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.

Results of IHSA show at UNC - Chapel Hill

UNC - Chapel Hill IHSA Hunter show 10/16/10 results:
High Point Team
St. Andrews Presbyterian College - 44
Reserve High Point Team
NC State - 39

High Point Rider
Lauren Bongers - UNC - Charlotte
Reserve High Point Rider
Katie Hansen - St. Andrews

St. Andrew rider results:
Blake Liljestrand - Walk Trot - 1st Place
Leah Davison - Beg. Walk Trot Canter - 3rd Place
Miranda Wright - Adv. Walk Trot Canter - 1st Place
Jennifer Callahan - Novice Flat - 2nd Place
Kali Cram - Novice Flat - 2nd Place
Alex Fullerton - Novice Flat - 3rd Place
Audrey Bolte - Novice Over Fences - 2nd Place
Sami Cram - Novice Over Fences - 1st Place
Kim Graves - Intermediate Flat - 4th Place
Andrew Michael - Intermediate Over Fences - 3rd Place
Audrey Bolte - Open Flat - 1st Place
Katie Hansen - Open Flat - 1st Place
Audrey Hayden - Open Flat - 4th Place
Rob Jacobs - Open Flat - 2nd Place
Katie Hansen - Open Over Fences - 1st Place
Rob Jacobs - Oopen Over Fences - 4th Place

Vicki Kelley Clinic

Vicki Kelley spent Sat. morning with us sharing ideas and drilling riders on lateral suppleness. Every transition had to be balanced and connected resulting in improved performance from all the horses.

In the picture below: Donna Fowble on Astaire, Lindsey Agaliotis on Corky, Megan Ellis on Marcus and Katherine Kaltenbach on Gordon. Photo by Casey Curtis.

IHSA Team wins at UNC - Chapel Hill

IHSA Zone 4 Region 3’s Hunter Seat Show on October 16, 2010 was hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill at the beautiful and historic Quail Roost Farm in Rougemont, NC. The setting was pastoral, the horses were saintly, the food was delicious, and southern hospitality abounded on a beautiful October day.

The competition was friendly, supportive, and lively. Riders from seven of our eight schools won blue ribbons! The top four schools were within 7 points of each other when the day was done. St. Andrews was the Champion Team with 44 points, NC State University was the Reserve Champion Team with 39 points, Duke University was third with 38 points, and host school UNC-Chapel Hill was fourth with 37 points. The other schools in order of finish were UNC-Charlotte, Coastal Carolina University, UNC-Wilmington, and East Carolina University.

Special thank you to the Hill family for allowing us to visit Quail Roost Farm, Kate Gage for her endless work in managing the show, the entire UNC-Chapel Hill team and the parents of so many team riders who worked at the show.

Our next show is October 24 at Ginny Rollin’s Echo Creek Farm in Hillsborough, NC hosted by the Duke University Equestrian Team.

IHSA Western Team Leads Region After Four Shows!

Coach Carla and the Western Team travelled to NC State for 2 western shows this weekend. Coach Carla just returned from 10 days as a reining steward at the WEG. (She had a great time and represented SAPC to an international audience) Torre Edgerly stepped in to coach the team in Carla's absence and must be commended for preparing them well for the weekend.


TEAM STANDINGS

St. Andrews 122
North Carolina State 115
Virginia Tech 89
North Carolina A & T 63
Martin Community 24
Western Carolina 6
High Point University 3

AQHA High Point Standings
Kelsey Moody - SAPC 38
Kody Zaagman - NCSU 35
Maggie Gregg - VT 23
Brandon Armwood – NC A&T 16
Brittney Nelson – NC A&T 11
Ethan Hefner - NCSU 9
Blair Childress - NCSU 8
Brittany Spears - NCSU 7

Complete results from the shows this weekend:
http://www.sapc.edu/Equest/comp_ops/competitionresults.php

Results of IHSA Hunter Seat Show Oct 2nd

IHSA Hunter Seat Team Oct 2nd, 2010

St. Andrews - High Point Team 47; UNC - Chapel Hill - Reserve High Point Team 38


Audrey Bolte - SAPC - High Point Rider - 14; Alex Duffy - NC State - Reserve High Point Rider

11 St. Andrews Individual Riders:
Walk Trot - Leara Auci - 1st Place

Beg. Walk, Trot, Canter - Leah Davison - 1st Place, Brittany Powell - 2nd Place

Adv. Walk, Trot, Canter - Angela Gaskins - 2nd Place Miranda Wright - 1st Place

Novice Flat - Jodi Brinn - 1st Place, Jennifer Callahan - 2nd Place, Sami Cram - 2nd Place, Katy Hutchings - 2nd Place, Catherine McDowell - 1st Place, Katie Mentzel - 1st Place

Novice Over Fences - Audrey Bolte - 1st Place, Kali Cram - 1st Place

Intermediate Flat - Kim Graves - 1st place

Open Flat - Audrey Bolte - 1st Place, Audrey Hayden - 1st Place

Open Over Fences - Katie Hansen - 1st Place, Rob Jacobs - 1st Place

First IHSA Hunter Seat Show for 2010 - 2011 Year

Audrey Bolte High Point Rider for SAPC

The IHSA Hunter Seat Team and Coach Ashley Duda cleaned up Saturday earning 47 out of a possible 49 points to win the Championship Ribbon and a substantial lead in our region. Audrey Bolte earned high point rider with two wins in the Open Flat and Novice over Fences divisions.

The show ran very smoothly with comfortable fall temps. and bright sunny weather. Horses who normally participate in western and dressage augmented the hunt seat string and all were impeccably behaved – even Profound! Dale and his crew had the ring prepared to perfection, Heather kept the show running from the announcer’s booth, Lindsey and Katherine had the paddock under control, Jackie and Megan worked at the draw table, Marsha tabulated the scores, Pebbles and the TH club provided concessions, Kellie and Natalie had the barn running efficiently, Riding Council and all its members had the horses beautifully prepared and ready for every class and Peggy of course was everywhere trouble shooting and problem solving.

Meanwhile, Carla and the Western IHSA team held practice and then headed to Raleigh for their own shows.

Complete results soon!

IHSA Shows

We have a busy weekend planned for our IHSA teams. Saturday is our first IHSA hunter seat show of the year. The coach’s meeting is at 9:00 and the show itself starts at 10:00. Looking forward to welcoming riders and coaches from Duke University, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, North Carolina University – Wilmington.

The IHSA western team travels to NCSU for back to back shows Saturday evening and Sunday.

Go Knights!

The Bad Blogger

I have been a bad blogger lately. Since school started life has been hectic. Classes, lessons and Showing Under The Stars are just a few of the things that have kept us busy in the first few weeks of the Fall Semester. This past weekend we hosted back to back IHSA Western shows on Saturday and Sunday. Overall, the western team came out ahead and now lead the region with 4 points. The shows could not have gone more smoothly. The students and staff worked hard to put on well organized shows that ran with limited problems, well turned out horses and prepared riders. The SAPC Relay for Life Team provided concessions, Doug Glass’s Entrepreneurship class sold ribbon belts, and Mike Morton helped us out as announcer. A good weekend for everyone!

Next weekend Lindsey is taking riders to Camden to show and I think the rest of us get to take a breather. The following weekend Oct 2nd is our first IHSA Hunter Seat Show.

Results of the Western Show
SATURDAY, 09/18/10High Point School - North Carolina State Univ. - 33 Points Reserve High Point School - St. Andrews - 31 Points
High Point Rider - Kody Zaagman - NC State
Reserve High Point Rider - Kelsey Moody - St. Andrews

First Place Riders for SAPC:
Shannon Leggett - Advanced Horsemanship
Audrey Bolte - Advanced Horsemanship

Second Place Riders for SAPC:
Jake Nix - Intermediate I Horsemanship
Andrea Tito - Novice Horsemanship

SUNDAY, 09/19/10
High Point School - St. Andrews - 35
Reserve High Point - NC State - 30
High Point Rider - Kody Zaagman - NC State
Reserve High Point - Maggie Gregg - Va. Tech

First Place Riders for SAPC:
Shelley Whittemore - Beginner Horsemanship (also now qualified for Regional Show)
Amber Powell - Beginner Horsemanship (on her birthday too)
Andrea Velez - Intermediate Horsemanship I
Brittany Powell - Intermediate Horsemanship II
Andrea Tito - Novice Horsemanship
Kelsey Moody - Open Horsemanship

Second Place riders for SAPC:
Alex Meyer - Novice Horsemanship

Jake Nix on Coosa & Kelsey Moody in Reining

FALL 2010

Today the forecast is for temperatures of 100 plus depending on where you get your weather from. I have seen as high as 106 and that is without the heat index. Needless to say it is toasty in the Burg! With temps like that Carla and Dale left at 2:00 a.m. for Camp Seafarer to bring home the first load of camp horses. Tomorrow Dale and I go to Roaring Gap to pick up the lucky ones that spent the summer in the mountains, are they in for temperature shock! The horses from Camp Rockbrook start returning this weekend and then we have one more trip to Seafarer around the 15th and the Camp Keystone horses to return.

The barns have been pressure washed and cleaned and the staff is busy getting ready for the fall semester. We are looking forward to meeting the freshmen class as well as having the upperclassmen back.

Over the summer we had some staff changes. Stephanie relocated to Raleigh to work at the NCSU Veterinary School. She took Celtic with her and we wish her all the best with her new job. Torre has also moved on although she will be coming back to help Carla with the western team. We will miss both Stephanie and Torre.

Moving forward we have reorganized a little. Lindsay has accepted additional responsibilities (in addition to serving as the show team coach, boarder liaison and instructor) she now also serves as the Barn Coordinator. This role involves ordering feed, supplies etc, scheduling the assistant barn managers, and keeping records. I will be helping her in a mentoring role. Kellie will serve as Assistant Barn Manager for the lesson barn and also oversee work study for the entire facility. We are thrilled to have hired Natalie Norwood as Assistant Barn Manager for the Boarders/TH barn. Natalie will also serve as the medical liaison and assist Dr. Kellam with horse health care. Finally, Katherine Laughlin has accepted a Riding Fellow position. She will be working closely with the Assistant Barn Managers.

As previously mentioned Liz Harris Adams has moved to Old Lyme, CT to work at High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc. and Megan Ellis has taken over the role of the Ride-Like-A-Knight Therapeutic Riding Director.

We are all looking forward to having the students back and getting started with the fall semester.

Kelsey Moody competes in the NCAA/IHSA Reining Championship NRHA Derby

Kelsey Moody placed 9th in the NCAA/IHSA Reining Championship NRHA Derby sponsored by the National Reining Horse Association. The competition was held June 19 – 26 in Oklahoma City and coaches Carla Wennburg and Ashley Duda were onsite to support Kelsey. Carla is an FEI steward for reining and was working the event in an official capacity. Ashley took time out from her summer of studying in Kansas to attend the show. Kelsey qualified for the Derby at IHSA Nationals held this May in Lexington, Kentucky. This head to head competition is unique in that it brings students from IHSA and NCAA schools into direct competition. Western is currently the only discipline to offer this type of intercollegiate competition. “Kelsey rose to the occasion and rode great,” said Carla, “the mare was very sensitive and her stops were not the greatest, but Kelsey gave her a first class ride.”

New Leadership for RLAK program

The end of May and all the horses are safely delivered to their summer homes. The ones that remain have been consolidated to the Boarder’s Barn side and the maintenance crew has begun the task of cleaning the lesson barn. The western barn will have to wait for a few more days as we have horses and riders staying in that barn for a four day clinic. Lindsay is doing the majority of the teaching, but I was excited to teach 2 flat lessons this morning. The group is from Tally Ho Equestrian Center in Timmonsville, SC led by SAPC alum Katrina Brown Hutto.

The end of May brings a change to the TH program. Liz Harris Adams, who has been at SAPC for 13 years, first as a student and then as the Director of the Ride-Like-A-Knight TH program has accepted a position with High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc. in Old Lyme CT. We are sad to see Liz move on but wish her every success in her new position.

Megan Ellis will be taking over the reins of the RLAK program. Megan has served as an assistant barn manager for the last two years as well as assisting Liz with the RLAK program.

Time for Camp!

May is always a challenge with virtually all the students gone (Amber – thank you for staying!) and all the horses still in residence. This week we started shipping horses out to the various summer camps. Monday Peggy, Dale and I hauled 8 up to Roaring Gap Country Club near to Mt. Airy. Heather and Betsy are spending the summer with the horses running the riding program and staying cool in the Mountains.

Yesterday Carla and Ashley made the first of two trips to Camp Seafarer in Arapahoe, NC. They hauled 12 horses and tomorrow Lindsay and I will take another 12. Katie Lavery is heading up that program. Sarah Rhymer also works for Camp Seafarer so they will be in good hands. Jessica from Camp Keystone in Brevard NC picked up five horses on Monday and another 20 or so will shipping commercially to Camp Rockbrook in Brevard over the weekend. Cara Thompson is running the Rockbrook program as she has done for the past several summers. That should bring the numbers down to a manageable amount for the barn managers during June and July. Next project…pressure washing the barns!

IHSA Western Final Results

Congratulations to Coach Carla Wennburg and the IHSA Western Team on their third place at IHSA Nationals. On the final day Brittany Powell placed 2nd in Intermediate Western Horsemanship and Kelsey Moody was 3rd in the Open Rail Horsemanship resulting in 18 points for SAPC and a tie for third place with Middle Tennessee State.

Individuals Megan Stiles placed second in Intermediate Western Horsemanship and Shannon Leggett placed 6th in Novice Western Horsemanship. Yesterday Kelsey placed 2nd in individual Open Western Horsemanship. Congratulations to all SAPC IHSA riders on a job well done – Go Knights!

IHSA Western Team Update

SAPC western team lies in 4th place going into the final day at IHSA Nationals. Leah Davidson placed 4th in the Team Beginner Western Horsemanship and Kelsey Moody was 9th in the open reining. This gives the Knights 9 points right behind Berry College with 10 points. Ohio State has 20 points and Findlay 22 points.

There are 3 more classes to be decided today. Good luck to Kelsey and Brittany riding for the team and Megan and Shannon riding as individuals today! Go Knights!

Graduation

The weather was kind for graduation, although it was hot there was a good breeze which helped keep things cool. Many alums, current students as well as family and friends were on site to share the joy of graduation. Pebbles was recognized as distinguished faculty for this year during the ceremony. This is an honor that is reserved for faculty members that have made a difference not only in the lives of their students, but have served as mentors and leaders for their colleagues as well as serving the college in multiple capacities. Pebbles is in good company, the other professor recognized this year was Dick Prust for his 40+ years of service and leadership.

Kelsey Moody placed 3rd in NRHA Individual Open Reining at IHSA nationals today, waiting on IHSA updates for team placings from today.