PHOTOS: High school dance team honors alumna killed in crash

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The third annual Kasemersky Dance Invitational took place this weekend, honoring the memory of a James River High School alumna that died in a crash three years ago. Erin Kasemersky -- known by her friends as Kaz -- died at the age of 23 in a car accident back in 2021. Kasemersky was a James River High School student and was the captain of the Rapid Motion Dance Team. James River High School students keep alumna’s memory alive with dance competition To keep her memory alive, the school hosts a yearly dance competition -- the Kasemersky Dance Invitational -- to raise money for a scholarship designed to help would-be James River High School athletes. This year, the competition took place on Saturday, Dec. 7, and five different schools came to compete. 8News spoke with Riley Landrum, an organizer of the event, about the impact of an event like this. "I definitely think the Kasemersky family being so involved, especially her parents and her sister being here today, it just means the world," Landrum said. "It really shows the impact we're having and shows all the work we put into this really contributes to something that means a lot to really important people." Continue scrolling to see photos from the event: (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News) (Photos courtesy of Jakobi Davis, 8News)