We know we are already in to mid-September (how did that happen?), but we want to rewind a little bit to last month for today's blog post. Previously this blog has mostly covered NBTA competitors when it comes to competition posts due to that being the most familiar to the blog writer.
However, with the creation of the International Baton Twirling Federation (IBTF), and the future goals of working together between organizations, this blog hopes to take more time to cover USTA events as well. The future of baton twirling relies on the WFNBTA and the WBTF coming together and aligning their goals, so here in Texas, we would like to ensure that we are broadening our horizons and making sure all Texas Twirlers have coverage.
To kick off our new efforts to show all the facets of different organizations that exist in Texas, we wanted to give a shout out to the amazing twirlers from Texas that recently represented on the World level at the WBTF International Cup and the IBTF Grand Prix! These five Texans included Emily Perkins, Maggie Chrudimsky, Emmanuel Espinosa, Krystal Yoli Miller, and Destiny LeBrun!
*Photo is missing Emily Perkins and includes two representatives from Louisiana.
In case you are not familiar with these two events, we will give you a quick summary. While both of these events were held in Limoges, France, this August, they were two separate events with different qualifiers.
The WBTF International Cup is the "USTA Worlds" event where twirlers qualified by placing Top Three at USTA Nationals in either the Elite, A, or B level or events including Solo, Two Baton, Three Baton, Artistic Twirl, and Artistic Pairs. This event occurred first from August 5th to 8th.
The IBTF Grand Prix was a glimpse in to what will occur on the Worlds level when NBTA/WFNBTA and USTA/WBTF combine for their future World event. The Grand Prix brings twirlers from both organizations together to compete for an overall title. Each organization had different qualification processes, and sent representatives for each division. This event occurred on August 9th to 11th.
This year, Texas brought home several final placements as well as two Silver Medals between the two competitions. We are super proud of these Texas Twirlers and their accomplishments representing Texas and the USA in France! Let's take a moment to recognize each of them.
Emily Perkins
*IC Senior Elite Artistic Pair (with partner Keragan Ogden)*
4th in Prelims and 6th in Finals
*IC: Senior Elite Three Baton*
SILVER MEDAL in Finals
*Grand Prix* - 12th in Two Baton, 16th in Solo, and
SILVER MEDAL in Duet (with partner Keragan Ogden)
Maggie Chrudimsky
*IC: Junior Level A Two Baton*
3rd in Prelims and 6th in Finals
Emmanuel Espinoza
*IC: Senior Men Level A Artistic Twirl*
Placed 8th in Prelims and 7th in Finals
Krystal Yoli Miller
*IC: Adult Level A Solo*
Placed 21st in Prelims
Placed 21st in Prelims
Destiny Lebrun
*IC: Senior Level A Artistic Pair (with partner Keriann Hollis)*
Placed 19th in Prelims
Placed 19th in Prelims
We want to send a huge congrats to these awesome Texas twirlers on a great International Cup & Grand Prix. We can't wait to follow them moving forward, as we know they will continue to do great things!
We hope you have enjoyed this blog post. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.
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