Jerod Swallow
At the 1991 World Championships in Munich, they performed a "catchy"[6] free dance based upon the theme of stock car racing.Kestnbaum also stated that although their theme seemed to "defy gender",[6] Swallow represented the more male role of the human agent, or driver.[5] The couple developed a rivalry with Renee Roca / Gorsha Sur, who had earlier choreographed a program for them and trained alongside them.Punsalan and Swallow were involved in a letter-writing campaign to Congress to prevent Sur from receiving expedited citizenship, which would allow him to compete at the 1994 Olympics.[9][8] At the U.S. Championships in January 1994, Punsalan and Swallow placed first in the original dance, ahead of their injured rivals in second.