Monday, March 25, 2013

Western IHSA Team Qualifies for National Championships!

Congratulations to the IHSA Western team qualifying for the National Championships by winning at Semi-Finals. The following report was written by Peggy McElveen, Equestrian Program Director

The 27 teams from across the country who won their regional championships were split among three National Semi-Finals sites to compete this weekend. The top six teams are seeded according to their finish in IHSA Nationals the prior year. Our team was seeded second in our bracket in Kentucky behind Berry College. Only nine teams advance from the Semi-Finals - top three from each Semi-Finals site - to the National Championship.

The final team placings from the Kentucky National Semi-Finals were:

1st St. Andrews University with 27 points
Team riders are Ella Brave, Michelle Hustad, Brittany Powell, Sami Cram, Logan Teeter, and Vickie Wiese
2nd Middle Tennessee State University with 22 points
3rd University of Kentucky with 18 points
4th North Dakota State University with 16 points
5th Berry College with 15 points
6th West Virginia University with 10 points
7th College of the Sequoias with 9 points
8th Utah State University with 8 points
9th Delaware Valley with 7 points

Individual St. Andrews students advancing to Nationals were:
Michelle Hustad in Open Horsemanship
Ella Brave in Reining
Kali Cram in Advanced Horsemanship
Brittany Powell in Novice Horsemanship
Katie Mosca in Intermediate Horsemanship
Dugan McDermott in Beginner Horsemanship

Congratulations to all these students and Coach Carla Wennberg for bringing this Championship to St. Andrews.

The 2013 Semi-Finals Championship Team!

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