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IHSA ZONE 1 - REGION 2

From Charlottesville, Virginia, Isabella Karr of the University of Vermont (pictured) will represent Zone 1, Region 2 in the Zone 1 Zones Cacchione Cup Competition for the second year in a row. The Cattamount senior outscored Philine Weisbeek of Northeastern University by a single point (81-80) to secure a place in the Cacchione classes at Zones on Sunday, April 6th. Zone 1 Zones will be held at only the third location for the event over the past 27 years. The Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center was the site of Zone 1 Zones every year the event was held starting in 2005. Mystic Valley Hunt Club in Gales Ferry, Connecticut will be the site in 2025. And prior to the run of Zones shows at Mount Holyoke the Stoneleigh - Burnham School in Greenfield, Massachusetts was the site from at least 1998 through 2004.

Olivia Owens of Northeastern University (on right) and Huskies head coach Kate Paul are seen here during the March 8th show at Whishmaker Stables. A sophomore from Sutton, Massachusetts, Owens is one of seven Northeastern riders who qualified for 2025 Regionals. Owens pointed out of both limit flat and intermediate fences, making her one of three Huskies to earn two rides at Regionals.

Over the years Endicott College has bounced between Zone 1, Region 2 and Zone 1, Region 4 more than once, and in 2024-25 the Gulls moved from Region 4 to Region 2 again. Head coach and former Skidmore College rider Megan Martin (on right) is seen here with Isabelle Wulff, who placed second in intermediate flat around the time this photo was taken on March 8th. A senior from New London, New Hampshire, Wulff pointed out of intermediate fences early enough in the season to earn 21 points at the open fences level.

The University of New Hampshire qualified nine riders for 2025 Regionals, the most of any Region 2 school. Head coach Haley Eagan (on left) poses with one of those nine qualifiers in Brooke Adams. A senior from Califon, New Jersey, Adams pointed out of limit flat. The Wildcats finished third in the region, only 11 points from the top spot. When UNH hosted and won with 45 points on February 22nd they earned the highest point total of any Zone 1, Region 2 team during the 2024-25 season.

The Colby-Sawyer College Chargers scored their season high of 29 points at both the first show of the season and at the seventh and final show of the season. Five Colby-Sawyer riders qualified for Regionals but only one pointed out of two divisions. Emma Welch (pictured), a junior from Bridport, Vermont, qualified for Regionals in both limit divisions.

The University of Maine finished fifth overall in Region 2. Sydnie Brahan of the Black Bears (center) poses with her parents on March 8th when Maine and the University of New England were the co-hosts. A sophomore from North Sutton, New Hampshire, Brahan also qualfied for Regionals in both limit divisions.

She needed two points and she received four! Erin Nelson of Endicott College (center) poses with her parents after placing third in limit fences on March 8th to qualify for Regionals in the division. A sophomore from Lexington, Massachusetts, Nelson was one of 12 Region 2 riders to qualify for Regionals in the limit fences division. Somewhat unusually there were more over fences rides at Region 2 Regionals from the limit level up than flat rides, with 12 limit fences (10 limit flat), seven intermediate fences (three intermediate flat) and four open fences rides (six open flat for a slight flat advantage there) for a total of 23 jumpers and 19 non-jumpers!

How about one more photo of a rider between the parents! In this case Megan Bolton of the University of Vermont is in the middle. A senior from Salem, New Hampshire, Bolton was one of 13 Region 2 riders to point out of novice equitation during 2024-25. With 13 riders entered, novice equitation was the largest of the eight levels held at Regionals.

To the best of our knowledge Sofia Goerck de Carvalho Macedo of Middlebury College (pictured) has the longest name of any IHSA rider in New England this season. A sophomore from San Paulo, Brazil, Sofia G is seen here after placing second in limit flat at the March 2, 2004 University of New Hampshire show. However it is in limit fences that she qualified for Regionals this season.

Fiona Rigney (on left) is one of two University of New England riders to qualify for 2025 Regionals. A sophomore from Woodstock, Connecticut, Rigney qualified in limit fences. Rigney is seen here with head coach Amanda Boutet around the time she won her intermediate fences class on March 8th.

So far all but three of the photos on this page come from the March 8th show at Whishmaker Stables. The other three (Karr, Welch and Sofia of Middlebury) come from a UNH show just over a year earlier. But this photo of Northeastern University's Grace Frulla dates back to the November 12, 2022 Colby-Sawyer/Northeastern show. A senior from Bethesda, Maryland, Frulla qualified for Regionals in open fences. The Huskies, who only joined the IHSA a little over ten years ago, captured their first-ever Region Title in 2024-25. Northeastern will join the University of Connecticut, the University of Rhode Island and Mount Holyoke College in the Zone 1 Zones team competition at Mystic Valley on April 6th.

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Schools competing in Zone 1, Region 2 during the 2024-2025 school year: Colby-Sawyer College, Endicott College, Middlebury College, Northeastern University, University of Maine at Orono, University of New England, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont and Vermont State University at Castleton.

Winter/Spring 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 1, Region 2 (Zone 1, Region 2 is English Only):

Saturday, February 22 University of New Hampshire (Host) on campus at the University of New Hampshire Equine Center, Durham, NH 10:30AM

Saturday, March 8 University of Maine at Orono/University of New England (Co-Hosts) at Whishmaker Stables, Rollinsford, NH 9:30AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 9 University of New Hampshire (Host) on campus at the University of New Hampshire Equine Center, Durham, NH 9:30AM

Saturday, March 22 Zone 1, Region 2 Regionals at Whishmaker Stables, Rollinsford, NH Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, April 6 ZONE 1 ZONES at Mystic Valley Hunt Club, Gales Ferry, CT Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Friday through Sunday, May 2 - 4 IHSA NATIONALS at Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring, NC Time each day TBA ENGLISH AND WESTERN

Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 2 Team Champions

1997 - Tufts University
1998 - Colby-Sawyer College
1999 - Tufts University
2000 - University of Vermont
2001 - University of Vermont
2002 - University of Vermont
2003 - University of Vermont
2004 - University of Vermont
2005 - Dartmouth College
2006 - University of Vermont
2007 - Dartmouth College
2008 - Mount Ida College
2009 - University of Vermont
2010 - University of Vermont
2011 - University of New Hampshire
2012 - University of New Hampshire
2013 - University of New Hampshire
2014 - Dartmouth College
2015 - University of Vermont
2016 - University of Vermont
2017 - University of Vermont
2018 - Dartmouth College
2019 - University of Vermont
2020 - University of New Hampshire
2022 - University of Vermont
2023 - University of Vermont
2024 - University of Vermont

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