Campus Equestrian: Zone 6, Region 3

IHSA ZONE 6 - REGION 3

The University of Kentucky may have finished second to Miami University of Ohio in the 2021-22 Region 3 hunter seat team standings but one of their riders earned the only blue ribbon awarded to a Region 3 rider at 2022 IHSA Nationals last May. From Orange County, California, Audrey Villareal (on left, with Wildcats hunter seat coach Joyce Brinsfield) won the individual limit on the flat division on May 5th. Villareal was the first freshman to win a class at 2022 IHSA Nationals and one of only two freshmen to earn a blue (over ten hunter seat classes) that day.

Do you want to guess what number she wore? Midway University was second at the Reedsville, West Virginia Semifinal in March to advance a full western team to IHSA Nationals for the first time since 2003. Midway western coach Conner Smith (on left) is seen here with number 406 who is better known as Jordan Schauer of the Eagles. Schauer was second in Team Ranch Riding at IHSA Nationals on May 7th to earn eight of Midway's 33 points. The scoring system is different at IHSA Nationals in that ten points are awarded for first, eight for second, seven for third down to a half point for tenth (though western team classes are made up of nine riders, so everyone earns at least a point). From Centerburg, Ohio, Schauer was also a freshman at 2022 Nationals.

Elli Wilson of Miami University of Ohio (center) grew up riding with Jim and Gwen Arrigon when they ran Beckett Run Farm in Ohio. The Arrigons got to see Wilson compete at one of their own Tournament of Champions invitationals last September 25th in Blacksburg, Virginia. Wilson, who hails from Tip City, Ohio, was third in her limit fences class that day. Jim (on left) and Gwen posed with Wilson before her ride. The Red Hawks had yet to start their 2021-22 regular season when they placed third at the Pre-Season Tournament on September 25th. But nearly eight months later Miami would finish second in the nation behind Emory and Henry College in the hunter seat team competition at 2022 IHSA Nationals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This was the second time ever that the Red Hawks were reserve national champions. And who coached Miami when they were second for the first time back in 1992? Why it was Jim and Gwen Arrigon who had that honor!

There was a rare tie for first in the individual AQHA High Point Open Rider division at 2022 IHSA Nationals which necessitated a ride-off to break that tie. While Nigel Lancaster of Ohio State won that ride-off versus Ashton Knerr of the University of Findlay, the rider who placed third in the nation was Rudy Pohlabeln of Morehead State University. From Edgewood, Kentucky Pohlabeln is seen here waiting for horse draw prior to competing in the second section of the rail phase of the individual AQHA high point on May 8th.

Two University of Cincinnati riders competed at 2022 IHSA Nationals. At Zone 6 Zones in Albion, Michigan on April 9th Lily Eijkenboom of the Bearcats was second in individual novice equitation while Olivia Cupp (on left, with head coach Missy Jo Hollingsworth) was second in individual introductory equitation. From Wyoming, Ohio, Cupp is seen here in the rotunda at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on May 6th as she and Hollingsworth await horse draw. Though neither Cupp nor Eijkenboom made the top ten at Nationals both were only freshmen in 2021-22 so a second trip to the national championships would be really nice and probably not that far away. Both 2023 and 2024 IHSA Nationals will held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, only a 90 minute drive from the Cincinnati campus.

in 2020-21 she was riding both English and Western for St. Mary of the Woods College (and their region was one of only four to hold IHSA shows that season). In 2021-22 she started her IHSA coaching career as an assistant with Midway University. She is Alexis Cobb (on left), and in her first season as a coach Midway had a full western team, three individual western qualifiers and one individual hunter seat qualifier at IHSA Nationals. Two Midway riders rode twice at '22 Nationals, with one of them being Nathan Sparren (center). From Bolivar, Ohio, Sparren was eighth in team open reining on May 6th and second in individual open reining on May 7th (one place ahead of eventual individual AQHA high point rider Lancaster) to close out his four years at Midway. On the right is Conner Smith, the Midway head coach who competed at multiple IHSA Nationals prior to the pandemic while a member of St. Andrews University. This time around Smith's alma matter got the better of him, as the Knights scored 38 to the Eagles' 33. But just to coach Midway to Nationals for the first time in 19 years was a feather in the caps of Smith, Cobb, Sparren and everyone else who played a part for the Eagles.

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The Zone 6, Region 3 Smorgasbord

Schools which competed in Zone 6, Region 3 during the 2021-2022 school year: Miami University of Ohio, Midway University, Morehead State University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville and Xavier University of Ohio.

Fall 2022 Show Schedule for Zone 6, Region 3

Saturday, September 24 University of Louisville (Host) at Stone Place Stables, Prospect, KY 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, September 25 University of Louisville (Host) at Stone Place Stables, Prospect, KY 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, October 8 Morehead State University (Host) on campus at the Derrickson Agricultural Complex, Morehead, KY 9:30AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, October 9 Morehead State University (Host) on campus at the Derrickson Agricultural Complex, Morehead, KY 9:30AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, October 29 University of Kentucky/University of Cincinnati (Co-Hosts) at Lakeside Arena, Frankfort, KY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, October 30 University of Kentucky/University of Cincinnati (Co-Hosts) at Lakeside Arena, Frankfort, KY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, November 5 Miami University of Ohio (Host) at John W. Browne Stables at the Miami Equestrian Center, Oxford, OH Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, November 6 Miami University of Ohio (Host) on campus at Miami Equestrian Center, Oxford, OH Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, November 12 Midway University (Host) on campus at the Midway University Equestrian Center, Midway, KY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, November 13 Midway University (Host) on campus at the Midway University Equestrian Center, Midway, KY Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 3 Team Champions (NOTE: Most of Zone 6, Region 2 was re-named Zone 6, Region 3 before the start of the 2010-11 season. Please visit the Zone 6, Region 2 page for previous Zone 6, Region 2 Region Champions)

Hunter Seat:

1997 - University of Findlay
1998 - Otterbein College
1999 - Otterbein College
2000 - University of Findlay
2001 - University of Findlay (2000-01
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
2002 - University of Findlay
2003 - University of Findlay
2004 - University of Findlay
2005 - University of Findlay
2006 - University of Findlay
2007 - University of Findlay
2008 - University of Findlay
2009 - University of Findlay
2010 - University of Findlay
2011 - University of Kentucky
2012 - University of Kentucky
2013 - University of Kentucky
2014 - University of Kentucky
2015 - University of Kentucky
2016 - University of Kentucky
2017 - University of Kentucky
2018 - University of Kentucky
2019 - Miami University of Ohio
2020 - University of Kentucky
2022 - Miami University of Ohio

Western:

1997 - Otterbein College
1998 - Otterbein College
1999 - University of Findlay
2000 - University of Findlay
2001 - University of Findlay (2000-01
IHSA Western National Champions)
2002 - University of Findlay
2003 - University of Findlay
2004 - University of Findlay
2005 - University of Findlay (2004-05
IHSA Western National Champions)
2006 - University of Findlay
2007 - University of Findlay (2006-07
IHSA Western National Champions)
2008 - University of Findlay
2009 - University of Findlay (2008-09
IHSA Western National Champions)
2010 - University of Findlay (2009-10
IHSA Western National Champions)
2011 - University of Cincinnati
2012 - Morehead State University
2013 - University of Kentucky
2014 - University of Kentucky
2015 - University of Kentucky
2016 - University of Louisville
2017 - University of Kentucky
2018 - University of Kentucky
2019 - Miami University of Ohio
2020 - Midway University
2022 - Midway University

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