Averett IDA Feb. 26th. 2011

The Dressage team travelled to Averett University Saturday for the last show of the regular season. The day started with the first level division where SAPC’s Donna Fowble and Erin Hudson were vying with Averett’s Emily Henderson for the one qualifying slot for Nationals. Erin turned in a strong ride to win the division with a score of 65.41%. Emily placed second with a 62.16% and Donna was sixth with a 60.00%. This tied Erin and Emily with points for the end of the season. The tie was broken by the average percentage for the year with Emily coming out ahead of Erin by a hair. Erin earned the title of reserve champion and a handsome plaque for her wall.

In upper training Andrea Tito scored 62.4% to place second and Lindsey Agaliotis (who had already secured the slot for Nationals and the division champion title) placed third with a 59.2%. This is the first show of the year that Lindsey did not win her division. Casey Curtis placed sixth for St. Andrews.

The lower training riders put in the strongest rides of the day. Freshman Brianne Carter placed second with a score of 67.08% also earning the title of Reserve High Point Rider for the day. Paige Tillison placed fifth with a score of 65.00% and Olivia Taylor placed sixth scoring 65.00% (rider collective marks break ties.)

The Nationals Team slot came down to the riders in the Introductory division. SAPC’s Sarah Key riding for SAPC Team B won the division and Jenna Rash riding for SAPC Team A placed 5th. Averett’s Cat Rock who was tied with Jenna for points for the divisional championship placed 3rd winning the division for the year. Jenna earned the title of Reserve Champion for the year.

Team wise Averett beat SAPC for the Regional title with 26 points to the Knights 24. Coach Dwelle said, “Congratulations to Coach Henderson and the riders at Averett. The Knights worked hard this year, we will start preparing for the 2011/2012 school year right after spring break!”

Sophomore Lindsey Agaliotis will be the sole representative from SAPC competing at the National Championships hosted by the University of Florida at Canterbury Showplace in Florida April 30 – May 1.





Pictures
Regional Reserve Champions!
Andrea Tito warming up
Sarah Key going to the ring
Erin Hudson riding her test
Erin with her plaque and ribbon

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Hunter Seat Team at Lake Waccamaw

by Ashley Duda

The St. Andrews IHSA Hunter Seat Team traveled to Lake Waccamaw for their last regular season competition this Sunday. The Knights came home with a big win. The win secured the Knights as the 2011 IHSA Hunter Seat Zone 4, Region 3 Champions. The hunter seat regional champs will have a month off of competition to train for the zone championships held in early April.

The Knights faced tough competition today when they competed against seven other schools including the two host schools, Coastal Carolina University and the University of North Carolina – Wilmington. Despite not having a home team advantage, the Knights turned in strong ride after strong ride on their way to earning 40 points throughout the day. Picking up wins for the team were Audrey Bolte, Kali Cram, Rob Jacobs, Kayla McBath, Katie Mentzel, and Miranda Wright. Bolte rode very strongly today and won both her intermediate over fences class and open flat class. She earned the most points of any rider at the competition and was awarded the high point rider award. Several riders also qualified for individual regional competition. Additionally, Cram’s win qualified her for Regionals in Novice Fences.

Jacobs also had a banner day as he climbed his way to the top of the Cacchione leaderboard. Each year, the open level rider who has accumulated the most points in their fences and flat classes throughout the competition season, qualifies to compete in the Cacchione Cup at the National competition. Jacobs is the first St. Andrews rider to earn this title since the early 2000’s. Earning a spot to compete in the Cacchione Cup is a huge accomplishment. Many riders vie for the title each year but it takes consistency and solid riding to win. Jacobs has exhibited this consistency and good horsemanship throughout the season.

The team’s win today secured the IHSA Hunter Seat Team’s first regional championship in the history of the program. During the season, teams earn points at each competition. The team with the most points at the end of the season is crowned region champions and advances to post season competition. St. Andrews riders worked tirelessly to ensure the championship. The team competed at seven regular season competitions this season. The team won four of those competitions and finished second in three. The team will continue to work hard as they prepare for Zone competition in hopes of qualifying for IHSA Nationals.

Throughout the year, several St. Andrews riders have qualified as individuals for regional finals competition. Listed below are the St. Andrews riders who have qualified :

Katie Hansen – Open Flat and Open Fences
Rob Jacobs – Open Flat and Open Fences
Audrey Bolte – Open Flat and Novice Fences
Audrey Hayden – Open Flat
Kim Graves – Intermediate Flat
Jodi Brinn – Novice Flat
Sami Cram – Novice Flat
Kali Cram – Novice Fences
Jessica Bitz-Richards – Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation


Full Results from Lake Waccamaw:
Open Flat:
Audrey Bolte – 1st, Katie Hansen – 2nd, Rob Jacobs – 1st
Open Fences:
Katie Hansen – 3rd, Rob Jacobs – 3rd
Intermediate Flat:
Sami Cram – 3rd, Kayla McBath – 1st
Intermediate Fences:
Audrey Bolte – 1st, Keli Van Den Heuvel – 3rd
Novice Flat:
Alexandra Fullerton – 4th, Karen Gruninger – 6th, Missy Hughes – 3rd, Catherine McDowell – 3rd, Katie Mentzel – 1st
Novice Fences :
Kali Cram – 1st
Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter:
Mia Dipillo – 6th, Angela Gaskins – 4th, Miranda Wright – 1st
Walk, Trot:
Alex King – 2nd, Shiloh Kozlowski – 3rd

Randon Show Results

For the first time ever the IHSA Hunter Seat team qualified for Zones! Congratulations to coach Ashley Duda and all team members.

Special congratulations to Rob Jacobs for winning the Cacchione Cup for our region and qualifying for Nationals! Awesome job!



Late results from last week’s IHSA Western Show at NCSU Feb 13th.

Kelsey with first-reining, and fourth-open
Audrey with second-advanced
Kali-with fourth in novice
Jake with fifth in intermediate
Leah with first in walk/jog

Team that rode at IHSA Western NCSU

Showing Under The Stars

by Heather Wile

Over all it was an amazing night full of fun, great riding and some hard competition. With over sixty students competing and seven trailering in their own horses from local barns the barn was a busy place to be! We started the evening with a great reining demonstration from Kelsey Moody and then went on to the Western Horsemanship classes. The western team was using this event to get ready to go to Virginia Tech. to compete in their IHSA Show this weekend. They had some great rides and looked ready to go represent St. Andrews!

Three of our Dressage riders showed up to compete in the Dressage Equitation class in which Brianna Carter took away the blue ribbon riding her own horse.

As the sun began to set our Open Riders started off the Hunter Seat competition with a very challenging course and some spunky horses! Kali Cram ended up the blue ribbon winner with great flat work and a well thought out ride over jumps. In our Intermediate class we had a large number of riders on their own horses. The Dressage Team was well represented by Donna Fowble and Brianna Carter who had great rides over fences placing 6th and 4th but it was Jenn Callahan who rode away with the blue ribbon who will also be representing St. Andrews at the ANRC championships in April in the 2'6" division. Novice Over Fences kicked off with again some great flat work and great equitation! Blake Liljestrand who rides walk/trot for the IHSA Hunter Seat and Western teams took first place followed by Amanda Massengale in second and Caitlin Karolak in third. Next in rode our Walk/Trot Beginning Canter riders who did a great job! Rachel Samuel had a great ride in her first Showing Under the Stars and so did Danielle Martin on her on horse. The blue ribbon ride belongs to Hillary Todd on her own horse followed by Alex King who will be representing the IHSA Hunter Seat team later this weekend at Lake Waccamaw. The Hunter Seat divisions came to a close with our three sections of Advanced Walk/Trot/Canter. Miranda Wright, Stephanie Whitlock and Ellen Tobin all walked away with a blue ribbon followed in second by Angela Gaskins, Amanda Liguori, and Sarah Jones.

The Ride-A-Buck class was a great way to end the night with some great riding and lots of laughs. Brittany Powell held her buck the longest and walked away with the winnings. Some honorable mentions belong to Tricia James, Leah Davison, Jenna Rash, Jenn Callahan, and Natalie Norwood who was representing the SAPC Equestrian Staff!

Western Horsemanship- We had 3 divisions
Section A-
1st- Brittany Powell
2nd- Kali Cram
3rd- Shannon Leggett
4th- AnnNeal Thompson
5th- Lindsey Agaliotis
6th- Andrea Tito
7th- Alex Myers

Section B
1st- Maddie Webb
2nd- Andrea Velez
3rd- Jake Nix
4th- Blake Liljestrand
5th- Shelly Whitmore
6th- Lauren Parker

Section C
1st- Stephanie McElhaney
2nd- Megan Nedow
3rd- leah Davison
4th- Tyler Gritzuk
5th- Chris Harrelson

Dressage Seat Equitation
1st- Brianna Carter
2nd Hannah Firth
3rd- katelee Johnson

Open Over Fences
1st- Kali Cram
2nd- Audrey Bolte
3rd- Katie Hansen
4th- Sami Cram
5th- Rob Jacobs
6th- Kayla McBath
7th- Audrey Hayden

Intermediate Over Fences
1st- Jenn Callahan
2nd- Tricia James
3rd- Alexandra Fullerton
4th- Donna Fowble
5th- Kaila Hershman
6th- Brianna Carter

Novice Over Fences
1st- Blake Liljestrand
2nd- Amanda Massengale
3rd- Caitlin Karolak
4th- Katie Mentzel
5th- Marina Richardson
6th- Paula Kramer

Beginning WTC
1st- Hillary Todd
2nd- Alex King
3rd- Rachel McGarvey
4th- Holly Hickman
5th- Danielle Martin
6th- Rachel Samuel

Walk/Trot/Canter - 3 sections

Section A
1st- Miranda Wright
2nd- Angela Gaskins
3rd- Leah Davison
4th- Kelsey Jones
5th- Stephanie McElhaney
6th- Erin Hudson

Section B
1st- Stephanie Whitlock
2nd- Amanda Liguori
3rd- Kathryn Farley
4th- Shiloh Kozlowski
5th- Jenna Rash

Section C
1st- Ellen Tobin
2nd- Sarah Jones
3rd- Jessica Bitz-Richards
4th- Emily Caton
5th- Angie Cormack
6th- Tori Burkey

Huge Weekend Ahead!

Friday evening Showing Under the Stars including a huge Ride-A-Buck class! Saturday Kris Hamilton clinic for the dressage team, Open House for prospective students, and the Western team leaves for VA Tech for a 6:00 p.m. show. BTW Congrats to Kelsey Moody and Leah Davison for qualifying for IHSA Western Regionals.

Sunday the IHSA Hunter Seat team travels to Lake Waccamaw for their last show of the regular season. GO KNIGHTS!

Dressage Pictures and IHSA

Saturday the IHSA Hunter Seat team hosts at St. Andrews and Sunday the Western team travels to NCSU - Go Knights!

Pictures from last weekend's IDA show thanks to Rooney Coffman and Shannon Leggett.

Top top bottom & Left to right
Paige Tillison on Magic & Lindsey Agaliotis on Astro
Brianne Carter on Reagan
Madison Webb on Feeney
Donna Fowble of Corky
The Team with their ribbons!

SAPC IDA Feb 5, 2011

We are so fortunate to have a covered arena attached to an indoor adjacent to a barn so we can run a horse show in wet cold weather where everyone stays dry and has shelter from the wind plus a place to warm up between rides. This part of the facility is designed to accommodate the Ride-Like-A-Knight Therapeutic Riding Program which operates Monday through Friday. Lucky for us that IDA shows are on the weekend!

Riders from Furman University, Averett University, NCSU and UNC Charlotte braved the rainy drive to compete at St. Andrews. The day started well for St. Andrews with senior Donna Fowble winning the first level division with a score of 67.6%. “My dream as a freshman was to ride at first level and I have now fulfilled that dream” said Donna who started in the lower training division in her freshmen year. Freshmen Erin Hudson placed third in the first level division with a score of 66.2%.

Lindsey Agaliotis put in a strong ride riding last in the upper training division to win the division and secure her slot at IDA Nationals with a score of 70.7%. Junior Andrea Tito earned fifth place in the division with a score of 64.3%. Andrea also serves as the Dressage Show Chair for Riding Council putting in many hours and much effort to organize the horse show. She had this to say about the day, “Seeing all the disciplines come together and create such a fantastic event is completely worth all the hours organizing everything.”

Lower training riders continued the winning streak earning five of the six top placings in the division. Freshmen Brianna Carter won the division and high point rider of the day with a score of 71.5%. Close behind her were Paige Tillison, Olivia Taylor, Lauren Parker and Madison Webb.

In the Introductory division new team members Sarah Kee and Callian Trujillo put in good rides earning second and fifth place respectively. Senior Jenna Rash placed third and Katelee Johnson placed sixth riding at the very end of the day.

Lindsey Agaliotis secured her slot for Nationals but Donna Fowble, Erin Hudson and Jenna Rash could also qualify with strong rides at Averett on Feb 26th. St. Andrews and Averett are now tied for the Regional Championship. The last show at Averett will decide who goes to Nationals in FL at the end of April.


Team Results
1. SAPC Team A - 15
2. SAPC Team B - 14
3. Averett Team B - 10
4. SAPC Team C - 9
5. Individual Team B – 8 66.53%
6. NCSU Team A – 8 64.26%
7. Furman Team A – 8 63.26%
8. UNC Charlotte – 5
9. Individuals C - 4
10. Averett A - 3
11. Individuals A – 1

First Level Test One
1. Donna Fowble SAPC 67.6%
2. Laura Thompson AU 66.9%
3. Erin Hudson SAPC 66.2%
4. Laura Borges AU 64.8%
5. Emily Henderson SAPC 63.1%
6. Ellen Shaw NCSU 60.7%

Training Level Test Two
1. Lindsey Agaliotis SAPC 70.7% Reserve High Point Rider
2. Caitlin Oikemus UNC-C 68.2%
3. Khrystynna Hunsinger AU 66.4%
4. Lizzie Kenelly FU 65.4%
5. Andrea Tito SAPC 64.3%
6. Shannon Stone AU 63.6%

Introductory Level Test C
1. Brianna Carter SAPC 71.5% High Point Rider
2. Paige Tillison SAPC 69.0%
3. Olivia Taylor SAPC 65.0%
4. Lauren Parker SAPC 64.5%
5. Christine Fiebeck AU 63.0%
6. Madison Webb SAPC 62.5%

Introductory Level Test A
1. Jennifer Cooke NCSU 70.6%
2. Sarah Kee SAPC 70.0%
3. Jenna Rash SAPC 67.5%
4. Lindsey Baker AU 66.9%
5. Callian Trujillo SAPC 66.3%
6. Katelee Johnson SAPC 66.3%

Holiday Tournament of Champions

Saturday’s Tournament of Champions was yet another example of the incredible teamwork that is St. Andrews. Can we put on a horse show? Oh yeah! The lesson barn was decorated with garland, Christmas trees, lights, snowflakes, and reindeer. A smiling inflatable nutcracker welcomed everyone at the gate and reindeer and poinsettias decorated the tents and stabling areas. The horses were for the most part body clipped and beautifully turned out. Our friends from Virginia Intermont brought six of horses to swell the ranks of the upper level horses. Thanks Eddie!

The day started with Opening Ceremonies including the National Anthem sung by Bill McConnell and members from the choir and opening remarks from IHSA founder Bob Cacchione. Mike Kryszak served as the announcer for the day and the usual cast of characters worked the paddock,, the barn and the draw table. Classes ran all day with short breaks to drag the ring. Chartwells was kept busy at the concession stand as everyone tried to stay warm. At the end of the day Delaware Valley came out on top with St. Andrews a close second.

Congratulations to all the competitors and thank you to the St. Andrews community for putting on a fabulous horse show.

Schooling on Friday

SAPC 8th placed team

Santa's helper in the paddock

Coach Duda and Jodi Brinn

Reserve Champions with their coach Ashley Duda & program director Peggy McElveen. Also in the picture organizer Gwen (left end) and IHSA founder Bob Cacchione (far right)

IHSA Western Nov 21st

Kelsey Moody and Sailor and the High Point Ribbon

IHSA Western team had a successful show Sunday beating NCSU by 2 points to take a regional lead of 9 points. SAPC first place winners were Kelsey Moody in Open Horsemanship, Andrea Velez in Intermediate 1, Blake Liljestrand in walk/jog section A and Leah Davison in walk/jog section B. (Great way to celebrate your 21st birthday Nov 22nd - Happy Birthday Leah!)

Going into the Thanksgiving break SAPC leads the region with 156 points to NCSU’s 147. In the AQHA High Point Rider SAPC’s Kelsey Moody has 50 points to NCSU’s Kody Zagmann’s 47 points.

Kelsey & Sailor

Audrey Bolte on Popsicle

Blake Liljestrand on Reagan

Andrea Velez on Timmie

Leah Davison on Timmie

SAPC IDA Nov 20th

The Dressage Team

SAPC horses and equestrian students worked hard Sat. at the IDA show hosted by St. Andrews. The show ran very smoothly with hunt seat team members tacking up and holding horses for their team mates on the dressage team. In addition to the horses that regularly participate in dressage lessons horses were “borrowed” from hunt seat and therapeutic riding.

At first level Jake, Astaire and Danny placed 1st, 2nd & 3rd . Donna Fowble beat Erin Hudson for 4th place with a tie broken by judge Cindy Sydnor. Lindsey Agaliotis maintained her lead in upper training scoring 73.2% to win the division. Freshman Katherine Kaltenback was second with a score of 68.8%. In lower training Lauren Parker and Madison Webb were 2nd & 3rd respectively. At Intro Big John took high point ride of the day scoring 74%. Freshman Hannah Firth was 2nd on Jeb with 69%, Jenna Rash was 3rd, Kacie Myers 4th and Katelee Johnson 6th riding Skunk. SAPC Team A finished one point behind Averett. SAPC Team C was 4th and SAPC Team B 5th.

Alum Greta Friesen served as scribe, Joanne Agaliotis took care of scoring and several parents were on hand to support the SAPC riders. The dressage team has two more shows in the spring to finish the season - SAPC Feb. 5 and Averett Feb. 26.

Team A, Erin Hudson, Lindsey Agaliotis, Jenna Rash, Olivia Taylor

Katelee Johnson & Skunk

Jenna Rash & Big John

Kacie Meyers & Big John

Hannah Firth & Jeb

Team
1 - Averett Team A, 17 pts.
2 – SAPC Team A, 16 pts.
3 – Averett Team B, 13 pts.
4 – SAPC Team C, 11 pts.
5 - SAPC Team B, 10 pts.
6 – Furman Team A, 3 pts.
7 – NCSU Team A, 1 pt.

First Level Test 1
1 –Emily Henderson, AU 72.00%
2 – Laura Borges, AU 68.66%
3 - Laura Thompson, AU 66.33%
4 – Donna Fowble SAPC 63.66%
5 – Erin Hudson, SAPC 63.66%
6 – Emily Carroll, FU 56.33%

Training Level Test 4
1 – Lindsey Agaliotis, SAPC 73.2%
2 – Katherine Kaltenback, SAPC 68.8%
3 – Shannon Stone, AU 62.4%
4 – Khrystynna Hunsinger, AU 62.0%
5 - Andrea Tito, SAPC 59.2%
6 – Andrea Massa, NCSU 58.4%

Training Level Test 2
1-Christine Fiebeck AU 71.07%
2 – Lauren Parker, SAPC 65.71%
3 – Valavie Harr, AU 65.36%
4 – Madison Webb, SAPC 63.21%
5 – Allie Pedigo, FU 62.14%
6 – Katie Coleman, FU 61.78%

Introductory Level Test B
1 – Cat Rock, AU 74.0%
2 – Hannah Firth, SAPC 69.0%
3 – Jenna Rash, SAPC 68.3%
4 – Kacie Myers, SAPC 66.0%
5 - Brittany Hoffman, NCSU 66.0%
6 – Katelee Johnson, SAPC 65.0%

Kelsey Moody at the AQHA World Show

Kelsey and Blue

This article appeared on gohorseshow.com. Congratulations to Kelsey on a fabulous show!

Our nice streak of weather is nowhere to be found on this nasty rainy and windy day in Oklahoma City. It would be my mom and sister’s luck to just miss the sun and warm breeze. Despite the gross weather outside, we all wake up, get dressed, and head out to the show. It seems while my excitement has worn off, my family has caught the World Show fever; we couldn’t be there early enough.

The show was kicked off today with five different halter classes, and then four other hunter classes. First up on the list of riding classes was the Equitation on the Flat. This class is such an elegant class to watch, especially with the ‘queen’ of the Equitation, Jessica Johnson and Royalty in Blue in it. In my opinion, not many people can compare to Jessica with that leg of steel and perfect posture.

Today, it was two black horses left standing in the middle of the pen, and who else was it but Jessica Johnson and Kelsey Moody. Kelsey has quite an inspirational story behind her pretty smile and bubbly attitude.

On the arena floor you can see Kelsey start to cry when it the announcer gets down to just two, and I look over to my right I can see her mom, Kay Moody, jumping around in her seat! She was one proud mama. Both girls look over and congratulate each other as the announcer calls Kelsey out as the Reserve World Champion. She leans over and gives her partner, Blue, a big pat on the neck. I couldn’t be happier for anyone.

I met up with Kelsey soon after she got finished with pictures and what not. When I asked Kelsey what this accomplishment meant to her, she said, “I feel like I already won, because Jessica is so good it’s almost like she’s in a league of her own.” What good sportmanship.


Kelsey goes to school at Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian College in Laurinsburg, NC where she rides on the IHSA English and Western team. Ms. Moody will graduate in May of 2011. Kelsey was no new comer to the world show scene, but this was her first year at the AQHA Amateur World Show. Back in 2006 she and Blue were 6th in the Horsemanship and finalist in the Trail, Eq, and Western Riding at the Youth World. Then in 2007 she was 8th in the Horsemanship and 7th in the Showmanship. Her last year in youth she didn’t have the chance to show Blue, but she did have a top ten finish on her pleasure horse, Hot Lil Mama. To add to Kelsey’s List of accomplishments, she was 7th in the Trail and 10th in the Horsemanship here at the Amateur World Show, along with her newly awarded Reserve World Champion in Equitation.

Blue got hurt back in 2007 after the Youth World and the Colvin team managed to get him through another year, but ended up not being able to show at the 2008 Youth World, and had to give him some time off. Kelsey said they didn’t know if he’d ever be able to show again. She smiles and says, “I’m so glad he’s alive and it’s such a blessing to get to show.” I remember showing for a few years with Kelsey in the youth, and it’s obvious this big pretty gelding had way too much heart to give up now. Seems like he’s got many years of talent left to put in the show pen.

I asked Kelsey what she thought of the pattern today, and she said, “ My favorite part to the pattern was the hand gallop. I’m glad they are making Equitation more English rather than horsemanship in English attire. The hardest part, to me, was the hand gallop to the stop.” Which might I add, she nailed it perfectly.

I also wanted to ask, for all you trying to improve your equitation, what Kelsey’s secret to a super tight equitation leg was. She laughs, and says, “I give lots of credit to my coach at school. I get to ride the crazy warmbloods without stirrups. It just takes lots of practice and riding time.” As Charlene Carter would say, “perfect practice makes perfect.”

Plans for the talented duo are just to continue showing. This true all around girl says she might want to take up some reining in the future. We don’t want to leave mama Kay out; Kelsey says she will probably show Blue some in the Select Trail.

Once again, congratulations to Double T Blue Chip and Kelsey Moody in the Amateur Equitation.

Today for the McMullen’s was quite slow. We mostly visited ALL the shops in the trade shows, watched the Amateur Classes, and then hurried back to catch the always entertaining Working Cowhorse. A class that, when I am an Amateur, and my parents have sold my horses, I might want to take up. After the Cowhorse ended, we all ordered take out at the Cheesecake Factory then sat around and visited with our good friend Julie at her trailer. It’s Friday night, so I know we are leaving Sunday morning, but I wish we could be here another week. One more full day of reporting I have left for you, so I’ll try my hardest to make it a good one!

Back Soon,

Lindsey

IHSA Hunter Seat Show - Nov 14th

All the colleges and universities in IHSA Zone 4, Region 3 competed at Jill and Rhett Taylor’s beautiful farm, Cottonwood, in Vanceboro, NC on Sunday, November 14. The weather was exquisite, the food delicious, and the hospitality was Southern at its best. The judge was Mike Rosser from Southern Pines.

Many St. Andrews alums worked together to organize and produce this show. Laura Underhill Norment and Caroline Taylor prepared the horses. Laura and Caroline teach full time at Cottonwood and coach the riding team from East Carolina University. Natalie Norwood, Morgan Worthington, Gabby Grubic, and Nikki Heath served as warm up riders. Sarah Rhymer ran the Draw Table (and was a warm up rider). Mike Kryszak was the announcer and the tack organizer. Even though the show was hosted by ECU and UNC-W we felt right at home being surrounded and cheered on by so many SAPC alums!

The riders from St. Andrews won the team championship! This win increased our lead in Zone 4, Region 3 to 16 points. Additionally, Audrey Bolte qualified for Regional Finals in Open Flat. Coach Duda had her team ready to ride their best.

Highlights:
Katie Hansen and Audrey Bolte each won their Open Flat classes. Rob Jacobs rode very consistently and placed second in his Open Flat and Open Fences classes. Audrey Hayden was fourth in Open Flat.
Kim Graves and Kayla McBath each placed second in their Intermediate Flat classes. Keli Van Den Heuvel was third in Intermediate Fences.
Jennifer Callahan was first in Novice Flat followed by Tara Algeria in second and Andrew Michael in fifth.
The Cram twins excelled in Novice Fences with Kali winning first and Sami winning second.
Miranda Wright was fourth in Walk, Trot, Canter and Shiloh Kozlowski was first in Walk, Trot.

Current Team Standings
St. Andrews 199 points
UNC-Chapel Hill 183
North Carolina State 179
Duke 145
UNC- Charlotte 138
East Carolina 81
Coastal Carolina 71
UNC-Wilmington 58

Averett IDA

Averett University took full advantage of “home team advantage” at yesterday’s IDA show. We had a beautiful fall day at the Averett Equestrian Center with SAPC fielding 14 riders. Lindsey Agaliotis held onto her regional lead by convincingly winning the upper training division with a score of 70%. Erin Hudson rode a good test to earn 3rd place in first level and Donna Fowble was close behind her in 3rd place. Less than 5 percentage points separated the top 6 riders in first level. SAPC lower training riders Lauren Parker, Olivia Taylor and Paige Tillison were 4th, 5th and 6th behind Averett riders in the top three slots. At the introductory level freshman Kacie Meyers at her first IDA show placed 3rd with a score of 67.0% and senior Jenna Rash placed 6th .

Team Results

1st - Averett Team B
2nd – Averett Team A
3rd – Averett Team C
4th – SAPC Team A
5th – SAPC Team C
6th – NCSU Team A

Individual Results

First Level Test 1
1st - Emily Henderson AU, 69.33%
2nd – Laura Borges AU, 67.00%
3rd – Erin Hudson SAPC, 66.67%
4th – Laura Thompson AU, 65.33%
5th – Donna Fowble SAPC, 65.33%
6th – Charlotte Holt NCSU, 64.67%

Training Level Test 3
1st – Lindsey Agaliotis SAPC, 70.00%
2nd – Shannon Stone AU, 68.8%
3rd – Elizabeth Clapper AU, 68.8%
4th – William Robertson AU, 66.8%
5th - Lizzie Kennelly FU, 63.6%
6th – Andrea Massa NCSU, 62.8%

Training Level Test 1
1st – Valerie Harr AU, 72.17%
2nd – Jessie Hayes AU, 71.30%
3rd – Christina Fiebeck AU, 67.83%
4th – Lauren Parker SAPC, 65.65%
5th – Olivia Taylor SAPC, 64.35%
6th – Paige Tillison SAPC, 63.90%

Introductory Test B
1st – Cat Rock AU, 71.5%
2nd – Lindsey Baker AU, 69.0%
3rd – Kacie Meyers SAPC, 67.0%
4th – Wendeline Shea NCSU, 64.0%
5th – Ashley Farmer FU, 63.5%
6th – Jenna Rash SAPC, 63.5%

Regional Team Standings
SAPC - 11
Averett - 11
NCSU - 8
Furman - 6

November Happenings

Pebbles, Megan and four seniors just returned from the NARHA conference in Denver CO. From all accounts the conference was very educational for all attendees and allowed the seniors to make many contacts in the TH industry.

This weekend Jackie & Carla are taking 14 riders to the Averett IDA show on Saturday, Ashley and the IHSA team travel to UNC Wilmington on Sunday and Lindsey is taking a couple of rider to the hunter derby in Greensboro.

Next weekend is shaping up to be pretty busy as well with the SAPC IDA Show & Western Open House on Saturday and a Western IHSA show on Sunday.

Results of SAPC IHSA Show Oct 30th

St. Andrews team remains in 1st place in the Region by 8 points. Katie Hansen remains 1st in Cacchione Cup Standings in the region followed by Rob Jacobs in 2nd Place.

10/30/10 show results
High Point Team - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - 41
Reserve High Point Team - St. Andrews Presbyterian College - 39

High Point Rider - Audrey Bolte - St. Andrews
Reserve High Point Rider - Marion Price - NC State

Individual Results for St. Andrews Riders:

Walk Trot Canter - Shiloh Kozlowski - 1st Place
Alex King - 2nd Place

Beginning Walk Trot Canter - Leah Davison - 2nd Place
Brittany Powell - 3rd Place

Advanced Walk Trot Canter - Angela Gaskins - 3rd Place
Sarah Jones - 3rd Place
Paula Kramer - 3rd Place

Novice Flat - Tara Algeri - 1st Place
Jodi Brinn - 1st Place
Jenn Callahan - 1st Place
Missy Hughes - 1st Place
Katie Mentzel - 2nd Place
Andrew Michael - 2nd Place
Karen Gruninger - 3rd Place
Amanda Massengale - 3rd Place
Park Hoey - 4th Place

Novice Over Fences - Audrey Bolte - 1st Place
Alie McGraw - 6th Place

Intermediate Flat - Kayla McBath - 1st Place
Kim Graves - 3rd Place

Intermediate Over Fences - Keli Van Den Heuval - 2nd Place
Andrew Michael - 3rd Place

Open Flat - Audrey Bolte - 1st Place
Rob Jacobs - 1st Place
Katie Hansen - 3rd Place
Audrey Hayden - 3rd Place

Open Over Fences - Kim Graves - 2nd Place
Katie Hansen - 4th Place
Rob Jacobs - 4th Place

Successful Weekend for IDA Team!

Intercollegiate dressage is about showing off the horse you draw to the best of his/her ability. Some horses move better than others, some are tense or nervous, some are a little lazy and some are just plain hard to figure out! The IDA team demonstrated true horsemanship at this weekend’s NCSU IDA show with every horse they drew. Each rider brought out the best in the horse they drew showing off the horse’s gaits, riding accurately and demonstrating their own solid foundation.

We were blessed with a beautiful fall day and also enjoyed the company of many parents and non-competing team members. The NCSU dressage team hosted the show at Bridgette MacNair’s Buckhorn Farm in Apex, NC. All of the horses were loaned by either Bridgett or her customers and we are truly grateful for their generosity.

At the end of the day the two SAPC teams were first and second with SAPC riders also winning each of the four divisions. Senior Jenna Rash beat out Paige Tillison for High Point rider for the day with a score of 71% to Paige’s 70.896%.





Results of NCSU IDA Oct 31st.

Team Results
1st SAPC Team A,Team Average 68.978%
2nd SAPC Team B, Team Average 67.133%
3rd Averett Team A Team Average 65.877%
4th NCSU Team B, Team Average 65.094%
5th Averett Team B, Team Average 63.795%
6th NCSU Team A, Team Average 62.92%
7th Furman Team A, Team Average 61.736%

Regional Standings
SAPC 7 pts.
Averett 5 pts.
NCSU 4 pts.
Furman 3 pts.

Individual Competition
First Level Test 1
1st Erin Hudson, SAPC 67.666%, 7 pts.
2nd Charlotte Holt, NCSU 66.000%*, 5 pts.
3rd Donna Fowble, SAPC 66.000%* 4 pts.
4th Emily Henderson, Averett, 63.666%, 3 pts.
5th Ellen Shaw, NCAU, 63.000%, 2 pts.
6th Laura Thompson, 61.333%, 1 pt.

Training Level Test 3
1st Lindsey Agaliotis, SAPC 68.4%, 7 pts.
2nd Andrea Tito, SAPC 64.4%*, 5 pts.
3rd Shannon Stone, Averett 64.4%*, 4 pts.
4th Krytynna Hunsinger, Averett 64.4%*, 3 pts.
5th Andrea Massa, NCSU 58.8%, 2 pts.
6th Elizabeth Kenelly, Furman 57.6% 1 pt.

Training Level Test 1
1st Paige Tillison, SAPC 70.869% 7 pts. Reserve High Point Rider
2nd Christina Fiebeck, Averett, 69.565%, 5 pts.
3rd Lane Daley, NCSU 66.956%, 4 pts.
4th Valerie Harr, Averett 65.652%, 3 pts.
5th Cassie Uricchio, NCSU 64.782%, 2 pts.
6th Katie Coleman, Furman 62.608%, 1 pt.

Introductory Level B
1st Jenna Rash, SAPC 71.000%, 7 pts. High Point Rider
2nd Ashley Farmer, Furman 65.000%*, 5 pts.
3rd Hannah Firth, SAPC 65.000%* 4 pts.
4th Jennifer Cooke, NCSU 64.5% 3pts.
5th Cat Rock, Averett 60.500% 2 pts.
6th Wendeline Shea 60.000% 1 pt.



* Tie broken by rider coefficient or if that was tied by the judge.

Results of IHSA Hunter Seat Show at Duke 10/24

IHSA Hunter seat attended the show at Duke University. It was a long day for everyone with our team ending up in fifth place. There was only an 8 point difference between the top 5 teams.

St. Andrews remains in the lead for the region with a 10 point lead and Katie Hansen remains is 1st place in the Cacchione Cup standings for the region. The team hopes to get back on top at the Hunter Seat show being held at St. Andrews this coming Saturday, October 30.

Complete results for St. Andrews riders are:
Leah Davison - 2nd Place Beginner Walk Trot Canter
Brittany Powell - 4th Beginner Walk Trot Canter
Angela Gaskins - 2nd Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Caitlin Karolak - 2nd Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Amanda Liguori - 4th Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Miranda Wright - 1st Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Jodi Brinn - 1st - Novice Flat
Jennifer Callahan - 2nd - Novice Flat
Karen Gruninger - 1st - Novice Flat
Aurelia Phillips - 2nd - Novice Flat
Kali Cram - 3rd - Novice Over Fences
Alie McGraw - 1st - Novice Over Fences
Kim Graves - 3rd - Intermediate Flat
Kayla McBath - 4th - Intermediate Flat
Andrew Michael - 4th - Intermediate Over Fences
Audrey Bolte - 2nd - Open Flat
Katie Hansen - 2nd - Open Flat
Audrey Hayden - 1st - Open Flat
Rob Jacobs - 4th - Open Flat
Katie Hansen - 3rd - Open Over Fences
Rob Jacobs - 2nd - Open Over Fences

More SUS Pictures

Another Big Weekend!

Wow! Did we have a fun weekend! Showing Under the Stars was as much fun as I thought it would be. We had Batman & Joker, Little Bo-Peep, a Knight in Shining Armor, a Medic, a Spaceship, a Hummer, and Max dressed up as Santa. Amazing creativity from all participants! The pictures at the bottom are by Shannon Leggett. In addition to the costume class the community riders did a demonstration (check out the picture of Kate McDavid and Timmy), Andrea Tito did a western themed dressage freestyle, and we had the traditional western pleasure, dressage seat equitation and hunter flat and over fences classes. Thank you to Bridgett Hutchens for judging Friday night and Mike Kryszak for announcing.

On Saturday we welcomed a lot of folks to SAPC for Open House. In addition to the usual activities hunter seat and dressage riders had the opportunity to ride for the coaches. Lots of folks stayed to chat with the instructors, equestrian faculty and some even stayed to watch Ashley’s team practice. We really enjoyed meeting everyone and are looking forward to the next open house Nov 20th which will be a riding open house for western and also the same day as our SAPC IDA show.
Sunday Ashley and Carla accompanied the IHSA hunt seat team to Duke. It was a long day for everyone with our team ending up in fifth place. Complete results will be posted shortly.

Next weekend SAPC hosts IHSA Hunter Seat on Saturday and Sunday the IDA Team travels to NCSU for our first show of the season.

Showing Under the Stars - Halloween Edition!

Showing Under the Stars - Halloween Edition Friday at 4:00 p.m. (this bloggers favorite horse show of the year!) Come out and see some fabulous costumes, we have a very creative group of students and staff who are planning some wild and crazy costumes. After the parade we will have classes for hunt seat, western and dressage and also a class for our community program riders, its going to be a great evening!

The weekend continues with Riding Open House for Hunt Seat and Dressage on Saturday and the IHSA Hunter Seat team travelling to Duke on Sunday.