IHSA Hunter Seat & Western Teams Work Hard to Maintain their Regional Leads

Big weekend for the equestrian team. Saturday we hosted the first IHSA hunter seat show of the spring semester. The weather was cool (having been in the 70s for most of the week) and the horses were not as well behaved as they might have been. Several classes were stopped (one more than once) when our equine partners decided they just had to show off how good they were feeling. With safety being foremost in our minds horse substitutions were made and the classes restarted. All this took additional time and the show ran until after 5:00 making it a long day for all involved. Our students worked tirelessly, with good humor and great attitudes all day demonstrating the “can do” philosophy that is part of being involved in our equestrian team.

We were rewarded by the hunter seat team that turned in a perfect score of 49 points to win the championship ribbon. Alexandra Fullerton won high point rider with Katie Hansen as reserve. St. Andrews now leads their closest rivals UNC-Chapel Hill by 45 points. (Complete results below)

Meanwhile the IHSA western team traveled to Martin Community College to compete in back to back shows Saturday and Sunday. The temperatures were a few degrees cooler in Williamston but fortunately they were showing indoors which helped a bit. Individual riders did well on both days however the designated point riders faced a few challenges leaving St. Andrews as reserve champion each day. Shannon Leggett was high point rider Saturday and reserve high point rider Sunday. At the end of the weekend St. Andrews still leads North Carolina State by nine points with two shows to go before semi-finals.

IHSA Hunter Seat Team Standings as of 2/4/2012

St. Andrews University 249

UNC-Chapel Hill 204

North Carolina State University 192

East Carolina University 185

Duke University 168

Coastal Carolina University 116

UNC-Wilmington 110

UNC-Charlotte 108

Virginia Commonwealth University 98

Davidson College 37

Martin Community College 14

Individual Results

Open Flat A

2nd Kim Graves

Novice Flat A

5th Tara Algeri

Open Flat B

1st Katie Hansen

Walk, Trot, Canter A

3rd Madison Edwards

4th Julie Griffin

Intermediate Flat A

2nd Alie McGraw

Novice Flat B

1st Katie Mentzel

Open Fences A
2nd Regi Barasch

Open Fences B

1st Katie Hansen

2nd Kim Graves

Walk Trot Canter B

3rd Sarah Lishen

4th Brittany Powell

Novice Flat C

3rd Park Hoey

5th Catherine McDowell

Intermediate Flat B

1st Regina Barasch

Novice Flat D

5th Sarah Williams

Intermediate Fences A

1st Kali Cram

Intermediate Fences B

1st Nikki Napoleone

Walk Trot A

1st Morgan Potts

Intermediate Flat C

4th Kayla McBath

Novice Fences A

1st Alexandra Fullerton

Novice Fences C

1st Abigail Skillman

Novice Flat E

1st Michelle Eld

Walk Trot Canter C

1st Cami Glaff

Novice Flat F

1st Alexandra Fullerton

Beg. Walk Trot A

5th Lacy Burke

Walk Trot Canter D

4th Chandalyn Chranowski

Novice Flat G

3rd Dara Corbett

Walk Trot Canter E

3rd Hillary Todd

6th Paula Kramer

Walk Trot Canter F

1st Mia Dipillo

5th Bridget Newman