4th ANNUAL WORLD SALSA CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL RESULTS: The Results are IN for the WORLD SALSA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009

By Dakin Ferris, having escaped the east coast blizzard on a 5am flight and arrived safely back in San Francisco by noon to file this report for www.SalsaCrazy.com.  Stay tuned for more videos and an analysis of the weekends events…..

ON "1" DIVISION FINAL RESULTS

1st Place / Liz Lira & Christian Oviedo / 87.844 / Representing Los Angeles, CA

2nd Place / Eli Torres & Yen Dorado / 85.933 / Representing Puerto Rico & Philadelphia, PA

3rd Place / Roberto Arenas & Marie Josee Strazzero / 84.320 / Representing Laval, Canada

4th Place / Tianne & Ricardo / 83.590 / Representing San Francisco, CA

5th Place / Marina Prada & Ibirocay Regueira / 81.244 / Representing Scandanavia

6th Place / Gabriela Equiz & Martin Gonzalez / 81.067 / Representing Tijuana, Mexico

7th Place / Vera Rowe & Darlin Garcia / 78.944 / Representing Boston, MA & Philadelphia, PA

8th Place / Elina Kstova & Kikis Kakoullis / 78.122 / Representing Sophia, Bulgaria & Cypress

9th Place / Corrinne Tardieu & Joseph Neus / 77.767 / Representing Montreal, Canada

10th Place / Nerea Perez & Luis Chaves / 77.189 / Representing Spain

ON "2" DIVISION FINAL RESULTS

1st Place / Anya Katsevman & Luis Aguilar / 85.983 / Representing New York, New York

2nd Place / Anne Boehm & Anchi Bauer / 85.8 / Representing Germany

3rd Place / Maicza Valentin & Jose Valdes / 83.667 / Representing Chicago, IL

4th Place / Katia Morales & Victor Alexis Contreras / 83.539 / Representing Montreal, Canada

5th Place / Greysa Baez & Edwin Nieves / 81.939 / Representing Puerto Rico

6th Place / Vali Damaskov & Csaba Szirmai / 80.367 / Representing Sydney, Australia

7th Place / Christina Verou & Juan Pablo Diaz / 80.356 / Representing Spain

8th Place / Elly Guadarrama & Enrique Jarquin / 78.250 / Representing Mexico & Bay Area, CA

9th Place / Elizabeth Rojas & John Navarez / 77.928 / Representing San Francisco, CA

10th Place / Ingrid Rivera & Alberto Muriel / 77.167 / Representing Puerto Rico

CABARET DIVISION FINAL RESULTS

1st Place / Jenny Rodriguez & Jonathan Landa / 85.389 / Representing Cali, Colombia

2nd Place / Luisa Suaza & Eider Rua / 82.711 / Representing Medellin, Colombia & Dubai UAE

3rd Place / Dayian Molina & Jonier Torres / 80.621 / Representing Cali, Colombia

4th Place / Edda Colon & Santos Gonzalez / 79.378 / Representing Puerto Rico

5th Place / Carolina Hernandez & Hugo Osorio / 78.544 / Representing Cali, Colombia

6th Place / Kelly Lannan & Eric Caty / 78.278 / Representing Calgary, Canada

7th Place / Polina Noskova & Sergey Kabankov / 77.433 / Representing Beijing, China & Russia

8th Place / Christine Diaz & Oscar Garcia / 73.9 / Representing Guatemala

9th Place / Kiko Nakao & Jorge Pedraza / 67.656 / Representing Japan & Bolivia

10th Place / You Dotsuta & Shu Tsugave / / Representing Japan

TEAM DIVISION FINAL RESULTS

1st Place / Ritmo Y Sabor / 89.567 / Representing Oaxaca, Mexico

2nd Place / Stilo Y Sabor / 87.656 / Representing Cali, Colombia

3rd Place / El Mulato Y Su Swing Latino / 86.5 / Representing Cali, Colombia

4th Place / Salsamania / 83.944 / Representing San Francisco, CA

5th Place / Chilital / 83.167 / Representing Laval, Canada

6th Place / Modus Vivendi / 82.067 / Representing Sydney, Australia

7th Place / Rica Salsa / 81.011 / Representing San Francisco, CA

8th Place / Phoenix Dance Company / 79.022 / Representing Beijing, China

9th Place / Diamon2 / 77.444 / Representing Spain

10th Place / Envy / 76.3 / Tokyo, Japan

Dakin Ferris is an avid salsa dancer from the San Francisco Bay Area.  He currently dances with Couture Dance Alliance, a new dance troupe under the direction of the new On2 World Champion Luis Aguilar.

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