Mount Ayr's Riley Jones to dance for Spartans

Sitting (L to R): Spence Jones, Riley?s father; Riley Jones; and Rebecca Jones, Riley?s mother. Standing: Maggie Lynch, Mount Ayr High School drill team coach; Ryann Martin, owner and instructor, Ryann?s Dance Academy, Mount Ayr; Allison Pearce, Mount Ayr High School dance coach; and Paige Busch, Southwestern head dance coach.

Photo courtesy of Mount Ayr Record News. Sitting (L to R): Spence Jones, Riley’s father; Riley Jones; and Rebecca Jones, Riley’s mother. Standing: Maggie Lynch, Mount Ayr High School drill team coach; Ryann Martin, owner and instructor, Ryann’s Dance Academy, Mount Ayr; Allison Pearce, Mount Ayr High School dance coach; and Paige Busch, Southwestern head dance coach.

Posted: Nov 01, 2022

Creston, IA—Mount Ayr High School’s Riley Jones made it official last week, she will compete with the Spartan dance team during their 2023-24 season.

Jones, who will graduate high school in May 2023, has competed with the Mount Ayr High School drill team earning numerous honors including Division 1 ratings for multiple state routines performed, as well as a Division 1 rating at the Iowa State Dance/Drill Team Association (ISDTA) solo competition. In addition, while dancing for Ryann’s Dance Academy in Mount Ayr, she earned a platinum rating for a clogging duet and her teams have achieved platinum-rated group routines.

“Riley is a very technical and skilled dancer with an immense dance background,” Paige Busch, Southwestern head dance coach, said. “She will be a wonderful addition to our team.”

Jones is the daughter of Spence and Rebecca Jones of Mount Ayr.