For the second season in a row the University of Findlay hunter seat team finished in a tie for second place at IHSA Nationals. Head Coach Sandra McCarthy (second
on right) saw her 2008 Oilers score 18 points at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, California May 8th through 11th.
Zone 6, Region 4 advanced three individuals through Zones to 2008 IHSA Nationals, with two of them members of the Grand Valley
State University team. From left to right are Grand Valley State Assistant Coach Kris Shoemaker, sophomore Rebecca Payne, senior Dana VandenBrink and Head Coach Mark Tompkins.
Payne and VandenBrink picked up red ribbons at Zones on April 12th, with Payne having placed second in open fences and VandenBrink second in novice fences.
ZONING IN!
The first four-way Zone 6 Zones hunter seat team competition since 2002 saw one team take the early lead,
then watch as the third place team nearly caught them for reserve champion. In all this a school from Findlay, Ohio
survived as usual... Full
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ARCHIVES AND RELICS
Region 1: The 2006 IHSA Nationals Western Team Competition turned into a two-way race, with a Zone 6,
Region 1 school being one of them... Full
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Region 2: A Region 2 school (not to mention a Region 3 school as well) could claim at least one individual
hunter seat champion at 2004 IHSA Nationals in Murfreesboro, Tennessee... Full
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Region 3: The 2007 IHSA Nationals Western Team Competition was the most one-sided in IHSA history. Fortunately
for the high point team from Region 3 that season, they were the beneficiary... Full
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Region 4: Michigan State hosted two Western shows on January 13th of 2008. The same team won both ends of the doubleheader,
with an open rider from that same school winning high point rider honors for both shows... Full
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