SAN DIEGO — Brainerd Warriors Quinn Gereats, India Hiltner and Jada Bentson traveled to San Diego at the end of March as a part of Team Minnesota in the Miss Dance Team USA.
They completed their Trio placing fourth overall.
Geraets and Hiltner also competed in solos, Geraets placed second in the “Best of Senior” category and Hiltner was 15th in the Miss Division which had over 50 contestants.
Geraets and Hiltner were selected to be on Team Minnesota. There were 26 of the best dance team dancers from around the state. Brainerd Warrior dance team's coach Alexandra Geraets was one of the six coaches for team Minnesota.
Team Minnesota won its category and placed first overall for the entire competition. Miss Dance Team Minnesota is run by Jenny Raiche from Eastview.
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