin and Emma Tesler
PT2 Standard and Latin- Anthony Mattos and Eva Zinchenko
JR1 Standard – Charles Lloyd and Polina Zaytseva
JR1 Latin – Jonas Terleckes and Ruby Castro
JR2 Standard – Nazar Yanchycshyn and Liza Shlimovich
JR2 Latin – Danylo Yanchyshyn and Dascha Wright
Youth Standard – Kinsley Lin and Michelle Yiu
Youth Latin – Lance Yasinsky and Annabelle Vinokur
Photo by Alex Havasi