Campus Equestrian: Zone 3, Region 5 Home Page

IHSA ZONE 3 - REGION 5

Last season West Chester University joined Zone 3, Region 5 and finished second overall in the hunter seat team standings. Five Golden Rams qualified for Regionals including recent graduate Chloe Pennings (pictured) in both limit divisions. There are six Region 5 fall hunter seat shows currently scheduled with West Chester waiting to host their show sometime in early 2025.

The University of Pennsylvania will not wait long to host a show in 2024-25. The Quakers will host the second show of the season at Northwestern Stables which is actually in the Philadelphia city limits by a few feet! Penn finished third in the Region 5 hunter seat team standings last season with four Regional Qualifiers including recent graduate Lyndsey Barrett (pictured, who ironically is from West Chester, PA). Like Pennings, Barrett pointed out of both limit divisions.

Drexel University will host the third Region 5 hunter seat show of 2024-25 on October 27th, but where? At one point it was to be at Durango Farm in West Chester but might take place at the Dream Park in Logan Township, NJ instead. The Dragons finished fourth in the Region 5 hunter seat team standings last season while three of their riders went to Regionals including recent graduate Gwyneth Steele (on left, with head coach Beth Orem). Steele qualified for '24 Regionals in intermediate fences.

We are not sure when Temple University will host or co-host in 2024-25 but the Owls will certainly be one of 14 teams which will compete in Region 5 hunter seat shows in 2024-25. Two schools that were in Zone 3, Region 1 last season - Millersville University and Penn State University at Berks - will join Region 5 raising the total number of hunter seat programs in the region to 14. Two Temple riders qualified for Regionals last season including recent graduate Sophia Simeral (on left, with head coach Amanda Enwright). Simeral, who is from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania which ironically is within walking distance of Penn's Northwestern Stables, qualified in novice equitation.

Stockton University finished fifth in the 2023-24 Region 5 hunter seat team standings and the Ospreys have the honor of hosting the Region 5 season opener! If the weather cooperates everyone will travel to Split Elm Equestrian in Gallaway, New Jersey on September 28th to kick off the new school year. Five Stockton riders qualified for Regionals last season including the returning Sarah Wiggins (pictured). From Long Valley, New Jersey, Wiggins will start her senior year having previously qualified for Regionals in novice equitation.

Franklin & Marshall College head coach Erika Kurtz (on left) and Johannah Stahl are seen here when the Diplomats hosted last season on February 11th. Franklin & Marshall will again host at the Linden Hall School for Girls in Lititz, Pennsylvania on November 3rd. From Newmanstown, Pennsylvania, Stahl was one of two Diplomats to qualify for Regionals last season, doing so in both limit divisions.

The fifth Region 5 english show of 2024-25 will be hosted by Washington College at Hickory Ridge Farm in Queenstown, Maryland on November 10th. At this point in the fall Region 5 will have held shows in three different states! Hayley Covington of the Shoremen is seen here after placing third in pre-novice on February 11th. Earlier last season the now-junior from Houston, Texas qualified for Regionals in introductory equitation.

Last season the University of Delaware qualified 14 hunter seat and nine western riders for Regionals which was the most for either discipline within the region. One of the 14 english riders to qualify was Grace Copa (pictured). From Minnetonka, Minnesota, Copa is seen here with "Donny" at the February 11th Franklin & Marshall show. A regional qualifier in novice equitation last season, Copa will try to point out of the limit divisions while the University of Delaware will seek their eleventh consecutive hunter seat region title in 2024-25.

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The Zone 3, Region 5 Smorgasbord

Schools competing in Zone 3, Region 5 during the 2024-25 school year: Bucks County Community College, Drexel University, Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University, Penn State University - Berks Campus, Rowan University, Salisbury University, Stockton University, Temple University, University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, Washington College and West Chester University.

Fall 2024 Show Schedule for Zone 3, Region 5:

Saturday, September 28 Stockton University (Host) at Split Elm Equestrian, Galloway, NJ 9:30AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, October 20 University of Pennsylvania (Host) at Northwestern Stables, Philadelphia, PA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, October 27 Drexel University (Host) Site and Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, November 3 Franklin & Marshall College (Host) at Linden Hall School for Girls, Lititz, PA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, November 9 University of Delaware/Kutztown University (Co-Hosts) at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ Time TBA 2 WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, November 10 Washington College (Host) at Hickory Ridge Farm, Queenstown, MD Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, November 16 Villanova University (Host) Site and Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, November 23 Delaware Valley University (Host) at Saddlebrook Equestrian Center, Schwenksville, PA Time TBA 2 WESTERN ONLY

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 5 Team Champions (Region 5 known as Zone 4, Region 4 2010-13 and was spun off from part of Zone 3, Region 2 following the 2009-10 season)

Hunter Seat:

1997 - University of Delaware (1996-97
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
1998 - Kutztown University
1999 - University of Delaware
2000 - University of Delaware
2001 - University of Delaware
2002 - University of Delaware
2003 - University of Delaware
2004 - Delaware Valley College
2005 - Delaware Valley College
2006 - Delaware Valley College
2007 - University of Delaware
2008 - University of Delaware
2009 - Delaware Valley College
2010 - Delaware Valley College
2011 - University of Delaware
2012 - University of Delaware
2013 - Drexel University
2014 - University of Delaware
2015 - University of Delaware
2016 - University of Delaware
2017 - University of Delaware
2018 - University of Delaware
2019 - University of Delaware
2020 - University of Delaware
2022 - University of Delaware
2023 - University of Delaware
2024 - University of Delaware

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 - University of Delaware
2014 - University of Delaware
2015 - University of Delaware
2016 - University of Delaware
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)

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