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IHSA ZONE 4 - REGION 3

East Carolina University qualified two riders for Regionals during the fall of 2024 and Lauren Heath (on left) is one of them. A junior from New Bern, North Carolina, Heath is seen here with Pirates head coach Caroline Jackson prior to competing in limit fences at their November 10th home show. However it is in limit flat that Heath was already qualified in.

A sophomore from Blufton, South Carolina, McKenzie Morgan of Duke University is seen here as a freshman at the October 28, 2023 St. Andrews show. Through the fall of 2024 Morgan is nine points away from pointing out of intermediate fences. But on November 10th Morgan was second in the open flat class which started the day.

Campbell University and Duke University both had three riders entered at the November 10th East Carolina show, and one of the three Campbell riders was Isabella Segnere (on right). A freshman from Siler City, North Carolina, Segnere is seen here with head coach Megan Hommes after placing fifth in limit flat that day.

A senior from Canton, Massachusetts, Ciara Bolger of Elon University (pictured) was technically in fourth place in the Region 3 hunter seat open rider standings through November 10th. The top five open riders are separated by only eight points after four fall shows which is very similar to the even-closer hunter seat team race. The Phoenix scored 28 points for fourth place on November 10th, which was more than current top three teams St. Andrews and UNC-Charlotte put on the scoreboard that day.

Four University of North Carolina at Wilmington riders have qualified for Regionals during the fall, tieing them with North Carolina State for the most Region 3 hunter seat qualifiers so far in 2024-25. Seahawks head coach Carter Hewett (center) is seen here with Elizabeth Wike (on left) and Piper Gallen who are two of the four riders to point up. Gallen (a senior coincidentally from Wilmington, North Carolina) is qualified in novice equitation while Wike (a sophomore from Raleigh, North Carolina) is qualified in both limit divisions. Fresh off reserve high point team honors (with 36 points at ECU) UNC-Wilmington heads into the winter break with 125 points, putting them only seven points out of first place.

On November 10th no rider won twice. However Nicole Sena of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (pictured) won her limit fences after having placed second in limit flat. With no one else able to accomplish this the freshman from Hillsborough, North Carolina took high point rider honors for the day. The Tar Heels also had the reserve high point rider that day in freshman Ali O'Brien (not pictured) who with a first in intermediate flat and a third in intermediate fences took the red ribbon for the day without need for a ride-off or question-off. UNC-Chapel Hill took high point team honors with 40 points, giving them 128 to sit only four points from the top spot.

Aleta Luyendyk of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (on right, with head coach Debbie Campbell) is tied for second in the Region 3 hunter seat open rider standings only two points out of first. A sophomore also from Raleigh, Luyendyk (pronounced "Line-Dike") will have three shows in February to try to move ahead as will the 49ers to make up one point in the team standings. UNC-Charlotte has 131 points after picking up 27 at the East Carolina show.

It was the final show as an undergraduate for Mackenzy Coltrain of North Carolina State University (on right, with her mother). The senior from High Point, North Carolina who graduates in December was second in limit flat and third in limit fences on November 10th. It won't necessarily be her final IHSA show as Coltrain was already qualified for Regionals in limit flat. The Wolfpack scored 30 points for third place that day, enough to make up six points on St. Andrews to create a tie for the top spot overall. It is unclear if North Carolina State has ever gone into the winter break tied for first or even in first place outright. However it is clear that the Wolfpack are in search of their first-ever Region Title, something that can be said of every Region 3 hunter seat team with over 100 points at the moment save for defending region champion St. Andrews.

St. Andrews University has one Regional Qualifier so far in 2024-25. Anastasia Church (on left), a junior from Hickory, North Carolina, is seen here with Knights assistant coach Hannah Waroway during the November 10th ECU show. Church is qualified in novice equitation. If the schedule has not changed St. Andrews will host the next Region 3 hunter seat show on February 1st. Then East Carolina will again host on February 9th and finally St. Andrews will host the seventh and final regular season show on February 22nd. The Knights have been in close races before, and save for the 2016-17 season when East Carolina claimed their only Region Title to date St. Andrews has prevailed every time since the current make-up of Region 3 teams was put in place in mid-2010. Will it be seven region titles in a row and 12 of the past 13 for the Knights in 2024-25? Or will someone else make history? This will be one of the most interesting races to follow early in the new year.

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The Zone 4, Region 3 Smorgasbord

Schools competing in Zone 4, Region 3 during the 2024-2025 school year: Campbell University, Davidson College, Duke University, East Carolina University, Elon University, North Carolina State University, St. Andrews University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Winter/Spring 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 4, Region 3:

Saturday, January 25 St. Andrews University (Host) at St. Andrews Equestrian Center, Laurinburg, NC 1:00PM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, January 26 St. Andrews University (Host) at St. Andrews Equestrian Center, Laurinburg, NC 10:30AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 1 St. Andrews University (Host) at St. Andrews Equestrian Center, Laurinburg, NC 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 9 East Carolina University (Host) at Cottonwood Farm, Vanceboro, NC Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 15 North Carolina State University (Host) Site and Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, February 16 Zone 4 Western Regionals hosted by North Carolina State University Site and Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 22 St. Andrews University (Host) at St. Andrews Equestrian Center, Laurinburg, NC Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 15 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by the schools of Zone 3 at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 16 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by the schools of Zone 3 at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 29 Zone 4, Region 1 Hunter Seat Regionals hosted by St. Andrews University at St. Andrews Equestrian Center, Laurinburg, NC Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, April 5 ZONE 4 ZONES Hosted by Virginia Tech at the Alphin - Stuart Livestock Arena, Blacksburg, VA 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

Several schools which show hunter seat in other regions show Western in Zone 4, Region 3. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 3 Team Champions (Region 3 created from a portion of Region 2 prior to the 1999-2000 season; Western introduced to Region 3 in the fall of 2005):

Hunter Seat:

2000 - Virginia Intermont College
2001 - Virginia Intermont College
2002 - Virginia Intermont College
2003 - Virginia Intermont College
2004 - Virginia Intermont College (2003-04
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2005 - Virginia Intermont College (2004-05
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2006 - Virginia Intermont College
2007 - Virginia Intermont College (2006-07
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2008 - Virginia Intermont College
2009 - Virginia Intermont College
2010 - Virginia Intermont College
2011 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2012 - St. Andrews University
2013 - St. Andrews University
2014 - St. Andrews University
2015 - St. Andrews University
2016 - St. Andrews University
2017 - East Carolina University
2018 - St. Andrews University
2019 - St. Andrews University
2020 - St. Andrews University
2022 - St. Andrews University
2023 - St. Andrews University
2024 - St. Andrews University

Western:

2006 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2007 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2008 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2009 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2010 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2011 - St. Andrews Presbyterian College
2012 - St. Andrews University
2013 - St. Andrews University
2014 - St. Andrews University
2015 - St. Andrews University
2016 - St. Andrews University (2015-16
IHSA Western Co-National Champions)
2017 - St. Andrews University (2016-17
IHSA Western National Champions)
2018 - St. Andrews University
2019 - St. Andrews University
2020 - St. Andrews University
2022 - St. Andrews University
2023 - St. Andrews University
2024 - St. Andrews University

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