Fabulous Weekend for All Equestrian Team Members!

“Intense” is one word to describe our weekend in the Equestrian Program with all three disciplines competing at their final regular season shows. There are many individual successes and stories to share but for this post I’ll focus on the results. My team (dressage) fought hard at a double header hosted by Averett University. Lindsey Agaliotis and Kristen Parker qualified for Nationals in First Level and Intro respectively. After a lot of ties were broken Averett beat us by 4 points.


At home on Friday the western team led by Coach Carla Wennberg won the IHSA Regional Championship advancing them to Semi-Finals in Kentucky in March. Ella Brave earned the title of Reserve Champion AQHA High Point Rider. On Saturday Ella Brave, Michelle Hustad, Dugan McDermott, Brittany Powell, Jake Nix, Kali Cram and Katie Mosca all qualified as individuals for Semi-Finals.

On to Hunter Seat! Sunday this team travelled to ECU. This team placed third overall but held onto their regional lead with 248 points to UNC-Chapel Hill’s 213 points. Individually Senior Kim Graves won the Cacchione Cup (high point rider) for the region and advances to Nationals. The team will compete at Zones hosted by St. Andrews in early April. Individual riders who qualified for Regionals at this show were Tori Burkey and Kim Graves who join several St. Andrews students already qualified.

Reserve Regional Champion IDA Team

Regional Champion Western IHSA Team