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IHSA ZONE 8 - REGION 1

From Greenfield, Massachusetts, McKenna Goodson (pictured) was the only Stanford University rider to win an individual class at Zone 8 Zones on March 29th. The Cardinal senior won the individual limit flat to advance to 2026 IHSA Nationals in the division. Stanford won plenty of blue ribbons in the Zones team competition, coming out on top in five of the eight divisions. The Cardinal won 48-39 over Colorado State University on the 20th anniversary of when their long streak of Zone Championships started. Stanford has sent a full hunter seat team to IHSA Nationals every season since 2006, the current longest active streak of such appearances be it English or Western.

The first Region 1 hunter seat rider to compete at 2026 IHSA Nationals was Jess Kammeyer of the University of California at Berkeley (on left). Seen here with head coach Dana Robinson, Kammeyer was second at Zones in individual limit over fences to reach Nationals in Mill Spring, North Carolina on May 1st. From Half Moon Bay, California, Kammeyer closed out her senior year with a seventh in the same division in the third English class held at '26 Nationals.

Competing in the Western arena in the opposite side of the Tryon International Equestrian Center indoor was Madelyn Nevels of College of the Sequoias (on right). Seen here with head coach Kim Pitigliano, Nevels was entered in the individual open western horsemanship division on May 1st probably around the time Kammeyer was riding hunter seat not far away. A freshman from Exeter, California, Nevels was second in individual open horsemanship at the Las Cruces, New Mexico Semifinal on March 21st to advance to Nationals in the division. While Nevels was outside the top ten in open horsemanship at Tryon her season was not over, for Nevels was also entered in the individual High Point Open Rider division as the Zone 8, Region 1 representative. Nevels had been fourth at Semifinals in the division and at Nationals on May 3rd Nevels was again fourth against the best of the best. Therefore Nevels can claim to be the fourth-best IHSA Western Rider nationwide for the 2025-26 season.

Three Region 1 schools advanced hunter seat riders through Zones to 2026 Nationals and Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo is the third. Allison White (on left), who is seen here with head coach Lou Moore Jacobson, showed in the individual novice equitation division for the Mustangs. The senior from Orange, California was second in the individual novice at Zones to reach the year-end show in North Carolina.

While roughly half the riders Stanford University took to 2026 IHSA Nationals were taking part in the Championship show for the first time, Rafi Wolf of the Cardinal was in Mill Spring, North Carolina for the third time in three seasons. The junior from Seattle, Washington is seen here in the stands on May 1st prior to placing ninth in the individual open flat. Wolf would earn six of Stanfords' twelve team points with a fourth in team open on the flat on May 3rd which was also the final hunter seat class of the three day show.

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The Zone 8, Region 1 Smorgasbord

Schools which competed in Zone 8, Region 1 during the 2025-2026 school year: Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, College of the Sequoias, Reedley College, Sonoma State University, Stanford University, Unversity of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis and University of California at Santa Cruz.

Winter/Spring 2026 Show Schedule for Zone 8, Region 1:

Saturday, January 24 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (Host) on campus at the Oppenheimer Family Equine Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 10:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, January 25 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (Host) on campus at the Oppenheimer Family Equine Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 7 Stanford University/Sonoma State University (Co-Hosts) at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center, Stanford, CA 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 8 Stanford University/Sonoma State University (Co-Hosts) at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center, Stanford, CA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 21 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo (Host) on campus at the Oppenheimer Family Equine Center, San Luis Obispo, CA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 21 Zone 8, Region 1 Western Regionals Hosted by Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo on campus at the Oppenheimer Family Equine Center, San Luis Obispo, CA HELD FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF REGULAR SEASON FINALE - WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 28 Stanford University (Host) at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center, Stanford, CA 10:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 1 Zone 8 Region 1 Hunter Seat Regionals at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center, Stanford, CA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 21 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by New Mexico State University at the New Mexico State Equestrian Center, Las Cruces, NM Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 22 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by New Mexico State University at the New Mexico State Equestrian Center, Las Cruces, NM Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 29 ZONE 8 ZONES Hosted by Stanford University at the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center, Stanford, CA Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Friday through Sunday, May 1 - 3 IHSA NATIONALS at Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring, NC Time each day TBA ENGLISH AND WESTERN

Cal Poly - Pomona, which shows Hunter Seat in Zone 8, Region 2 may show Western in Zone 8, Region 1 during the 2025-26 season. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 1 Team Champions

Hunter Seat:

1997 - Fresno State
1998 - Fresno State
1999 - Fresno State
2000 - Fresno State
2001 - Fresno State
2002 - Fresno State
2003 - Fresno State
2004 - Fresno State
2005 - Fresno State
2006 - Stanford University
2007 - Stanford University
2008 - Stanford University
2009 - Stanford University
2010 - Stanford University
2011 - Stanford University
2012 - Stanford University
2013 - Stanford University
2014 - Stanford University
2015 - Stanford University
2016 - Stanford University
2017 - Stanford University
2018 - Stanford University
2019 - Stanford University
2020 - Stanford University
2022 - Stanford University
2023 - Stanford University
2024 - Stanford University
2025 - Stanford University
2026 - Stanford University

Western:

1997 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
1998 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
1999 - Fresno State
2000 - University of California at Davis
2001 - Fresno State
2002 - Fresno State
2003 - Fresno State
2004 - Fresno State
2005 - Fresno State
2006 - Fresno State
2007 - Stanford University
2008 - Stanford University
2009 - Stanford University
2010 - Stanford University
2011 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2012 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2013 - College of the Sequoias
2014 - Stanford University
2015 - Stanford University
2016 - Stanford University
2017 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2018 - Reedley College
2019 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2020 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2022 - Stanford University
2023 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2024 - College of the Sequoias
2025 - Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
2026 - University of California at Davis

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