2023 Southwest Regional Pageant Winners - Basic Skills

Hello Texas Twirl Fans! 

What an amazing weekend we had earlier this month at the 2023 Southwest Regional Championship that was held in Canyon, Texas, on April 1st and 2nd. We are so thankful for the amazing contest directors, Gretta Johnson, Brittany Ashcraft, and Summer Johnson, for making it all happen. It was a wonderful event! 

To celebrate our new Regional Pageant title holders, over the next few weeks, we will be recognizing them here on the blog. Congrats to all of these talented twirlers on their success at Regionals. 

Today we will be recognizing the 2023 Southwest Regional Basic Skills Pageant Winners!

Addisyn Speck

Senior Basic Skills Pageant Winner 

Addisyn is from Lubbock where she is the Feature Twirler for Shallowater High School. She is coached by Amanda Tolley. Her favorite memory from regionals was "getting to hang out with the Texas Tech twirling line, and seeing all of those amazing girls compete!"

Micaiah Hubbard

Junior Basic Skills Pageant Winner 

Micaiah is from Cibolo, Texas, where she is a Feature Twirler at Byron P. Steele High School. She is a member of the Twirling Sweet Sensations and is coached by Michele Pangrac. Her favorite memory from regionals was being able to sit with all of her teammates at the awards. She enjoyed sitting on blankets on the competition floor and celebrating each other's accomplishment together as a team. She loved being able to cheer on her teammates and be celebrated by them as well after all the hard work! 

Ainsley Martin

Pre-Teen Basic Skills Pageant Winner 

Ainsley is from Schertz, Texas. She is a member of the Twirling Sweet Sensations and is coached by Michele Pangrac. Her favorite memories from her very first regionals were getting her first no drop solo and, of course, winning her pageant! She is looking forward to attending AYOP later this year and getting to compete with twirlers from all across the country. 

Kate Gourley

Juvenile Basic Skills Pageant Winner 

Kate is from San Antonio, Texas. She is a member of the Twirling Sweet Sensations and is coached by Michele Pangrac. Her favorite memory from Regionals was "having fun with my sweet and supportive twirl friends!"

Kaitlyn Kondo

Little Miss Basic Skills Pageant Winner 

Kaitlyn is from the Austin, Texas, area. She is a member of Twirl ATX and is coached by Amber Sorenson & Ashley Wood, as well as Whitney Coons & Kaylee Williams. Her favorite memory from Regionals was receiving a tiara, and now she is looking forward to competing at her first State!

CONGRATS TO ALL OUR REGIONAL BASIC SKILLS PAGEANT WINNERS!

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.