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From left to right are Savannah College of Art & Design head coach Ashley
Henry, Peter Cavagnac and SCAD assistant coach Sammy Perlman. Cavagnac was the first of three SCAD
riders to win a team class at 2024 IHSA Nationals, winning team limit flat on May 3rd. The Bees
would never trail after that.
2024 IHSA NATIONALS: BLUE RAIDERS MAKE IT TWO STRAIGHT WHILE BEES SET RECORD FOR MOST POINTS
MILL SPRING, NC - There was a new - no make that old - wrinkle to 2024 IHSA Nationals May
3rd through 5th at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina.
Riders, coaches, parents and fans were accustomed to the year-end Nationals event taking place
over four days, starting on a Thursday and concluding on a Sunday.
But this time the event was held over only three days. This is because English and Western
classes could be held in separate indoor rings under the same roof within the indoor complex
(as the structure is known on Tryon maps). Thus simultaneous English and Western classes were
held starting on a Friday and ending relatively early on Sunday afternoon.
In reality this was not the first time Nationals was a three-day event or that English and
Western classes were held at the same time. From 1998 through 2003 IHSA Nationals were held
over three days, though at each of these events English and Western classes did not overlap.
That last happened in 1997, when Nationals was held over only two days (a Saturday and a
Sunday) with English and Western running in separate rings. On that occasion, which took
place at Mount Holyoke College, the indoor arena and one of the outdoor rings were used, with
the disciplines alternating. The University of Delaware hunter seat team clinched their lone
IHSA National Championship to date outdoors while Ohio State officially clinched one of their
many Western titles in the Mount Holyoke indoor.
In 2024 all the English classes took place in one ring while Western was within eyesight
further down the builing in another. Savannah College of Art & Design mathematically
clinched their first hunter seat title in seven years early on Sunday morning (May 5th) while
Middle Tennessee State University won their second consecutive Western title at about quarter
to three in the afternoon the same day.
On the hunter seat side SCAD took the early lead when Peter Cavagnac (Freshman; Amherst,
Massachusetts) won team limit flat (the only English team class held on Friday, May 3rd and
coincidentally the final English class of the day). Defending National Champion Skidmore
College would briefly tie SCAD for the lead at 19-all before Kameron Riggs won the fourth
team class. A sophomore from Avon Lake, Ohio, Riggs won team introductory equitation. From
this point forward SCAD held the lead. Alexander Alston would add one more team blue ribbon
to the Bee's total. From New Albany, Ohio, Alston completed his third semester with a blue
ribbon in the final hunter seat team class on May 5th, team open on the flat. Alston remains
undefeated at IHSA Nationals, having won individual open flat and team open flat at 2023
Nationals while starting the 2024 event with a blue ribbon in individual open over fences on
May 3rd. Since the scoring system changed for IHSA Nationals events starting in May of 2019
where ten points are awarded for first place, eight for second, seven for third all the way
down to a half point for tenth place the Bees' total of 59 at Tryon is the new all-time high
score English or Western. Finishing second to SCAD was Sacred Heart University. The
Pioneers came from behind on the final day to overtake Skidmore for the reserve championship.
Kylie Hwalek (sophomore; Vernon, Connecticut) won team open over fences to start the Sunday
session while teammate Erin Phillips followed with a second in team intermediate flat. Ava
Flannery had concluded the Saturday slate of hunter seat classes with a second in team novice
equitation. The final margin separating Sacred Heart from Skidmore was close, with the
Pioneers edging the Thoroughbreds 41.5 to 39.
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Jordan Martin of Middle Tennessee State University (third from left) is seen
here after winning the Individual Western High Point Rider Award (previously known as the AQHA
High Point Award but now officially known as the Back on Track Western High Point Rider Award).
The junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee won three blue ribbons at 2024 IHSA Nationals, the only
person Western or English to take the top prize more than twice. Martin's wins in Team Open
Reining and Team Open Western provided 20 of the 47 team points for the Repeating Western
National Champion Blue Raiders. |
The Western Team Race was more complicated. Marty Kacsh of West Texas A & M
University won team level I western horsemanship to give the Buffs the early lead,
with Kaylee Klein of Midway University second. One class later those schools traded
ribbons, with Alana Utlak of Midway the champion and Haley Bucher of WTAMU the
runner-up in team level II. With both schools at 18 points Jordan Martin of Middle
Tennessee State University recorded what was one of several blue ribbons she would
deliver for the Blue Raiders. A junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Martin won team open
reining to conclude the Friday session. This put MTSU close with 17 points, trailing Black
Hawk College by a point, WTAMU by a point and a half and Midway by five. Lily Roman of St.
Andrews University kicked off Saturday with a blue in team ranch riding, raising the
Knight's total to 23 only a point out of first place at the time. Black Hawk and Midway
were tied with the lead at 24 each, with the former having not placed higher than third but
not lower than fifth over four team classes. St. Andrews had 23 and MTSU 22 headed into
team beginner horsemanship. MTSU took the lead for the first time courtesy of a first for
Monica Braunwalder in the division without any loping. The Blue Raiders went up 32-30 on
Black Hawk with St. Andrews at 28 and Midway and WTAMU sitting at 26 with two team classes
remaining on Sunday, which would be held back-to-back to close out the weekend. Natalie
Bailey of the Knights won team rookie horsemanship to put St. Andrews ahead with 38 points.
MTSU had 37, West Texas 32 and both Black Hawk and Midway 30 headed into team open
western horsemanship.
For the first time since 1997 two public address announcers were necessary due to
overlapping English and Western classes. While Kenn Marash announced the hunter seat
results (which he has now done at every Nationals since 2010) Barbara Rea was the
announcer for the Western arena. And both announcers read the results from tenth place
back to first. As a result it was apparent after the 'honorable mentions' (i.e. riders
who did not place in the top ten) and tenth place that St. Andrews was not going to hold
the lead. After seventh place West Texas A & M wasn't going to take the trophy.
After sixth place it wasn't going to be Black Hawk either. And at that point it was
safe to say Midway would not outscore Middle Tennessee State. Midway's Chase Summerville
added eight points with a second to give the Eagles 38 points and third place for the
weekend. Martin won the open horsemanship, making it an eight and a half point margin of
victory for MTSU over St. Andrews and nine over Midway. Martin would add yet another
honor when the results of the Individual High Point Open Rider competition were
announced a short time later.
Martin was one of 21 riders to compete for the Individual High Point, awarded
to the top Western open rider each season. Each of the 21 entries had the most combined
open rail and open reining points in their respective IHSA regions to automatically
qualify for this class at Nationals. There were two sections of rail/horsemanship on
May 4th with the same sets of riders riding in the reining phase a day later (there was
one scratch; otherwise the field would have been made up of 22 riders - Editor). While
Jordan Martin had the top combined reining and rail score another Jordan, in this case
Jordan Schauer of Midway University, was second. Martin is the third MTSU rider to win
the individual open western high point at Nationals, following Janet Ross in 1983 and
Sarah Elder in 2003.
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Sarah Mahoney (back to camera) interviews Delani Franklin (on far right) and Lake Erie College
head coach Sarah Dwyer for EQ Media after Franklin won the Cacchione Cup (Josh Walker is the
cameraman on the left). Franklin rode "George" in the jumping phase, "Crosby" in the flat phase
and "Milton" during Sunday's workoff. Not feeling her best during the workoff, Franklin claimed
she played it conservative after having seen others have issues during the work-off. Franklin is
the second Lake Erie rider after Kim Peters in 1995 to win the Cacchione. |
The Cacchione Cup, awarded to the top English open rider, has different criteria to qualify
for the Nationals event. There is a Cacchione Cup Class held at each of the eight Zones shows
in which only the top three riders go forward. Thus this division routinely is made up of 24
riders at Nationals (save for scratches). All 24 entries jump first, then ride on the flat in
two separate sections of 12 riders each. Then the judges decide how many riders will be
invited back the next day for the 'work-off.' Some years as few as four riders have been
tested while on one occasion ten riders were brought back. In 2024 six riders made the cut.
Delani Franklin, a Lake Erie College junior from Cupertino, California, had the second best
combined flat and fences score entering the work-off. Apparently judges Andrea Wells (a
former IHSA head coach at both Centenary University and Albion College) and Archie Cox (a
former IHSA rider with Drew University) liked Franklin's test the best as she was awarded the
2024 Cacchione Cup. Franklin is the second consecutive Cacchione winner to hail from a West
Coast state while competing for a school located in the Eastern Time Zone. 2023 winner
Elizabeth Nevins graduated from Boston University but is from the state of Washington.
Nevins was on hand as a color commentator for the live internet feed and may have announced
Franklin's victory to those watching on phones and laptops worldwide. SCAD junior Celia Cram
was the reserve champion, the second time over the weekend in which she earned a red ribbon.
Cram was second to teammate Alston in the individual open over fences class that started the
three-day event.
First time for some, first time in a while for others: When Mount Holyoke College won the
Albion, Michigan Semifinal show on March 24th by a 30-27 score over Black Hawk it marked the
first time that not only had the Lyons won a Semifinal but also the first time they had ever
advanced a full Western team through to IHSA Nationals. Meanwhile not that far south in
Findlay, Ohio Penn State University (the Main Campus, in State College, Pennsylvania) placed
third in the Semifinal behind the host Oilers and runner-up St. Andrews. This also marked the
first time the Nittany Lions advanced a full Western team through to IHSA Nationals. On the
hunter seat side St. Mary of the Woods College advanced a full hunter seat team through
Zone 7 Zones. Not since the Pomeroys were in the old Zone 9, Region 1 during the 2009-10
season had they fielded a full hunter seat team at IHSA Nationals. The University of Georgia
waited even longer. The last time the Bulldogs fielded a full hunter seat team at Nationals
was in the spring of 1996. The 1995-96 season marked the last time all of the high point
English teams in their respective regions fielded a full hunter seat team at Nationals. It
was not until the following season that the Zones team competitions began reducing the
English field. The University of Georgia was second to SCAD at Zone 5 Zones on April 6th
after having won their first Region Title since 2006. And Zone 4, Region 2 in a very
competitive portion of Virginia had not sent a full team through to Nationals since
Bridgewater College competed at 2011 Nationals in Lexington, Kentucky. Hollins University
came from behind to win 2024 Zone 4 Zones and break the drought. Like St. Mary of the Woods
it was the first time with a full team at Nationals for Hollins since the 2009-10 season.
What does that middle initial stand for?: If you opened up the IHSA Nationals 2024 Show
Program to any of the pages listing the riders competing in the Western Divisions one would
quickly notice that the Middle Initial of almost every rider is included. For example Jordan
Martin is listed as Jordan T. Martin each time she competed. This was fascinating when
riders showed in both an English and a Western division. Kacsh of West Texas A &
M rode in two hunter seat classes with no middle initial and as Marty D. Kacsh
when he won the team level one western class. Kyley Pelfrey of St. Mary of the Woods rode
once under that name (fourth in individual novice equitation) and twice as Kyley M. Pelfrey
as a Western rider. And Albion College junior Katelyn Proshek earned the Versatility award
for being the best rider who showed both English and Western. Or did Katelyn M. Proshek
receive it? From Concord, Michigan, Proshek won her individual beginner western class on
May 3rd with the "M," was sixth in individual introductory equitation on May 4th without it
and tenth in team rookie western horsesmanship with the "M" back in the fold on May 5th.
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From Vernon, Connecticut, Kylie Hwalek of Sacred Heart University looks relaxed
in the stands prior to riding in the team open over fences class which kicked off day three of IHSA
Nationals on May 5th. Hwalek closed out her sophomore year with a first in the division, which put
Sacred Heart into second through six English team classes. The Pioneers held that position to claim
their first-ever IHSA Reserve National Championship. |
Four blue ribbons for the men of Zone 5, Region 5: While Cavagnac, Riggs and Alston won
team classes for SCAD (and Alston won individual open over fences) a fourth male rider from a
Zone 5, Region 5 school was a blue ribbon winner. Christian Echavarria, a Florida Atlantic
University freshman from Cranford, New Jersey won the individual intermediate equitation on
the flat on May 3rd. Echavarria, who trains under Nona Garson, is the first-ever rider from
Florida Atlantic to win a class at an IHSA Nationals event.
Bardwell breaks streak and even wins the class!: Zone 5, Region 4, which is made up of
Louisiana and part of Texas, had not advanced a rider through to Nationals since 2019 prior
to Zone 5 Zones on April 6th. On that day two Region 4 riders made it through to end the
drought. The first of the two to compete at 2024 Nationals was Caroline Bardwell of
Louisiana State University. While Bardwell was second in individual intermediate over fences
at Zones the senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana won the same division outright at Nationals
following Alston's open fences win on the morning of May 3rd. Bardwell is the first rider
ever from LSU to win an individual class at an IHSA Nationals event.
The Best?: Did SCAD really set the all-time hunter seat team record? Some who went to
Virginia Intermont College during the 2006-07 school year might debate this. If you convert
SCAD's 2024 Nationals score of 59 points using the current system back to the pre-2019
Nationals scoring system that matches the current regular season (seven points for first,
five for second, four for third down to a point for sixth) the score is 35 points. Seven of
the eight SCAD team rides would still have earned at least a point under the old system
(all eight SCAD team rides resulted in points in 2024 under the current scoring system).
However Virginia Intermont scored 37 points with the old system at 2007 Nationals in East
Springfield, Massachusetts. VI earned points in seven of the eight divisions in '07, with
no one knowing today if their team open flat rider would have placed between seventh and
tenth had the new system been in place. But strangely if you convert the Virginia
Intermont '07 Nationals team rides to the new system the number comes to only 58! Try this out
for the old versus new, first with SCAD this season: Old = 7 + 3 + 0 + 7 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 7 = 35.
New = 10 + 6 + 3 + 10 + 7 + 7 + 6 + 10 = 59. Then look at this for VI in '07:
Old = 4 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 4 + 0 + 5 + 3 = 37. New = 7 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 7 + 0(?) + 8 + 6 = 58.
All this writer can say is that SCAD Director of Riding Eddie Federwisch deserves some credit
for each, since he was the head coach at Virginia Intermont College when they won in 2007 (and
2004 and 2005 too).
Hall of Fame adds seven (plus two four-legged friends): Four years ago the IHSA
announced that there would be an IHSA "Hall of Fame," with former members, coaches and even
horses being inducted periodically. The inaugural class was headlined by Elizabeth "Beezie"
Patton Madden, perhaps the most famous former IHSA rider (she rode for two seasons at
Southern Seminary Junior College 1982-84 and has since ridden for the US Olympic team on
multiple occasions). Joining Beezie were John H."Jack" Fritz (former head coach of the
second-ever recognized IHSA team, Fairleigh Dickinson University's Madison Campus), former
Skidmore College head coach Cindy Ford, former University of Findlay head coach Cindy
Morehead, former Dartmouth head coach Sally Batton,
former Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Lynchburg College head coach J.T. Tallon and IHSA
founder and executive director Bob Cacchione, who founded the IHSA while a student at FDU's
Teaneck, New Jersey campus (and invited Fritz's FDU-Madison team to compete against his
Teaneck team at the end of the 1964-65 season). Also Cornell University's horse "Clifford"
(a.k.a. Clifford the Big Red Horse) was inducted. It is unclear if the pandemic caused a
delay between the first inducted Hall of Fame class and the second, but four years later a
new class was inducted.
During the Saturday session the second-ever IHSA Hall of Fame Class was officially
announced by Marash. While former Tufts University rider Peter Wylde and
former University of Pennsylvania rider Greg Best were not in attendance (both of whom
went on to be olympians) the rest of the living members were. Former Stony Brook
University head coach George Lukemire (he saw a short piece in the Chronicle of the Horse
about the two Fairleigh Dickinson campuses showing against each other and wanted to get
Stony Brook and other Long Island, New York schools into the competitions) was joined by
former Hollins University head coach Nancy Peterson and former Southern Seminary Junior
College and University of Findlay head coach Russ Walther to address the crowd during the
Saturday session. Also inducted were Jon Conyers, who was involved as a coach at four
different IHSA programs (including St. Andrews University and Wesleyan College among
others) and former Cazenovia College head coach Naomi Blumenthal who was also the IHSA
Treasurer for nearly two decades. Blumenthal and Conyers as well as Fritz and Tallon
were inducted posthumously. Two horses were inducted in 2024, including a horse that
joined Blumenthal's Cazenovia program in 1997 named "Case in Point" (a.k.a. "Casey," a
16.3 hand Thoroughbred mare). "Idol Talk," who answered to the name "Billy" was
originally from Canada where he was most successful in the 1980's. Billy was part of
the Skidmore College riding program in the 1990's when the school went on to win five
hunter seat National Championships (four under Ford, who was on hand to watch the
the Hall of Fame class of '24 be inducted).
Opening Act: The Tryon International complex is perhaps the largest facility in terms of
the number of rings, stables and even businesses located on the grounds that has ever hosted
an IHSA Nationals event. There were multiple shows going on outdoors in other rings each day
concurrent to IHSA Nationals. Tryon holds what they call "Saturday Night Lights" events on
occasion where an equestrian event and a musical event will be combined within their Tryon
Stadium Ring Number Five (the largest of all the rings on the property with the largest
number of permanent seats). On Saturday, May 4th the Saturday Night Lights began with the
annual IHSA Parade of Teams. Normally held in the same arena as the IHSA Nationals event
the parade began with Kenn Marash announcing the names of the schools in each Zone as the
full teams qualified entered the ring starting with Zone 1 and ending with Zone 8.
This was followed by a Grand Prix Jumping Event and perhaps included musical acts later on
in the evening. A very small number of raindrops fell during the start of the Grand Prix
event but fortunatly the parade was completed in time for the riders who took part to make
their way into the stands or the International Pavilion where a dinner was served to
membership, sponsors and media.
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Storms were predicted when the IHSA Parade of Teams took place Saturday
evening in Stadium Ring Number Five. However the rain held off until after all the teams
had safely entered and exited the arena. In this photo the teams had finished lining up,
with Sacred Heart University from Zone 1 on the far left and the University of Southern
California from Zone 8 on the far right (both school banners have a fair share of red in them). This
was the first time ever that the annual parade took place nearly a mile from where the year-end
show took place. And this parade probably had the largest audience of any IHSA Nationals parade
to this day. |
Back-to-Back in Tryon: Prior to the first day of 2023 IHSA Nationals
IHSA Founder emeritus Bob Cacchione stated that both 2023 and 2024 Nationals would
take place at AllTech Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. This in fact did not happen,
as 2024 Nationals were held at Tryon International. On June 29th of this year
Cacchione stated the IHSA has a two-year contract with Tryon, with the IHSA definitely
returning in 2025. During Nationals a small number of people were not happy that
the Western arena was a work in progress (the permanent seating area should be
completed for next season). The one aspect of the Tryon Indoors that received a
historic-good rave review is the short distance from the stabling area to the
actual indoor rings. The stalls were in some cases only about 100 feet from the
English and Western mounting areas, and even the longest trek from stall to
in-gate was as short as any this writer can recall at any prior IHSA Nationals
since 2002 in Cazenovia, New York. Because of this the show itself was over and
done in the shortest time since the two-day event at Mount Holyoke in 1997. On
Sunday first place in team open flat (Alston) was announced at 11:59AM with the
hunter seat team awards all handed out by 1:15PM at the latest. First place in
team open western horsemanship (Martin) was announced at 2:47PM with the western
individual AQHA high point awards and western team awards all handed out by
4:15PM. If you competed at Nationals in the past 20 years you might recall that
on the final day of English the team awards were usually handed out by 2:00PM and
at the end of the Sunday session the Western awards were handed out between 4PM
and 6PM.
--Steve Maxwell
The 2024 IHSA Nationals Class-by-Class Results, held at Tryon International
Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina May 3rd through 5th. The
Hunter Seat Judges were Andrea Wells and Archie Cox while the Western Judges were
Tom McBeath and Carolyn Johnson.
Friday, May 3rd:
Individual Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Alexander Alston, Savannah College
of Art & Design. 2. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art & Design. 3. Rafi
Wolf, Stanford University. 4. Anna Perlow, Long Island University - Post. 5. Grace
McEneaney, Lafayette College. 6. Kenya Sanders, Skidmore College. 7. Rebecca
Kaplan, Centenary University. 8. Isabella Karr, University of Vermont. 9. Janet
Hedges, Boston University. 10. Madison Weber, University of British Columbia.
Individual Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Caroline Bardwell, Louisiana
State University. 2. Roberta Cullinan, Miami University of Ohio. 3. Kelsey
Sullivan, Randolph - Macon College. 4. Sonia Agarwal, Boston University. 5. Amelia
Gugino, Centenary University. 6. Maggie Lawrence, University of Delaware.
7. Philine Weisbeek, Northeastern University. 8. Noelle Boltz, University of
Dayton. 9. Sophia Santoro, University of Georgia. 10. Lexi Smith, University of
Oklahoma.
Individual Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Becca Polzin, University of Vermont.
2. Sophia Mirando, Long Island University - Post. 3. Andrea Battram, Saint Louis
University. 4. Hattie Bradford, Savannah College of Art & Design. 5. Natalia
Onisko, University of Delaware. 6. Jillian Steinmetz, Cornell University. 7. Katie
Ripple, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 8. Kaitlyn Hagopian, University of
Colorado at Boulder. 9. Emma Stokes, University of Rhode Island. 10. Zoey Horn,
University of Lynchburg.
Individual Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Christian Echavarria, Florida
Atlantic University. 2. Rachel Chard, Sweet Briar College. 3. Chloe Thatcher,
Otterbein University. 4. Emma Neal, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
5. Samantha Gilley, Wilson College. 6. Riley Gerardo, Cornell University.
7. Sophia Mirando, Long Island University - Post. 8. Aislinn Bermingham, Centenary
University. 9. Evelyn Smith, University of California at Davis. 10. Madisyn
Courtney, St. Mary of the Woods College.
Individual Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. Alexis Schwarz, University of
Michigan. 2. Alyssa Buback, Long Island University - Post. 3. Alexandra Russell,
University of Lynchburg. 4. Alyssa Davis, Middle Tennessee State University.
5. Alisaundre Finnerty, Le Moyne College. 6. Meghan FitzPatrick, Centenary
University. 7. Annemieke Forte, Centenary University. 8. Karma Redman, Savannah
College of Art & Design. 9. Elinor Addonizio, University of Connecticut.
10. Antonin Cornillon, Northeastern University.
Individual Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Rebecca Kaplan, Centenary University.
2. Willow Vince, Amherst College. 3. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art &
Design. 4. Harper Sanford, Skidmore College. 5. Marianna George, University of
Findlay. 6. Rafi Wolf, Stanford University. 7. Emma Pell, Emory & Henry
College. 8. Emma Sameth, University of the South. 9. Caroline Mancini, Centenary
University. 10. Jaden Perry, St. Mary of the Woods College.
Individual Novice Equitation: 1. Anna Berd, Endicott College. 2. Madelyn
Whitley, Emory & Henry College. 3. Victoria Varella, Centenary University.
4. Kyley Pelfrey, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Emily Roberts, Sweet Briar
College. 6. Mila Quinonero Koch, University of California at Los Angeles.
7. Samantha Mayer, University of Findlay. 8. Mary - Elizabeth Hrycay, Springfield
College. 9. Carly Vujakovich, Savannah College of Art & Design. 10. Abigael
Berdan, University at Buffalo.
Team Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. Peter Cavagnac, Savannah College of Art
& Design. 2. Lainey Rockacy, St. Lawrence University. 3. Hannah Minton, St.
Mary of the Woods College. 4. Julia Furst, Penn State University (State College).
5. Isabella Ruisi, Sacred Heart University. 6. Anabella Erikson - Brottet, Miami
University of Ohio. 7. Elyssa Parker, Hollins University. 8. Charlotte Lyon,
Skidmore College. 9. Rachel Dahmer, University of Georgia. 10. Kristina Todd,
West Texas A & M University.
Individual Ranch Riding: 1. Kaitlyn Praisler, Morehead State University.
2. Jerica Bozio, St. Andrews University. 3. Jennica Dannehl, West Texas A & M
University. 4. Dakota Tierney, North Dakota State University. 5. Grace Stief,
Black Hawk College. 6. Miley Phillips, Albion College. 7. Kia Davis, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale. 8. Natalie Ruha, Mississippi State University.
9. Brooke Wolfinger, Delaware Valley University. 10. Kenlee West, Middle Tennessee
State University.
Individual Open Western Horsemanship: 1. Hannah Belich, Lake Erie College.
2. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College. 3. Calen Braden, Black Hawk
College. 4. Jordan Schauer, Midway University. 5. Faith Borbonus, University of
Findlay. 6. Erin Murray, Ohio State University. 7. Jordan Martin, Middle
Tennessee State University. 8. Carli Kerns, Albion College. 9. Jerica Bozio, St.
Andrews University. 10. Brenna Orchard, Reedley College.
Team Level 1 Western Horsemanship: 1. Marty Kacsh, West Texas A & M
University. 2. Kaylee Klein, Midway University. 3. Simone Allen, Middle Tennessee
State University. 4. James Shrock, University of Findlay. 5. Gabrielle Olson,
Black Hawk College. 6. Luke Rogers, St. Andrews University. 7. Anastasia Kiser,
Albion College. 8. Cady Ninnemann, University of Wisconsin - River Falls.
9. Lucinda Naples, Penn State University. 10. Katie Wendorf, St. Mary of the Woods
College.
Team Level II Western Horsemanship: 1. Alana Utlak, Midway University. 2. Haley
Bucher, West Texas A & M University. 3. Lily Roman, St. Andrews University.
4. Peyton Podmolik, Black Hawk College. 5. Emmalyn Mirarchi, Mount Holyoke College.
6. Jenna Smith, Albion College. 7. Sarah Munson, Penn State University (State
College). 8. Hope Gillaspie, St. Mary of the Woods College. 9. Grace Scott,
University of Findlay. 10. Madison McCuen, Ohio State University.
Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship: 1. Katelyn Proshek, Albion College.
2. Madison Cresanti, University of Findlay. 3. Shelby Amanns, Middle Tennessee
State University. 4. Caitlin Igel, University of Washington. 5. Izzi Velinsky,
University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 6. Hannah Wheeler, Black Hawk College.
7. Jiahui Zeng, Mount Holyoke College. 8. Jakeob Stewart, Colby Community College.
9. Adrienne Murray, Middle Georgia State University. 10. Lauren Lauber, Missouri
State University.
Team Open Reining: 1. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University.
2. Sydney Hill, University of Wisconsin - River Falls. 3. Calen Braden, Black Hawk
College. 4. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Jordan Schauer,
Midway University. 6. Lili Evans, Mount Holyoke College. 7. Sidney Hawk,
University of Findlay. 8. Noel Pickel, St. Andrews University. 9. Aria Morgan,
Albion College. 10. Anna Wilhelm, West Texas A & M University.
Saturday, May 4th:
Team Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Sadie Nesbitt, Skidmore College.
2. Sierra Smith, Emory & Henry College. 3. Natalia Onisko, University of
Delaware. 4. Hattie Bradford, Savannah College of Art & Design. 5. Marie
Hollertz, Otterbein University. 6. Olivia Wilson, Miami University of Ohio.
7. Isabella Catto, Penn State University (State College). 8. Emilie Stokes,
University of Georgia. 9. Ellen Aasted, Stanford University. 10. Reagan
Waggoner, Sacred Heart University.
Team Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Cate Weis, St. Lawrence University.
2. Molly Drass, Penn State University (State College). 3. Elise Sigety, Skidmore
College. 4. Kayla DeStephanis, Sacred Heart University. 5. Anna Birney,
University of Delaware. 6. Rachael Wingard, Otterbein University. 7. Peter
Cavagnac, Savannah College of Art & Design. 8. Elyssa Parker, Hollins
University. 9. Parker Watt, Stanford University. 10. Robyn Nieman, University
of Georgia.
Individual Introductory Equitation: 1. Mara Bunderson, University of
Wisconsin - Madison. 2. Leticia Vaz, Cal Poly - Pomona. 3. Emma Jennison,
Skidmore College. 4. Chloe Lakloufi, Savannah College of Art & Design.
5. Marguerite Perryman, University of North Carolina at Ashville. 6. Katelyn
Proshek, Albion College. 7. Julia Hathaway, Morrisville State College. 8. Parker
Myrus, University of Kentucky. 9. Milena Aggelikas, University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. 10. Elena DeDominicis, Marist College.
Team Introductory Equitation: 1. Kameron Riggs, Savannah College of Art
& Design. 2. Wenzdae Wendling, University of Vermont. 3. Bevin Dean, Skidmore
College. 4. Abbigael Coyle, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Rachel Nottestad,
Otterbein University. 6. Dorian Meekins, Hollins University. 7. Alysse Quin,
University of Southern California. 8. Ilaria Chen, Stanford University. 9. Miranda
Whitten, West Texas A & M University. 10. Ella Cooper, University of Delaware.
Team Novice Equitation: 1. Hudson Gauthier, University of Southern California.
2. Ava Flannery, Sacred Heart University. 3. Lexie Stoebenau, Savannah College of
Art & Design. 4. Maeve Nickloes, Emory & Henry College. 5. Jordan
Atwell - Purcell, Hollins University. 6. Natalie Nawa, Otterbein University.
7. Jenna Mansueto, Stanford University. 8. Stella Allen, Skidmore College.
9. Sarah Bowe, Penn State University (State College). 10. Cecilia DuBose,
University of Vermont.
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St. Andrews University narrowly claimed Western Reserve National Champion
Status. From left to right are Knights assistant coach Cailey Culp, Natalie Bailey and head
coach Carla Wennberg after Bailey claimed first place in Team Rookie Western Horsemnship
on May 5th. This briefly put St. Andrews into the lead through six of the seven team classes. |
Team Ranch Riding: 1. Lily Roman, St. Andrews University. 2. Isaiah
Baughman, Ohio State University. 3. Kyley Pelfrey, St. Mary of the Woods
College. 4. Kurstin Walker, Black Hawk College. 5. Mackenzie Latimer,
Middle Tennesee State University. 6. Kallie Hill, University of Wisconsin -
River Falls. 7. Grace Scott, University of Findlay. 8. Kathryn Smith, Mount
Holyoke College. 9. Chase Summerville, Midway University. 10. Helene Keiser,
West Texas A & M University.
Individual Level 1 Western Horsemanship: 1. Isabella O'Daniel, Bowling Green
State University. 2. Sadie Tullock, Midway University. 3. Taylor McIntosh, Berry
College. 4. Jessica Endecott, University of Findlay. 5. Kaitlyn Evans, West Texas
A & M University. 6. Gopher Warwick, Adrian College. 7. Mackenzie Latimer,
Middle Tennessee State University. 8. Marissa Bartholomew, State University of New
York at Oswego. 9. Samantha Smit, Alfred University. 10. Emily Jessen, Black Hawk
College.
Team Beginner Western Horsemanship: 1. Monica Braunwalder, Middle Tennessee
State University. 2. Kira Maurer, Penn State University (State College). 3. Amber
Cox, West Texas A & M University. 4. Abby Cash, Black Hawk College. 5. Starr
Benton, St. Andrews University. 6. Aubryn Kaine, Mount Holyoke College. 7. Shelby
Preston, University of Findlay. 8. Truman Sleuth, Midway University. 9. Cami
McDonald, Ohio State University. 10. Olivia Paprstein, St. Mary of the Woods
College.
Individual Rookie Western Horsemanship: 1. James Shrock, University of Findlay.
2. Regan Black, Middle Tennessee State University. 3. Mikayla Adkins, University
of Findlay. 4. Catherine Thompson, Berry College. 5. Isabella Leddy, Rocky
Mountain College. 6. Lauren Wiliams, Delaware Valley University. 7. Katie
Wendorf, St. Mary of the Woods College. 8. Sarah Newman, Virginia Tech. 9. Keira
Hanschman, Alfred University. 10. Lyndsey Hoskinson, West Virginia University.
Individual Open Reining: 1. Julie Warnick, Wilson College. 2. Madison Story,
North Carolina State University. 3. Maggie Herbert, Morrisville State University.
4. Audrey Barnes, Michigan State University. 5. Jordan Schauer, Midway
University. 6. Josie Spratt, Murray State University. 7. Ashlyn Montague, Utah
State University. 8. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State University. 9. Sidney
Hawk, University of Findlay. 10. Emma Suplicki, Alfred University.
Sunday, May 5th:
Team Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Kylie Hwalek, Sacred Heart University.
2. Emma Pell, Emory & Henry College. 3. Celia Cram, Savannah College of Art &
Design. 4. Mallory Francis, Hollins University. 5. Mary Roskins, Miami University
of Ohio. 6. Ellie Kurtz, University of Southern California. 7. Isabella Karr,
University of Vermont. 8. Rafi Wolf, Stanford University. 9. Maggie Lawrence,
University of Delaware. 10. Elizabeth Orosz, Otterbein University.
Cacchione Cup Competition: 1. Delani Franklin, Lake Erie College. 2. Celia
Cram, Savannah College of Art & Design. 3. Emma Eaton - Ayres, University of
Rhode Island. 4. Kenya Sanders, Skidmore College. 5. Emma Pell, Emory & Henry
College. 6. Benjamin Hoban, Centenary University. 7. Rafi Wolf, Stanford
University. 8. Anna Perlow, Long Island University - Post. 9. Evan Bronfman,
University of Southern California. 10. Jaden Perry, St. Mary of the Woods College.
Team Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kendall Madison, Emory & Henry
College. 2. Erin Phillips, Sacred Heart University. 3. Sophia Wirtz, St. Lawrence
University. 4. Hattie Bradford, Savannah College of Art & Design. 5. Emma
Herbruck, Otterbein University. 6. Isa Jensen, Skidmore College. 7. Marissa Jones,
Hollins University. 8. Hope Gillaspie, St. Mary of the Woods College. 9. Emma
Haman, University of Delaware. 10. Alexis Kern, University of Vermont.
Team Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Alexander Alston, Savannah College of
Art & Design. 2. Hudson Warren, St. Lawrence University. 3. Harper Sanford,
Skidmore College. 4. Mallory Francis, Hollins University. 5. Isabella Karr,
University of Vermont. 6. Carina Muratore, Sacred Heart University. 7. Izzy
Baker, University of Southern California. 8. Lauren Marchetti, Penn State
University (State College). 9. Elizabeth Orosz, Otterbein University. 10. Emma
Pell, Emory & Henry College.
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Alexander Alston (pictured) won both a team and an individual class
at 2023 IHSA Nationals and a year later he duplicated that feat. Alston completed his
third semester on the Savannah College of Art & Design team by winning the very
first hunter seat class (individual open over fences) and the final hunter seat class
(team open on the flat) held over three days at Tryon. The Bees were so dominant that
Alston could have missed out on a ribbon in the final class and they still would have
won by over seven points. Instead Alston lifted SCAD to what might be the largest
margin of victory for any hunter seat team at an IHSA Nationals event. |
Individual Level II Western Horsemanship: 1. Chase Summerville, Midway
College. 2. Jaimieson Knode, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. 3. Kurstin Walker,
Black Hawk College. 4. Louann Braunwalder, Middle Tennessee State University.
5. Grace Strief, Black Hawk College. 6. Ryann Piperno, University of Findlay.
7. Norina Hawke, University of Findlay. 8. Kyley Pelfrey, St. Mary of the Woods
College. 9. Maegan Pearson, Wilmington College. 10. Ella Rosloniec, Penn State
University (State College).
Team Rookie Western Horsemanship: 1. Natalie Bailey, St. Andrews University.
2. Emma Rutledge, Ohio State University. 3. Clio Halpern, Mount Holyoke
College. 4. Hana Craycraft, West Texas A & M University. 5. Sadio Barnes,
Middle Tennessee State University. 6. Katerin Getty, Midway University.
7. Kassidy Temple, University of Findlay. 8. Carly Boers, University of
Wisconsin - River Falls. 9. Courtney Hamrick, St. Mary of the Woods College.
10. Katelyn Proshek, Albion College.
Team Open Western Horsemanship: 1. Jordan Martin, Middle Tennessee State
University. 2. Chase Summerville, Midway College. 3. Kaitlyn Howe,
University of Findlay. 4. Carli Kerns, Albion College. 5. Erin Murray, Ohio
State University. 6. Calen Braden, Black Hawk College. 7. Anna Wilhelm, West
Texas A & M University. 8. Sydney Hill, University of Wisconsin - River
Falls. 9. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College. 10. Jerica Bozio,
St. Andrews University.
Individual AQHA High Point Open Rider Competition: 1. Jordan Martin, Middle
Tennessee State University. 2. Jordan Schauer, Midway University. 3. Erin
Murray, Ohio State University. 4. Anna Wilhelm, West Texas A & M University.
5. Madison Austin, Adrian College. 6. Rachel Lexon, Penn State University
(State College). 7. Megan Manlief, St. Mary of the Woods College. 8. Sidney
Hawk, University of Findlay. 9. Calen Braden, Black Hawk College. 10. Taylor
Stephens, College of the Sequoias.
2024 IHSA Nationals Hunter Seat Team Totals:
Savannah College of Art & Design - 59 (2024 IHSA National Champion)
Sacred Heart University - 41.5 (2024 Reserve National Champion)
Skidmore College - 39
St. Lawrence University - 33
Emory & Henry College - 32.5
Hollins University - 29
Otterbein University - 24.5
Penn State University (State College) - 20
University of Southern California - 20
University of Vermont - 17
St. Mary of the Woods College - 15
University of Delaware - 14.5
Miami University of Ohio - 13
Stanford University - 9
University of Georgia - 3.5
West Texas A & M University - 1.5
2024 IHSA Nationals Western Team Totals:
Middle Tennessee State University - 47 (2024 IHSA National Champion)
St. Andrews University - 38.5 (2024 Reserve National Champion)
Midway University - 38
West Texas A & M University - 35
Black Hawk College - 34
University of Findlay - 26
Ohio State University - 22.5
Mount Holyoke College - 22
St. Mary of the Woods College - 18
University of Wisconsin at River Falls - 18
Albion College - 14.5
Penn State University (State College) - 12
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