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On October 1, 2023 High Point University was by
coincidence high point team! This would be the only
time during the 2023-24 regular season that Emory &
Henry College would be kept
out of the top spot. Ashley Cottone (pictured), a
senior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida led the way for the
host Panthers with a first in intermediate flat and a
second in intermediate fences as High Point edged out
the Wasps 39-38. Cottone finished her season with a
fourth in individual intermediate fences at Zone 4 Zones
in Sweet Briar, Virginia on April 6th.
From Chattanooga, Tennessee, Erin Maxwell of Wake Forest
University (pictured) was third in the Region 5 open
rider standings behind Emma Pell of Emory & Henry
and Emily Ann Wright of UNC-Greensboro. Maxwell
finished her senior year by placing tenth in individual
open on the flat at Zone 4 Zones in Sweet Briar, Virginia
on April 6th.
Like Appalachian State and Emory & Henry, Western
Carolina University had seven Regional Qualifiers,
including two seen here at E and H on March 23rd.
Suzannah McWilliam of the Catamounts (on
right) was fourth in the Region 5 open rider standings.
A senior from Lexington, South Carolina, McWilliam
qualified for Regionals in open flat. Her teammate
Luaren Moon (on left) qualified for Regionals in both
limit flat and intermediate fences. A senior from
Fuqay-Varina, North Carolina, Moon finished her season
by placing tenth at Zones in the intermediate fences.
On March 23rd Averett University did not have a rider
entered until the fourth class of the day. That is
when Paige Johnson of the Cougars was second in her
intermediate fences. Seen here with head coach Kristen
Kelley, Johnson (on left) qualified for Regionals over
the jumps that day. The junior from Ooltewah,
Tennessee was already qualified for Regionals in
intermediate flat and racked up 24 points in open flat
to make the Region 5 top ten in the open rider
standings.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro finished
second overall behind Emory & Henry in the Region 5
team standings. Four Spartans qualified for Regionals
including Reagan Calhoun (pictured). A senior from
Hickory, North Carolina, Calhoun was one of thirteen
Region 5 riders to qualify for Regionals in the novice
equitation division. This made novice easily the
largest class at Regionals on March 24th.
The University of North Carolina at Asheville had four
riders entered at the March 23rd Emory & Henry show
including Olivia White (pictured). A sophomore, White
hails from Wake Forest, North Carolina, and White
clarified to this writer that Wake Forest University
is not in the town of Wake Forest but rather in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. One of White's Asheville
teammates who was not entered on March 23rd is
Marguerite Perryman, who was one of only two Region 5
riders to point out of introductory equitation in
2023-24. Perryman went on to place second in the intro
class at Zones which means she will compete one more
time this season at IHSA Nationals in Mill Spring,
North Carolina on May 4th.
Radford University had one rider entered at the March 23rd
Emory & Henry show and she is Jennifer Yudt (on right,
with head coach Reanna Willey). A sophomore from
Centreville, Virginia, Yudt was second in intermediate
fences that day. Yudt started the year in limit fences,
and was the lone member of the Highlanders to qualify for
Regionals when she pointed out of that division at the
November 12th Emory & Henry show.
Olivia Chapman (on left) and Arden Pierce (on right) were
the first two Appalachian State University riders to
compete at the March 23rd Emory & Henry show. They
rode in separate sections of open fences, with Chapman
fifth and Pierce fourth. A senior from Spartanburg, South
Carolina, Pierce pointed up twice in different fences
divisions in 2023-24. A second in the season opener made
her a Regional Qualiifer in intermediate fences, and the
fourth on March 23rd meant a round over the open fences
was in the works for March 24th. Chapman, a senior from
Durham, North Carolina, qualified for Regionals in
intermediate fences with a first at the February 17th
Averett show.
While Emma Pell ran away with Region 5 2023-24 high point
open rider honors her Emory & Henry College open level
teammate Sara Bender (pictured) had the better day at the
Region 5 regular season finale hosted by the Wasps on
March 23rd. A junior from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Bender
was high point rider that day with Pell reserve high
point. Bender is seen here after winning her open flat
roughly two hours after winning her open fences. The
Wasps won nine of the first ten classes in which they had
a rider entered and tied their season-high with 47 points
to finish 8-and-1 while finishing over 100 points ahead
of second place UNC-Greensboro.
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competing in Zone 4, Region 5 during the 2024-2025 school
year: Appalachian State University, Averett University,
Emory & Henry College, High Point University, Lees - McRae
College, Radford University, University of North Carolina at
Asheville, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Wake
Forest University and Western Carolina University.
Fall
2024 Show Schedule for Zone 4, Region 5:
 Saturday,
November 9 High Point University (Host) at Fox Run
Farm, High Point, NC 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Sunday,
November 10 High Point University (Host) at Fox Run
Farm, High Point, NC 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
November 16 Emory & Henry College (Host) at Intermont Equestrian
Center, Bristol, VA 9:30AM ENGLISH ONLY
Sunday,
November 17 Emory & Henry College (Host) at Intermont Equestrian
Center, Bristol, VA 8:30AM ENGLISH ONLY
Appalachian State University competes in Zone 4, Region 3 Western shows. Please visit the Zone 4, Region 3 page for western information on
Region 5 Schools. Show Schedule subject to change.
Recent Region Champions (Zone 4, Region 5 created from a portion of Zone 4, Region 3 prior to the 2010-2011 season and Known as Zone 5, Region 4 2010-14):
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 - Virginia Intermont College
2012 - Virginia Intermont College
2013 - Virginia Intermont College
2014 - Virginia Intermont College
2015 - Virginia Tech
2016 - Virginia Tech
2017 - Emory & Henry College
2018 - Virginia Tech
2019 - Emory & Henry College (2018-19
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2020 - Emory & Henry College
2022 - Emory & Henry College (2021-22
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2023 - Emory & Henry College
2024 - Emory & Henry College |
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