UCSD Dance by the Shores

The Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company had an impressive showing at the USCD Dance by the Shores Competition this past Saturday. With a set of couples completely new to the competitive floor, the CCBDC won a number of events and placed highly in many others.

The UCSD competition attracted a wide range of collegiate competitors: UCSD, Arizona State, Stanford, Berkely, and Utah State were among the teams that attended. Despite the much larger size of many of these universities and their respective teams, the CCBDC had a very competitive showing.

Can Aksoy and Sara Gaynor continued their undefeated streak in the Argentine Tango event, placing first in their third consecutive competition. They placed first at the collegiate nationals earlier in November.

Paul Roach and Jessica Frey placed first in the Lindy-Hop competition, wowing the crowd with a combination of lifts, tricks, and classic lindy-hop dancing.

The CCBDC also took their first Standard Ballroom title of the year, with Paul Roach and Sara Gaynor placing first in the novice ballroom event.

For the complete set of results, read on below, or check out the photo gallery for pictures.

Results (in alphabetical order by first name of leader, some results still coming):

  • Can Aksoy and Helen Johnson - Semifinal Pre-Novice Latin, Gold Latin Finals (?).
  • Can Aksoy and Sara Gaynor - 1st Place Argentine Tango, Merengue Finals (?), Semifinal Salsa.
  • Dan Simon and Shanda Lowe - 2nd Silver Cha, 4th Silver Paso, 5th Silver Rumba, Semifinal Silver Samba.
  • David Carrington and Jessica Frey - 2nd Place Silver Tango, 3rd Place Silver Waltz, 3rd Place Silver Foxtrot, 3rd Place Silver Quickstep.
  • David Carrington and Suzie Ackerman - 1st Place Bronze Cha, 4th Place Bronze Rumba, 5th Place Bronze Paso, 4th Place Silver Cha.
  • Jay Daigle and Alyssa Cope - 3rd Place Pre-Novice Standard.
  • Matt Sugihara (UCSD) and Lauren Wann - 1st Place West Coast Swing.
  • Paul Roach and Jessica Frey - 1st Place Lindy-Hop.
  • Paul Roach and Sara Gaynor - 1st Place Novice Standard, 4th Place Pre-Champ Standard.
  • Paul Roach and Jessica Stephens - 4th Place Novice Latin, 5th Place Pre-Champ latin.
Submitted by Paul Roach on Fri, 2007-03-09 10:44. categories [ ]