Ballroom Dancing
2009 Ballroom Dance Results
Written by San Diego Senior Olympics Wednesday, 21 October 2009 21:10
| Dance | Winners | |
| Waltz | Sakakibara | |
| Joy & Battey | ||
| Tango | Sakakibara | |
| Lee & St. James | ||
| Foxtrot | Lee & St. James | |
| Joy & Battey | ||
| Viennese Waltz | Joy & Battey | |
| Waltz | Lee & St. James | |
| Thome* | ||
| Tango | Joy & Battey | |
| Thome* | ||
| Foxtrot | Sakakibara | |
| Thome* | ||
| Cha Cha | Sakakibara | |
| Lee & St. James | ||
| Joy & Battey | ||
| Rumba | Sakakibara | |
| Lee & St. James | ||
| Joy & Battey | ||
| Swing | Lee & St. James | |
| 2nd Sakakibara | ||
| 3rd Joy & Battey | ||
| Salsa | Sakakibara | |
| West Coast Swing | Joy & Battey | |
| Hustle | Lee St. James | |
| 3 Dance Championship Smooth | ||
Couples have A Ball Competing
Written by Tanya Sierra, Union Tribune Monday, 14 September 2009 17:00
Fun and challenges are found during Senior Olympic events
Ron Joy and and Janet Battey danced in the Senior Olympics in El Cajon. (Eduardo Contreras / Union-Tribune)Takeo and Mariko Sakakibara barely got back to their seats before the couple's names were called to receive another gold medal during the ballroom dance competition of the 22nd annual Senior Olympics yesterday.
After a four-year hiatus, ballroom dancing returned to the Senior Olympics — albeit with sparse participation — at the Cottonwood Golf Club. Four couples from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio competed in the ballroom competition.
For about two hours, the Sakakibaras and three other couples glided from one corner of the dance floor to the other using techniques that they have been perfecting in dance classes.
