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%