Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova
Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova
Roman Malkhasyan & Galina Detkina
Roman Malkhasyan & Galina Detkina
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US National Pro Smooth Championship
US National Pro Smooth Championship
Travis & Jaimee Tuft
Travis & Jaimee Tuft
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Yegor Novikov & Tatiana Voilokova
Yegor Novikov & Tatiana Voilokova
Aleksandar Vukosavljevic & Alexandra Smirnova
Aleksandar Vukosavljevic & Alexandra Smirnova
Tykhon Zhyvkov & Yana Zhyvkov
Tykhon Zhyvkov & Yana Zhyvkov
Kharyton & Anastasiya Khomenko
Kharyton & Anastasiya Khomenko
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Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova won the US National Latin Championships for the second time with also nearly perfect scores from the judges. The won the paso doble with perfect scores from all judges but in the other four dances they missed by one or two marks; in the cha cha and samba judge Corky Ballas was the only judge to award them second place and in in the rumba and jive Linda Wakefield joined Corky and both awarded them seconds in this two dances.
US National Pro Latin Championship
US National Pro Latin Championship
Andrei Kazlouski & Nino Dzneladze
Andrei Kazlouski & Nino Dzneladze
Mykhailo Bilopukhov & Anastasiia Shchypilina
Mykhailo Bilopukhov & Anastasiia Shchypilina
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Manuel Favilla & Natalia Maiduk
Manuel Favilla & Natalia Maiduk
Tal Livshitz & Ilana Keselman
Tal Livshitz & Ilana Keselman
Nikolai Tarasov & Sarah Nolan
Nikolai Tarasov & Sarah Nolan
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L to R: Martin Ciang, Charles Zwerling, Erin Drake, Wayne Eng
L to R: Martin Ciang, Charles Zwerling, Erin Drake, Wayne Eng
L to R: Martin Chiang, Slawek Sochaki, Marzena Stachura, Wayne Eng
L to R: Martin Chiang, Slawek Sochaki, Marzena Stachura, Wayne Eng
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L to R: Martin Chiang, John DePalma, Wayne Eng
L to R: Martin Chiang, John DePalma, Wayne Eng
John DePalma
John DePalma
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The US Open to the World Scholarships and National Scholarships in the Ballroom division were held at the end of the afternoon, as you saw the day before there was no Pro/Am Scholarships on Friday so all scholarships in the Ballroom were Saturday afternoon.
US Open Pro-Am S1 Ballroom
US Open Pro-Am S1 Ballroom
Linda Gill w/ Luca Balestra
Linda Gill w/ Luca Balestra
Llewelyn Nielsen w/ Oreste Alitto
Llewelyn Nielsen w/ Oreste Alitto
Annie Chan w/ Cristian Radvan
Annie Chan w/ Cristian Radvan
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In the Open Senior 1 National things were a little different here the winner was Llewelyn Nielsen w/Oreste Alitto, she placed second in the waltz and won the other three dances. Agnes Mah who did not enter the open to the world with teacher Stefano Di Brino took second overall 4,2,2,2,2, and third also did not enter the Open to the world Kathy Stetler w/Alexander Voskalchuk 1,4,3,3,6. Annie Chang w/Cristian Radvan placed fourth 3,3,5,5,3; Linda Gill w/Luca Balestra in this nationals was fifth 5,5,4,4,5, and sixth went to Mike Brown w/Anna Oblakova 6,6,6,6,4.
US Open Pro-Am S2 Ballroom
US Open Pro-Am S2 Ballroom
Lynn Murrel w/ Andrea Zaramella
Lynn Murrel w/ Andrea Zaramella
Sheila Abrahams w/ Andrii Mykhailov
Sheila Abrahams w/ Andrii Mykhailov
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Linda Gill w/Luca Balestra also won the Senior 2 US National Open Ballroom Championship placing first in all dances. Lynn Murrell w/Andrea Zaramella placed this time second in all dances and Shela Abraham w/Andrii Mykhailov was overall third 3,3,3,3,4. Peter Chou w/Xenia Cletova placed fourth overall 4,4,4,4,3; fifth in all dances went to Gloria Genevieve w/Samuel Pacchini; sixth was Carolyn Homoly w/Dmitriy Solomakha, and seventh was awarded to Maryann Nichols w/Mirko Spano.
US Open Pro-Am A Ballroom
US Open Pro-Am A Ballroom
Tessa Kolaczenko w/Artur Kozun
Tessa Kolaczenko w/Artur Kozun
Laura Simon w/Martin Reinbold
Laura Simon w/Martin Reinbold
Alex Caraballoso w/Ihar Kisialiou
Alex Caraballoso w/Ihar Kisialiou
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The Nationals A division was awarded overall to Kristina Mazhar w/Alex Spencer 2,1,3,1,1. This time Alex Caraballoso w/Ihar Kisialiou took second 1,2,1,2,4; Tessa Kolaczenko w/Artur Kozun placed third 3,3,2,4,3 and once again Arun Garg w/Madalina Letting took fourth 4,4,4,3,2. Alina Huang Sakura w/Eugene Bubyr was fifth 5,5,5,5,6, and Annette Baird w/Alexey Grinev placed sixth overall 6,6,6,6,5.
US Open Pro-Am C Ballroom
US Open Pro-Am C Ballroom
Jill Bradford w/ Andrea Stefano
Jill Bradford w/ Andrea Stefano
Natasha Janey w/Iaroslav Bielieli
Natasha Janey w/Iaroslav Bielieli
Kyle Brown w/Vladislav Shakhov
Kyle Brown w/Vladislav Shakhov
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In the US National C, Patricia Schneider w/Sergey Bondarenko placed first 1,2,1,1,2; Kyle Brown w/Vladislav Shakhov took second 3,1,2,2,1, and Natasha Janey w/Iaroslav Bielievi was third 2,3,3,3,3. Fourth in all dances went to Antonia Frost w/Riccardo Conte, fifth was Meridith Kaplan w/Rudy Homm, and sixth was awarded to Catherine Blondell w/Andrii Mykhailov.
US Open Pro-Am B Ballroom
US Open Pro-Am B Ballroom
Sabrina Zagolin & Yuriy Kravets
Sabrina Zagolin & Yuriy Kravets
Laura Shooks w/ Alexander Voskalchuk
Laura Shooks w/ Alexander Voskalchuk
Aleksandra Grocott w/Andrii Mykhailov
Aleksandra Grocott w/Andrii Mykhailov
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The National Open was also won by Sabrina Zagolin w/Yuriy Kravets in all dances. Second but now in all dances went to Laura Shooks w/Aleander Voskalchuk; third overall again went to Aleksandra Grocott w/Andrii Mykhailov 3,3,4,4,3; Dana Miller w/Oreste Alitto was fourth 4,4,3,3,4; Vinie Miller w/Stefano Di Brino placed fifth in all dances and she did not compete in the Open to the World Championship; Bo Chang w/Valerio Colantoni took sixth, and Annette Baird w/Alexey Grinev was seventh.
The Rhythm Got Them!
Last year Andre & Natalie Paramonov retired from the Professional Rhythm arena leaving a void in our Rhythm space.
This void has been filled this year with new champions and new directions. Francesco Arietta & Jessa Mae Briones were crowned last night United States Professional Rhythm Champions, this solidified their win from last week at the Embassy Ball as World Professional Rhythm Champions.
US National Pro Rhythm Championship
US National Pro Rhythm Championship
Francesco Arietta & Jessa Mae Briones
Francesco Arietta & Jessa Mae Briones
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Andrew Escolme & Asta Sigvaldadottir took second in every dance and yes one first in four dances was given to them by different judges and two in the cha cha, but not enough to overcome the landslide sweep by Francesco & Jessa. Andrew & Asta danced quite well even though they were hard to find or should we say they often danced so close to the audience that they almost disappeared, especially for those on the far side of the floor or for the judges who were lined up in front of the stage. This was not just them - many of the couples in this final decided to dance right on top of the audience, leaving the center of the floor nearly empty.
Andrew Escolme & Asta Sigvaldadottir
Andrew Escolme & Asta Sigvaldadottir
Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin
Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin
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Kevin Ubillus & Milargros Lareto
Kevin Ubillus & Milargros Lareto
Ivan Kudashev & Ksenia Sokolova
Ivan Kudashev & Ksenia Sokolova
Shane & Shannon Jensen
Shane & Shannon Jensen
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There was one surprise for us we kind of expected Roger Romero & Arismel Naya to make it back at least to the semifinal round but it was not do be they were left out in the quarter final round, apparently they did not have enough marks. Roger & Arismel have a wonderful look and for us they seem to be doing quite a few “Rhythm” moves. We also thought the RS winners, Illie Bardahan & Oxana Kashkina had a shot at this final.
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
Maksym Savytskyi & Polina Riabovil
Maksym Savytskyi & Polina Riabovil
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Gaetano Iavarone & Emanuela Napolitano
Gaetano Iavarone & Emanuela Napolitano
Radu Sterban & Xenia Cletova
Radu Sterban & Xenia Cletova
Danill Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Danill Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Andreii Mykhailov & Ekaterina Popova
Andreii Mykhailov & Ekaterina Popova
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Total entries in the Rhythm were 26 couples and in the Ballroom there were 25 in the Ballroom. The organizers made the decision to dance these events over 4 rounds even though both could have been danced in 3 rounds. A tough decision, but the extra time meant that the ballroom was barely half full by the finals and results – it was just too long for many in the audience.
The US Open Amateur Ballroom was also held this night but attracted only 5 entries. The winners in all dances were Andri Cutashevskii & Anna Vasina. 2nd in all went to Maksym Savytskyy & Marta Tyutyunnyk. 3rd Roman Shchochka & Marta Tyutunnyk 3,3,4,3,3; 4th Mariia Aleksieiev & Kateryna Vusatenko 4,4,3,4,4; 5th Brian Noon & Anastasia Tatarenko 5,5,5,5,5.
We also saw the final 2 Rising Star event and the winners were Ron Garber & Klaudia Petriti (Latin) and Lukas Spisak & Eva Tibenska (Smooth).
An Open, Latin day at USDC!
Yesterday at the USDC the Professional Open to the World Championships were held in both the Latin and the Ballroom divisions.
We also saw the conclusion of the fully packed Latin day for Pro/Am dancing with the Open and National Championships and it was full of surprises.
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Daniil Tymoshenko & Vlada Vursalova
Daniil Tymoshenko & Vlada Vursalova
Andrii Voloshkov & Kateryna Kyrylenko
Andrii Voloshkov & Kateryna Kyrylenko
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Only two couples came from outside the USA and they were from Japan and Slovakia, but only one of them made it to the final, Naoto Nomura & Karin Yamasaki from Japan who placed fifth overall 4,5,6,4,6. The coupe from Slovakia, Thomas Jy Loewe & Nirvan did not get out of the first round of competition. In sixth position in this US Open To the World Professional Latin event were Robin Alexander Veskus & Diana Gavrilona 6,6,5,6,5.
US Open Pro Ballroom
US Open Pro Ballroom
Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazhina
Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazhina
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova
Maksym Savytskyi & Polina Riabovil
Maksym Savytskyi & Polina Riabovil
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In this Open to the World Ballroom Championship second place in all dances was awarded to Valeriu Ursache & Liana Bakhtiarova. Maksym Savytsyi & Polina Riabolvil took all thirds. Fourth place overall went to Radu Sterban & Xenia Cletova 5,4,4,5,4; fifth was awarded to Andrii Mykhailov & Ekaterina Popova 4,5,5,4,5, and sixth in all dances went to Marek Klepadlo & Nina Zhiting Yang.
In the Pro/Am divisions the US Open to The World Cabaret Championship was very contested and the level of difficulty of some of this choreographies made your head spin. The easy winners from the judges perspective was Sophia D’Angelo w/Victor DaSilva. This was perhaps not our favorite routine we have seen from this lady, but she did bring not only lifts but also quality of movements in their transitions as well as a good balance when it came to floor movements.
US National Pro-Am Cabaret Championship
US National Pro-Am Cabaret Championship
Sophia D'Angelo w/ Victor Da Silva
Sophia D'Angelo w/ Victor Da Silva
Jorge Amaro w/Tetyana Makarenko
Jorge Amaro w/Tetyana Makarenko
Daniella Soroka w/Igor Puzhevick
Daniella Soroka w/Igor Puzhevick
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Robert Haworth w/Rachel Sayotovich placed fourth overall; Maya Rao w/Douglas Dombrowik took fifth overall and Alexandra Kaiser w/Colton Gannon took sixth from the judges.
As we mentioned earlier, the US Open to the world Pro/Am Latin took place this same day and finished with the finals in the evening. Many of them were quite good and here are your results.
US Open Pro-Am S2 Latin
US Open Pro-Am S2 Latin
Nora Fox w/ Plamen Danailov
Nora Fox w/ Plamen Danailov
Espernaza Blair w/ Andre Paramonov
Espernaza Blair w/ Andre Paramonov
Alice Lekht w/Igor Derimov
Alice Lekht w/Igor Derimov
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Nora Fox once again won all dances in the US Open National event and Esperanza also captured second place in all dances. Alice Lekht w/Igor Derimov were also third but with lower marks than in the Open to the World, 5,4,3,3,5. In this heat there was a tie for fourth place which a Rule10 easily broke and here Philippa Zemelman w/Nikolai Pilipenchuk took fourth 6,3,5,4,3 =21, and Susan Sordoni & Francesco Arietta ended up with fifth overall 3,5,4,5,4 =21. And sixth place was awarded to Toni Mullins w/Tomasz Wlodarski 4,6,6,6,6. Toni competed in the Open to the world but was not called for the final.
US Open Pro-Am B Latin
US Open Pro-Am B Latin
Lindsey Keatley w/ Francesco Arietta
Lindsey Keatley w/ Francesco Arietta
Christine Stanko w/Andrei Kazlouski
Christine Stanko w/Andrei Kazlouski
Katie Hinkle w/Dymytrii Goncharov
Katie Hinkle w/Dymytrii Goncharov
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In the National B event Christine Stanko w/Andrei Kazlouski took first overall 1,2,3,1,2, as you just saw she placed second in the open. Second went to Christina Enoch w/Tarasov 2,1,2,2,4, we most point out that Christina did not compete in the open event. Third in this National event was awarded to Cortney Reiselman w/Christopher Wayne 3,3,1,4,3, and she too did not compete in the Open to the World event. Katie Hinkley w/ Dymytrii Goncharov placed fourth 4,4,4,3,1. Lindsey Keatley w/Francesco Arietta took fifth in all five dances in this National event, we must point out that as you read earlier Lindsey won the Open to the World Championship. Sixth in all dances was awarded to Irma Wang w/Daniel Hustiuc, and in seventh place was Mirra Blinova Thorpe w/Clement Joly.
US Open Pro-Am C Latin
US Open Pro-Am C Latin
Deborah Wright w/ Nikolai Voronovich
Deborah Wright w/ Nikolai Voronovich
Lynn Magnessen w/ Tomasz Lewandowski
Lynn Magnessen w/ Tomasz Lewandowski
Maria Rigopoulos w/Andrei Kazlouski
Maria Rigopoulos w/Andrei Kazlouski
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Deborah Wright w/Nikolay Voronovich also won all dances in the National event but here was not as clear as in the open event, Deborah had to rely on second or better marks to win the samba, rumba and jive. Second overall in this heat was awarded to Lynn Magnesen w/Tomasz Lewandowski 3,2,2,2,2, and Maria Rigopoulos w/Andrei Kazlouski continued in their third place finish in this National but not in all dances she placed second in the cha cha. Sophia D’Angelo w/ Vitalii Proskurin placed fourth overall 4,4,5,4,4, this lady did not compete in the Open to the World perhaps because the Cabaret Championships were running quite close with this event, Sophia as we mentiond earlier won the Cabaret Championship. Nichelle Kennedy W/ Aleks Nashev placed fifth overall in this National event 5,5,4,5,5; Bonnie Collins w/Mykyta Serdyuk took all sixth in all dances, Bonnie did not dance in the Open To the World event.
US Open Pro-Am A Latin
US Open Pro-Am A Latin
Irene Caredis w/ Francesco Bertini
Irene Caredis w/ Francesco Bertini
Kristina Mazhar & Vladimir Karpov
Kristina Mazhar & Vladimir Karpov
Audrey Cruz Chan w/Andrey Tarasov
Audrey Cruz Chan w/Andrey Tarasov
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The US Open National A division was awarded to Anna Brown w/Andrey Tarasov and they won all dances but the jive where they placed second. The winner of the Open to the World, Caredis & Francesco Bertini took second in this heat with these marks 2,2,3,2,1, and third overall went to Kristina Mazhar w/Vladimir Karpov 3,3,2,3,3. Fourth place was awarded to Ava O’Hara w/Ron Garber 4,6,4,5,4; fifth went to Ginny Rosanio w/Aleksandar Vukosavljevic 5,4,5,6,5, and sixth went to Xinyu Wei w/Daniel Hustiuc 6,5,6,4,6.
US Open Pro-Am S1 Latin
US Open Pro-Am S1 Latin
Scott Magneses w/ Izabella Lewandowski
Scott Magneses w/ Izabella Lewandowski
Tomoko Fujiwara w/Sergiy Samchynskyy
Tomoko Fujiwara w/Sergiy Samchynskyy
Nancy Murdock w/Roman Italyankin
Nancy Murdock w/Roman Italyankin
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In the National Senior 1 event, Marilyn Lim w/Ilie Bardahan won all dances, this lady did not compete in the Open event. Second place in all dances was awarded to Doreen Dressel w/Genya Bartshevich; Tomoko Fujiwara w/Sergiy Samchynskyy who was second in the Open now took third overall 4,3,3,3,4. Scott Magnesen w/Izabela Lewandowski who won the Open placed fourth in this National event 3,4,5,4,3. Fifth overall went to Sheila Pompan w/Henry Byalikov 5,6,4,5,5, and sixth overall was Nancy Murdock w/Roman Italyankin 6,5,6,6,6.
Danill Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Danill Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Illie Bardahan & Oxana Kashkina
Illie Bardahan & Oxana Kashkina
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A Show, Show Night
Last night at the US Championships was a show - show night for all, with no group competitions and only solos were performed.
The chairs for the judges across the front of the floor became permanent so they could comfortably witness solo after solo starting with the US Pro/Am South American Showdance and finishing with the US Professional Mambo Championships. The evening as it has been the normal trend this year began after 10:00PM due to the amount of entries and the afternoon finished at around 9:45PM.
US National Professional Cabaret Championship
US National Professional Cabaret Championship
Shane & Shannon Jensen
Shane & Shannon Jensen
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Travis & Jaimee Tuft
Travis & Jaimee Tuft
Alyenendrov Tsorokean & Yuki Haraguchi
Alyenendrov Tsorokean & Yuki Haraguchi
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This was a new night for the US National Pro Mambo Championship, and it was the last event of the night which meant a rather diminished audience. We were impressed that the couples all appeared to put work into their solos. Some years it seems that couples just reprized their competitive routines.
US National Pro Mambo Championship
US National Pro Mambo Championship
Kevin Ubillus & Milargros Lareto
Kevin Ubillus & Milargros Lareto
Illie Bardahan & Oxana Kashkina
Illie Bardahan & Oxana Kashkina
Roger Romero & Arismel Naya
Roger Romero & Arismel Naya
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4th Gene & Elena Bersten; 5th Jeffrey Benarao & Thea Quilaton; 6th Jake Davies & Alyona Kalinina; 7th Joshua Bradford & Regina Kaszas; 8th Andrey Svirydzenka & Yulia Zubava.
Also on the menu with more solos tonight was the US National Pro Latin Showdance Championship. While most of these numbers were entertaining to watch, we felt that all but a couple ran afoul of the following rule "the dances must be selected from....... in the Latin Show Dance events from one up to all of the five regular Latin dances." In many cases we did not see any recognizable dance within these routines making them in effect "cabaret" routines and not show dance.
US National Pro Latin Showdance Championship
US National Pro Latin Showdance Championship
Andrey Kitsun & Nicole Prosser
Andrey Kitsun & Nicole Prosser
Kelvin Ong & Masha Kozobrod
Kelvin Ong & Masha Kozobrod
Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian
Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian
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The pro-ams also joined in the solo train competing for the National Latin Showdance and Ballroom Showdance Titles. The results were as follows:
US National Pro-Am Latin Showdance Championship
US National Pro-Am Latin Showdance Championship
Nichelle Kennedy w/ Aleks Nashev
Nichelle Kennedy w/ Aleks Nashev
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1. Nichelle Kennedy w/ Aleks Nashev
2. Christian Orsos w/ Anastasiya Danilova
3. Diane Larsen w/ Julius Solano
4. Caleb Ford w/ Evgenia Elcoro
5. Emily Aldridge w/ Carlton Gannon
US National Pro-Am Ballroom Showdance Championship
US National Pro-Am Ballroom Showdance Championship
Charlene Proctor w/ Mikhail Zharinov
Charlene Proctor w/ Mikhail Zharinov
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1. Charlene Proctor w/ Mikhail Zharinov
2. Adrian Kaiser w/ Sarah Lototsky
3. Leeza Dudinchik w/ Mayo Alanen
4. Lynn Murrell w/ Andrea Zaramella
5. Michael Spatola w/ Lydia Petrigova
6. Susie Somerville w/ Carlton Gannon
7. Sally Frame w/ Oleksandr Dzhum
As we mentioned the afternoon session finished after 9:00 PM with the US Open and National Pro/Am Smooth Championships.
US Open Pro-Am S1 Smooth
US Open Pro-Am S1 Smooth
Sue Eldred w/ Oleksiyy Pigotskyy
Sue Eldred w/ Oleksiyy Pigotskyy
Gracelyn Tuoti w/ Roman Malkhasyan
Gracelyn Tuoti w/ Roman Malkhasyan
Carolyn Glazner w/ Yegor Novikov
Carolyn Glazner w/ Yegor Novikov
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The US National Open Championship had a different winner, here Gracelyn Tuoti w/Roman Malkhasyan won overall 1,2,1,1. The winners of the Open to the World were second this time around, Sue Eldred w/Oleksiy Pigotskyy 3,1,2,2, and third place went to Robin Kencel w/Dmytro Pankov 2,3,3,3. This lady competed in the open championship but was not called back for that final. This time Kristi Nadvornik & Mayo Alane placed fourth 4,4,6,4, she placed fifth in the open championship. There was a tie for fifth and sixth place but was easily broken by a (Rule10) judgement and Llewelyn Neilsen & Slawek Sochacki who did not compete in the Open, took fifth 5,6,5,5 = 21 and Carolyn Glazner w/Yegor Novikov placed sixth 6,5,4,6 =21. Seventh place in all dances was awarded to Charlene Proctor w/Mikhail Zharinov, this lady did compete in the open but was not called for the final.
US Open Pro-Am C Smooth
US Open Pro-Am C Smooth
Sophia D'Angelo w/ Max Sinitsa
Sophia D'Angelo w/ Max Sinitsa
Zlata Clark w/ Igor Dogeter
Zlata Clark w/ Igor Dogeter
Patricia Schneider w/ Slawek Sochaki
Patricia Schneider w/ Slawek Sochaki
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Sophia D’Angelo w/Max Sinitsa also won with first in all dances in the US National Smooth event, but this time second overall went to Patricia Schneider w/Slawek Sochacki 3,2,2,3, leaving her opponent Zlata Clark w/Igor Dogoter this time holding third 2,4,3,2. Like in the Open to the world Nichelle Kennedy w/Aleks Nashev placed fourth 4,3,4,4, and there was also a (Rule11) tie breaker but this time for fifth and sixth place, Gail Komar w/Nikolai Pilipenchuk who competed in the Open but did not make the final now placed fifth 5,6,5,6 =22 and Karence Chan w/Paul Cloud who placed sixth in the open manage to stayed in this same placement in the National event 6,5,6,5 =22.
US Open Pro-Am A Smooth
US Open Pro-Am A Smooth
Alina Huang Sakura w/ Kharyton Khomenko
Alina Huang Sakura w/ Kharyton Khomenko
Alexis Salapatek w/ Stefan Ciubotaru
Alexis Salapatek w/ Stefan Ciubotaru
Marco Namen w/ Marina Vlasova
Marco Namen w/ Marina Vlasova
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The A National final was an eight couple affair and here as in the open Alina Huang Sakura w/Kharyton Khomenko won the event but this time with first in all dances. Second also went this time to Alexis Salapatek w/ Stefan Ciubotaru but this time with this marks 3,2,3,3, and Elizabeth Cuevas w/Mayo Alanen moved up one place to third place this time around 2,3,5,2. Marko Namen w/Marina Vlasova took fourth on this National event a place lower than in the Open 5,4,2,4, Maxahna Brinkmeyer w/Danas Jaksevicius continued to be fifth 4,5,4,5, and Alicia Jackson w/Nikolai Pilipenchuk sixth but now in all dances. Seventh overall was awarded to Ali Crampton w/Mauriusz Olszewski 8,7,7,7, they also competed in the Open to the world event but did not make the final and eighth place was awarded to Diane LaVecchia w/Paolo Di Lorenzo who placed seventh in the open - 7,8,8,8.
US Open Pro-Am B Smooth
US Open Pro-Am B Smooth
Celia Chou w/ Erminio Stefano
Celia Chou w/ Erminio Stefano
Aja Pascale w/ Sergey Samchynskyy
Aja Pascale w/ Sergey Samchynskyy
Zlata Clark w/ Igor Dogeter
Zlata Clark w/ Igor Dogeter
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Celia Chou did not dance the National event and so first place went to Aja Pascale w/Sergiy Samchynskyy 2,1,1,1. Second place went clearly to Selene Steelman w/Travis Tuft who also did not enter the Open to the world event 1,2,2,2. There was a tie for third place that had to be broken by a (Rule11), third place went to Mag Retelewski w/Adrian Dydynski 3,4,4,3 =14, this lady did enter the open event but did not make that final, fourth place went to Ola Glodek w/Kharyton Khomenko who also took fourth in the open event 4,3,3,4 =14. Nannel Wray w/Enzo Zappia took fifth overall 5,6,5,5, and she too entered the open but was not a finalist then. And sixth position was awarded to Kelly Prisco w/Paulo Di Lorenzo.
US Open Pro-Am S2 Smooth
US Open Pro-Am S2 Smooth
Janet Brutell w/ Dmitry Zavialov
Janet Brutell w/ Dmitry Zavialov
Karen Scott w/ Vladimir Kosarev
Karen Scott w/ Vladimir Kosarev
Jeanie LaFavor w/ Igor Afonkin
Jeanie LaFavor w/ Igor Afonkin
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The National Senior 2 went also to Janet Bruttell w/Dmitrii Zavialov but this time she placed second in the tango, Karen Scott w/Vladimir Kosarev won that tango and placed second overall again this time around. Sally Hess w/Darius Mosteika who did not compete in the open event took third in all dances, and fourth overall went this time to Jeanie LaFavor w/Igor Afonkin 4,4,4,5 they were third in the open event. Jane Dippong w/Scheppler placed fifth 5,5,5,4 and did not compete in the open event, sixth went to Michael McCarthy w/Yuliya Sinevych in all dances.
Nine Dance, Ten Dance, Showdance, Bingo!
Last night the US Championships hosted the Professional Nine Dance, the Ten Dance, the Ballroom ShowDance and the Theatre Arts.
It was a late evening due to an increase of entries and people, with the afternoon session finishing around 10:00PM. But the events didn’t disappoint, they were all well attended and totally worth the wait.
US National Pro 9-Dance
US National Pro 9-Dance
Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian
Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian
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US National Pro 10-Dance
US National Pro 10-Dance
Aleksandr Riabtsev & Mariia Oblakova
Aleksandr Riabtsev & Mariia Oblakova
Casey and Kayci Treu
Casey and Kayci Treu
Aleksei & Elena Minaev
Aleksei & Elena Minaev
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US National Theatre Arts Championship
US National Theatre Arts Championship
Shane & Shannon Jensen
Shane & Shannon Jensen
Alyenendrov Tsorokean & Yuki Haraguchi
Alyenendrov Tsorokean & Yuki Haraguchi
Zachary Pohl & Ariel Freilich
Zachary Pohl & Ariel Freilich
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US National Ballroom Showdance Championship
US National Ballroom Showdance Championship
Nazar Batih & Mariko Cantley
Nazar Batih & Mariko Cantley
Daniil Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Daniil Dobrovolsky & Anastasiia Malovana
Mykhailo Anufriev & Anna Vietrynska
Mykhailo Anufriev & Anna Vietrynska
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The US Open to the World Rhythm Pro/Am Scholarships were all quite good, a couple of them had quarter-finals and full semifinals to start.
US Open Pro-Am S1 Rhythm
US Open Pro-Am S1 Rhythm
Judith Spivey w/ Nazar Norov
Judith Spivey w/ Nazar Norov
Carolyn Glazner w/ Yegor Novikov
Carolyn Glazner w/ Yegor Novikov
Anna Capo w/ Luis Lopez
Anna Capo w/ Luis Lopez
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The US Open National Rhythm Championships Senior 1 went a little different, here Marguerite Pinard w/Ilya Reyzin who placed fourth in the Open to the World Scholarship C won all dances. Carolyn Glazner w/ Yegor Novikov took second in every dance and Ana Capo w/ Luis Lopez placed third overall 4,3,3,4,3. Shari Oxman w/ Hayk Balasanyan was fourth 3,4,4,3,5, Sandy Bukholtz w/ Toshko Kondov placed fifth 5,5,5,5,6; Tillie Stacker w/Norov placed sixth 6,6,7,6,4, and Scott Magnesen w/Izabela Lewandowski took seventh overall 7,7,6,7,7.
US Open Pro-Am C Rhythm
US Open Pro-Am C Rhythm
Giovanni Fortezza w/ Jolanta Mosteika
Giovanni Fortezza w/ Jolanta Mosteika
Lynn Magnessen w/ Tomasz Lewandowski
Lynn Magnessen w/ Tomasz Lewandowski
Nichelle Kennedy w/ Aleks Nashev
Nichelle Kennedy w/ Aleks Nashev
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Janice Gonzalez w/ Aleksandr Vukosalvejic
Janice Gonzalez w/ Aleksandr Vukosalvejic
Louise Shah w/ Andrew Escolme
Louise Shah w/ Andrew Escolme
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US Open Pro-Am A Rhythm
US Open Pro-Am A Rhythm
Marco Namen w/ Marina Vlasova
Marco Namen w/ Marina Vlasova
Maxahnna Brinkmeyer w/ Danas Jaksevicius
Maxahnna Brinkmeyer w/ Danas Jaksevicius
Adrian Kaiser w/ Evgenia Elcoro
Adrian Kaiser w/ Evgenia Elcoro
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Marko Namen w/Marina Vlasova also won the US A National Open Championship also placing first in all dances. Maxahnna Brinkmeyer w/ Danas Jaksevicius took second overall 3,3,2,2,2, and third went to Adrian Kaiser w/Rvgennia Elcoro 2,2,3,3,3. Fourth in all dances went to Alexis Salapatek w/Legor Likhachov; fifth place was Avery Lloyd w/Adam Spencer; sixth wen to Hanna Reich w/Ivan Kudashev; seventh was awarded to Lily Pryor w/Frank Del Aguila 8,7,8,7,7, and in eighth position was Crystal Jackson w/Vartan Zakhariants 7,8,7,8,8.
US Open Pro-Am S2 Rhythm
US Open Pro-Am S2 Rhythm
Karen Scott w/ Vladimir Kosarev
Karen Scott w/ Vladimir Kosarev
Janet Brutell w/ Dmitry Zavialov
Janet Brutell w/ Dmitry Zavialov
Leslie McCleod w/ Melbin De La Cruz
Leslie McCleod w/ Melbin De La Cruz
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The Senior 2 National event was also won by Karen Scott w/Vladimir Kosarev but this time not in all dances 2,1,1,2,2. Second was awarded to Quin Bommelje w/Mikhail Vlasov 3,3,2,1,1; third went to Janet Bruttell w/Dmitrii Zavialov 1,2,3,3,3. In this heat Leslie McLeod w/Melbin De La Cruz was fourth in all dances; Jeanie LaFavor w/Igor Afonkin placed fifth and Susan Sordoni w/Francesco Arietta took all sixths.
US Open Pro-Am B Rhythm
US Open Pro-Am B Rhythm
Chastity Smith w/ Eddie Ares
Chastity Smith w/ Eddie Ares
Andi Wolff w/ Decho Kraev
Andi Wolff w/ Decho Kraev
Mari Edstrom w/Sodo Boldbaatar
Mari Edstrom w/Sodo Boldbaatar
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Chasity Smith w/Eddie Ares also won the National B event but this time with these marks - 1,1,2,1,2. Second place went to Michael Butler w/Oxana Kashkina 2,2,1,2,1 who did not enter the Open event, and third place was awarded to Monica Morales w/ Abraham Sannoh 3,3,5,3,4. Julie Wolf w/Gene Bersten placed fourth 4,4,4,4,5; fifth went to Amber Haider w/Mark Baker 6,5,3,6,6; sixth was Cait Meree w/Mishiko Bregvadze 7,6,6,7,3, and seventh went to Jill Winters-Bougard w/Grigol Kranz 5,7,7,5,7.
The US National Pro/Am “mambo” has become a feature at the US Championships, last year there were several penalties awarded but this year we are proud to announce they all behaved and there was no penalties awarded whatsoever.
US Open Pro-Am Mambo Championship
US Open Pro-Am Mambo Championship
Michael Butler w/ Oxana Kashkina
Michael Butler w/ Oxana Kashkina
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