
A freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kayla Akers of Virginia Intermont College (center, between her Mother and "Wyatt")
won her walk-trot-canter class for "Team Black" which was one of two VI teams competing at the Winter Tournament of Champions
in Fredericksburg, Virginia on January 28th. One year earlier Akers placed second in the High School Medal Division at the same invitational
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MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE WINS WINTER TOURNAMENT AND 2011-12 TOURNAMENT SERIES TROPHY
Fredericksburg, VA - Most IHSA teams that competed in the
2012 Winter Tournament of Champions event at Hazelwild Farm got
there by way of the automobile. A small number of teams (such as
Dartmouth College) flew most of the way before renting vehicles
at the airport to get to Fredericksburg, Virginia for the third
leg of the Tournament of Championship series.
And then there was Mount Holyoke College. The Lyons met up at
4:15AM on a Friday morning to drive to the Springfield,
Massachusetts train station for a 6AM Amtrack train to Washington,
DC. At 1:00PM the train had made it through the rain to Union
Station in DC where the Lyons rented two vans and then went
sightseeing. After getting lost trying to leave Washington
during rush hour (resulting in leaving the city but then having
to re-enter it to go out the other side) the Lyons enjoyed dinner
at Cracker Barrel, a night at the Comfort Inn and two days later
more sightseeing and a return train to Springfield.
And on the Saturday in between the Mount Holyoke College Lyons
earned 42 of a possible 56 points to win the 2012 Winter Tournament
of Champions event on January 28th. Felicia Harrsch (sophomore,
from Landsdale, Pennsylvania) opened the event with a win in
intermediate flat while Lexie Lohrer (sophomore, from Carlisle,
Massachusetts) won the open over fences class which followed. The
Lyons led the competition from start to finish, ending up with four
blue ribbons, two red ones and a yellow. In addition both Margaret
Swanson and Flynn Vickowski made the top ten in the Collegiate
Medal Class which substitutes for a ride-off at all recent
Tournament of Champions series events.
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If you had one team in the competition then you would have one ride in each of the eight divisions. The identical Cram twins,
Sami (on left) and Kali (on right) accounted for half the St. Andrews University rides. Coach Ashley Duda (center) saw Sami earn the best ribbon
for a Cram with a first in novice over fences. The Cram sisters accounted for 14 of their 22 points as the Knights were sixth overall. |
Hannah Thornton (freshman, from Seattle, Washington) won her
open flat while So Jin Lee (junior, from Seoul, South Korea) won
her walk-trot class to account for the remaining MHC blue ribbons.
Freshman Samantha Stone and sophomore Nell Maynard accounted for
red ribbons in consecutive classes, as Stone was second in
walk-trot-canter immediately before Maynard placed second in
intermediate fences. In his official press release Tournament
series founder Jim Arrigon stated that Mount Holyoke's 42 points
is the second-highest total ever earned at a Tournament event (a
split Centenary College squad - going by the name of 'Team Jacob'
at the height of Twilight-mania - scored 43 points in their own
facility at the December 2009 Holiday Tournament of Champions for
the current record - Editor).
Virginia Intermont College brought six horses all the way from
their Bristol, Virginia campus (though they didn't leave the state
this is a manmouth drive of over 350 miles; Schools such as Penn
State, Rutgers, Lafayette and Delaware Valley crossed multiple
state lines while covering less distance). By bringing horses VI
was allowed to bring two teams of up to eight riders each. Virginia
Intermont College's 'Black' Team went on to score 33 points for
Reserve High Point Team honors while their 'Gold' team just missed
with 32 (Black and Gold are their school colors - editor). Kayla
Akers, a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio edged out Stone for first in
walk-trot-canter for the Black team's only blue ribbon. However
three members of the Black team (Blake Roberts in intermediate flat,
Zoe Sarvis in novice flat and Lauren Wills in novice over fences)
were second place winners. As there were two sections of each
division a quirk in the schedule meant that the Black team was done
for the day at a point when the Gold team still had three classes
yet to come. Though they only had 18 points at that moment the Gold
riders did their best, with Rory Mueller (junior, from Vero Beach,
Florida) and Ashleigh Ramey winning blue ribbons in novice fences
and novice flat, respectively. Ramey, a sophomore from nearby
Culpepper, Virginia made it two tournament wins in less than a
month. Ramey won her novice flat at the Holiday Tournament of
Champions in Long Valley, New Jersey on December 3rd. Ramey earned
a fifth in intermediate fences earlier in the day on January 28th.
While Megan Kelty was second in walk-trot-canter the most ironic
red ribbon of the day for VI came when the Gold team earned their
first five points. Ariel Black, a freshman from Salt Lake City,
Utah was not a member of the Black team but rather the Gold team
when she finished second in intermediate flat (perhaps VI can
persuade a rider with the last name 'Gold' to join the team and
balance things out - Editor).
On January 30th, 2010 Delaware Valley College was high point
team at the Winter Tournament of Champions event. This show was
also held at Hazelwild Farm but under much more difficult weather
conditions (a foot of snow fell outside during the show, a far cry
from today's event under sunny skies and a high temperature of
perhaps 56 degrees). Between the two shows at Hazelwild Del Val
managed to win the 2010 Holiday Tournament of Champions in
Laurinburg, North Carolina while placing second to Virginia
Intermont at the 2011 Winter event and fourth behind two Centenary
teams and a Mount Holyoke team at the 2011 Holiday Tournament.
Delaware Valley (located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where the
local rail system known as SEPTA has a stop right on campus near
their riding center) scored 27 points on January 28th and won a
tiebreaker for fourth place. Kelsey Ficara, a sophomore from
Southampton, New York who was second in intermediate fences at the
Holiday Tournament, moved up a ribbon with a win in intermediate
flat at Hazelwild Farm. Ciara Menkens, a junior from Brick
Township, New Jersey won her open flat class toward the end of the
day. Since scoring 18 points at the December 2009 Holiday
Tournament the Aggies have scored in the upper 20's if not the
30's in every Tournament event they have appeared in.
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Virginia Tech was the only team in the top eight without a blue ribbon. However the Hokies
went wild with red ribbons, with their final three riders each earning one. Coach Sherri West (on left) poses
with Hokie junior Jennifer Osterman after the latter was second in open flat. Virginia Tech was awarded fifth
place for the day.
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Because Delaware Valley earned two blue ribbons while Virginia
Tech didn't earn any the Aggies won the tiebreaker over a Hokie
team which still impressed with 27 points. Virginia Tech did what
Mount Holyoke could not do - score at least one point in each of
their eight classes. The Hokies were sitting at 12 points through
five rides before going red-ribbon-crazy. Jennifer Osterman, a
junior from Potomic, Maryland who had placed sixth in open fences
earlier, was second to Thornton in open flat. Travis Roth, a
sophomore from Severna Park, Maryland was second to Lee in
walk-trot while Cassella Slater closed out the Hokie scoring by
finishing second to Mueller in novice over fences. Two years
earlier Virginia Tech finished second to Delaware Valley by a
31-30 score on that snowy day. The Hokies were still the 2009-10
Tournament Series champions at that time.
St. Andrews University won a narrow race for sixth with 22
points. The identical twin sisters Sami and Kali Cram earned 14
of the Knights' points. Sami won her novice fences while placing
fifth in intermediate flat while Kali was second in intermediate
fences. Shiloh Kozlowski, a sophomore walk-trot rider from
Trenton, Michigan who had placed fourth in the division at the
Holiday Tournament, was a winner in the division this time.
Cornell University competed at all three 2011-12 Tournament
Series events, gaining four points with each appearance. The Big
Red scored 13 points at the Pre-Season Tournament of Champions in
Westerville, Ohio, 17 points at the Holiday Tourney and 21 points
at Hazelwild. Bronwyn Scrivens, a senior from Spruce Grove,
Alberta, Canada was first in open fences for Cornell's only blue
ribbon. Katie Fink, a senior from Baltimore, Maryland nearly
gave Cornell another open-level first. Fink was second to Menkens
in open flat (We are not sure if it helped but many riders in the
flat classes did not truly stay on the outside rail, electing to
go on the inside of jumps that were left up within the ring
throughout the day. Fink was the only rider to stay on the
outside rail and outside the jumps which may have helped her
come very close to a first in her flat class - Editor). Team
ribbons were awarded to eighth place, so for the first time this
season Cornell placed high enough (seventh) to receive team ribbons
in a Tournament Series event. Only days earlier Head Coach Chris
Mitchell was announced as the new Director of Riding at Randolph
College, effective starting in the Fall of 2012. During Mitchell's
12 seasons with Cornell the Big Red have won four Ivy League
Invitationals, a 2011 Zone 2, Region 1 Region Championship, were
Reserve Champions at the 2006 Holiday Tournament of Champions in
Cazenovia, New York (one point behind eventual National Champion
Virginia Intermont) and for ten consecutive seasons were second in
the Zone 2, Region 3 hunter seat team standings to a seemingly
invincable Skidmore College team. Before he heads south Mitchell
will likely lead Cornell to a second consecutive Region
Championship and thus a trip to 2012 Zone 2 Zones at Skidmore's
familiar Van Lennep Riding Center.
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Coach Matt Arrigon (on left) and open rider Kelly Gerland (on right) pose with Taylor Dalton after she placed first in
walk-trot-canter for Lynchburg College's Pulled Pork team. Pulled Pork and the other Lynchburg team entered, Beef Brisket, were named after
two delicacies served at Gerland's favorite restaurant in the Lynchburg area, Ranch Road BBQ. Pulled Pork outscored Beef Brisket 20-2, with
the former earning eighth place at the Winter tournament.
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Rounding out the top eight was one of two Lynchburg College teams
with 20 points. The Hornets brought six horses, which meant they
could bring two teams. There is a barbeque restaurant in Lynchburg,
Virginia by the name of Ranch Road BBQ (located on Lakeside Drive in
Lynchburg; not on a street called 'Ranch Road' for the record).
Ranch Road is a favorite spot for Lynchburg senior Kelly Gerland
(the message board outside Ranch Road said 'Happy Birthday Kelly'
when it was her birthday not long ago). Therefore one Lynchburg
team was named 'Beef Brisket' and the other 'Pulled Pork' in honor
of two of their specialties. Gerland, a senior from Malvern,
Pennsylvania, finished second to Scrivens to put Pulled Pork on the
board. Taylor Dalton (sophomore, from Powatan, Virginia) won her
walk-trot-canter while Kelli Greenslade (junior, Boone, Maryland)
earned eight of Pulled Pork's 20 points with a second in novice
flat and a fourth in novice fences over the final two rides.
Three riders from the other nine schools present were able to
win team classes. Joey Fink, the younger brother of Cornell's
Katie Fink, won seven of Goucher College's 17 points with a first
in novice flat. Had team ribbons been awarded below eighth place
Goucher would have been next in line at ninth. Sarah Truchon
(junior, from Amherst, New Hampshire) earned seven of the University
of New Hampshire's ten points with a first in intermediate fences.
Alanna Reiner earned two-thirds of Lafayette College's 15 points.
The sophomore from Morristown, New Jersey won her intermediate
fences but made more of an appearance placing fourth in the
intermediate flat class which started the day. Just as Judge Woody
Dykers asked everyone to 'walk' for the last time prior to lining
up Reiner's draw decided to buck her off! The stewards met with the
judge and it looked for a moment like Reiner would receive a
re-ride. Instead the placings were announced moments later, with
Reiner placing fourth. Dykers had apparently already placed the
class at the moment Reiner was thrown and the dismount was thus
disregarded when placing the section.
At each Tournament event since 2007 there has been a Tournament
of Champions Collegiate Medal Division held in place of a ride-off
for high point. The Collegiate Medal is run in two phases, with
anyone who enters getting to compete in one of several flat heats
while often 12 riders are called back to take part in a fences
phase. At today's show four of the 12 who were invited back to
jump were then invited to test. The test "included a hand gallop
jump followed by a trot jump, two simple lead changes down the
centerline and a sitting trot to the gate" according to Arrigon's
press release. VI's Roberts (Sophomore, Knoxville, Tennessee)
went first and completed the test. Menkens, who won the event a
year earlier when the Winter Tournament was held at the Chatham
Hall school, went second and finished the test cleanly and in what
turned out to be the fastest amount of time. Katie Fink went
third and had a refusal attempting to hand gallop to the first
fence. Brendan Weiss, a Penn State University sophomore from
Southampton, Pennsylvania was fourth to test and he too had a
refusal at the first fence. When the division was placed the only
questions about the top four were did Weiss or Fink place third
and did Menkens or Roberts win? Fink turned out to be fourth
while Weiss was third (he had apparently entered the test with the
highest combined score in the two earlier phases), Roberts second
and Menkens the champion for the second January in a row. Also in
the top ten were Danielle Clark of Virginia Intermont (fifth;
Clark was Champion in the division at the Pre-Season Tournament),
Katie Hansen of St. Andrews (sixth), Gerland (seventh), Vickowski
(eighth), Swanson (ninth) and Danielle Miranda of Lafayette
(tenth).
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One wonders what Delaware Valley College might have done had they competed in the Pre-Season Tournament event.
As a team the Aggies placed fourth at both today's event and the Holiday Tournament while placing first at the 2010 Holiday
event and second at the 2011 Winter tourney. Coincidentally the Aggie's fine open rider Ciara Menkens (pictured) has placed
no lower than fourth in any of the last four Tournament of Champions Medal Classes she has participated in. On January 28th
Menkens won the division, marking the second time in as many Winter Tournament events that she has done so.
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While the Collegiate Medal division dates back nearly five years
the similar Equestrian Talent Search High School Medal division
essentially turned one year old at today's show. At the Chatham
Hall 2011 winter tournament a rider named Ashley Wells from Erie,
Pennsylvania became the first champion of the newly-created
division. The Reserve Champion that day was current VI freshman
Akers, who previously rode for Arrigon's Beckett Run Farm IEA team
and was a member of Arrigon's 2009 IEA National Champion team.
Riders who took part in one Arrigon's Equestrian Talent Search
clinics over the previous 12 months were eligible to compete in the
division. 13 riders took part, with eight surviving the flat phase
and then receiving the opportunity to jump. Meaghan Hynes, a
2011 graduate of York High School in York, Maine (and a former
member of the IEA's York Equestrian Team which sent a full team to
2011 IEA Nationals) took part in both the January 2011 ETS clinic
held at Mount Holyoke College and the innaugural ETS Medal class a
few weeks later (during which she was fifth). A year later Hynes
was best in the field to join Wells, Rachel McConnell (who won
the Medal at the 2011 Pre-Season Tourney) and Samantha Genise (who
won the Medal at the 2011 Holiday Tourney) as one of the first four
ever win the ETS High School Medal division. Hynes also won a
$5,000.00 scholarship to Virginia Intermont College. In a
fortunate coincidence Hynes had listed Virginia Intermont, St.
Lawrence University and Stonehill College as "Colleges of Interest"
in her mini-biography within the 2012 Winter Tournament show
program. Hynes explained that a year ago she applied to
ten schools that would have been the "wrong choice" in her words.
Since that time Hynes realised how important staying involved with
horses is to her. Hopefully when Hynes goes to College she will
be involved with a riding/equine program that places her long term
goals on good footing.
Christina Martinelli, a high school junior from Oxford,
Connecticut (who rode for the IEA River's Edge Farm team during the
2010-11 season) was the Reserve Champion. Martinelli listed
Auburn University, the University of Georgia and the University of
Alabama as Colleges of interest. While Alabama re-started their
IHSA team this year, both Auburn and Georgia have Varsity/NCAA
teams (though Georgia has both a Varsity/NCAA and an IHSA team at
this time). Emily Dunn, a high school senior from Manassas,
Virginia who took part in the ETS held at Lynchburg College in
July 2011 was third. Dunn listed Virginia Intermont College,
Sweet Briar College, today's host University of Mary Washington and
the University of Delaware as her Colleges of interest. Jenna
Boillotat, a high school junior from Hanover, New Hampshire who
is the daughter of Dartmouth Head Coach (and IHSA National Steward)
Sally Batton, finished fourth. Boillotat, who lists Sewanee (or
University of the South), Centenary College, Sweet Briar College
and St. Andrews University as her colleges of interest, had
previously placed tenth in the 2011 Winter ETS Medal Division.
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She was fifth in the Equestrian Talent Search High School Medal Class one year ago when the division made
its' Tournament debut. This time around Meaghan Hynes of York, Maine (center) was Champion in the division. Hynes is seen
here with Gwen Arrigon of the Tournament of Champions and Virginia Intermont College Head Coach Eddie Federwisch. Since its'
inception a year ago Federwisch has presented each of the four riders who has won the ETS High School Medal Class with a
$5,000.00 scholarship offer to attend the school in Bristol, Virginia which produced the IHSA National Champion team in 2004,
2005 and 2007.
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Do Tack Shops sell black duct tape?: More than one rider
at today's show saw their zipperbacks give out on their
riding boots. The usual temporary fix for the problem is to
take black duct tape or electrical tape and wrap the boot.
While we are not sure if such tape was readily available it
would not be a bad decision if some of the larger tack shops
considered stocking a roll or two near their check-out line.
The Mega Millions is on Tuesdays and Fridays. Powerball
is on Wednesdays and Saturdays: Karli Postel of Goucher
College beat the odds today. The junior from Newbury Park,
California initially drew "Ghandi" who was one of only four
horses Goucher brought to the show today. Though Postel
has high praise for Ghandi he had not schooled as well as
usual and was problematic when Postel took him towards the
first few jumps. When Postel received a re-ride she found
herself on "Xcarat" which is one of the other three horses
Goucher brought. When you calculate that VI and Lynchburg
each brought six horses while host Mary Washington had 22 on
site at Hazelwild the odds of Postel riding only the Goucher
horses was slim at best. Postel faired much better on
Xcarat and placed second to Lohrer (who rode "Albert") in
open fences.
You can't win 'em all, though for awhile it looked like
you could!: Delaware Valley College assistant coach Emily
Miller had been undefeated as a coach at events held at
Hazelwild Farm prior to today. As the show coach for Sweet
Briar College Miller's Vixens were high point team at 2009
Zone 4 Zones at Hazelwild. A year later the 2007 Delaware Valley
graduate was back in the Philadelphia area in her current
position. The Aggies were high point team at the 2010
Winter tourney in Fredericksburg. Two firsts and a fourth
are still not all that bad in our opinion.
"Put Putin on hold! I'm talking to So Jin Lee right now!":
Coach Law is most pleased that Mount Holyoke has not only a
member of the student government on the team but that they
have the President of the Student Body on their roster! Lee
was making her Tournament of Champions debut today and after
her win in walk-trot Law recommended this writer talk to her.
Lee explained that besides her involvement with the Mount
Holyoke student government she is also involved on a National
level. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the
"Women in Public Service Colloquium" and that Lee was one of the
students from Mount Holyoke that was selected. Lee also had
a conference call with the White House on the subject of
"College Affordability." One can only hope that Lee continues
to be involved with so many VIP's.
Repeating the placings...: This writer has seen his share
of "announcing difficulties" at IHSA shows this season. But in
total contrast Marina Frano of Mary Washington did a wonderful
job today. A senior from Woodbridge, Virginia Frano not only
pronounced some difficult names correctly she had the presence
of mind to repeat the placings after having read the results
from sixth up through first. The Public Address system in
Hazelwild Farm also gets a thumbs up for not being too loud nor
too soft, and if you were in the arena you could hear the
announcements just fine.
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Head Coach C.J. Law (on far left) holds the Tournament of Champions series trophy following Mount Holyoke College's
42-33 win over VI's Black Team which secured them first place in the series for 2011-12. Mount Holyoke was the third team to win a
Tournament series event this season, following Miami University of Ohio (a 30-28 winner over VI's Gold Team on September 24th) and
Centenary College's White Team (a 37-35 winner over Mount Holyoke on December 3rd). Mount Holyoke was one of only five programs to
participate in all three Tournament events this season (VI, Cornell, Virginia Tech and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst were
the others).
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Mount Holyoke College collected the final award of the day
when Gwen Arrigon presented Lyons Head Coach C.J. Law with the
Tournament of Champions series trophy. To earn the trophy a
team must take part in at least two of the three Tournament of
Champions events. If a team takes part in all three events
then the lowest score from their three appearances is dropped.
Mount Holyoke was seventh at the Pre-Season Tournament (the
drop score), reserve champion with 35 points at the Holiday
Tournament and champion with 42 points at today's event. The
Lyons' final margin in the series for 2011-12 was 77-61 over
Virginia Intermont while Delaware Valley (the 2010-11 series
champion) was third with 58 points. It was Mount Holyoke's second
time as the Tournament series champion, the Lyons having also
returned to Western Massachusetts with the Trophy in early 2008,
though on that ocassion the Tournament Trophy did not get to take
a train ride!
---Steve Maxwell
Show Incidentals: Sunny skies, with temperatures reaching
the upper '50's. Entire show held indoors. Start time:
9:05AM. Finish: 3:20PM (Not Including Awards Presentation)
- Coaches and Captains meeting held prior to start of show.
Judge: Woody Dykers, Alpharetta, GA. Stewards: Patte
Zumbrun/Goucher College, Sally Batton/Dartmouth College and
Cory Kieschnick/Delaware Valley College.
Class-by-class Results, in the order in which they were held:
Intermediate Equitation On The Flat, Section A: 1. Felicia
Harrsch, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Blake Roberts, Virginia
Iintermont College. 3. Georgiana deRham, Cornell University.
4. Alanna Reiner, Lafayette College. 5. Sami Cram, St. Andrews
University. 6. Kari Searls, University of Massachusetts at
Amherst.
Open Equitation Over Fences, Section A: 1. Lexie Lohrer,
Mount Holyoke College. 2. Karli Postel, Goucher College.
3. Corrine Frederickson, University of Mary Washington - Team
Blue. 4. Kaitlin Eckenberger, Sweet Briar College. 6. Cristina
Herren, Dartmouth College. 6. Jennifer Osterman, Virginia Tech.
Intermediate Equitation On The Flat, Section B: 1. Kelsey
Ficara, Delaware Valley College. 2. Ariel Black, Virginia
Intermont College - Team Gold. 3. Emilia Sanchez, University of
Mary Washington - Team Blue. 4. Emily Denning, Penn State
University (State College). 5. Megan Kunsman, Virginia Tech.
6. Addie Jabin, Goucher College.
Open Equitation Over Fences, Section B: 1. Bronwyn Scrivens,
Cornell University. 2. Kelly Gerland, Lynchburg College - Team
Pulled Pork. 3. Kerry Sachs, Tufts University. 4. Brendan
Weiss, Penn State University (State College). 5. Lauren Fay,
Virginia Intermont College - Team Gold. 6. Courtney Bryggman,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Intermediate Equitation Over Fences, Section A: 1. Alanna
Reiner, Lafayette College. 2. Kali Cram, St. Andrews
University. 3. Katie Lazarski, Tufts University. 4. Devin
Cox, University of Mary Washington - Team Gray. 5. Ashleigh
Ramey, Virginia Intermont College. 6. Alison Healey, Penn
State University (State College).
Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation On The Flat, Section A: 1. Kayla
Akers, Virginia Intermont College - Team Black. 2. Samantha
Stone, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Maria Rittenhouse, Virginia
Tech. 4. Maya Johnson, Dartmouth College. 5. Rachel Walter,
Rutgers University. 6. Callie Hodge, Goucher College.
Intermediate Equitation Over Fences, Section B: 1. Sarah
Truchon, University of New Hampshire. 2. Nell Maynard, Mount
Holyoke College. 3. Jessica Ropelewski, Virginia Tech.
4. Abigail Parker, Virginia Intermont College - Team Black. 5.
Addie Jabin, Goucher College. 6. Molly Banfield, University of
Mary Washington - Team Blue.
Novice Equitation On The Flat, Section A: 1. Joey Fink,
Goucher College. 2. Zoe Sarvis, Virginia Intermont College -
Team Black. 3. Helena Witte, Dartmouth College. 4. Alison
Hornbaker, Sweet Briar College. 5. Elisabeth Van Embden,
Rutgers University. 6. Rachel Calvert, Virginia Tech.
Walk-Trot Equitation On The Flat, Section A: 1. Shiloh
Kozlowski, St. Andrews University. 2. Emma Golonka, University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. 3. Taylor Scott, Virginia
Intermont College - Team Gold. 4. Helena Xu, Lafayette
College. 5. Sarah Conklin, Delaware Valley College. 6. Katie
Horng, Cornell University.
Open Equitation On The Flat, Section A: 1. Hannah Thornton,
Mount Holyoke College. 2. Jennifer Osterman, Virginia Tech.
3. Audrey Hanlon, Virginia Intermont College - Team Black.
4. Emily Hulak, Rutgers University. 5. Katie Bradshaw, Sweet
Briar College. 6. Faye Keegan, Dartmouth College.
Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation On The Flat, Section B:
1. Taylor Dalton, Lynchburg College - Team Pulled Pork.
2. Megan Kelty, Virginia Intermont College - Team Gold.
3. Mary Beth Hannon, Cornell University. 4. Allyson Kriebel,
Delaware Valley College. 5. Rachel Negron, Penn State
University (State College). 6. Miranda Wright, St. Andrews
University.
Novice Equitation Over Fences, Section A: 1. Sami Cram,
St. Andrews University. 2. Lauren Wills, Virginia Intermont
College - Team Black. 3. Abigayle Raucher, Mount Holyoke
College. 4. Eryn Wiley, Sweet Briar College. 5. Helena
Witte, Dartmouth College. 6. Samantha Nelson, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst.
Walk-Trot Equitation On The Flat, Section B: 1. So Jin
Lee, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Travis Roth, Virginia Tech.
3. Allie Manning, Virginia Intermont College - Team Black.
4. Jacqueline Marinoff, University of New Hampshire.
5. Emma Hamilton, Lynchburg College - Team Beef Brisket. 6.
Alexz Goldin, Rutgers University.
Novice Equitation Over Fences, Section B: 1. Rory
Mueller, Virginia Intermont College - Team Gold. 2. Cassella
Slater, Virginia Tech. 3. Chelsea Koerper, Delaware Valley
College. 4. Kelli Greenslade, Lynchburg College - Team Pulled
Pork. 5. Amanda Pritt, Penn State University (State College).
6. Joey Fink, Goucher College.
Open Equitation On The Flat, Section B: 1. Ciara Menkens,
Delaware Valley College. 2. Katie Fink, Cornell University.
3. Kelly Sullivan, Tufts University. 4. Courtney Bryggman,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 5. Rebekah Scharfe,
Lafayette College. 6. Brendan Weiss, Penn State University
(State College).
Novice Equitation On The Flat, Section B: 1. Ashleigh
Ramey, Virginia Intermont College - Team Gold. 2. Kelli
Greenslade, Lynchburg College - Team Pulled Pork. 3. Elizabeth
Parker, Delaware Valley College. 4. Maddy Fass, Penn State
University. 5. Isobel Redelmeier, Tufts University.
6. Margaux Sarin, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Equestrian Talent Search High School Medal: 1. Meaghan
Hynes, York, Maine. 2. Christina Martinelli, Oxford,
Connecticut. 3. Emily Dunn, Manassas, Virginia. 4. Jenna
Boillotat, Hanover, New Hampshire. 5. Maggie Kelleher,
Lynchburg, Virginia. 6. Sophie Bish, Charlotte, North
Carolina. 7. Emily Curran, Katonah, New York. 8. Cary
Hundley, Ellicott City, Maryland. (Note: This class was
completed before Section B of Open Equitation On The Flat but
not announced until after the completion of the Tournament of
Champions Collegiate Medal.)
Tournament of Champions Collegiate Medal: 1. Ciara
Menkens, Delaware Valley College. 2. Blake Roberts,
Virginia Intermont College. 3. Brendan Weiss, Penn State
University (State College). 4. Katie Fink, Cornell
University. 5. Danielle Clark, Virginia Intermont College.
6. Katie Hansen, St. Andrews University. 7. Kelly Gerland,
Lynchburg College. 8. Flynn Vickowski, Mount Holyoke
College. 9. Margaret Swanson, Mount Holyoke College.
10. Danielle Miranda, Lafayette College.
Team Totals: Mount Holyoke College (High Point Team)
42; Virginia Intermont College - Team Black (Reserve) 33;
Virginia Intermont College - Team Gold (Third) 32;
Delaware Valley College (Fourth) 27; Virginia Tech
(Fifth) 27; St. Andrews University (Sixth) 22; Cornell
University (Seventh) 21; Lynchburg College - Team Pulled
Pork (Eighth) 20; Goucher College 17; Lafayette College
15; Penn State University (State College) 15; Tufts
University 14; University of Massachusetts at Amherst 12;
Dartmouth College 12; Sweet Briar College 11; University
of New Hampshire 10; University of Mary Washington - Team
Blue 9; Rutgers University 8; University of Mary
Washington - Team Gray 3 and Lynchburg College - Team
Beef Brisket 2.
(For more info about the Tournament of Champions series
or the Equestrian Talent Search, please e-mail
JimArrigon@hotmail.com or visit www.BeckettRunRiding.com
or visit the Equestrian Talent Search page on Facebook.)
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