National champs again under Brink: FMS dance
February 12, 2025 by
For the fourth consecutive year, Farragut Middle School dance team has earned a national championship and a national runner-up placement in the same event. Coached by Macy Brink and competing in National Dance Team Championships at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2, these FMS girls were named National Dance Team Champions in Junior High Pom and national runner-up in Junior High Jazz. Team members, back row from left, are Sophie Pennekamp, Leighton Upshaw, Parker Miller, Sarah Shoup, Caitlyn Stickley, Audrey McCaleb and Rylee Mack. Front row, from left, are Brooklyn Knight, Emery Campbell, Ella Marie Lambert, Emma Kate Kilpatrick, Katie Beth Swaggerty and Kennedy Prosan. Crediting Farragut area dance studios, along with other “choreographers, sponsors and assistant coaches” for playing a key role in each FHS dancers’ development,
Brink added, “It really comes down to the girls and their work ethic and the way that they come together and create a team environment — a whole family environment — that helps to make it work and allows them to be successful.”
