The team qualified at the last regular show of the season held at St. Andrews Equestrian Center March 19th. Emotions ran high when word came from the scorers that SAPC had beaten NCSU for the team slot. “You can’t imagine how proud I am.” said Coach Wennburg. “Our horses did a brilliant job, my students totally organized everything within two hours this morning, they did everything as horsemen.” NCSU and SAPC have been closely tied throughout the year. SAPC beat NCSU 38 points to 32 giving SAPC a year end total of 275 to NCSU’s 272. Equestrian Program Director Peggy McElveen said, “I am so proud of our students and their coach. It has been an extremely challenging year for the Western Team, they have had their ups and their downs. They have worked very hard to get to this point and today their hard work paid off.”
The Reining division has also been a back and forth competition between SAPC’s Senior Kelsey Moody and NCSU’s Kody Zaagman. Today Kody won the division to beat Kelsey by one point for the year. Kody will go on to Nationals as high point rider for our zone. Both Kelsey and Kody qualified for Western Semi Finals in reining. Interestingly, Kody started his IHSA career at St. Andrews riding for Coach Wennburg before transferring to NCSU for his sophomore year.
Judge Carolyn Johnson from Ringgold, GA was very impressed with the quality of the St. Andrews horses. “Today I saw a very, very nice group of horses. This is the nicest group of horses I have seen at any IHSA show.” After the competition she was very quick to complement Coach Wennburg, “Carla is like a sponge. She takes in everything and then gives it back to her students. She is such a special, dedicated, nice person.”
St. Andrews is certainly proud of our western team and their coach! Get plenty of rest tonight guys and good luck to all the individuals riding for Semi Final slots tomorrow.
Advancing to the Regional Competition March 20th at St. Andrews Equestrian Center
Reining & Open Horsemanship
Kelsey Moody
Advanced Horsemanship
Shannon Leggett, Anne Neal Thompson
Intermediate Horsemanship
Brittany Powell, Kimmie Simonsen, Jake Nix
Novice Horsemanship
Alex Meyer
Walk Jog
Leah Davison, Shelley Whittmore
Results March 19, 2011
High Point Rider
Tied Kelsey Moody, SAPC & Kody Zaagman, NCSU
Open Horsemanship
1st - Kelsey Moody
6th - Anne Neal Thompson
Intermediate II Horsemanship Section A
1st – Madison Webb
Advance Horsemanship Section A
2nd – Lindsey Agaliotis
Intermediate I Horsemanship Section A
1st - Leah Davison
2nd – Shelley Whittemore
Advanced Horsemanship Section B
2nd - Lindsey Agaliotis
Reining
2nd - Kelsey Moody
Intermediate II Horsemanship Section B
1st – Brittany Powell
Walk Jog Section A
2nd – Amber Powell
Novice Horsemanship Section A
1st – Alex Meyer
Walk Jog Section B
1st – Tyler Gritzuk
Novice Horsemanship Section B
2nd – Kali Cram
Kelsey Moody
Leah Davison
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