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Last season we mentioned that Rachel Chard of Sweet Briar College (center) was fourth in intermediate flat at the November 4, 2023 Randolph - Macon show to qualify for Regionals in the division. Months later it turned out that Chard could finish even higher if she had to ride against the best intermediate flat riders in the country! At 2024 IHSA Nationals at Tyron International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina Chard was second in a field of 16 in individual intermediate flat on May 3rd. From Avon, Connecticut, Chard is seen here with her parents outside the Tyron International indoor before closing out her sophomore year with the red ribbon. This turned out to be the best ribbon of any Zone 4, Region 4 rider to reach '24 Nationals.

Two classes earlier a Randolph - Macon College rider nearly equaled Chard's effort at Nationals. Kelsey Sullivan of the Yellowjackets (center, between head coach John West on right and assistant coach Lauryn Tannenhaus on left) competed in the second class held at 2024 IHSA Nationals, the individual intermediate over fences. From Hamilton, Virginia, Sullivan closed out her sophomore year with a third in the division after posing with West and Tannenhaus in the Tyron International indoor on May 3rd. Sullivan has ten points in the Region 4 open rider standings through two shows during the 2024-25 season. The Yellowjackets were high point team on September 22nd with 41 points and have 68 overall headed into their October 6th home show.

The College of William & Mary tied for high point team honors with 38 points at their home show which opened the 2024-25 season on September 21st. This photo of Tribe head coach Karen Greenwood (on left) and Michael Laccheo dates from the November 4, 2023 Randolph - Macon show during which Laccheo won his intermediate flat. Now a sophomore from Williamsburg, Virginia, Laccheo rode for Greenwood for seven years before enrolling at William & Mary. The Tribe emerged from the first two shows of the year tied for second overall with defending region champion Liberty University, both with 70 points.

Christopher Newport University hosted on November 22nd, which made Region 4 the first region of the new season to host two shows in two days but at different locations. However this photo of Madison Clayton of the Captains is yet another from November 4, 2023. On that date the then-junior from Crisfield, Maryland was second to Laccheo in intermediate flat. Clayton was one of two CNU riders to qualify for Regionals last season, pointing out of - what else - intermediate flat. The Captains scored 23 points on 9/21 this season and 21 at their home show a day later.

After two shows Kate Howlin of the University of Mary Washington (on right) is second in the Region 4 open rider standings. The senior from North Beach, Maryland has 19 points which is one less than John Hutchinson of Liberty (not pictured). Head coach Erin Grampp (on left), who herself rode for Mary Washington two decades ago, has the Eagles in first place after two shows. UMW tied William & Mary with 38 for high point team honors on 9/21 and then was second to Randolph - Macon a day later by a 41-39 margin. The Eagles may have finished sixth out of six Region 4 schools last season but most definitely made a statement the first weekend that they are much improved in 2024-25.

Much later in the fall Sarah Southard of Sweet Briar College posed for this photo after placing fourth in open flat at the annual Holiday Tournament of Champions invitational which was held in Blacksburg, Virginia on December 7th. A fifth-year senior from Culpepper, Virginia, Southard was an intermediate flat rider until pointing up on October 6th. The Vixens won a tiebreaker for eighth place with Purdue University at the Tournament of Champions, with 21 points each. In the regular IHSA shows Sweet Briar won each of the last three Region 4 shows but still trails Liberty by six points overall with three regular season shows remaining in early 2025.

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Schools competing in Zone 4, Region 4 during the 2024-2025 school year: Christopher Newport University, College of William & Mary, Hampton University, Liberty University, Longwood University, Randolph - Macon College, Sweet Briar College, University of Mary Washington and University of Richmond.

Winter/Spring 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 4, Region 4 (Zone 4, Region 4 is English Only):

Saturday, February 1 University of Mary Washington (Host) at EKG Stables at Hill Valley Farm, Spotsylvania, VA 10:30AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 2 University of Mary Washington (Host) at EKG Stables at Hill Valley Farm, Spotsylvania, VA 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 15 Sweet Briar College (Host) at the Harriet Rogers Riding Center, Sweet Briar, VA 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 22 Zone 4, Region 4 Regionals hosted by Liberty University at the Liberty Mountain Equestrian Center, Rustburg, VA 10:00AM 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

Liberty University competes in Zone 4, Region 3 Western Shows. Please visit the Zone 4, Region 3 page for western information on Region 4 schools. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Zone 4, Region 4 Team Champions (Most of this region was part of Zone 4, Region 1 prior to Region 4's creation in mid-2013):

Hunter Seat:

1997 - University of Virginia
1998 - University of Virginia
1999 - Randolph-Macon Womans' College
2000 - Mary Washington College
2001 - Mary Washington College
2002 - Mary Washington College
2003 - Goucher College
2004 - Mary Washington College
2005 - Goucher College
2006 - Sweet Briar College
2007 - Goucher College
2008 - University of Mary Washington
2009 - University of Mary Washington
2010 - Goucher College
2011 - University of Mary Washington
2012 - Goucher College
2013 - Goucher College
2014 - University of Mary Washington
2015 - University of Mary Washington
2016 - University of Mary Washington
2017 - Liberty University
2018 - Sweet Briar College
2019 - Sweet Briar College
2020 - Sweet Briar College
2022 - Sweet Briar College
2023 - Sweet Briar College
2024 - Liberty University

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