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IHSA ZONE 3 - REGION 1

Kara Scotti of Juniata College (on left) and head coach Haley Campbell are seen here at Zone 3 Zones last April 7th. After placing fifth in both open divisions that day the junior from Califon, New Jersey is qualified for 2025 Regionals in open flat. If Scotti gets through Regionals she will be close to home for the next IHSA event. Zone 3 Zones will be held at the Centenary University Equestrian Center in Long Valley, New Jersey this April, one town over from Califon.

Dickinson College finished in a tie for High Point Team on October 26th, scoring 38 points. Sage Wolf (on left), a sophomore from Warrenton, Virginia, poses with Dickinson head coach Lindsay Vulich after winning her open fences and intermediate flat classes that day. Wolf would leave the Wilson show with one more ribbon. There was a three-way "Question-Off" to break the tie for High Point Rider, and Wolf went on to claim the blue ribbon while Scotti was second.

Wilson College hosted and tied Dickinson for first with 38 points on October 26th. And Wilson has a Wolf of their own in Judith Wolf (pictured). Seen here at the November 13, 2022 Bucknell/Susquehanna show, Wolf is the only Region 1 rider to have qualified for 2025 Regionals as both an English and a Western Rider! The senior from Sykesville, Maryland pointed out of intermediate fences over the October 12/13 weekend and level I western horsemanship over the November 9th doubleheader. At the mid-season break the Phoenix have five English and five western riders qualified for Regionals, though technically this is only nine actual riders since Wolf is qualified in each discipline.

Cara McFadden of Penn State University (State College - the main campus; pictured) is leading the Region 1 hunter seat open rider standings by a 59-47 margin over Scotti through five shows. Reliable would be a good way to describe McFadden's results over these five events, for her ten rides have yielded five firsts, four seconds and a third. If McFadden should reach Zones she too will be in her neighborhood. McFadden is from Long Valley, and on top of that she stated she donated the Centenary horse known as "Houdini" to the school a few years back. Penn State's hunter seat team is 22 points ahead of Dickinson and 25 ahead of Wilson as 2025 nears.

In fourth place in the Region 1 hunter seat team standings is Susquehanna University. Sara Coole (pictured) is the only member of the River Hawks to have qualified for Regionals during the fall shows. A junior from Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Coole pointed out of limit flat at the October 13th Penn State show at the Grier School.

Gettysburg College did not compete at the two Grier shows October 12th and 13th so the Bullets' season debut was at Wilson on October 26th. Gettysburg head coach Janis Groomes (on left) is seen here with Lily Koorejian prior to the senior from New Haven, Connecticut placing first in her limit flat for the team's first blue ribbon of 2024-25 that day. One show later Koorejian pointed out of the division.

Penn State's Altoona Campus has a team of their own and they too compete in Region 1. Altoona had 16 points prior to the Wilson show. At Wilson they scored 19! PSU-Altoona head coach Shira Houser (on left) poses here with Gabriella Zupancic, an open rider from Teton Valley, Idaho who accounted for five of the team's 19 points that day.

Two years ago Zone 3, Region 2 was dissolved and three teams from this region were moved into Region 1. However in 2024-25 two of those teams - Penn State Berks Campus and Millersville University - were moved again, finding their latest home in Zone 3, Region 5. But Shippensburg University is now celebrating two seasons in a row in Region 1! Olivia McDonald (on right) and her Father posed for this photo prior to the freshman from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania placing second in introductory equitation to earn five of Shippensburg's 12 points on October 26th.

It was her first show of the season and she won not once but twice! Samantha Bruhin of Bucknell University (on right) is seen here with the Bison show coach Katie Shoop between her blue ribbon efforts at Wilson on October 26th. The junior from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania was the third member of the question-off with Scotti and McFadden that day, having won both of her limit classes. Bucknell benefited in a big way having Bruhin present, as the Bison had nine points combined at the first two shows before scoring 21 at Wilson.

Though she is seen here at Wilson on October 26th, Hazel Lenoir of Dickinson College won her intermediate fences at the November 16th Dickinson "Home" Show that was held over 120 miles east of Carlisle in Ringoes, New Jersey. For many seasons now Region 1 holds back-to-backs in New Jersey during a November weekend. This is because several barns in Central New Jersey provide a large number of horses which provides more rides per school at these two events (Bucknell and Susquehanna hosted the second day on November 17th). A senior from Santa Ana, California, Lenoir pointed out of intermediate fences with the blue ribbon at Brookside Show Stable on the 16th. Lenoir needs six points in open flat to qualify a second time this season.

And like the first photo at the top of this page is from last season's Zone 3 Zones show so is this one. Samantha Gilley of Wilson College (on left) poses with her Mother last April 7th following a second in individual intermediate flat. This made Gilley the only Wilson hunter seat rider to qualify for 2024 IHSA Nationals. Gilley, who is also from Sykesville, Maryland, finished her sophomore season by placing fifth in individual intermediate flat at Nationals on May 3rd. At the mid-season break this season Gilley is in the top five of the Region 1 hunter seat open rider standings.

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Schools competing in Zone 3, Region 1 during the 2024-2025 school year: Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Gettysburg College, Juniata College, Penn State University (State College), Penn State University - Altoona Campus, Shippensburg University, Susquehanna University and Wilson College.

Winter/Spring 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 3, Region 1:

Saturday, January 25 Rutgers University (Host) at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 15 Penn State University (Host) at Eagle Valley Equestrian Center, Bellefonte, PA 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, February 23 Arcadia University/Bloomsburg University (Co-Hosts) at Keystone Equestrian Center, Bloomsburg, PA 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 1 Gettysburg College/Penn State - Altoona/Juniata College (Co-Hosts) at Swan Lake Stables, Littlestown, PA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 1 Zone 3 Western Regionals at Willowbrook Farms, Northampton, PA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 15 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by the schools of Zone 3 at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 16 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by the schools of Zone 3 at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ 8:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 22 Susquehanna University/Bucknell University (Co-Hosts) at the Grier School, Birmingham, PA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 23 Zone 3, Region 1 Hunter Seat Regionals at the Grier School, Birmingham, PA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, April 5 ZONE 3 ZONES at the Centenary University Equestrian Center, Long Valley, NJ 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

Schools in each Zone 3 Hunter Seat Region will show Western as part of one big region again in 2024-25. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 1 Team Champions (The current hunter seat version of Zone 3, Region 1 was created from parts of Zone 3, Region 2, Zone 3, Region 3 and Zone 3, Region 4 following the 2004-05 season):

Hunter Seat:

2006 - Penn State University (State College)
2007 - Penn State University (State College)
2008 - Penn State University (State College)
2009 - Penn State University (State College)
2010 - Penn State University (State College)
2011 - Penn State University (State College)
2012 - Penn State University (State College)
2013 - Penn State University (State College)
2014 - Penn State University (State College)
2015 - Penn State University (State College)
2016 - Penn State University (State College)
2017 - Penn State University (State College)
2018 - Penn State University (State College)
2019 - Penn State University (State College)
2020 - Penn State University (State College)
2022 - Penn State University (State College)
2023 - Penn State University (State College)
2024 - Penn State University (State College)

Western:

1999 - Kutztown University
2000 - Kutztown University
2001 - University of Delaware
2002 - Rutgers University
2003 - Bucks County Community College
2004 - Bucks County Community College
2005 - Delaware Valley College
2006 - Delaware Valley College
2007 - Delaware Valley College
2008 - Delaware Valley College
2009 - Washington College
2010 - University of Delaware
2011 - University of Delaware
2012 - University of Delaware
2013 - Delaware Valley College
2014 - Delaware Valley College
2015 - Delaware Valley College
2016 - Delaware Valley University
2017 - Delaware Valley University
2018 - Delaware Valley University
2019 - Penn State University (State College)
2020 - University of Delaware
2022 - Delaware Valley University
2023 - Delaware Valley University
2024 - Penn State University (State College)
2025 - Delaware Valley University

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