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From Salisbury, Connecticut, Bea Kiggen of Amherst College (on right) spent part of the day on October 29th in the running for high point rider. Kiggen's first in open flat and second in intermediate fences were eventually passed by two riders with two firsts. Kiggen helped Amherst get off to a fine start in 2022-23, as the Mammoths were in third place overall through three shows (only six points behind UMass). Kiggen is a second generation IHSA rider, as her mother Ani Shaker (on left) rode for Mount Holyoke College in the early 1980's. Shaker's name appears annually in the IHSA Nationals Program among the list of previous winners, as she won the first-ever individual intermediate flat class at 1982 Nationals coincidentally hosted by Mount Holyoke College.

Mount Holyoke College teammates Johanna Sullivan (on left) and Caroline Sullivan (on right) are not related. Caroline is a Captain and limit flat/intermediate fences rider who hails from Groton, Massachusetts while Johanna is an intermediate flat/novice fences rider from Worcester, Massachusetts. They are seen here in the holding ring at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center on October 29th on a day when their host Lyons won by a 44-32 score over both UMass and Amherst. Mount Holyoke hosted two fall shows, the other taking place on November 12th.

This photo was taken back on May 6th. History was made when the first-ever IHSA Nationals Ranch Riding class took place, and one of the 12 riders entered in individual ranch riding is Jessica Terray of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. From Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Terray is seen here after placing sixth overall in the division to close out her senior year. 2022 Nationals were held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, while both 2023 and 2024 Nationals are scheduled to be held in Lexington, Kentucky if people want to look ahead.

This photo is even older! It was taken at the March 5, 2022 Mount Holyoke show. On that day Monique Cormier of Worcester State University (on right) was second in intermediate fences and fourth in intermediate flat. Fast forward to the start of this season and the senior from Leominster, Massachusetts was third in intermediate fences on October 22nd to point out of the division. Then on October 29th Cormier's fourth in intermediate flat made it two rides at Regionals. Head coach Courtney Germain (on left) had Worcester State in fourth place overall through October 29th despite the Lancers not participating in the October 15th hunter seat season opener.

Two Region 3 schools hail from the city of Worcester, and the other is Worcester Polytechnic Institute. From Bristol, Rhode Island, Lily Carleu of the Goats (pictured) won her limit fences class at the October 22nd UMass show at Muddy Brook Farm to point out of the division. This made Carleu only the second-ever WPI rider to qualify for Regionals. 2022 graduate Hailey Hurrell was the first, though it should be noted the Goats joined the IHSA for the first time during the 2019-20 season.

The Mount Holyoke College Western Team was the 2021-22 Region Champion, taking a full western team to Semifinals for the first time since 2018. One Mount Holyoke rider made it to 2022 IHSA Nationals on an individual basis, and she is Shi Tang. Seen here between Western head coach Kelli Wainscott (on right) and assistant coach Amanda Golembeski (a former UMass rider who was once a Nationals competitor herself), Tang placed fifth in individual beginner western horsemanship at IHSA Nationals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on May 8th. Though Tang graduated in 2022 the Lyons are far ahead through four fall Western shows. Mount Holyoke is 34 points ahead of UConn and 40 in front of UMass in a region encompassing all of Zone 1.

Springfield College had but two riders entered at the October 29th Mount Holyoke show. Maggie Cyr (on left, from South Hadley, Massachusetts) and Kaitlyn Kupiec (on right, from Pittsfield, Massachusetts) pose with head coach Sarah Stevenson prior to competing that day. Open rider Kupiec was second over fences and third on the flat while limit rider Cyr was second over fences and fourth on the flat to deliver 17 team points for the Pride, which was good enough to finish ahead of two of the eight schools entered that day.

Through three fall hunter seat shows Smith College found themselves in a close race for fourth overall. The Pioneers scored 21 points on October 29th to leave South Hadley a point behind Worcester State and a point ahead of Worcester Polytechnic to hold fifth place at that time. Smith senior Tara Gadoury holds a third place ribbon she earned in her pre-novice debut. From Fort Myers, Florida, Gadoury had pointed out of introductory at Muddy Brook Farm the previous week (also with a third).

A former NCEA rider with Delaware State, Caitlyn Culbertson of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst holds "Noah" after riding him to a blue ribbon in intermediate fences on October 29th. UMass teammate Leanne Romera's arm and cell phone can also be seen on the left. A junior from Auburn, New Hampshire who is new to the UMass team this season, Culbertson was also a winner in limit flat and became one of two riders to ride off for high point rider later that day.

Mount Holyoke College has won all but one Region 3 hunter seat Region Title dating back to the 1996-97 season. The hunter seat team started the 2022-23 season 3-and-0 and took a 26 point lead into the Smith/UMass show on October 30th. Cate Bates, a sophomore from Montclair, New Jersey won her limit flat and fences classes on October 29th and then capped off the day with a win in the ride-off. It was the first time in an IHSA ride-off for Bates, who also rides for the Lyon's western team (she was a blue ribbon winner in Rookie horsemanship six days earlier).

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Schools competing in Zone 1, Region 3 during the 2022-2023 school year: Amherst College, Bennington College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Westfield State University, Williams College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Worcester State University.

Winter/Spring 2023 Show Schedule for Zone 1, Region 3:

Sunday, February 19 University of Connecticut (Host) on campus at Horsebarn Hill Arena, Storrs, CT Time 9:00AM 3 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 25 Mount Holyoke College (Host) at Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center, South Hadley, MA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Date TBA Zone 1, Region 3/5 Western Regionals Site and Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 18 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by the University of Findlay at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 19 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by the University of Findlay at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 25 Mount Holyoke College (Host) at Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center, South Hadley, MA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 26 Zone 1, Region 3 Hunter Seat Regionals at Muddy Brook Farm, Amherst, MA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Friday, April 7 ZONE 1 ZONES - Day 1 at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center, South Hadley, MA 12:00NOON ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, April 8 ZONE 1 ZONES - Day 2 at the Mount Holyoke College Equestrian Center, South Hadley, MA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Thursday through Sunday, May 4 - 7 IHSA NATIONALS at Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY Time each day TBA ENGLISH AND WESTERN

Schools with Hunter Seat Teams in Zone 1, Region 5 show western with Zone 1, Region 3. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 3 Team Champions

Hunter Seat:

1997 - Mount Holyoke College
1998 - Mount Holyoke College
1999 - Mount Holyoke College
2000 - Mount Holyoke College (1999-2000
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2001 - Mount Holyoke College
2002 - Mount Holyoke College
2003 - Mount Holyoke College
2004 - Mount Holyoke College
2005 - Mount Holyoke College
2006 - Mount Holyoke College (2005-06
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2007 - Mount Holyoke College
2008 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2009 - Mount Holyoke College
2010 - Mount Holyoke College
2011 - Mount Holyoke College
2012 - Mount Holyoke College
2013 - Mount Holyoke College
2014 - Mount Holyoke College
2015 - Mount Holyoke College
2016 - Mount Holyoke College
2017 - Mount Holyoke College
2018 - Mount Holyoke College
2019 - Mount Holyoke College
2020 - Mount Holyoke College
2022 - Mount Holyoke College
2023 - Mount Holyoke College

Western (started in Region 3 Fall 2008):

2009 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2010 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2011 - Mount Holyoke College
2012 - Mount Holyoke College
2013 - Mount Holyoke College
2014 - Mount Holyoke College
2015 - Sacred Heart University
2016 - Sacred Heart University
2017 - Sacred Heart University
2018 - Mount Holyoke College
2019 - Sacred Heart University
2020 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
2022 - Mount Holyoke College
2023 - Mount Holyoke College

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