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IHSA ZONE 2 - REGION 3

Through the first two Region 3 hunter seat shows of 2022-23 the school with the most Regional Qualifiers is current sixth place team Siena College. Saints head coach Nora Hanlon (on right) has seen three of her riders point out including Madison Tamweber (on left) in limit fences. A junior from Monroe, New York, Tamweber pointed into the intermediate jumps at the October 29th season opener hosted by Hartwick College.

Seen here at 2022 IHSA Nationals are Victoria Epstein of Morrisville State College (on right) and Mustangs head coach Dr. Tiffany Day. From Liberty, New York, Epstein was at Nationals to compete in the individual AQHA High Point Rider competion. Through two 2022-23 shows Epstein is in second place in the Region 3 western open rider standings.

Through two hunter seat shows Tiantian Qi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (on right) is the only Region 3 rider qualified to ride twice at Regionals. The senior captain from Tianjin, China pointed out of both limit divisions on opening day. Qi is seen here with head coach Megan Rogers at the November 5th Skidmore show. Qi had just ridden "Bella" who can be seen looking away in the background. This writer cannot recall if Bella is one of the horses Rogers brought to the show.

Oneonta State College has a rider qualified for 2023 Regionals and she is Kari Minissale (on left, with head coach Stacia Whitney). From Schodack, New York, Minissale pointed out of novice equitation at that same opening day Hartwick show. Minissale is one of three riders already qualified for Region 3 hunter seat Regionals in novice.

Through November 5th four riders were qualified for Regionals in limit fences including Sophie Buchman of Colgate University (on left). But unlike the riders mentioned so far the senior from Brooklyn, New York pointed up at Skidmore. Buchman won her limit fences on November 5th shortly after this photo with Raiders head coach Jo Stephenson was taken.

Stephenson knew a thing or two about Morrisville State College's new hunter seat coach Gina Hennington (on left) prior to Hennington's debut as coach on November 5th, for Hennington and Stephenson are Sisters! Jo Hennington rode for Cazenovia College (class of '12) while Gina Hennington was class of '15 at the school she now coaches. The Mustangs did not compete on October 29th, so Hennington made her debut at Skidmore while guiding Morrisville State to 30 points and reserve high point team honors. Also Alyson Ciarametaro (on right), a junior from Ipswich, Massachusetts won her novice class and apparently pointed into the limit divisions as a bonus.

For the first time since before the pandemic Hamilton College is competing in IHSA shows. Anoushka Saraf (pictured), a sophomore from Mumbai, India earned Hamilton's best ribbon of the day on November 5th when she placed second in limit fences. Hamilton scored nine points on the 5th which was their first IHSA competition since the 2017-18 season. And it was Hamilton's first appearance in Region 3 since the 2009-10 season (Hamilton was in Zone 2, Region 1 2010-18).

Though they do not yet have a hunter seat Regional Qualifier the State University of New York at Cobleskill sits in second place behind Skidmore. From Bernhards Bay, New York, Cobleskill senior Hayley Bell (on left) poses with head coach Ray Whelihan after placing second in her limit fences on November 5th. Bell was also second in her limit flat class later that day.

We were going to write about how Catherine Cleveland of Hartwick College (pictured) won her first two novice classes of the 2022-23 season. However while we were working on this page we received a more recent update with points through the two Skidmore shows held on November 12th (a traditional show followed by a point show). And it turns out that the junior from Oneonta, New York won a third straight novice class during the first November 12th show to qualify for Regionals in the division.

We took this photo from an angle which makes it look like Skidmore College teammates Emily Gilbert and Harper Sanford are on a thrill ride! But in fact the two are sitting in chairs near the in-gate inside the Van Lennep Riding Center on a very warm November 5th (temps outside reached 76 degrees). Gilbert (on left, a senior from Concord, Massachusetts) leads the Region 3 hunter seat open rider standings by a 44-28 margin over Sanford (a sophomore from Chester, Connecticut). But Sanford is still in intermediate fences, which means all 28 of her points are in open flat which also means she is the first Region 3 rider to qualify for Regionals in an open division. Gilbert has 26 open fences points headed into the November 19th Skidmore show, which will end a grueling run of four Skidmore shows held over three Saturdays in a fifteen day span.

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The Zone 2, Region 3 Smorgasbord

Schools competing in Zone 2, Region 3 during the 2022-2023 school year: Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hartwick College, Morrisville State College, Oneonta State College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Siena College, Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Albany and the State University of New York at Cobleskill.

Winter/Spring 2023 Show Schedule for Zone 2, Region 3:

Saturday, February 11 Syracuse University (Host) at the Morrisville State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 18 Skidmore College (Host) at the Van Lennep Riding Center, Saratoga Springs, NY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 19 Zone 2, Region 3 Western Regionals Hosted by Morrisville State College at the Morrisville State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 25 Hartwick College (Host) at Hunters' Rein Stable, Otego, NY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 5 Morrisville State College (Host) at the Morrisville State College Equine Center, Morrisville, NY Time TBA ENGLISH 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 Time TBA 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 Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 25 Zone 2, Region 3 Hunter Seat Regionals Hosted by Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center, Saratoga Springs, NY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, April 8 ZONE 2 ZONES Hosted by Skidmore College at the Van Lennep Riding Center, Saratoga Springs, NY Time TBA 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

Syracuse University will again show Western in Zone 2, Region 3 this season while remaining in Zone 2, Region 2 for Hunter Seat. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 3 Team Champions (Region 3 created by spinning off eleven schools from Region 2 prior to the 2000-01 season for hunter seat and 2002-03 season for stock seat)

Hunter Seat:

2001 - Skidmore College
2002 - Skidmore College
2003 - Skidmore College
2004 - Skidmore College
2005 - Skidmore College
2006 - Skidmore College
2007 - Skidmore College
2008 - Skidmore College
2009 - Skidmore College
2010 - Skidmore College (2009-10
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2011 - Skidmore College
2012 - Skidmore College
2013 - Skidmore College (2012-13
IHSA Hunter Seat Co-National Champions)
2014 - Skidmore College
2015 - Skidmore College
2016 - Skidmore College
2017 - Skidmore College
2018 - Skidmore College (2017-18
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2019 - Skidmore College
2020 - Skidmore College
2022 - Skidmore College

Western:

2003 - S.U.N.Y. - Morrisville
2004 - Morrisville State College
2005 - Morrisville State College
2006 - Morrisville State College
2007 - Morrisville State College
2008 - Morrisville State College
2009 - Morrisville State College
2010 - Morrisville State College
2011 - Morrisville State College
2012 - Morrisville State College
2013 - Morrisville State College
2014 - Morrisville State College
2015 - Morrisville State College
2016 - Morrisville State College
2017 - State University of New York at Cobleskill
2018 - State University of New York at Cobleskill
2019 - Morrisville State College
2020 - Morrisville State College
2022 - Morrisville State College

Regional Qualifiers

Open Level Rider Standings

Alumni Standings

Team Standings

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