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IHSA ZONE 5 - REGION 4

There were no IHSA Zones, Semifinals or Nationals shows held in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic. When Zones returned in 2022 not one rider from Zone 5, Region 4 made the top two in an individual class. The top Region 4 team did not make the top two either, and the Cacchione competitor was not in the top three. The same thing happened in 2023. But in 2024 the wait was finally over. Caroline Bardwell (on right), a Louisiana State University senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana finished second in individual intermediate over fences at Zone 5 Zones in Hardeeville, South Carolina on April 6th to become the first Region 4 rider this decade to advance through Zones and compete at an IHSA Nationals event. And when the same class was held at IHSA Nationals at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina on May 3rd Bardwell did even better. She closed out her final IHSA season with a first place ribbon in the individual intermediate over fences. Tigers head coach Leaf Boswell (on left) posed with Bardwell at Nationals shortly before the placings were announced. Bardwell is also the first-ever LSU rider to win an individual class at an IHSA Nationals event.

At Zones on April 6th Bardwell would not be the only Region 4 rider to qualify for IHSA Nationals May 3rd through 5th. The top three riders in the Cacchione competition at IHSA Zones advance to Nationals, and Allison Smith of Texas State University at San Marcos did just that. A senior from Austin, Texas, Smith was third in the Cacchione class (or classes, as riders jump first and then flat) to survive and pose for this photo near horse draw for the IHSA Nationals Cacchione jumping phase on the morning of May 4th in Mill Spring, North Carolina.

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Schools which competed in Zone 5, Region 4 during the 2024-2025 school year: Louisiana State University, McNeese State University, Rice University, Sam Houston State University, Schreiner University, Texas A & M University, Texas State University at San Marcos, Tulane University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Texas at Austin.

Fall 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 5, Region 4 (Zone 5, Region 4 is currently Hunter Seat or English Only)

Saturday, October 25 Sam Houston State University (Host) at the Leon County Expo Center, Buffalo, TX 9:00AM

Sunday, October 26 Sam Houston State University (Host) at the Leon County Expo Center, Buffalo, TX 9:00AM

Saturday, November 15 Texas State University at San Marcos (Host) at Sunny Fox Farms, San Marcos, TX Time TBA

Sunday, November 16 Texas State University at San Marcos (Host) at Sunny Fox Farms, San Marcos, TX Time TBA

Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Zone 5, Region 4 Team Champions (Zone 5, Region 4 created from a portion of Zone 7, Region 2 prior to the 2015-16 season):

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1998 - Texas A & M University
1999 - ?????????????????????????
2000 - Oklahoma State University
2001 - Texas A & M University
2002 - Oklahoma State University
2003 - Oklahoma State University
2004 - Texas A & M University
2005 - Texas A & M University
2006 - Oklahoma State University
2007 - Louisiana State University
2008 - Louisiana State University
2009 - West Texas A & M University
2010 - West Texas A & M University
2011 - West Texas A & M University
2012 - Louisiana State University
2013 - Louisiana State University
2014 - Louisiana State University
2015 - Louisiana State University
2016 - Louisiana State University
2017 - Louisiana State University
2018 - Louisiana State University
2019 - Louisiana State University
2020 - Louisiana State University
2022 - Louisiana State University
2023 - Louisiana State University
2024 - Louisiana State University
2025 - Texas State University at San Marcos

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