1954 USARSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 5 to 10 at National Arena, Washington, D.C.
670 Contestants – 28 Artistic & 12 Speed Events
Senior Men Singles
1st – Jack DeBeve – Washington, D.C.
2nd – Ronald Holland – Pasadena, Calif.
3rd – James Mazei, Jr. – Livonia, Mich.
4th - Frank Henrich - Mineola, N.Y.
Senior Ladies’ Singles
1st – Margie Adair – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Ruth Henrich – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Diane Lanzotti – Elizabeth, N.J.
4th - Nan Massine - Livonia, Mich.
Senior Dance
1st – Edward O’Donnell, Barbara McCusker – Mineola, N.Y. (picture at end of page)
2nd – Everett Yagud, Carole Brady – Mineola, N.Y.( picture at end of page)
3rd – Raymond Tiedemann, Jeanne Tiedemann – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
4th - Alfred Dahl, Doris Dahl - Bayonne, N.J.
Senior Mixed Pairs
1st – Jack Crichton, Margie Adair – Paterson, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd – Frank Henrich, Ruth Henrich – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd - Oliver Heisler & Shirlee Ludwig - Paterson & Elizabeth, N.J.
Senior Ladies’ Pairs
1st – Margie Adair, Joyce Bonocore – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Diane Lanzotti, Lee Reed – Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd – Betty Cunningham, Doris Dahl – Bayonne, N.J.(picture to right)
Senior Fours
1st – Heisler, Ludwig, Laflin, Schmitt – Elizabeth, N.J.
2nd – Devore, Reed, Lanzotti, Natalini – Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd – Dahl, Dahl, Moore, Moore – Bayonne, N.J.
4th - DeBeve, Ryan, Wheeler & Heath - Washington, DC & Bladensburg, Md
Senior Men Speed
1st – Donald DeRoo – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Jack Becker – Bladensburg, Md.
3rd – Karl Loeffler – Paterson, N.J.
Senior Men 5 Mile Relay
1st – Jack Becker, James Murphy – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd –William Smits, Ronald Spillman – Alexandria,
3rd – Robert Frenzel, Arnold Phillips – Washington, D.C.
Senior Ladies’ Speed
1st – Ellen Hughes – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Arlene McKeon – Paterson, N.J.
3rd – Betty Cunningham – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
4th - Patricia Ryan - Bladensburg, Md.
Senior Ladies’ Relay
1st – Ellen Hughes,Patricia Ryan – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Elizabeth Cunningham, Joan Stefanowitz– Bayonne, N.J.
3rd – Claire Dove, Furn Walton – Washington, D.C.
Junior Men Singles
1st – William Ferraro – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Fred Wheeler – Bladensburg, Md.
3rd – Alfred Dahl – Bayonne, N.J.
4th - Hugh Devore - Trenton, N.J.
Junior Ladies Singles
1st – Audrey Wegmann – Mineola, N.Y.
2nd – Donna Luoma – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Elizabeth Cunningham – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
Junior Dance
1st – Fred Wheeler, Nancy Mitchell – Bladensburg, Md.(picture to right)
2nd – Joseph Ruggiero, Barbara Smith – Mineola, N.Y
3rd - Earl Roberts, Mildred Kraemer - Paterson, N.J.
4th – William Thelgen, Eve Sheridan – Paterson, N.J. (picture to right)
Junior Mixed Pairs
1st – Jack DeBeve, Patricia Ryan – Washington, DC & Bladensburg, Md.
2nd - George Schmitt, Eileen Laflin - Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd - Thomas Natalini, Lee Reed - Trenton & Bayonne, N.J.
4th – James Mazei, Nan Massine – Livonia, Mich.
Junior Men’s Speed
1st – Jimmie Rice – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Paul Sullivan – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
3rd – James Pennypacker - Reading, N.J.
Junior Ladies Speed
1st – Bonnie Post – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Frances Sipe – Bayonne, N.J.
3rd – Joan Pride – Lansing, Mich.
Intermediate Men’s Singles
1st – Terry Eyler – Washington, D.C.
2nd – Francis Ferrie – Worcester, Mass.
3rd – Milton Kyle – Washington, D.C.
Intermediate Ladies’ Singles
1st – Avis Cook – Pasadena, Calif.
2nd – Mary Ellen Ryan – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
3rd – Joyce Magee – Alexandria, Va.
Intermediate Dance
1st – Carl Henderson, Eileen Lipford – Washington, D.C.
2nd – David Gibboney, Eileen Laflin – Bayonne, N.J.
3rd – George Geschwinder, Ann Laakso – Mineola, N.Y.
Intermediate Mixed Pairs
1st – George Bonocore, Dawn Brown – Paterson, & Trenton, N.J.
2nd - Jerry Horne, Helen Smith - Davison, MI
3rd– Phillip Deignan, Audrey Wegmann – Mineola, N.Y.
4th – Ronald Hyman , Beverly Dupacquier – New Orleans, La.
Intermediate Fours
1st – Lavely, Lavely, Parmentier, Faynola – Livonia, Mich.(pix to right)
2nd – Murphy, Ryan, Reed, Cupp – Bladensburg, Md.
3rd – Deignan, Wegmann, Erickson, Cianflone – Mineola, N.Y.
Intermediate Ladies’ Speed
1st – Georgia Haber – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – Joyce Vallee – Paterson, N.J.
3rd – Mary Marks – Reading, Pa.
Intermediate Men’s Speed
1st – Raymond Musser – Paterson, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd – Peter Mangone – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
3rd – Jerry Reed – Bladensburg, Md.
Novice Ladies’ Singles
1st – Theresa Colaio – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Nancy Gailbraith – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Barbara Butler – Dallas, Texas
Novice Men’s Singles
1st – George Bonocore – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Raymond Musser – Paterson, N.J.
3rd – Jerry Horne – Davison, Mich.
Novice Dance
1st – Louis Kovacs, Susan Lessne – Mineola, N.Y.
2nd – Jay Slaughter, Janet Larsen – Melrose, Ill.
3rd – Fred Lewis, Patricia Bogert – Paterson, N.J.
Novice Ladies’ Pairs
1st – Dawn Brown, Carol Gompper – Trenton, N.J.
2nd – Alice Betzler, Diane Ludwig – Elizabeth, N.J.(picture to right)
3rd – Patricia Bogert, Marilyn Pavlick – Paterson, N.J.
Novice Mixed Pairs
1st – Edward Swartz, Kathleen Ryan – Alexandria, Va. & Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Allan Ehrle, Susan Lessne – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Thomas Jacob, Barbara Durr - New Orleans, La.
Novice Ladies’ Speed
1st – Joan Hobeck – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – Dawn Brown – Alexandria, Va.
3rd – Judy Armer – Reading, Pa.
Novice Men’s Speed
1st – Norman Whitehead – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – Raymond Pennypacker – Reading, Pa.
3rd – Melvin Thiel – Bladensburg, Md.
Sub-Novice Ladies
1st – Dawn Brown – Trenton, N.J.
2nd – Barbara Durr – New Orleans, La.
3rd – Bevrly Dupacquier – New Orleans, La.
Sub-Novice Men
1st – Emanuel Commandatore – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Walter Grant 3rd - New Orleans, La.
3rd – Paul Kreilick – Washington, D.C.
Sub-Novice Mixed Pairs
1st – Emanuel Commandatore, Diane Ludwig – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Richard Finnegan, Lorna Urban – Dorchester, Mass.
3rd – Harry Post, Diane Bandstra – Paterson, N.J.
4th - Raymond Board, Linda Kobane - Livonia, Mich.
Sub-Novice Dance
1st – Richard Finnegan, Lorna Urban – Dorchester, Mass.
2nd – Harry Post, Marilyn Pavlick – Paterson, N.J.
3rd – George Bonocore, Dawn Brown – Trenton, N.J
4th - Larry Seegot, Arlene Geschwinder - Mineola, N.Y.
Juvenile Girl’s Singles
1st – Arlene Geschwinder – Mineola, N.Y.
2nd – Jackie Zimmerman – Melrose Park, Ill.
3rd – Laris Smith – New Orleans, La.
Juvenile Boy’s Singles
1st – Robert McDonald – Trenton, N.J.
2nd – Billy Lessne – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Gary Sutherland – New Orleans, La.
Juvenile Mixed Pairs
1st – Barbara Karaway, Robert Slawsky – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Patricia Seibel, Donald Slawsky – Bayonne, N.J.
Juvenile Dance
1st – Nicky Savenetti, Toni Savanetti – Mineola, N.Y.
2nd – Walter Grant, Laris Smith – New Orleans, La.
3rd – Lyndel Edgington, Charlotte Owings – Marion, Ind.
Juvenile Girl’s Speed
1st – Diane Bandstra – Paterson, N.J.
2nd – Sharon Minton – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Caralee Yoder – Reading, Pa.
Juvenile Boy’s Speed
1st – Glen Brown – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – Wayne Haight – Peekskill, N.Y.
3rd – John Tobin – Reading, Pa.
