Tuesday, October 25, 2011

IHSA Hunter Seat Strong Win at Duke!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

A glorious fall day for a horse show! The Knights left Laurinburg long before dawn for the trip to the Duke University Hunter Seat Horse Show. This was the third show in our fall competition schedule of five shows and an important competition for all eleven collegiate teams in Zone 4 Region 3.

Coach Ashley Duda had her riders well prepared having done special team practices on Friday and Saturday. Many of our students’ parents came to cheer us on and they had a lot to cheer about as St. Andrews began to win class after class.

Overall, St. Andrews was the Champion Team with 45 points. Duke was Reserve Champion Team with 42 points. Every one of our riders placed in the top four in their divisions! Alexandra Fullerton was the Champion High Point Rider and Katie Hansen and Kim Graves shared the honor of Reserve Champion High Point Rider. Whenever there is a tie in points for High Point or Reserve High Point Rider, the judge asks the riders questions concerning equitation, theory, or horse care. There were five riders tied for Reserve High Point at the Duke Show and the judge quickly eliminated all but the St. Andrews students. After the fourth round of questions was answered correctly by Katie and by Kim, the judge declared a tie! Congratulations ladies and thank you to all the Equine Studies professors who have taught these students so well.

Results for individual riders and for team riders were:

Katie Hansen – 1st place Open Flat Section B
Kim Graves – 1st place Open Flat Section C
Katie Hansen – 2nd place Open Fences Section A
Regina Barasch – 1st place Open Fences Section B
Kim Graves – 2nd place Open Fences Section B
Sami Cram – 1st place Intermediate Flat Section A
Kayla McBath – 4th place Intermediate Flat Section B
Kali Cram – 1st place Intermediate Fences Section B
Alexandra Fullerton – 1st place Novice Flat Section B
Catherine McDowell – 2nd place Novice Flat Section E
Alexandra Fullerton – 1st place Novice Fences Section A
Alie McGraw – 1st place Novice Fences Section C
Hillary Todd – 2nd place Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter Section B
Cami Glaff – 2nd place Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter Section E
Jameson Crandall – 2nd place Beginning Walk, Trot, Canter Section A
Lacy Burke – 1st place Beginning Walk, Trot, Canter Section C
Morgan Potts – 4th place Walk, Trot Section A
Shiloh Kozlowski – 2nd place Walk, Trot Section C



Team Results for Duke University Show:

St. Andrews University 45
Duke University 42
East Carolina University 37
Coastal Carolina University 35
UNC-Chapel Hill 33
North Carolina State University 29
Virginia Commonwealth University 26
Davidson College 22
UNC-Charlotte 22
UNC-Wilmington 15
Martin Community College 10

Overall Team Standings after three competitions:

St. Andrews University 121
Duke University 98
North Carolina State University 98
East Carolina University 97
UNC-Chapel Hill 95
Coastal Carolina University 76
UNC-Charlotte 51
UNC-Wilmington 42
Virginia Commonwealth University 26
Martin Community College 14

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