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March 17, 2014 - Four CBTF athletes were invited to compete at the recent Congressional Cup 2014 Invitational [1] competition held at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. CBTF Judge, Stephanie Hewis, was also invited to be part of the international judging panel.
The Congressional Cup Invitational brings the best twirlers representing different organizations (CBTF, CNBTA, USTA and NBTA) in a single all-around competition. The Invitational combines Solo, 2-Baton and Freestyle events to determine their all-around ranking.
The CBTF athletes competing in the Invitational were:
In addition to those athletes invited to represent CBTF, two other Canadian athletes were invited as the CNBTA representatives:
Men and Women compete in separate divisions. There are no age divisions in the Invitational. In the Women's Preliminary Round competition, Canada's highest placing athletes were:
In the Men's competition, Matthew Johnson placed 1st in Solo, 1st in 2-Baton, 1st in Freestyle, returning an overall 1st and qualified for Finals.
Canadian athletes also performed well in the Tournament portion of the event. In the Women's Elite Solo 16-18 division, Kiera West qualified for the Twirl-Off and finished fifth. In the Men's Elite Solo 16-18 division, Matthew Johnson qualified for the Twirl-Off and finished first.
Solo | 2-Baton | Freestyle | Overall | |
Rebecca Lantz | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Lexi Duda | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Melissa Nugent | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Catherine Ramirez | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Simone Esters | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Adaline Bebo | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Nicole Jensen | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Moriah Muscaro | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
Alyssa McLaughlin | 8 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
Jameson Kennerly | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
Alexa Bourdage | 14 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
Kiera West | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Nicole Johnson | 15 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
Toriane Graal | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Chantal Sutton | 17 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
Haley Shiver | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
Sabrina Smith | 7 | 14 | 18 | 17 |
Madison Eis | 21 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
Trina Catterson | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Bailey Frankel | 18 | 20 | 22 | 20 |
Rachel Johnson | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
Mackenzie Ross | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 |
Danielle Titterton | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
Solo | 2-Baton | Freestyle | Overall | |
Matthew Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Richie Terwilliger | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Jacob Griffith | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Bower Sarra | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Kyler Jump | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Connor Rudd | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Emery Harriston | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |