
Purdue open rider Laura Lemanski had as good a day as
anyone at Zone 9 Zones on April 1st. Lemanski placed second in both individual
open classes and won team open fences. Lemanski, who is also the Purdue
Assistant Coach, is seen here with her award for High Point Open Rider Honors
in Zone 9, Region 1 for the 2006-07 season (Photo Courtesy Christa
Wessels/Purdue University Equestrian Team).
PURDUE AND WISCONSIN - MADISON ADVANCE FULL TEAMS TO NATIONALS
Lake in the Hills, IL - Despite both teams earning a zero in a
team class, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin at
Madison finished in a tie for first with 40 points, thus both schools
survived Zone 9 Zones to take full hunter seat teams to IHSA Nationals.
Host Northern Illinois led early, but four consecutive third place
ribbons to close out the team scoring left them in third with 35 points.
NIU open rider Michael Lenard, who was already qualified for IHSA
Nationals as the Region 2 Cacchione rider, won the very first individual
class of the day, which was individual open over fences.
The individual open classes were dominated by the Zone 9 Cacchione
riders, as Lindsey Willard of the University of Wisconsin at Madison won
open flat while Laura Lemanski of Purdue was second to Lenard and
Willard in both divisions. Lenard and Willard also swapped thirds in
these divisions.
Individual riders from Region 1 faired the best, securing eight of a
possible 16 rides at IHSA Nationals divided amongst six different
schools. Saint Mary of the Woods College, historically boasting a very
strong Western program, qualified Sarah Kniesly in individual
walk-trot-canter and Molly Migliaccio in individual novice flat.
Kniesly was a zone champion while Migliaccio finished second to Macie
Ayers of Kansas State. Ayers' Wildcat teammate Dresden Sommer also won,
earning the blue ribbon in individual intermediate flat.
Both of the Dakota state schools will be represented at Nationals,
as Katie Beaudine of North Dakota State was second in individual
walk-trot while Kaylee DeVries of South Dakota State was second to
Sommer in individual intermediate flat. Though the University of
Wisconsin at Madison will have two individuals and a full hunter seat
team at Nationals, another member of the University of Wisconsin
system will also send a rider to the Eastern States Exposition.
Catherine Buller of the University of Wisconsin at River Falls was
second to Kniesly in advanced walk-trot-canter and is thus one of five
individuals from Region 3 to move on to Nationals.
Tiebreaker situation: When Lydia Sorensen of the Badgers won
team walk-trot it created a tie for high point team with the
Boilermakers. Though both schools automatically advanced, the IHSA
likes to settle specifically which team is champion at Zones. The
tiebreaker in past seasons would have been a ride-off. However the
rules changed for 2006-07 so that the first tiebreaker is the number
of firsts for the day. Purdue and Wisconsin - Madison were still
tied with that one. The second tiebreaker is the number of second
place ribbons for the day. Again, the two teams came out even. The
third tiebreaker is points over fences. Thanks to firsts for Kelli
(or Kellie) Parsons in team intermediate fences and Lemanski in team
open fences (the only rider in that division to earn any points) the
Boilermakers earned the blue ribbon. Had there still been a tie the
fourth tiebreaker would have, in fact, been a ride-off.
--Steve Maxwell
Class-by-Class Results from 2007 Zone 9 Zones in Lake in the Hills,
Illinois, with the top two riders in each individual class advancing to
IHSA Nationals May 3rd through 6th in Springfield, Massachusetts:
Individual Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Michael Lenard, Northern
Illinois University. 2. Laura Lemanski, Purdue University. 3. Lindsey
Willard, University of Wisconsin at Madison. 4. Kelsey Ostberg,
University of Notre Dame/Saint Mary's College (IN). 5. Alex Szarmach,
Northern Illinois University.
Team Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Laura Lemanski, Purdue
University.
Individual Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Kate Wichman,
University of Illinois (Urbana - Champaign). 2. Carly Swatek,
University of Wisconsin at Madison. 3. Josie Fowler, Earlham College.
4. Tori Holekamp, Washington University. 5. Emily Costello, Truman
State University. 6. Mary Beth Schmoller, University of Wisconsin at
Madison.
Team Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Kelli Parsons, Purdue
University. 2. Niki Johnson, Northern Illinois University. 3. Sarah
Korenthal, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Individual Novice Equitation Over Fences: 1. Brittany Gragg,
University of Notre Dame/Saint Mary's College (IN). 2. Erin Whitmore,
DePauw University. 3. Jenna Kyhl, Illinois Wesleyan University.
4. Anna Wagner, University of Wisconsin at Madison. 5. Claire
Patterson, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Team Novice Equitation Over Fences: 1. Brittany Lanphear, Northern
Illinois University. 2. Karen Kearney, University of Wisconsin at
Madison.
Individual Open Equitation on the Flat: 1. Lindsey Willard,
University of Wisconsin at Madison. 2. Laura Lemanski, Purdue
University. 3. Michael Lenard, Northern Illinois University. 4. Celia
Barenfanger, University of Wisconsin at Madison. 5. Alex Szarmach,
Northern Illinois University. 6. Jill Roundtree, University of Illinois
(Urbana - Champaign).
Team Open Equitation on the Flat: 1. Alex Szarmach, Northern
Illinois University. 2. Celia Barenfanger, University of Wisconsin at
Madison. 3. Laura Lemanski, Purdue University.
Individual Intermediate Equitation on the Flat: 1. Dresden Sommer,
Kansas State University. 2. Kaylee DeVries, South Dakota State
University. 3. Katherine Presson, Indiana University. 4. Kerry
Rheinstein, Washington University. 5. Allison Carrie, South Dakota
State University. 6. Lindsey Brizendine, Earlham College.
Team Intermediate Equitation on the Flat: 1. Carly Swatek,
University. 2. Kelli Parsons, Purdue University. 3. Heather Perelgut,
Northern Illinois University.
Individual Novice Equitation on the Flat: 1. Macie Ayers, Kansas
State University. 2. Molly Migliaccio, Saint Mary of the Woods College.
3. Ari Mishkin, Washington University. 4. Marie Mario, Indiana
University. 5. Anna Wagner, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
6. Corey Ramsden, University of Minnesota at Crookston.
Team Novice Equitation on the Flat: 1. Joyce Williams, University of
Wisconsin at Madison. 2. Kelly Keuneke, Purdue University. 3. Kaitlynn
Sullivan, Northern Illinois University.
Individual Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation on the Flat: 1. Sarah
Kniesly, Saint Mary of the Woods College. 2. Catherine Buller,
University of Wisconsin at River Falls. 3. Lianna Bodlack, Kansas
State University. 4. Dana Reedy, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
5. Lauren Kapernaros, Purdue University. 6. Katie Edwardo, Kansas State
University.
Team Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation on the Flat: 1. Amber Lieneck,
Purdue University. 2. James Winsor, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
3. Brian Mitchell, Northern Illinois University.
Individual Walk-Trot Equitation on the Flat: 1. Gabriela Sloan,
Indiana University. 2. Katie Beaudine, North Dakota State University.
3. Erika Kvam, Indiana University. 4. Samantha Langren, Truman State
University. 5. Bradley Merts, Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale.
Team Walk-Trot Equitation on the Flat: 1. Lydia Sorensen, University
of Wisconsin at Madison. 2. Marissa Combs, Purdue University. 3. Kevin
Hantosh, Northern Illinois University.
Final Hunter Seat Team Totals, with the top two teams advancing to
IHSA Nationals May 3rd through 6th In Springfield, Massachusetts:
Purdue University 40, University of Wisconsin at Madison 40 and Northern
Illinois University 35.
(Special thanks to Joleen DeWitt for forwarding the results to us. - Editor)
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