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Usually the photo at the top of the page relates to the Region 5
first place hunter seat team. But the University of Florida has
now run off ten consecutive Western Region Titles so we
decided to put them up top for a change. Gators western coach
Jenny Baker (on left) is seen here with Maggie Nelson, a junior
from Glendora, California who survived the first set of heats
during semifinals at the Dream Park in Logan Township,
New Jersey on March 15th. Nelson would close out her junior
year with a sixth in Level II Western Horsemanship the next day.
During the February 8th Savannah College of Art & Design
show the host Bees won 14 of the 18 classes in which they had a
rider entered. The tenth of the 14 to win for SCAD was
Maddy Falkowitz (center). Seen here with her parents that day,
Falkowitz won the blue ribbon in the sixth of seven sections of
limit flat (due to the large size of Region 5 the SCAD shows can
be marathons of up to 30 classes. The hosts moved the show
along well, with the first rider in the ring at 9:13AM and the
last rider in the 30th class placed at 4:08PM). SCAD also
hosted Zone 5 Zones on April 5th, with at least one Bee entered
in 16 of the 17 classes held that day. Falkowitz, a senior from
Roslyn, New York, was second in individual limit flat on April
5th to become one of six SCAD riders to qualify indvidually for Nationals.
One of those riders, Alexander Alston (not pictured) earned
individual rides in both of the open divisions as well as
taking first place in the Cacchione Cup class. And oh yes the
Bees won six of the eight team classes and will field a full
hunter seat team in Mill Spring, North Carolina May 2nd through
4th to try and defend their National Championship of a year ago.
A junior from Jacksonville, Florida, Laney Brennan of the
University of Central Florida (pictured) was fourth in
individual intermediate over fences at Zones on April 5th.
The Knights were once again second in Region 5 behind SCAD and
were the only other Region 5 school to advance a hunter seat rider
through to 2025 IHSA Nationals (Grace Fowler won individual
introductory while Reece OKeefe was second in novice
equitation). Central Florida also has the third-best open
rider in the region in Molly Deeks, who trailed only SCAD's
Celia Cram and Alexander Alston in the standings.
Georgia Southern University may have finished fourth in the
Zone 5, Region 3/5 Western Team Standings but they did get
a rider through to Nationals in Allie Ramey (on left). Seen
here with western coach Susan White at Semifinals in New
Jersey on March 15th the freshman from Marshallville, Georgia
was fourth that day in individual ranch riding. The top four
in each individual class at Semifinals go forward to
Nationals. Thus Ramey is headed to Tryon International
Equestrian Center to compete in the first western class held
on the first day of Nationals. The individual ranch riding
class will hopefully be underway before 9:00AM on Friday, May
2nd.
Most seasons we don't have a large number of photos to work
with from Zone 5, Region 5 but this season we were able to
attend the February 8th SCAD show and the Logan Township,
New Jersey Semifinal to take a surplus of pictures. As a
result there are 21 photos along the left-hand side of this
page, the most ever on any page of Campus Equestrian since
it launched in 2002. The fifth of the 21 photos is this
one, where "Toby" attempts to steal the spotlight from
Bella Garrison of Rollins College (on right) and head
coach Alexa Lacevic (on left, a University of Florida
graduate who also rode for the Florida Atlantic IHSA team).
A sophomore from Boulder, Colorado, Garrison was the only
Rollins rider to qualify for Regionals in 2024-25, doing so
in limit flat. Garrison will start next season needing only
three points to qualify in limit fences.
Florida Gulf Coast University had four riders entered at the
February 5th SCAD show and two of them are in this photo.
Sydney Smith (on right, a senior from Pinellas County,
Florida) was third in both of her limit classes while Rowan
Kelley (on left, from Boca Raton, Florida and who calls
herself 'Junior-ish' regarding her graduating class) was
third in limit flat and sixth in
limit fences. Smith's first in limit flat at her final IHSA
show on March 8th marked the only time in 2024-25 a Florida
Gulf Coast rider won a class.
Palm Beach Atlantic University had three riders entered at the
February 5th SCAD show and one of them is Allison Sexton
(center, with her parents). A senior from Fort Pierce,
Florida, Sexton was the only member of the Sailfish to qualify
for Regionals in 2024-25. Sexton pointed out of limit flat
with a second in the division during the November 2nd SCAD show.
Three Florida Southern College riders qualified for 2025
Regionals including Olivia Brown (on left). Seen here with Mocs
head coach Shannon Morrell the senior from Bowie, Maryland
pointed out of limit flat with a fifth at the February 23rd
Florida State show. Florida Southern scored exactly 100 points
in 2024-25 which put them tenth in the Region 5 hunter seat
team standings.
In this photo we have a rider from the ninth best Region 5 hunter
seat team in 2024-25 as well as one from the Region Champion
team. On the left is Rebekah Walters of Stetson University, the
ninth place school which scored 131 points for the season. A
sophomore from Columbus, Georgia who pointed out of both limit
divisions, Walters is seen here after winning her limit fences on
February 8th. On the right is her brother Joshua Walters, a
Savannah College of Art & Design rider who was not showing
that day. Not seen in this photo was the large group of Walters
family members who were on hand to cheer Rebekah on to victory.
When she was Allie Jones she was the star open western rider for
Berry College 2007-11, including being part of the 2011 Vikings
team that won the school's first National Championship. Today
she is Allie Arrington (on left) and she coaches the Middle
Georgia State University western team. On the right is Kaila
Stinehelfer, a sophomore from Byron, Georgia who finished fifth
in the Region 3/5 (or Area 5.0 to most) western open rider
standings. MGSU finished third in the region's Western Team
Standings while Stinehelfer finished her sophomore year with a
seventh in individual open reining at the Logan Township, New
Jersey Semifinal on March 15th.
If you have made it this far down the Zone 5, Region 5 page you
are at the middle photo, and it features a rider and coach from
one of two schools to tie for eighth place in the Region 5
hunter seat team standings. The rider is the University of
Miami's Hala Wilson (on
right), a senior from the New York City borough of Queens who
qualified for Regionals in novice equitation. On the left is
Hurricanes head coach Karen Flynn, who saw Miami score 151
points to tie Florida Atlantic in the team standings. Flynn
and Wilson are standing in front of the Miami team tent, one of
at least eight team tents that were set up in close proximity
at the Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center on February 8th.
Florida Atlantic University also brought a team tent to the SCAD
show on February 8th. Pictured here is Mia Stavola of the Owls
(center) and her parents. A junior from Middletown, New Jersey,
Stavola is one of several riders within Region 5 to have
previously ridden for another IHSA team. Now an Owl Stavola was
once a University of Richmond Spider before transfering further
south. Stavola finished the season needing eight more points to
qualify for Regionals in limit flat while the Owls tied the
Hurricanes with 151 points for eighth place overall.
Keiser University scored 19 more points than Miami and Florida
Atlantic to place seventh. Open rider Sophia Bouvier (on left)
and head coach Cate Poppen-Eagan give a thumbs-up not long after
Bouvier was third in the open fences which started the day on
February 8th. Poppen-Eagan is another former IHSA rider who has
joined the coaching ranks, having graduated from Cazenovia
College in 2023. A sophomore from Plymouth, Massachusetts,
Bouvier finished the season tenth in the
Region 5 hunter seat open rider standings.
Finishing sixth in the Region 5 hunter seat team standings was
the University of Tampa. The Spartans were one of six teams to
reach the 200 point mark, finishing with 201. Lauren Schmidt
(on left) and Tampa head coach Karey McGee pose here in front of
the Spartan's tent prior to the start of the February 8th show.
A junior from Oxford, Michigan, Schmidt qualified for Regionals
in intermediate fences at the October 20th University of Central
Florida show.
The University of South Florida was fifth within Region 5 for
2024-25. Kaylie Glascoe (on left) and Bulls head coach Danielle
Appley are seen here towards the end of the February 8th SCAD
show. In her previous visit to SCAD on November 3rd Glascoe
(a senior from Tampa, Florida) was third in introductory
equitation to point out of the division. With 261 points South
Florida was only nine points behind fourth place Florida State.
The Florida State University Western Team was second in Area 5.0
behind the University of Florida. However the Seminoles led the
region in Western Regional Qualifiers by a narrow 9-8 margin
over the Gators. Florida State head coach Jean Anthony (on
right) poses with one of the nine qualifiers in Grace Sager. A
senior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sager closed out her final
IHSA season with a fifth in individual rookie western
horsemanship at the Dream Park in Logan Township, New Jersey on
March 16th.
Florida State University also qualified nine hunter seat riders
for Regionals including Rebecca Rosengard. Seen here near
several of the team tents at SCAD on February 8th the senior
from Tampa, Florida qualified for Regionals in intermediate
flat. Florida State finished in fourth place 16 points behind
the University of Florida in what is likely the IHSA's largest
hunter seat region. On February 23rd the Seminoles knocked the
Bees from the ranks of the Region 5 unbeaten, prevailing at
their second home show in two days by a 38-37 margin over South
Florida while SCAD was third with 31.
We keep telling you about all the tents at SCAD on February 8th
and for once you can really see one of them. It belongs to the
University of Florida, with the school mascot the Gator on the
roof (the school located in Gainesville actually brought two
tents to the show). In front of the tent is Hadley Wimsatt, a senior from
Naples, Florida who was second in open flat that day. Wimsatt
also finished eighth in the Region 5 hunter seat open rider
standings. The Gators hunter seat team finished third behind
Central Florida and SCAD. Florida also won a show, outscoring
SCAD 43-37 when the Gators hosted the regular season finale on
March 8th.
As Area 5.0 or Region 3/5 Western Region Champions the
University of Florida fielded a full western team at the Dream
Park in Logan Township, New Jersey March 15th and 16th. One of
the Gators to compete in the team competition was Hannah
Postlewait (pictured), a senior from Melbourne, Florida who
finished second in the Area 5.0 western open rider standings.
Postlewait was fifth in team open reining which turned out to
be the Gators' top ribbon in the team competition.
Seen here with head coach Lesli Isaacson, Victoria Reynolds of
the University of Central Florida (on right) was one of eleven
Knights to qualify for Regionals in 2024-25. A sophomore from
West Palm Beach, Florida, Reynolds was second in limit flat at
the November 3rd SCAD show to point out of the division.
During the season Reynolds won three limit fences classes and
eventually pointed out of that division too at Florida State
on February 23rd. Central Florida outscored the Gators by
eleven to claim the runner-up spot in the Region 5 hunter seat
team standings.
So far riders from Florida, Georgia, California, New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado and Michigan are
currently found on this page. So let's bring that total to
ten states with a rider from the Pacific Northwest. That rider
is Ella Luhn of Savannah College of Art & Design (on left),
a sophomore from Woodinville, Washington who won her limit flat
on February 8th. SCAD head coach Ashley Henry (on right, a
former Bee rider herself) saw Luhn come up big at Zones on
April 5th, winning both individual limit flat and team
intermediate on the flat. SCAD won the first seven Region 5
hunter seat shows of 2024-25 and eventually outscored Central
Florida by 84 points to capture their 14th consecutive
Region Title. At Zones the Bees outscored runner-up Berry College by
a 52-39 margin. In that run of 14 straight Region Titles four
of those SCAD teams also won the National Championshp. Next up
for SCAD is IHSA Nationals at Tryon International in Mill
Spring, North Carolina. Fifteen teams will try their best to
keep the Bees from a fifth national title while SCAD will try
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competing in Zone 5, Region 5 during the 2024-2025 school
year: Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf
Coast University, Florida Southern College, Florida State
University, Keiser University, Middle Georgia State
University, Palm Beach Atlantic Universitiy, Rollins
College, Savannah College of Art & Design, Stetson
University, University of Central Florida, University of
Florida, University of Miami (FL), University of North
Florida, University of South Florida and University of
Tampa.
Winter/Spring
2025 Show Schedule for Zone 5, Region 5:
 Saturday,
February 8 Savannah College of Art & Design (Host) at the Ronald C. Waranch
Equestrian Center, Hardeeville, SC 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Sunday,
February 9 Savannah College of Art & Design (Host) at the Ronald C. Waranch
Equestrian Center, Hardeeville, SC 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
 Saturday,
February 15 University of Florida (Host) at the University of Florida
Horse Teaching Unit, Gainesville, FL 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY
Sunday,
February 16 University of Florida (Host) at the University of Florida
Horse Teaching Unit, Gainesville, FL 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY
Saturday,
February 22 Florida State University (Host) at Little Pond
Farm, Tallahassee, FL 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Sunday,
February 23 Florida State University (Host) at Little Pond
Farm, Tallahassee, FL 8:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Saturday,
March 1 Middle Georgia State University (Host) at Southern Pines Regional
Park, Dublin, GA 8:00AM WESTERN ONLY
Sunday,
March 2 Middle Georgia State University (Host) at Southern Pines Regional
Park, Dublin, GA 8:00AM WESTERN ONLY
Sunday,
March 2 Zone 5, Region 3/5 Western Regionals at Southern Pines Regional
Park, Dublin, GA HELD FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE SHOW - WESTERN ONLY
Saturday,
March 8 University of Florida (Host) at Kimberden
Farm, Ocala, FL 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY
Sunday,
March 9 Zone 5, Region 5 Hunter Seat Regionals at Kimberden
Farm, Ocala, FL 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 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY
Sunday,
March 16 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by the schools of Zone 3 at the Dream
Park, Logan Township, NJ 8:00AM WESTERN ONLY
Saturday,
April 5 ZONE 5 ZONES Hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design at the Ronald C. Waranch
Equestrian Center, Hardeeville, SC 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
Middle Georgia State University from Zone 5, Region 3 shows Western in Zone 5, Region 5. Show Schedule subject to change.
Recent Region 5 Team Champions (region
was spun off from Zone 5, Region 3 prior to the 2012-13 season)
Hunter Seat:
1997 - College of Charleston
1998 - College of Charleston
1999 - College of Charleston
2000 - College of Charleston
2001 - College of Charleston
2002 - University of Florida
2003 - University of Florida
2004 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2005 - College of Charleston
2006 - College of Charleston
2007 - College of Charleston
2008 - College of Charleston
2009 - College of Charleston
2010 - College of Charleston
2011 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2012 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2013 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2014 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2015 - Savannah College of Art & Design (2014-15
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2016 - Savannah College of Art & Design (2015-16
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2017 - Savannah College of Art & Design (2016-17
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2018 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2019 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2020 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2022 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2023 - Savannah College of Art & Design
2024 - Savannah College of Art & Design (2023-24
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2025 - Savannah College of Art & Design
Western:
1997 - ???????????????????????
1998 - ???????????????????????
1999 - ???????????????????????
2000 - Wesleyan College
2001 - University of Florida
2002 - Georgia Southern University
2003 - Wesleyan College
2004 - University of Florida
2005 - University of Florida
2006 - Georgia Southern University
2007 - University of Florida
2008 - Florida State University
2009 - Florida State University
2010 - Florida State University
2011 - University of Florida
2012 - Florida State University
2013 - Florida State University
2014 - University of Central Florida
2015 - University of Florida
2016 - University of Florida
2017 - University of Florida
2018 - University of Florida
2019 - University of Florida
2020 - University of Florida
2022 - University of Florida
2023 - University of Florida
2024 - University of Florida
2025 - University of Florida
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