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IHSA ZONE 6 - REGION 1

While the University of Findlay Western Team has now won a Region Title every year since the 1998-99 season the Oilers' Hunter Seat Team has been nearly as consistant. Starting with the 1999-2000 season the Findlay English Team has won every Region Title be it in Region 3 or Region 1 (where they moved in mid-2010) save for the 2019-20 season. Findlay graduate and hunter seat head coach Brittany Friesner (on right) poses with Samantha Mayer of the Oilers at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina on May 3rd. It was the first day of 2024 IHSA Nationals and Mayer (from Cleveland, Ohio) placed seventh in individual novice equitation to close out her junior year.

While the University of Findlay was again the Region 1 high point hunter seat team in 2023-24 runner-up Region 1 team Lake Erie College produced the winning rider in the Cacchione Cup Competition. She is Delani Franklin (pictured) and the senior from Cupertino, California went 23rd of 24 riders in the jumping phase to earn a "88" score over an hour after this photo was taken on May 4th. Franklin scored an "89.5" in the flat phase a short time later to take the second-highest score into the call back of six riders on May 5th. After the work-off Franklin moved up to the top spot to become the second-ever Lake Erie rider (following Kim Peters in 1995) to claim the Cacchione Cup Championship.

Region 1 riders on both the English and Western side came out on top a total of four times at 2024 IHSA Nationals. The day before Franklin competed her Lake Erie College teammate Hannah Belich (on left) was entered in individual open western horsemanship. A senior from Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Belich was second in the Region 1 Western Open Rider Standings and fourth in the Region 1 Hunter Seat Open Rider Standings. Seen here with Lake Erie Western Coach Chelsea Nau, Belich closed out her four years with the Storm by winning the individual open western on May 3rd.

The University of Findlay claimed one blue ribbon over the three-day weekend in Mill Spring. The rider who won it is James Shrock (on right, with head coach and former Findlay rider Spencer Zimmerman). After getting the Oilers on the board with a fourth in Team Level I Western on May 3rd the junior from Muncie, Indiana won the Individual Rookie Western Horsemanship on May 4th. A fourth Region 1 rider, Isabella O'Daniel of Bowling Green State University (not pictured) won the Individual Level I Western Horsemanship earlier in the day on the 4th to account for the remaining Region 1 blue ribbon at Tryon.

Region 1 has another rider who also won a blue ribbon at Nationals but she did it officially as a member of Zone 6, Region 4. Starting in the fall of 2022 the Albion College hunter seat team moved into Zone 6, Region 1 while the western team remained in Zone 6, Region 4. Katelyn Proshek of Albion (on right, with hunter seat coach Chris Mitchell) shows for both the Britons' English and Western teams. And as luck would have it Proshek qualified for '24 Nationals in both disciplines. A junior from Concord, Michigan, Proshek was sixth in Individual Introductory Equitation around the time she posed with Mitchell for this photo on May 4th. But one day earlier Proshek won the Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship class to give Region 4 a blue ribbon. Further research shows that Zone 6 as a whole did very well when it came to winning blue ribbons in Tryon, as the Zone had seven western and two hunter seat blues when the weekend was over.

Though the University of Toledo had only one regional qualifier that rider made it all the way to Nationals! She is Abby Klawonn (pictured), a sophomore from Temperance, Michigan who won the individual limit over fences at Zone 6 Zones on April 6th to reach Nationals in the division. Klawonn is seen here within the indoor at Tryon International early on the first day of Nationals prior to competing on May 3rd.

From Ovid, Michigan, Kaitlyn Howe (pictured) was the final University of Findlay rider to compete at 2024 IHSA Nationals. Competing in the team open western horsemanship division on May 5th, Howe was third in her final IHSA ride to raise the Oiler's total to 26 points and put them in sixth place.

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Schools competing in Zone 6, Region 1 during the 2024-2025 school year: Albion College, Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Lake Erie College, Oberlin College, Thiel College, University of Akron, University of Findlay and University of Toledo.

Winter/Spring 2025 Show Schedule for Zone 6, Region 1

Saturday, January 25 University of Findlay (Host) at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 8 University of Findlay (Host) at the James L. Child Jr. Equestrian Center (on the East Campus), Findlay, OH 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 9 University of Findlay (Host) at the James L. Child Jr. Equestrian Center (on the East Campus), Findlay, OH 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 15 University of Findlay (Host) at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 22 Albion College (Host) at the Nancy G. Held Equestrian Center, Albion, MI 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 1 Lake Erie College (Host) at Lake Erie College George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, Concord, OH 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 2 Lake Erie College (Host) at Lake Erie College George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, Concord, OH 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 8 Zone 6, Region 1 Western Regionals Hosted by the University of Findlay at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 15 Zone 6, Region 1 Hunter Seat Regionals Hosted by Lake Erie College at Lake Erie College George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, Concord, OH Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 15 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by West Texas A & M University on campus at the West Texas A & M Horse Center, Canyon, TX 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 16 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by West Texas A & M University on campus at the West Texas A & M Horse Center, Canyon, TX 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, April 5 ZONE 6 ZONES Hosted by Miami University of Ohio at the John W. Browne Stables at the Miami Equestrian Center, Oxford, OH 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

Albion College, which had been a member of Zone 6, Region 4 2007-2022, will still show Western in Zone 6, Region 4. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Zone 6, Region 1 Team Champions (NOTE: Several schools from Zone 6, Region 3 were moved into Zone 6, Region 1 before the start of the 2010-11 season. Also several schools were moved from Zone 6, Region 1 into Zone 6, Region 2 before the start of the 2010-11 season. Please visit the Zone 6, Region 2 and Zone 6, Region 3 pages for other previous Region Champions)

Hunter Seat:

1997 - Miami University of Ohio
1998 - Miami University of Ohio
1999 - Miami University of Ohio
2000 - Miami University of Ohio
2001 - Miami University of Ohio
2002 - Ohio University (2001-02
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2003 - Ohio University
2004 - Ohio University
2005 - Ohio State University
2006 - Ohio State University
2007 - Ohio University
2008 - Ohio University
2009 - Ohio University
2010 - Ohio University
2011 - University of Findlay
2012 - University of Findlay
2013 - University of Findlay
2014 - University of Findlay
2015 - University of Findlay
2016 - University of Findlay
2017 - University of Findlay
2018 - University of Findlay
2019 - University of Findlay
2020 - Lake Erie College
2022 - University of Findlay
2023 - University of Findlay
2024 - University of Findlay
2025 - University of Findlay

Western:

1997 - Ohio State University (1996-97
IHSA Western National Champions)
1998 - Ohio State University
1999 - Ohio State University (1998-99
IHSA Western National Champions)
2000 - Ohio State University
2001 - Ohio State University
2002 - Ohio State University (2001-02
IHSA Western National Co-Champions)
2003 - Ohio State University
2004 - Ohio State University
2005 - Ohio State University
2006 - Ohio State University (2005-06
IHSA Western National Champions)
2007 - Ohio State University
2008 - Ohio State University (2007-08
IHSA Western National Champions)
2009 - Ohio State University
2010 - Ohio State University
2011 - University of Findlay
2012 - University of Findlay
2013 - University of Findlay
2014 - University of Findlay
2015 - University of Findlay
2016 - University of Findlay
2017 - University of Findlay
2018 - University of Findlay (2017-18
IHSA Western National Champions)
2019 - University of Findlay (2018-19
IHSA Western National Champions)
2020 - University of Findlay
2022 - University of Findlay
2023 - University of Findlay
2024 - University of Findlay
2025 - University of Findlay

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