Last season she reached IHSA Nationals in advanced western. Ball State's Jillian Kimball got by the first round of playoffs, placing second in open reining at stock seat Region 1 Regionals on March 26th.

ZONE 9, REGION 1 REGIONALS RESULTS

Region 1 held their Regional shows on separate days in separate places. On Friday the 26th St. Mary of the Woods hosted stock seat on their campus while Purdue hosted hunter seat at Foxton Farm in Romney, Indiana two days later.

The stock seat survivors came from a variety of teams, while eight of the sixteen hunter seat survivors came from Purdue. When you realize that the boilermakers have been high point hunter seat team in whatever region they call home for 13 straight seasons and 18 of the past 19 you understand how strong the program is. Bradley Wolkoff of IUPUI pulled a bit of an upset when she captured Region 1 high point open rider honors for the 2003-04 season. However Krista Steinmetz and Christina Walsh of Purdue edged her out in open fences to start Sunday's proceedings. Wolkoff later captured a blue ribbon in open flat, advancing her to Zones hosted by Kansas State on April 3rd.

Ashley Fleck (novice fences), Jeanine Bullion (intermediate flat) and Tommi Kreiter also won hunter seat classes for Purdue. Purdue advanced two stock seat riders to Zones as well, as both Ambra Neier (open horsemanship) and Katy Green (advanced western) won classes outright. Both St. Mary of the Woods and the University of Indianapolis managed to advance three riders in stock seat. Each had a division champion (Tiffany Mack in novice for St. Mary, Stephanie Freed surviving a few heats to win intermediate for Indy) and two runner-ups.

There was a very funny aside at the end of the Regionals program used for both shows. The quote, perhaps inspired by a 1939 movie involving a scarecrow, a tin man, a lion and a tornado, simply read "Good luck to all Zone qualifiers...Just click your heels together and you'll be in Kansas!"

--Story by Steve Maxwell; Results courtesy Jerry Steinmetz/Purdue University

Class results, in the order in which they were held, with the top two in each class advancing to Zone 9 Zones on April 3rd in Manhattan, Kansas:

Open reining (all stock seat classes took place on Friday, April 26th): 1. Stefani Redding, Parkland College. 2. Jillian Kimball, Ball State University. 3. Christina Ecker, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Open western horsemanship: 1. Ambra Neier, Purdue University. 2. Julee Franks, St. Mary of the Woods College. 3. Stefani Redding, Parkland College. 4. Jillian Kimball, Ball State University. 5. Amanda Baker, University of Indianapolis. 6. Heather Clodfelter, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Advanced western horsemanship: 1. Katy Green, Purdue University. 2. Leslie Davis, Indiana University. 3. Mary Alice Bean, University of Illinois. 4. Sarah Elzinga, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Amy Bender, University of Illinois. 6. Janelle Fabyan, Ball State University.

Novice western horsemanship: 1. Tiffany Mack, St. Mary of the Woods College. 2. Megan Kitchen, University of Indianapolis. 3. Jessica Storoe, University of Illinois. 4. Stacey Kissell, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Intermediate western horsemanship: 1. Stephanie Freed, University of Indianapolis. 2. Shannon Brearton, St. Mary of the Woods College. 3. Ben Larson, Ball State University. 4. Chrissy Alderden, University of Illinois. 5. Christina Pontious, University of Illinois. 6. Susann Border, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Beginner western horsemanship: 1. Jeanie Andrews, University of Illinois. 2. Anne Wilds, University of Indianapolis. 3. Andrea Compton, University of Illinois. 4. Michael Whisler, Ball State University. 5. Rachel Strauss, University of Illinois. 6. Kim Huck, Butler University.

Open equitation over fences (all hunter seat classes took place on Sunday, April 28th): 1. Krista Steinmetz, Purdue University. 2. Christina Walsh, Purdue University. 3. Bradley Wolkoff, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. 4. Katie Baron, University of Notre Dame.

Intermediate equitation over fences: 1. Ryan Reis, Purdue University. 2. Elizabeth Bell, University of Notre Dame. 3. Jeanine Bullion, Indiana University. 4. Cat Dayger, University of Illinois.

Novice equitation over fences: 1. Ashley Fleck, Purdue University. 2. Pam Domash, University of Illinois. 3. Julia Goodman, Indiana University. 4. Susan Pinkerton, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Andrea Oliverio, University of Notre Dame. 6. Shannon Brearton, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Open equitation on the flat: 1. Bradley Wolkoff, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. 2. Krista Steinmetz, Purdue University. 3. Christina Walsh, Purdue University. 4. Claire Freeman, University of Notre Dame. 5. Lindsey Monroe, Purdue University. 6. Katie Baron, University of Notre Dame.

Intermediate equitation on the flat: 1. Jeanine Bullion, Indiana University. 2. Leslie Maradik, Purdue University. 3. Elizabeth Bell, University of Notre Dame. 4. Cat Dayger, University of Illinois. 5. Julia Burke, University of Notre Dame. 6. Susan Pinkerton, St. Mary of the Woods College.

Novice equitation on the flat: 1. Andrea Oliverio, University of Notre Dame. 2. Meredith Hill, Indiana University. 3. Stacey Kissell, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. 4. Emily Wilson, Taylor University. 5. Julia Goodman, Indiana University. 6. Lucy Withers, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Advanced walk-trot-canter: 1. Tommi Kreiter, Purdue University. 2. Jess Scheumann, Purdue University. 3. Kristin Lasota, University of Notre Dame. 4. Sarah Elzinga, St. Mary of the Woods College. 5. Christa Wessels, Purdue University. 6. Stacy Lolkus, Purdue University.

Walk-trot: 1. Jackie Watson, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. 2. Ashley Stremple, Indiana University. 3. Justin Richman, Taylor University. 4. Britany Criswell, Purdue University. 5. Katrina Meeker, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. 6. ????????.