ZONE 8 ZONES RESULTS

The complete Class-by-Class results of 2026 Zone 8 Zones, held at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center in Stanford, California on Sunday, March 29, 2026 and listed in the order in which they were held. The Judge was Beverly Jovais, Petaluma, California. The top two riders in each individual class and the top two hunter seat teams in the team competition advanced to IHSA Nationals May 1st through 3rd in Mill Spring, North Carolina. The top three riders in the Cacchione Cup classes also advanced to Nationals:

Team Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Rafi Wolf, Stanford University. 2. Anina Backman - Choo, University of British Columbia. 3. Maddie Hawks, Colorado State University. 4. Laura Jun, University of Southern California.

Individual Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Maddie Hawks, Colorado State University. 2. Anina Backman - Choo, University of British Columbia. 3. Avery Walrath, University of Arizona. 4. Laura Jun, University of Southern California. 5. Clare Carmichael, University of British Columbia. 6. Brooke Ballhaus, Stanford University. 7. Emma Santos, Colorado State University.

Team Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Maya Shvab, University of Southern California. 2. Emma Lorimer, Stanford University. 3. Emmah Tait, Colorado State University. 4. Anna Trimble, University of British Columbia.

Cacchione Cup Class: 1. Emma Santos, Colorado State University. 2. Laura Jun, University of Southern California. 3. Brooke Ballhaus, Stanford University. 4. Clare Carmichael, University of British Columbia.

Individual Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Anika Mehta, University of Oregon. 2. Rylee Roster, Colorado State University. 3. Sebastian Erhan, University of Oregon. 4. Sage Manning, University of Colorado at Boulder. 5. Francesca Calamari, University of California at San Diego. 6. Fiona Clark, University of California at Los Angeles. 7. Megan Farrenkopf, University of California at Berkeley.

Team Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Rafi Wolf, Stanford University. 2. Savannah Meadus, University of British Columbia. 3. Rylee Foster, Colorado State University. 4. Laura Jun, University of Southern California.

Team Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Emmah Tait, Colorado State University. 2. Catherine Gewecke, Stanford University. 3. Kang Jia Niu, University of British Columbia. 4. Kate Wenzel, University of Southern California.

Individual Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Laura Jun, University of Southern California. 2. Rafi Wolf, Stanford University. 4. Avery Walrath, University of Arizona. 5. Clare Carmichael, University of British Columbia. 6. Emma Santos, Colorado State University. 7. Anina Backman - Choo, University of British Columbia.

Team Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Skye Adams, Stanford University. 2. Isabella Bauman, University of British Columbia. 3. Rebecca Kellacasa Saba, Colorado State University. 4. Isabella Lee, University of Southern California.

Individual Limit Equitation Over Fences: 1. Emmah Tait, Colorado State University. 2. Jess Kammeyer, University of California at Berkeley. 3. Kristen Lee, University of California at San Diego. 4. Rebecca George, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. 5. Ava Turner, University of Oregon. 6. Tressa Hewes, Oregon State University. 7. Ella Burke, University of Colorado at Boulder. 8, Keira Loudabarger, Arizona State University.

Individual Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Fiona Clark, University of California at Los Angeles. 2. Morgan Seibert, Stanford University. 3. Rylee Foster, Colorado State University. 4. Talise Baker - Matsuoka, University of Southern California. 5. Anika Mehta, University of Oregon. 6. Sage Manning, University of Colorado at Boulder. 7. Anna Trimble, University of British Columbia.

Team Intrductory Equitation: 1. Lily Amaturo, Stanford University. 2. Lewis Dance, Colorado State University. 3. Liam Thraikill, University of British Columbia. 4. Brenda Aguire Santeliz, University of Southern California.

Individual Novice Equitation: 1. Hudson Gauthier, University of Southern California. 2. Allison White, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. 3. Erica Nash, University of California at San Diego. 4. Ava Brown, Stanford University. 5. Ella Burlingame, University of Washington. 6. Jacquelyn Wittler, Oregon State University. 7. Ava Long, University of Colorado at Boulder. 8. Kairi Quinn, Colby Community College.

Team Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. Charlotte Traylor, Stanford University. 2. Abbey Stirling, University of British Columbia. 3. Audrey Gehringer, Colorado State University. 4. Hudson Gauthier, University of Southern California.

Team Novice Equitation: 1. Maria Stanet, Colorado State University. 2. Heather Praill, University of British Columbia. 3. Katherine VanRoekel, University of Southern California. 4. Esther Yang, Stanford University.

Individual Limit Equitation On The Flat: 1. McKenna Goodson, Stanford University. 2. Keira Loudabarger, Arizona State University. 3. Ella Burke, University of Colorado at Boulder. 4. Kyra Palmer, University of California at Santa Cruz. 5. Sebastiean Erhan, University of Oregon. 6. Raquel Egdes, University of British Columbia. 7. Kristen Lee, University of California at San Diego. 8. Millicent Billig, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Individual Introductory Equitation. 1. Natalie Lockhardt, Colorado State University. 2. Ashley Deans, University of Colorado at Boulder. 3. Chloe Care, University of California at San Diego. 4. Yousef Alharbi, University of Washington. 5. Grace Pepperell, University of Southern California. 6. Lily Jaquiss, University of Oregon.

Final Hunter Seat Team Totals, with the top two teams advancing to IHSA Nationals: Stanford University (2026 Zone 8 Zones Champion) 48; Colorado State University (Reserve) 39; University of British Columbia 36 and the University of Southern California 29.

(Special thanks to Vanessa Bartsch for her help in gathering these results - Editor)