Julianna Empie of Penn State University (on horse) won the first class held at 2022 IHSA Nationals and the last undergraduate hunter seat class held at 2022 IHSA Nationals. And in between Empie won the Cacchione Cup, awarded annually to the best IHSA hunter seat open rider since 1972.

WASPS LEAD MOST OF THE WAY AND NARROWLY REPEAT ENGLISH WHILE A TWO-YEAR SCHOOL CAPTURES THEIR FIRST TITLE ON THE WESTERN SIDE

HARRISBURG, PA - Considering that there had not been an IHSA Nationals event since May of 2019 it was business as usual when Centenary University senior Arielle Logiudice entered the ring at 8:58AM on the morning of May 5th for individual open over fences at 2022 IHSA Nationals at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. Logiudice would eventually place third in that division. Four days and 34 classes later the results from all the divisions would be in the record books.

On the hunter seat or English side defending National Champion Emory and Henry College would take the lead outright through three classes and hang on to repeat. Miami University of Ohio would chase them throughout and eventually finish with the reserve championship. The Wasps finished ahead of the Red Hawks 42-39 though two other schools stayed in the race until the final hunter seat team class.

On the western side it was even closer. The three leading schools went into the final western team class on May 8th separated by a total of two points. Ohio State, with head coaches Ollie and Debbie Griffith at the helm for the final time after 35 seasons, held a 39-38 lead on Black Hawk College. West Texas A and M University, which had led most of the way, was at 37 points.

That final class was team open western horsemanship, and Anna Wilhelm of Black Hawk College won to lift the school from Galva, Illinois to their first-ever IHSA National Championship.

Though the retiring husband-and-wife Griffiths were the sentimental choice of many to win Black Hawk became the 20th western program since there was a Western Team Championship (awarded for the first time in 1978) to take home the top team prize. However all of the previous 19 winners on the western side were four-year schools. By prevailing 48-46 over the Buckeyes Black Hawk became the first Western team with a two-year program to win and the first overall since Southern Seminary Junior College won the last of their seven hunter seat team titles in 1988.

Two of the most active hunter seat riders at 2022 Nationals were in fact the top two in the Cacchione Cup competition. Named for Mario "Marty" Cacchione, whose son Bob founded the IHSA in 1967, the Cacchione Cup is awarded to the top open rider who prevails following a fences phase, a flat phase and a work-off phase (if necessary). Logiudice, a senior from Freehold, New Jersey who had been third in individual open fences, fourth in individual open flat and second in team open fences, was second following the work-off (and would earn her third red ribbon on May 7th with a second in team open flat an hour later). The Cacchione Champion had competed in each of these classes as well, placing first in individual open fences, third in individual open flat, tenth in team open over fences and first in the team open flat class that came later in the day on May 7th. She is Penn State University junior Julianna Empie and in her second IHSA Nationals appearance Empie won the top prize in a field of 24. Alumni rider Ashton Phillips, who coaches both the Princeton University and New York University equestrian teams, said during the work-off phase (made up of six riders) that the top two could have gone either way. Phillips, who thanks to his appearances in alumni classes since the early 1990's has competed in more IHSA shows than anyone in the history of the organization, specifically liked the way Empie set herself up for the first fence during the work-off. Apparently so did judges Todd Karn (a former coach of the Cornell Equestrian Team) and Tom Brennan (a former rider for the 2003 IHSA National Champion Stonehill College team) when placing the junior from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania at the top.

It was the final show as co-head coach for Debbie Griffith (on right), as she and her husband Ollie are retiring after having signed on to coach Ohio State University in 1985. But hopefully Nigel Lancaster of the Buckeyes (on left) has a few more IHSA shows ahead of him. Lancaster won the individual AQHA High Point Rider Award at 2022 Nationals, awarded to the top Western open rider every year since 1982. Lancaster (and Empie of Penn State) were juniors during the 2021-22 season.

The individual High Point Western Rider Competition (sponsored once again by the American Quarter Horse Association) was among the two closest this century. It was so close that there was an actual ride-off to break a mathematical tie for first place. Nigel Lancaster of Ohio State, who up to this point had earned two thirds and a fourth over three rides that weekend (he did not qualify in individual open western horsemanship) and Ashton Knerr of the University of Findlay had the exact same score when the math was added up. Both riders had to execute one more reining pattern to break the tie. Knerr, a junior from Plain City, Ohio whose older sister Morgan was team open reining champion for the Oilers at the last IHSA Nationals event, would be awarded the reserve champion award by judges Gretchen Mathes and Allen Mitchels while Lancaster would take the top prize. Lancaster thus sent the Griffiths out with a first place ribbon. Had Knerr won it would not have been that bad for the Griffiths either, for both riders grew up riding at the Griffith's Autumn Rose Farm in Dublin, Ohio. Lancaster became the fifth Buckeye to win the individual High Point following Rich Beidelscheis (in 1993), Jill Nicole Soronen (in 1996), Laura Philips (1999) and Austin Griffith (both 2012 and 2013). It is worth noting that Austin Griffith, who is the son of Ollie and Debbie, nearly won a third championship in the division. The last time two riders were tied in the individual open western following both the rail and reining phases was in 2014, when Griffith and Julia Roberts of West Texas A and M had the same combined score. However the judges at that event decided to break the tie by referring to the higher score in the reining phase. Apparently Roberts had that honor so she was awarded the grand prize rather than a ride-off taking place.

More Griffiths: The legacy that Debbie and Ollie Griffith leave behind is as remarkable as any the IHSA will ever produce. During 2022 Nationals this writer learned from Ollie that there was in fact one season when the Griffiths did not send a full team to Nationals (I had been telling the world the Buckeyes never missed during their 34 seasons with a full western team not counting the 2019-20 season which did not have a proper conclusion due to covid). Ollie explained that the 1985-86 season and not the 1986-87 season was their first coaching IHSA. However that first season Ohio State was hunter seat only, which threw this writer for even more of a loop since I had no knowledge that the Griffiths ever coached hunter seat. "We coached hunter seat for 17 years," said Ollie, which means that until mid-2002 (five years after this writer started writing about the IHSA on the internet) the Griffiths handled both disciplines. But starting in the fall of 1986 the Griffiths coached Ohio State to 34 consecutive appearances at IHSA Nationals with a full western team. No other school - English or Western - has a streak that is even close (no hunter seat team has a streak of 20 as of yet). In addition Ohio State riders won 17 individual western classes at Nationals while the Buckeyes were high point team at Nationals ten times (one shared title in 2002) which is also the current all-time record. And on six occasions Ollie and Debbie's former riders won Western Alumni classes at IHSA Nationals as a bonus. The Griffiths were honored during a ceremony following the Parade of Teams which took place just prior to the first western class of 2022 Nationals.

Look what Dr. John X started!: It took 49 years, but the school once known as C.W. Post College finally sent a full hunter seat team to IHSA Nationals. In the fall of 1973 John Xanthopoulos was a freshman at C.W. Post College on Long Island (New York). While Long Island had at least half a dozen IHSA teams at the time C.W. Post was not one of them. So Xanthopoulos started a team there. By the end of the decade Post was one of the better teams in what was the largest IHSA region at that time (stretching from Northern New Jersey across the Hudson River through the five boroughs of New York City to Long Island. Several schools north of New York City, such as the United States Military Academy, were also in this region). At the start of the 21st Century Xanthopoulos resurfaced in the IHSA after a 23 year hiatus, having moved almost-cross-country to Montana where he was now head coach at the University of Montana - Western. He had also earned a doctorate, and was now Dr. John Xanthopoulos. With such a long name he was known to many simply as "Dr. John X" and his Bulldogs captured four hunter seat and one western Region Title in Zone 8, Region 3 between 2008 and 2013. Last seen at 2014 Nationals (also at the Farm Show Complex) where he served as Ringmaster, Dr. John X is still living in Montana. And he would be proud to know that his original team not only won their fifth consecutive hunter seat region title and sixth since 2014 they also finished fourth at IHSA Nationals in their first-ever appearence there with a full hunter seat team. C.W. Post College, named for Charles William Post who founded Post Cereals, officially became Long Island University - C.W. Post at the start of 2012 as part of a re-branding to attach the LIU name to all six campuses. LIU-Post, which won Zone 2 Zones at St. Lawrence on April 9th by a 43-41 score over the hosts, was a blue ribbon visitor to the winner's circle four times at 2022 Nationals including one alumni win. Coached by Brooke Chasin, the Sharks won two team classes. Kara Bromschwig, a senior from Huntington, New York preceeded the first team win with a blue ribbon in individual intermediate flat on May 5th. The next day Julia Bovino (a freshman from Manhasset, New York) kicked off the day with a first in team intermediate over fences. Then on May 7th LIU-Post won each of the first two classes, though the first one was won by a rider not on their current roster. Mackenzie Ashe, who graduated in 2021 won the alumni fences while Anna Perlow (a sophomore from Hampton Bays, New York) made it two straight by winning team open over fences on Saturday morning. The Sharks went into the eighth and final hunter seat team class, team open flat, in third place but finished fourth with 33 points. LIU-Post also had the most actual rides at 2022 Nationals of any school. The Sharks had riders in every hunter seat undergraduate class save for individual limit flat while compensating with two riders in individual intermediate flat. When you add in Jacqueline Davis in the Caccchione Class LIU-Post had 17 undergraduate rides and one alumni rider entered. Think about it: There might be some rider in high school somewhere who will go to a college with no equestrian team. That rider might start something that really takes off. It worked for Bob Cacchione (the IHSA Founder Emeritus) and also for Dr. John X!

Hey listen up everybody! I've got a third and the Vixens are third! While Nina Hugi of Sweet Briar College didn't actually say this into the team megaphone the information is true. From Chicago, Illinois, Hugi was the second of three Vixens to place third in a hunter seat team class at '22 Nationals. Sita Moses (not pictured) closed out the opening day slate with a third in team intermediate flat. Sarah Southard (not pictured) was third in team novice equitation halfway through day two while Hugi was third in team intermediate over fences in the first class held on the second day of Nationals. Though no Sweet Briar rider placed higher than third in a team class the Vixens still finished only seven points off the lead.

The team that leapfrogged the Sharks into third place were the Vixens. Sweet Briar College, which produced the 2018 Cacchione Cup winner in Mikayla Benjamin and which placed eighth at 2019 Nationals, scored 35 points. No Vixens team member placed higher than third, but three team riders placed third. The only Sweet Briar rider to leave 2022 Nationals with a blue ribbon didn't even think she would be at Nationals following her Zones performance. Emmy Longest, a sophomore from Hanover, Virginia, was third at Zones in individual open flat. It was not until Tuesday - two days before her class - that Longest learned that the winner of the individual class at Zones had a riding-related mishap that would keep her out of Nationals. When a rider qualified for Nationals cannot participate the next rider in line at Zones moves up. Longest, whose older sister Holly rode for the Virginia Commonwealth University team, made the most of the opportunity. Emmy Longest won the individual open flat, becoming only the third Vixen to win an individual class at an IHSA Nationals event. Though Sweet Briar has fielded an IHSA team since the fall of 1975 only Happy Donnelly (in novice fences at 1986 Nationals) and Dina Orbison (in walk-trot-canter at 1998 Nationals) as well as Benjamin in the '18 Cacchione had left a Nationals event with a non-team-related blue ribbon prior to Longest on May 5th.

Like Sweet Briar, Miami University of Ohio did not win any team classes at IHSA Nationals. However the Red Hawks placed second twice. Roberta Cullinan, a freshman from Gurnee, Illinois was second in team limit flat on May 5th while teammate Sofie Olson, also a freshman, and from Denver, Colorado, was a red ribbon winner in team intermediate fences about two hours later. Miami riders placed sixth or higher in four of the other six team classes and were in second place from the fourth team class through Fiona Brock's third in team open flat in the eighth and final class. It was 30 years ago when 1992 Nationals were held in Morehead, Kentucky that the Red Hawks finished as high as second at Nationals. This was the first time since that Miami left Nationals with the reserve high point team ribbon and the first time since head coach Heather Pinnick became part of the Miami riding program in 2005.

Though they trailed St. Lawrence University for one team class defending champion Emory and Henry College took the lead and kept it when Kendall Madison won team limit flat which was the second team class on May 5th. A freshman from Westtown, New York, Madison would not be the only member of the Wasps to win a team class. Another freshman, Madelyn Whitley, won team novice the next day. From Stuarts Draft, Virginia, Whitley was the fifth of six Emory and Henry riders up to that point to have earned at least one team point in the hunter seat team classes. Both Abigail McCoy (in team open fences) and Hayden Wilkes (in team open flat) placed sixth on May 7th to keep the likes of Miami, Sweet Briar and LIU-Post from being able to catch them. Wasps head coach Heather Richardson is surprisingly at least the eighth hunter seat head coach in IHSA history to win consecutive Nationals team championships. This is a surprise in that so many have accomplished this feat in only 50 seasons of recognized IHSA National Championships. Richardson was also employed by the Virginia Intermont College program when that school won titles in both 2004 and 2005 (though the head coach was Eddie Federwisch, who today is the Director of Riding at Savannah College of Art and Design). At the moment Emory and Henry trains at the same facility that Virginia Intermont used prior to that school closing it's doors in 2014. However that facility, located at Exit 10 of Interstate 81 in the Southwestern corner of Virginia, may no longer be the site of IHSA shows in the not-too-distant future. On February 4th Emory and Henry College announced the proposal of a new equestrian complex that would be constructed on property adjacent to Exit 26 of Interstate 81 (much closer to the Emory and Henry campus). The press release went on to say that "The new facility would feature an indoor competition riding arena with spectator seating, outdoor riding arena, multiple paddocks, high-tech classroom space and tack rooms, ample and modern stalls for college horses and boarding for student horses." Though IHSA events hosted by the Wasps would almost certainly be held in the new facility the press release also said that "Plans are being discussed to incorporate the Exit 10 facility for additional equestrian programming."

The Ranch Riding division made it's IHSA Nationals debut in 2022 and both the team and individual Ranch class winners ride for West Texas A and M University. Stephanie Miller of the Buffs was the first of 12 riders to compete in the individual ranch class and the first-ever ranch champion when the results were announced. WTAMU head coach Amanda Ellis (on far right) poses with Miller and her parents in the winner's circle on May 6th. A day later teammate Sydni Nilles (not pictured) won team ranch riding to help the Buffs to a third place finish in the western team competition.

NSBA sponsors Western Team Classes for the first time: For those who were browsing the 180 page IHSA Nationals program during the four-day event they might have noticed that an organization known as the NSBA was listed as the sponsor for each of the seven Western team classes. The NSBA stands for the National Snaffle Bit Association and according to Mount Holyoke College Western Coach Kelli Wainscott the NSBA is "affiliated with the AQHA and they partner together a lot."

As was the case for many years prior to the pandemic the Western Team Competition started during the second day of the four-day event with Team Open Reining. St. Mary of the Woods took the early lead as Teah Taylor of the Pomeroys was first. The younger sister of head coach Tabitha Taylor, Teah was actually a member of the Black Hawk College team 2018-20 but was only a junior at St. Mary of the Woods this season. West Texas A and M moved into a tie for first following the completion of Team Level 1 Horsemanship, which was won by Jennica Dannehl of the Buffs. The sophomore from Bertrand, Nebraska would be the first of two West Texas riders to win a team class. The next day Sydni Nilles won the first-ever Team Ranch Riding class at an IHSA Nationals event. The junior from Fox Lake, Illinois was not the only member of the Buffs to win a Ranch Riding class that weekend. The first-ever Nationals Individual Ranch Riding Class was held the day before, with WTAMU freshman Stephanie Miller the first to compete in the class of tweleve and the eventual winner. When Miller exited the ring Buffs head coach Amanda Ellis was heard saying something to the effect of "Wooooo! The highest score ever in a ranch riding class at Nationals" when speaking of her rider from Loveland, Colorado (scores were not announced for this division, so it is possible that through both Ranch classes Miller might still have the highest Ranch score).

The fourth team class, Team Beginner Western, was won by Kyle Anders of Ohio State University. A junior from Columbus, Ohio, Anders started the Buckeye's rally with the blue ribbon. But at the same time Black Hawk quietly trended upward, with sophomore Hannah Lemay second to Anders following a third for Autumn Cary in ranch riding.

For the first time in IHSA Nationals history riders below the Western Open Levels would ride in two different team classes. Riders in Ranch Riding could also find themselves in a Level II Western Horsemanship team class (the former Advanced Western division). Cary, a freshman from Syracuse, Nebraska, would better her ranch riding effort with a second in team level II which was the first team class on the final day of 2022 Nationals. Erin Murray, an Ohio State sophomore from Dublin, Ohio who took part in the Griffith's summer camp riding program, won team level II. Team Rookie Horsemanship followed, and Jessica Drown of the Buckeyes nearly made it two straight. Drown was second to Lily Roman of St. Andrews University. A freshman from Wake Forest, North Carolina, Roman kept the Knights mathematically alive for a tie for first place with the win (the University of Wisconsin at River Falls was also still alive, with one more point than St. Andrews but six fewer than West Texas A and M. Starting with 2019 Nationals the team scoring system is different from that of other IHSA shows. Ten points - not seven - are awarded for first place. Eight are awarded for second, seven for third all the way down to a half point in hunter seat for tenth place. Only nine teams are entered in the Western Team Competition so the fewest points a school will receive without a disqualification is a point). Black Hawk scored seven or more points for the fourth team class in a row as Haley Bucher was third. The results of team rookie moved Ohio State into first and Black Hawk into second setting the table for the Team Open Horsemanship class that Wilhelm won. Sarah Beth Felker of St. Andrews nearly made it two team wins in row for the Knights with a second while Lancaster was third not that long before he prevailed in the ride-off for the Individual AQHA High Point Rider trophy.

Save for about five seasons between 1989 and 2001 Ashton Phillips (on left) has competed in IHSA shows every year since he was a freshman at Virginia Intermont College in the fall of 1985. Though his many alumni rides have Phillips in the record books for the most appearances in IHSA shows all-time, he is no longer the oldest IHSA alumni rider to compete at an IHSA Nationals event. 1982 Stony Brook University graduate Joe Fellingham (on right) takes that honor. Fellingham was tenth and Phillips fifth in the alumni flat class on May 7th. Phillips and Fellingham are seen here in the rotunda at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex that morning near where the horse draw was set up.

Fellingham makes history, also rides on anniversary of a previous Nationals' win: April 7th is a day that 1982 Stony Brook University graduate Joe Fellingham will not forget. On April 7, 1982 Fellingham won the Individual Open on the Flat at the ninth IHSA Nationals. After placing second to University of Central Florida graduate Hannah Farrell in alumni flat at Zone 5 Zones on April 2nd of this year Fellingham found himself back at IHSA Nationals on the 40th anniversary to the day of his 1982 flat win. Fellingham also set a new record for the oldest person ever to compete at an IHSA Nationals event. Prior to April 7th of this year Princeton/NYU head coach Phillips, who graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1989, was 50 when he placed fourth in alumni flat at 2018 IHSA Nationals (also in Harrisburg). Fellingham was over 60 when he entered the ring on April 7th, which also marked the first time two IHSA riders over 50 had shown alumni in the same National's class as Phillips was second in the alumni flat at Zone 2 Zones on April 9th to join the field.

Fellingham, who was instrumental in bringing the IHSA into the Southeast in time for the start of the 1983-84 season, finished tenth in his first ride of any kind at IHSA Nationals since 1986 (when he won the unofficial Coach's Class, a division which has not been held since 1998 Nationals). Phillips was fifth while the winner will in a way make history next season. Kathryn Kraft, a 2021 graduate of St. Mary of the Woods College placed second earlier in the day in alumni fences and improved on that effort by one placing. Kraft, who would also place seventh out of nine riders in Alumni Western Horsemanship two classes later, won the Alumni Flat and will have a most prestigious honor come the fall of 2022. While Fellingham helped start the IHSA in the southeast when he moved there, Jerry Steinmetz was one of many to coach a then brand-new team in the Midwest when Purdue University joined the IHSA in either 1982 or 1983. Co-Coaching the Boilermakers with wife Sue Steinmetz until her passing in the 2000's, and assisted by his daughter and former Purdue rider Krista Steinmetz in recent seasons, Jerry Steinmetz announced he will retire at the end of this season. While it originally appeared that Krista would take his place she explained that she hopes to show her own horse instead. So the 2002 IHSA Nationals recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be succeeded by none other than Kraft, who grew up riding with the Steinmetz's prior to riding for Tabatha Taylor at St. Mary of the Woods. It appears Jerry Steinmetz will retire with the third-longest tenure of any IHSA head coach who coached only one team, having been at Purdue for either 37 or 38 seasons (not counting the pandemic season).

More Blue Ribbons: West Texas A and M earned the most blue ribbons of any program at '22 Nationals with five. In addition to Miller, Dannehl and Niles, Kamryn Woodard won the individual open western horsemanship and Marcy French was the best in individual rookie western. Woodard, a junior from Creede, Colorado, gave WTAMU three blue ribbons in consecutive classes on April 6th. Miller won individual ranch, Dannehl won team level 1 and then Woodard won individual open western to close out the ribbons on day two of four. Though not a class per se, Miller also took home the Versatility Award. Provided there are riders showing both English and Western the award is given to the rider who shows at least once in both disciplines and who finishes with the best average in their overall classes. From Loveland, Colorado, Miller was sixth in team novice flat to be eligible for the Versatility Award.

From Gurnee, Illinois, Roberta Cullinan of Miami University of Ohio (on left) poses with Red Hawks head coach Heather Pinnick on May 5th. Cullinan was second in the second team class, Limit Equitation. Pinnick guided Miami of Ohio to the reserve National Championship on the hunter seat side. This is the second time the Red Hawks finished second overall and the first time under Pinnick.

Even More Blue Ribbons: When Randolph College eliminated their riding program in 2019 many members of their equestrian team transferred. One of them is Molly McLaughlin, who chose the University of South Carolina at Aiken as her final undergraduate destination. The Pacer senior went out a blue ribbon winner at Nationals in individual intermediate over fences. McLaughlin was reunited with her former Randolph coach Chris Mitchell, as he was once again the gatekeeper for the hunter seat classes at Nationals. Randolph College was formerly Randolph-Macon Woman's College, which had an IHSA team back into the 1980's. Further east in Virginia a school simply named Randolph-Macon College was without an IHSA team until a little over ten years ago. Randolph-Macon College may have lost a tiebreaker with third-place runner up Sweet Briar for the right to represent Zone 4, Region 4 at 2022 Zone 4 Zones but for the first time the school located in Ashland, Virginia has an individual National Champion. Caitlyn Giese, a sophomore from King William, Virginia, won the novice equitation division (not to be confused with the former novice flat, which is now limit flat. Giese competed in the division previously known as walk-trot-canter). St. Lawrence University won both of the limit over fences classes, which were held back-to-back on day one. Elizabeth "Fenn" Novicki, a senior from Islip, New York won the individual limit fences while Abigail "Abbey" Murphy, a sophomore from Darien, Connecticut followed with a first in team limit over fences to give the Saints the early lead. The limit flat was won by Audrey Villarreal of the University of Kentucky. A freshman from Orange County, California, Villarreal and the Wildcats ride in the same region (Zone 6, Region 3) as reserve champion Miami of Ohio (Kentucky apparently finished second to the Red Hawks again in the Region 3 hunter seat open rider standings). Otterbein University scored 16 and a half points at 2022 Nationals with Alexandra Cernelich earning ten of them. A junior from Kirtland, Ohio, Cernelich was the tenth and final rider to win a class on May 5th when she was first in team intermediate on the flat. While teammate Empie grabed a fair share of the headlines Emily Walker of Penn State University was a blue ribbon winner in individual introductory equitation. From Monroe, New York, Walker rode in the only individual hunter seat class held on May 6th. Bradley Shepard of Savannah College of Art and Design got to ride at an IHSA show closer to his hometown than any other so far and was rewarded with a blue ribbon. A junior from the Philadelphia suburb of North Wales, Pennsylvania, Shepard prevailed in team introductory equitation for the Bees' only blue ribbon of the weekend.

Once again the National Reining Horse Association sponsored the Individual Open Reining division. Prior to the pandemic the top four in this division would be invited to the NRHA Derby in Oklahoma City a few months later, to ride against four NCEA riders and four others selected as "At Large" entries by the NRHA. However this class is no longer held at the derby, so IHSA Nationals was the final destination of the 12 entries. The top four IHSA riders in the class at '22 Nationals were Dhaliwal of West Texas A and M in fourth, Lancaster of Ohio State in third, Nathan Sparren, a Midway College senior from Bolivar, Ohio who had been eighth in team open reining on May 6th but improved up to Reserve Champion in his final IHSA undergraduate ride, and Jordan Martin of Middle Tennessee State University in first. A freshman coincidentally from Murfreesboro, Tennessee (the same town MTSU is located in), Martin is the first member of the Blue Raiders to win this division. The IHSA and NRHA first held this class at 1993 Nationals, and although MTSU has been a western powerhouse by capturing a great many Zone 5, Region 1 western region titles and appearances at Nationals with a full western team in that time span it is Martin, who was third the night before in individual western horsemanship, to take the blue ribbon in individual western reining back to Murfreesboro for the first time.

The horse is saying "Where is the sunset? Let's ride off into it." But in reality it is Ohio State co-head coaches Ollie and Debbie Griffith who are retiring. Buckeyes junior Kyle Anders (on horse) won team beginner western horsemanship in the late afternoon on May 7th to help Ohio State move closer to the top. Standing next to Ollie and Debbie on the left is their daughter Ashley Griffith (holding trophy), who was also involved with the Ohio State western team this season.

Blue ribbons one more time: Eleanor Harowicz, who graduated in 2018, is the first Moravian College rider to win a Western class at an IHSA Nationals event. Harowicz prevailed in the Alumni Western Horsemanship division on May 7th, which was the only western class involving Alumni at 2022 Nationals (the IHSA decided to stop holding alumni reining following 2019 Nationals, though regions could still run the class during the regular season though no alumni reining classes would take place beyond a Regionals show). Cazenovia College riders are no stranger to blue ribbons at IHSA Nationals events, and Sara Eveleigh became the fourth Wildcat to win an individual western class. A junior from Pulaski, New York, Eveleigh was first in Individual Level II Horsemanship. Both Harowitz and Carly Johnson of the University of California at Davis are the first Western riders from their respective schools to win a class at an IHSA Nationals event, and in both cases the lone hunter seat rider to accomplish this from their schools did so in the same division in the mid-1990's. Moravian's Terry Stephens won individual open on the flat at 1994 Nationals while Emily Luck of UC-Davis took that honor a year later. Johnson, a junior from Tracy, California, won the third of four individual western classes on May 8th. Johnson was the best of 12 riders in the Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship division.

Eveleigh, French of WTAMU and Johnson won on May 8th which meant that through six of the seven undergraduate western classes a historic streak was in danger of being broken. Going all the way back to 2001 IHSA Nationals in Conyers, Georgia the University of Findlay had always won at least one blue ribbon at every IHSA Nationals event. The Oilers, who after winning consecutive Western Team National Championships in 2018 and 2019 were unable to get through Semifinals, were still in search of a blue ribbon of any kind at 2022 Nationals. However with the streak on the line Ryann Piperno, a sophomore from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, won the final class. Riding as close to her home as she had ever done at an IHSA event, Piperno was first in Individual Level I Western Horsemanship. If you include all the winners in this division under the old name of Novice Western Horsemanship Piperno is the eighth rider from Findlay to win this class at Nationals since the division was introduced in the fall of 2003. And including the results from 2001 IHSA Nationals going forward Findlay riders have now won 39 individual classes along with five AQHA Individual High Point Rider championships at Nationals over 20 National shows.

Mathes back in the Judges' chair for the fifth time: One of the two Western Judges was Gretchen Mathes, who is no stranger to judging IHSA Nationals events. In fact like Fellingham Mathes was in Harrisburg on the annversary date of one of her previous four Nationals appearances as a judge. The last time IHSA Nationals were held over only two days was in 1997, and Mathes was the lone western judge at that show held May 3rd and 4th at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center. The 1997 Nationals show was also the last time only one judge was used for each discipline (Frank Madden, the noted trainer later seen in the 2005 Animal Planet series "Horse Power: The Road to the Maclay" was the hunter seat judge. The two-judge system and three day Nationals commenced in 1998 and the first four-day Nationals was in 2004). Mathes was back on the Silver Anniversary date (well, only off by two or so days), sharing judging duties with Mitchels, the latter of which was making this third appearance as a co-judge. Mathes now holds the record for most times judging or co-judging an IHSA Nationals event on the western side with five, moving one event ahead of Carol Potter and Deborah Kail.

Albion College head coach Adam D'Agostino holds not one but two Albion horses. The top two in the final team class both drew horses that Albion - which was making their first-ever Nationals appearance with a full western team - brought in their distinctive purple horse trailers. The rider mounted on the right (on "Wally") is Sarah Beth Felker of St. Andrews University while the rider mounted on the left (on "Millie") is Anna Wilhelm of Black Hawk College. Wilhelm won team open western horsemanship to clinch a National Championship for Black Hawk. It should be noted that Black Hawk head coach Bekah Irish (in the red jacket on the far left) and D'Agostino (center) were two of many former University of Findlay riders in Harrisburg as head coaches today. For the record Irish also attended Black Hawk for two years before graduating from the two-year school and transferring to Findlay. And Carla Wennberg (standing on the left beside Felker, in a light blue cap) may not have a Findlay or Black Hawk connection but the St. Andrews head coach once co-judged an IHSA Nationals show (in 2000) and later won two Western Team National Championships (in 2016 and 2017).

Former Findlay students pack the western coaching ranks: Not only has the University of Findlay produced a ridiculously large number of individual winners and team championships at IHSA Nationals the school located in Findlay, Ohio had more graduates serving as head coaches than any other school at '22 Nationals. This writer may have missed someone, but besides current Oilers' western head coach Spencer Zimmerman and his assistant coach Charity Thacker there was Charlotte Chubb (assistant western coach at West Texas A and M), Andrew Wolf (Delaware Valley University western coach), Katie Morehead (Bowling Green State University western coach and 2008 individual AQHA High Point Open Rider Champion as well as the daughter of former Findlay head coach Cindy Morehead), Adam D'Agostino (head coach of Albion College, with a full western team and horses present) and Bekah Irish (head coach of the new National Champion Black Hawk team) all with at least one rider competing at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex May 5th through 8th. And there may have even been a few Findlay graduates in the 2022 IHSA western coaching ranks that didn't advance a rider to '22 Nationals. And this is only the western half of it. Pinnick, the head coach of hunter seat runner-up Miami of Ohio is one of many former Findlay hunter seat riders currently coaching an IHSA program.

Back-to-Backs in 2023 and 2024: During the first day of IHSA Nationals this writer asked IHSA Founder Emeritus Bob Cacchione if he knew where 2023 IHSA Nationals would be held. "We are going back to Lexington and the Kentucky Horse Park, and it will be for two years," says Cacchione. These will be the sixth and seventh IHSA Nationals held in Lexington, Kentucky, which hosted prior National events in 1985, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017.

--Steve Maxwell

The 2022 IHSA Nationals Class-by-Class Results, held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania May 5th through 8th. The Classes are listed in the order in which they were held. The Hunter Seat Judges were Tom Brennan and Todd Karn while the Western Judges were Gretchen Mathes and Allen Mitchels.

Thursday, May 5th:

Individual Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Julianna Empie, Penn State University (State College). 2. Carly Alder, Savannah College of Art and Design. 3. Arielle Logiudice, Centenary University. 4. Vivian Wiggins, University of Michigan. 5. Anna Perlow, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 6. Jordyn Bagnall, Morehead State University. 7. Grace Jackson, St. Lawrence University. 8. Sara Hearn, Mount Holyoke College. 9. Kayla Ryan, Stanford University. 10. Abigail McCoy, Emory and Henry College.

Individual Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Molly McLaughlin, University of South Carolina at Aiken. 2. Lexie Paxton, Washington and Lee University. 3. Morgan Munz, Centenary University. 4. Corey Osborn, Centenary University. 5. Clara Mugnai, St. Lawrence University. 6. Claire Steffens, High Point University. 7. Faith Cunningham, Colorado State University. 8. Lydia Thomas, University of Michigan. 9. Jacqueline Davis, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 10. Haley Ploppert, Texas Tech University.

Individual Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Elizabeth Novicki, St. Lawrence University. 2. Dakota Banks, University of Lynchburg. 3. Laurel Gaddis, Skidmore College. 4. Madison Fleming, Universitiy of Central Florida. 5. Allison Pugliese, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 6. Brendan Barrett, Marist College. 7. Raegan Olson, Sacred Heart University. 8. Sofia Priller, Otterbein University. 9. Thomas Mundall, Illinois State University. 10. Anne Russo, University of South Carolina at Aiken.

Team Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Abigain Murphy, St. Lawrence University. 2. Emmalyn Mirarchi, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Makalyn Williams, Emory and Henry College. 4. Marran Vansickle, Sweet Briar College. 5. Cory Williams, University of Southern California. 6. McLean Holmes, College of Charleston. 7. Sophia Mirando, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 8. Anna Cahill, Purdue University. 9. Ellen Aasted, Stanford University. 10. Caitlin Geary, University of Vermont.

Individual Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kara Bromschwig, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 2. Alexis Hart, University of Central Florida. 3. Fiona Powell, Northeastern University. 4. Cecilia Pandiscia, Marist College. 5. Sierra Dunn, Mount Holyoke College. 6. Alessandra DiPietro, College of William and Mary. 7. Jane Whited, Campbell University. 8. Jessica Dziekan, Tarleton State University. 9. Samantha Dolan, University of Kentucky. 10. Alexa Williams, Penn State University (State College).

Individual Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. Audrey Villareal, University of Kentucky. 2. Allison Bauer, St. Lawrence University. 3. Sophia Strain, Centenary University. 4. Grace Cantrell, University of Vermont. 5. Kiara Spadafore, Johnson and Wales University. 6. Makayln Williams, Emory and Henry College. 7. Isabella Anderson, University of California at San Diego. 8. Juliana Gorena, Liberty University. 9. August Decker - Curry, Cal Poly - Pomona. 10. Veronica Smith, Western Michigan University.

Team Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kendall Madison, Emory and Henry College. 2. Roberta Cullinan, Miami University of Ohio. 3. McLean Holmes, College of Charleston. 4. Isabella Karr, University of Vermont. 5. Emmalyn Mirarchi, Mount Holyoke College. 6. Shelby McKie, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 7. Ella Peterson, Sweet Briar College. 8. Anna Cahill, Purdue University. 9. Hudson Warren, St. Lawrence University. 10. Morgan Munz, Centenary University.

Individual Novice Equitation: 1. Caitlyn Giese, Randolph - Macon College. 2. Haley Whittaker, Stonehill College. 3. Marlene Healey, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Hannah Eidsness, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 5. Juliana Lingner, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 6. Seline Stoop, University of Delaware. 7. Alexis Clark, Clemson University. 8. Emily Stout, University of Oregon. 9. Ellie Schell, West Texas A and M University. 10. Kylie Browning, Binghamton University.

Individual Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Emmy Longest, Sweet Briar College. 2. Jordyn Bagnall, Morehead State University. 3. Julianna Empie, Penn State University (State College). 4. Arielle Logiudice, Centenary University. 5. Elle Oldre, University of Arizona. 6. Casey Truran, Savannah College of Art and Design. 7. Katherine Harkwell, Butler University. 8. Sara Hearn, Mount Holyoke College. 9. Harper Sanford, Skidmore College. 10. Gillian Aiken, University of the South.

Team Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Alexandra Cernelich, Otterbein University. 2. Sofie Olson, Miami University of Ohio. 3. Sita Moses, Sweet Briar College. 4. Emilie Fink, Emory and Henry College. 5. Elizabeth Novicki, St. Lawrence University. 6. Lindsey Hurley, Savannah College of Art and Design. 7. Marina Trepeta, Penn State University (State College). 8. Chloe Koval, University of Vermont. 9. Peyton Freeman, Stanford University. 10. Eavan Bronfman, University of Southern California.

Friday, May 6th:

Team Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Julia Bonvino, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 2. Isabella Karr, University of Vermont. 3. Nina Hugi, Sweet Briar College. 4. Sofia Priller, Otterbein University. 5. Caroline Berg, College of Charleston. 6. Roberta Cullinan, Miami University of Ohio. 7. Sierra Dunn, Mount Holyoke College. 8. Madison Aguilar, Savannah College of Art and Design. 9. Madelyn Lowe, Emory and Henry College. 10. Benjamin Hoban, Centenary University.

Team Open Reining: 1. Teah Taylor, St. Mary of the Woods College. 2. Raeanne Kaz, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 3. Reilly Dhaliwal, West Texas A and M University. 4. Nigel Lancaster, Ohio State University. 5. Josie Spratt, Black Hawk College. 6. Sarah Eberspacher, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 7. Sara Beth Felker, St. Andrews University. 8. Nathan Sparren, Midway University. 9. Aria Morgan, Albion College.

Individual Introductory Equitation: 1. Emily Walker, Penn State University (State College). 2. Sienna Piazza, University of Central Florida. 3. Alexandra Crabb, St. Mary of the Woods College. 4. Ashley Ardila, Cornell University. 5. Delaney Garon, Albion College. 6. Jade Bacherman, Skidmore College. 7. Gillian Pearson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 8. Xike Zhao, Mount Holyoke College. 9. Natalie Baddour, University of Georgia. 10. Lily Manshouri, Sonoma State University.

Team Introductory Equitation: 1. Bradley Shepard, Savannah College of Art and Design. 2. Hanna Martin, Penn State University (State College). 3. Maxime de Belloy de Saint Lienard, Stanford University. 4. Annie Ploof, University of Vermont. 5. Brianna Soule, Centenary University. 6. Lily Borders, College of Charleston. 7. Paige Doyle, West Texas A and M University. 8. Hailey Newbury, University of Southern California. 9. Evan Coblentz, Purdue University. 10. Ziyin Zhao, Mount Holyoke College.

If one class really helped open the lead for eventual back-to-back hunter seat National Champion team Emory and Henry College it was the team novice equitation. Wasps freshman Madelyn Whitley (on left, with head coach Heather Richardson) added ten points to create breathing room from Sweet Briar (the Vixens were only a point behind before the class but then four points behind with two team classes remaining).

Team Novice Equitation: 1. Madelyn Whitley, Emory and Henry College. 2. Anne Hummer, Purdue University. 3. Sarah Southard, Sweet Briar College. 4. Emily Whitaker, Miami University of Ohio. 5. Sarah Stayton, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 6. Stephanie Miller, West Texas A and M University. 7. Hannah Duffy, St. Lawrence University. 8. Natalie Juckett, College of Charleston. 9. Addie Robinson, University of Vermont. 10. Avery Lutter, University of Southern California.

Individual Ranch Riding: 1. Stephanie Miller, West Texas A and M University. 2. Chloe Sullivan, Bloomsburg University. 3. Amber Hiscock, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. 4. Lauren Johnson, Missouri State University. 5. Ashton Snow, Bowling Green State University. 6. Jessica Terray, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 7. Alexis Penke, Colby Community College. 8. Sarah Schutt, North Dakota State University. 9. McKenna Quirk, Montana State University. 10. Madison Austin, Adrian College.

Team Level 1 Western Horsemanship: 1. Jennica Dannehl, West Texas A and M University. 2. Macie Leath, St. Andrews University. 3. Hope Gillaspie, St. Mary of the Woods College. 4. Anna Theel, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 5. Emily Burnside, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 6. Kathryn West, Midway University. 7. Brooke Keifer, Black Hawk College. 8. Emily Benton, Ohio State University. 9. Aubrey Kruske, Albion College.

Individual Open Western Horsemanship: 1. Kamryn Woodard, West Texas A and M University. 2. Sara Beth Felker, St. Andrews University. 3. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University. 4. Ashley McClintok, Slippery Rock University. 5. Maria Kochel, University of Findlay. 6. Ana Morgan, Albion College. 7. Ciara Lawson, Wilmington College. 8. Sarah Eberspacher, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 9. Lori Girrbach, Adrian College. 10. Madeline Keyes, Alfred State College.

Saturday, May 7th:

Alumni Equitation Over Fences: 1. Mackenzie Ashe, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 2. Kathryn Kraft, St. Mary of the Woods College. 3. Alexis Kupic, Seton Hill University. 4. Alisha Mays, University of Central Florida. 5. Marissa Zondag, Moravian College. 6. Morgan Mulcahy, Florida Atlantic University. 7. Tarah Shepard, St. Lawrence University. 8. Laura Perry, Delaware Valley University. 9. Devora McCoy, University of Maryland (College Park). 10. Alexis Martin, Delaware Valley University.

Team Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Anna Perlow, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 2. Arielle Logiudice, Centenary University. 3. Grace Jackson, St. Lawrence University. 4. Lilly French, Miami University of Ohio. 5. Kathryn McCarthy, College of Charleston. 6. Abigail McCoy, Emory and Henry College. 7. Sara Hearn, Mount Holyoke College. 8. Emma Schnolis, Purdue University. 9. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art and Design. 10. Julianna Empie, Penn State University (State College).

Cacchione Cup Competition: 1. Julianna Empie, Penn State University (State College). 2. Arielle Logiudice, Centenary University. 3. Grace Jackson, St. Lawerence University. 4. Carly Alder, Savannah College of Art and Design. 5. Lilly French, Miami University of Ohio. 6. Lilly Mack, Ohio University. 7. Abigail McCoy, Emory and Henry College. 8. Elizabeth Nevins, Boston University. 9. Camryn Lubner, University of South Carolina (Columbia). 10. Irene Elise Powlick, Trinity College (CT).

National Reining Horse Association Individual Open Reining: 1. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University. 2. Nathan Sparren, Midway University. 3. Nigel Lancaster, Ohio State University. 4. Reilly Dhaliwal, West Texas A and M University. 5. Michaela Long, North Dakota State University. 6. Faith Dantona, Liberty University. 7. Madeline Keyes, Alfred State College. 8. Ashton Knerr, University of Findlay. 9. Christian Toy, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. 10. Aria Morgan, Albion College.

Team Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Julianna Empie, Penn State University (State College). 2. Arielle Logiudice, Centenary University. 3. Fiona Brock, Miami University of Ohio. 4. Carly Alder, Savannah College of Art and Design. 5. Emily Longest, Sweet Briar College. 6. Hayden Wilkes, Emory and Henry College. 7. Emma Schnolis, Purdue University. 8. Kate Coffey, College of Charleston. 9. Kara Bromschwig, Long Island University (C.W. Post). 10. Elizabeth Orosz, Otterbein University.

For the 2019-20 school year Long Island University changed mascots and became the Sharks (the C.W. Post campus athletic teams had been the Pioneers). Long Island University - C.W. Post freshman Julia Bonvino (on right, with her Mother) became the first rider from the school ever to win a team class at an IHSA Nationals event when she earned the blue ribbon in team intermediate over fences to start the day on May 6th. Teammate Anna Perlow (not pictured) would win a second team blue ribbon in open fences the next day as the Sharks scored 33 points for fourth place in their first visit to Nationals with a full hunter seat team.

Alumni Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kathryn Kraft, St. Mary of the Woods College. 2. Hannah Farrell, University of Central Florida. 3. Alexis Martin, Delaware Valley University. 4. Alex Carbonaro, Nazareth College. 5. Ashton Phillips, Virginia Intermont College. 6. Jocelyn Badgley, Fairfield University. 7. Jessie Ann Green, Illinois State University. 8. Laura Perry, Delaware Valley University. 9. Emma Wilson, Lafayette College. 10. Joe Fellingham, Stony Brook University.

Team Ranch Riding: 1. Sydni Nilles, West Texas A and M University. 2. Jordan Schauer, Midway University. 3. Autumn Cary, Black Hawk College. 4. Sydney Hill, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 5. Robert Warwick, Albion College. 6. Megan Pokorny, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 7. Erin Murray, Ohio State University. 8. Victoria Garvin, St. Andrews University. 9. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Alumni Western Horsemanship: 1. Eleanor Harowicz, Moravian College. 2. Lily Germano, Cazenovia College. 3. James Hobbie, University of Delaware. 4. Tammy Cranouski, Westfield State University. 5. Joanne Coniglio, Delaware Valley University. 6. Rachel Bunner, Western Kentucky University. 7. Kathryn Kraft, St. Mary of the Woods College. 8. Elliot Brinker, Albion College. 9. Kaylee Hayes, Middle Tennessee State University.

Team Beginner Western Horsemanship: 1. Kyle Anders, Ohio State University. 2. Hannah Lemay, Black Hawk College. 3. Jocylen Smith, Midway University. 4. Jolee Gehrke, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 5. Sal Washington, West Texas A and M University. 6. Emily Brooks, Albion College. 7. Mary Steven Blackmon, St. Andrews University. 8. Hadley Olson, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 9. Abigail Drake, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Sunday, May 8th:

Team Level II Western Horsemanship: 1. Erin Murray, Ohio State University. 2. Autumn Cary, Black Hawk College. 3. Megan Pokorny, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 4. Cali Kerns, Albion College. 5. Kassidy Turner, Midway University. 6. Victoria Garvin, St. Andrews University. 7. Sydney Hill, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 8. Grace Wolfington, West Texas A and M University. 9. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Team Rookie Western Horsemanship: 1. Lily Roman, St. Andrews University. 2. Jessica Drown, Ohio State University. 3. Haley Bucher, Black Hawk College. 4. Emily Jonas, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 5. Jenna Smith, Albion College. 6. Sadie Tullock, Midway University. 7. Ashley Polson, West Texas A and M University. 8. Sabrina Hart, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 9. Kaylie Meehan, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Individual Level II Western Horsemanship: 1. Sara Eveleigh, Cazenovia College. 2. Kaylee Tingle, Midway University. 3. Caroline Barthel, Grand Valley State University. 4. Paige Pierson, University of Delaware. 5. Jordan Dillenbeck, Middle Tennessee State University. 6. Jerica Bozio, St. Andrews University. 7. Rette Solomon, Berry College. 8. Libby Alders, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 9. Stephanie Miller, West Texas A and M University. 10. Danielle Althouse, University of Florida.

Individual Rookie Western Horsemanship: 1. Marcy French, West Texas A and M University. 2. Shannon Kennedy, Middle Tennessee State University. 3. Elli Schroll, University of Findlay. 4. Louann Branunwalde, Middle Tennessee State University. 5. Anna Theel, University of Wisconsin at River Falls. 6. Dalton Louthan, St. Andrews University. 7. Taylor Cloer, North Carolina State University. 8. Morgan Clinesmith, Colby Community College. 9. Andrea Robinson, Morehead State University. 10. Ashley Howard, Wilmington College.

Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship: 1. Carly Johnson, University of California at Davis. 2. Kayla Jiras, Black Hawk College. 3. Charley Burns, Midway University. 4. Morgan Van Hoven, Berry College. 5. Shi Tang, Mount Holyoke College. 6. Ashley Blakely, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 7. Macy Patton, Murray State University. 8. David Jensen, Alfred University. 9. Aleah Wykert, Black Hawk College. 10. Reece Gentile, West Virginia University.

Team Open Western Horsemanship: 1. Anna Wilhelm, Black Hawk College. 2. Sara Beth Felker, St. Andrews University. 3. Nigel Lancaster, Ohio State University. 4. Sarah Eberspacher, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 5. Sydni Nilles, West Texas A and M University. 6. Margaret Cash, Albion College. 7. Kaylee Tingle, Midway College. 8. Cassandra Weyers, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 9. Teah Taylor, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Individual Level I Western Horsemanship: 1. Ryann Piperno, University of Findlay. 2. Grace Wolfington, West Texas A and M University. 3. Megan Pokorny, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 4. Brooke Pitts, Wilmington College. 5. Emma Ferguson, West Texas A and M University. 6. Laura Hawkins, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. 7. Caitlyn Sievert, Murray State University. 8. Sydney Hill, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 9. Natalie Rolling, Iowa State University. 10. Heather Burkholder, Penn State University (State College).

Individual AQHA High Point Open Rider Competition: 1. Nigel Lancaster, Ohio State University. 2. Ashton Knerr, University of Findlay. 3. Rudy Pohlabeln, Morehead State University. 4. Sara Beth Felker, St. Andrews University. 5. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University. 6. Josie Spratt, Black Hawk College. 7. Allie Rhoads, West Virginia University. 8. Sarah Eberspacher, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 9. Lori Girrbach, Adrian College. 10. Michaela Long, North Dakota State University.

2022 IHSA Nationals Hunter Seat Team Totals: