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University of Findlay Head Coach Cindy Morehead (center) poses with Alyssa Salva (on left) and Madison Hallas after both riders rounded out the top two in individual novice western horsemanship at IHSA Nationals on May 9th. Over the past three IHSA National shows Findlay riders have won 12 of the 18 blue ribbons awarded in individual western classes.

LAST YEARS HEADLINE AGAIN THIS YEAR: FINDLAY CONTINUES DOMINENCE OF INDIVIDUAL WESTERN DIVISIONS AT YEARLY IHSA NATIONAL SHOW

Lexington, KY - Since 2004 there have been six individual undergraduate western classes held at IHSA Nationals each season. Each of these individual classes is made up of riders who survived Regionals and Semifinals (prior to 2006 Zones took the place of Semifinals) individually to compete in one of the six divisions.

To even qualify for the post-season, riders in each of the western divisions below the open level had to earn 35 points in a given division. At each show a first place ribbon is worth seven points, a second worth five points and so on down to a sixth worth one point. After earning enough of these ribbons to reach 35 (and if you don't reach that total in one season the points carry over into the next) you qualify for Regionals in that division. Then if you survive your class at Regionals (you must place first or second to accomplish this) you advance to Semifinals. At this point the goal is to place fourth or higher, as the top four in each individual division at Semi's go on to Nationals, where 12 riders compete in each individual western division.

For open and alumni riders the process is similar. You need to reach 28 points in your division (or divisions) and then you are Regionals-bound. However if you don't reach 28 points in a division the points do not carry over into the following season. Also points from one open or alumni division cannot be combined with another (say a rider earned 20 points in open horsemanship and 18 in open reining. This rider would not go to Regionals in either division, for he or she must reach 28 in one single division). The process for open riders at Regionals and Semifinals is the same as for the other divisions. Make the top two at Regionals and on to Semi's you go. Make the top four at Semifinals and on to Nationals you go.

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"Hey Mom. I'm unstoppable so close to home!" Though Middle Tennessee State University junior Megan Hephner (on left) may not have said those exact words to her Mother (on right) her two 2010 IHSA Nationals rides proved those words to be true. From Georgetown, Kentucky (less than ten miles north of the Kentucky Horse Park and where the MTSU team stayed for the weekend), Hephner is seen here after winning the individual open western horsemanship. Hephner would also win team open western horsemanship a day later.


If you reach Nationals and pick up a copy of the show program, you will notice the program is much larger than any you will see during the regular season. The 2010 Nationals program was 158 pages long, including several pages listing the winners in each individual class through the years. The National Reining Horse Association-sponsored individual open reining class was first held in 1993 (one year after IHSA Nationals made their most recent appearance in the state of Kentucky), and eight times in 17 years the winner competed for the University of Findlay. The novice western division debuted in 2004, and four of the six winners to date were from Findlay. Each of the past two seasons Findlay riders accounted for four of the six individual undergraduate blue ribbons, while since 2001 at least one Findlay rider took home an individual blue ribbon. And since Joann Strayer won individual intermediate western horsemanship at 1989 Nationals in South Hadley, Massachusetts, 27 other Findlay riders found themselves in the winner's circle as an individual undergraduate western class champion.

And then there are the pages for this year's classes (Each class has a page of it's own). And of the six pages which comprise the undergraduate individual western classes all six contained the name of at least one University of Findlay rider. Three of them contained the names of two Findlay riders. The Oilers technically had a shot to win all six, a claim no other school could make.

2010 IHSA Nationals were the first four day Nationals event ever not to feature a single undergraduate individual western class over the first two days of the show (alumni reining, the first of two alumni classes, was the final class held on day two of Nationals. Campus Equestrian is preparing a separate story on both of the Western and both of the English alumni classes - Editor). It was not until after two western team classes, an alumni reining class, the rail phase of the individual AQHA Trophy division and all but two of the 19 English classes (counting three phases of the Cacchione Cup as one) that the first of the six individual western classes took place after 1:00PM on Saturday, May 8th.

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Ashley Wolf of the University of Findlay (second on left) poses with her Brothers Rick (on far left, who graduated from Penn State this season and rode on their hunter seat team), Andrew (second on right, who also rides for Findlay) and Daniel (who is still in high school) after winning individual intermediate western horsemanship on May 9th. At this point Findlay was only batting 500 at winning individual western classes (special thanks to Joanne Coniglio for letting us know that this was entirely a Wolf family photo - Editor).

And it was the creme-de-la-creme of individual western classes that started the proceedings. The Individual Open Western Reining division, sponsored by the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) is different from all other IHSA Nationals classes in that the top four rider's season is not over upon completion of the division. The top four are invited by the NRHA to compete at "The Derby" in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma nearly two months later against the top four NCAA/Varsity reiners and four other "At Large" selections made by the NRHA. IHSA riders have faired well at the Derby, with the past three Reserve Champions in Oklahoma City all having been IHSA Nationals survivors. 2007 University of Findlay graduate Travis Womer is the most recent IHSA rider to win at the Derby, besting then-teammate Trevor Dare for the top spot three seasons ago. Jamie Abel won the Derby in 2006, an IHSA rider for Morrisville State College at the time (Abel's Mother, Jennifer Hoyt, coaches the Syracuse University western team to this day - Editor).

Twelve riders took part in the Individual Open Reining (the same number as which rode in the other five undergraduate individual western divisions), with each rider attempting to perform the exact same reining pattern. One by one each rider took their turn, with public address announcer Kenn Marash reading aloud the combined judge's scores of Charlene Carter and Bonnie Jo Clay (the former co-judging and IHSA Nationals show for the first time while the latter co-judged 2005 Nationals at Eden Park in Sunbury, Ohio). If one wrote down the scores in their program he or she would be able to determine the order of finish based on Marash's announcements. Therefore the final outcome would not hold quite the drama going into the announcement of placings, though for the top four it was a huge victory nonetheless.

After all 12 riders completed their pattern (this included a re-ride for Katie Morehead of Findlay, the 2008 Individual AQHA Trophy Champion who surprisingly was out of the top ten in this particular class) each returned to the ring for the presentation of ribbons. Tenth place went to Meghan Ritchey, a senior at Ohio State University who was one of three riders from last year's NRHA open reining class to qualify this season. Ritchey finished her undergraduate era with an announced score of "125.5." Angela Gebhart of South Dakota State University with ninth. A junior from Maple Grove, Minnesota, Gebhart received a score of "126." Ritchey's teammate Sarah Phillips was eighth. A senior from Mohrsville, Pennsylvania who received a score of "127.5," Phillips would fair much better a day later when she was awarded fourth place in the individual AQHA Trophy class. Kate Mausteller was the first of two Cazenovia College western riders to compete over the weekend, earning seventh place with a score of "129.5." Paige Montgomery, a Western Kentucky University junior from Mount Juliet, Tennessee earned the green ribbon with a score of "131." Jill Featherly, a Morrisville State College sophomore from Rochester, New York who also qualified to compete in the AQHA Trophy class, was fifth with a score of "133."

Each of the remaining four riders in the ring knew they were headed to Oklahoma City. Fourth place went to Jill Staurowsky of the University of Delaware. The junior from Collegeville, Pennsylvania who received a score of "134" is believed to be the first rider in University of Delaware team history to qualify for the Derby (and perhaps the first ever from the current Zone 3, Region 2). It was not the first time in this division for Kelsey Moody, but the old saying goes "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!" A St. Andrews Presbyterian College junior from Woodstock, Georgia, Moody had finished out of the ribbons each of the past two seasons in individual open reining but this time found herself derby-bound with third place and a score of "135." Though it was certainly not Allie Jones first time riding at IHSA Nationals it was the Berry College juniors' first time in the individual open reining. Though the United Kingdom is excited about Prince William and Kate Middleton's planned summer wedding, closer to home fans of the IHSA are excited that Jones, from Cambridge, England, earned the Reserve Championship in open reining with a score of "136." Though we at Campus Equestrian don't have the answer we would love to know if a foreign-born rider has ever competed for the Collegiate Championship at the Derby let alone win it.

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While Head Coach Rebecca Lewis did not make the trip to Kentucky, Assistant Coach Collette Tebeau (second on right) was in Lexington to offer advise to three Utah State University riders including Jason Romney (on horse). A junior from Farmington, Utah, Romney had just won the NRHA-sponsored individual open reining when this photo was taken but would later add a win in the individual AQHA Trophy division to his resume.

The IHSA history books need a re-write after the presentation of the first place ribbon. A visit to page 37 of the official 2010 Nationals program indicates that only four schools in IHSA history have ever produced the individual open reining champion. As previously stated Findlay riders have eight wins in the division, including Kelly Nissen in 1993 with the first such victory. Texas A & M rider won the division twice, including when three time individual AQHA Trophy winner Quincy Cahill took the prize in 2000. Morrisville State are also two-timers (!), with Kyle Johnson winning in 2004 two seasons before Abel. And Ohio State riders have prevailed five times, including Keith Ceddia (not Kevin Ceddia, a typo in the Nationals program that this writer will see if he can correct for 2011) who won in 2009. In 2010 a fifth school joined the list. Jason Romney, a junior at Utah State University who was competing at Nationals for the first time since 2007, received a combined judge's score of "144" to win the division by a country mile. From Farmington, Utah Romney would later completely miss the top ten in individual open western horsemanship but take the biggest prize of all on Sunday with the Individual AQHA Trophy championship. Romney, who mentioned Mike and Robbin Jung along with Vicky Holt as his trainers back home in Utah, has one more year of IHSA Eligibility. Romney did not ride during the 2008-09 season so hopefully he will return to Nationals again in 2011 to defend his individual open reining championship. For the moment, Romney and the rest of the top four mark their calendars for June 26th, when the Derby class takes place.

Five classes later was the Individual Open Western Horsemanship division. Romney, Jones, Moody, Phillips and Morehead were all able to survive Regionals and Semifinals in this division as well as open reining. Four riders in this division also had time in the seat between the two individual open classes, as Jones, Moody, Jeni Nagel of the State University of New York at Oswego and Elizabeth Whitman of Oregon State University had each competed in team open reining two classes earlier. Despite this practice three of the top four in open horsemanship were riders mounting up for the first time all day. Each rider entered the ring to walk, jog and lope before being asked to line up and navigate the pattern one at a time. Eventually all 12 riders were asked to dismount and stay in the ring for the awarding of ribbons (handlers came in after each of the five horsemanship classes to escort the horses back to the holding area). After two riders were presented with participation ribbons (including Romney) tenth place went to Morehead. A junior from Findlay, Ohio whose Mother is also Head Coach Cindy Morehead, the first two days of showing were not 'Time Capsule' Katie Morehead as far as the rides and the ribbons were concerned. However Morehead would fair well with a third on Sunday when the Individual AQHA Trophy ribbons were handed out. Alissa Truco, a senior from Delaware, Ohio, was ninth. Ohio University's Truco, who was third in open western at Semifinals in Pomona, California in late March, was the only rider in the top five of the Zone 6, Region 1 western open rider standings not to ride for Ohio State University. Whitman, a sophomore from Albany, Oregon, was eighth. Though she was sixth in team open reining earlier in the day Whitman would earn her best ribbon of 2010 Nationals with a fourth in the final team class, team open western horsemanship, to secure the Beaver's final three points. Nagel, a junior from Ransomville, New York, was seventh. The defending Individual AQHA Trophy champion had earned the exact same placing in team open reining but would place sixth in team open western on Sunday. Phillips moved up two placings from her individual open reining score while Jones fell three places to earn the pink ribbon. Chris Tollefson, a junior riding for the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) was fourth. Though Tollefson was only tied for sixth in the Zone 9, Region 3 western open rider standings, 30 of his 39 points earned during the regular season were in the open western division, with 26 of them earned over the final six shows. Heather Allenby, a Findlay senior from Portland, Oregon who won individual intermediate western horsemanship two seasons earlier in Burbank and who won individual novice western horsemanship in Murfreesboro last season, finished her IHSA undergraduate era with a third here. Moody, who had been ninth in team open reining, proved to be the most consistant individual open rider by moving up one position to claim Reserve Champion honors.

Though it was her first of only two rides at 2010 IHSA Nationals, Megan Hephner of Middle Tennessee State was on her game. Hailing from Georgetown, Kentucky, less than ten miles north of the Kentucky Horse Park, the Blue Raider junior won individual open western. Ironically, one year earlier at 2009 Nationals (which were as close to the MTSU campus as 2010 Nationals were to Hephner's front door) Hephner was only third in individual advanced western horsemanship. On Sunday afternoon Hephner would prove the rest of the IHSA was no match for her in open horsemanship classes, as she would also win team open western to claim the final blue ribbon (save for perhaps a Derby winner) of the 2009-10 IHSA season.

The final day of IHSA Nationals featured two separate sections made up of eleven rides each for the Reining Phase of the Individual AQHA Trophy division, two western team classes and the final four individual western classes. For the first time since 2007 neither of the first two individual western classes had been won by a Findlay rider, but that was to change soon enough. Following half of the individual AQHA reiners and team intermediate western horsemanship, the Individual Advanced Western Horsemanship was the third class held on Sunday, May 9th. Following the same "walk-jog-lope-walk-line up-do your pattern one at a time" routine the handlers came in and removed the horses. Then the placings were announced. Tenth place went to North Dakota State University's Sara Holman. A junior from Glyndon, Minnesota, Holman was the first of two NDSU Bison to compete on this day. It is unclear when the last rider from Wilmington College reached IHSA Nationals, but Blake Williams certainly ended a long drought for the Quakers (or may in fact be the first Wilmington rider to show at Nationals). A senior from from Roseville, Ohio, Williams was ninth for the Zone 6, Region 3 school which competes against Findlay and Miami of Ohio on a regular basis. Though Black Hawk College captured their fourth consecutive Zone 9, Region 2 western Region Championship in 2010, only Katelyn Bell of Black Hawk survived Regionals and Semifinals. A sophomore from Morrisonville, Illinois, Bell earned eighth place as the lone Black Hawk representative at 2010 Nationals. By contrast Oregon State had many team and individual riders on hand in Lexington, including Julianne Sovince. A junior from Eagle Creek, Oregon who had won the division at the Cazenovia, New York semifinal, Sovince earned the seventh place ribbon. While Nagel is SUNY-Oswego's high profile rider thanks to winning the '09 AQHA, her Laker teammate Jessica Hosie was into the ribbons at Nationals. A sophomore from Canisius, New York, Hosie was sixth here. Morgyn Purdy, a St. Mary of the Woods senior from Morgantown, Indiana had placed tenth in individual novice western horsemanship at '09 Nationals but moved up to fifth place at the higher level this season. Shannon Carr also faired better at the higher level than in Murfreesboro. From Alexandria, Kentucky, the University of Cincinnati senior had finished out of the ribbons in novice western but placed fourth in advanced in Lexington. For the first time since 2007 (when they were still in Zone 9) the University of Nebraska at Lincoln had a full western team at IHSA Nationals. However the Cornhuskers' best ribbon of the weekend came via individual advanced western rider Kelsey Horner. A junior from Kearney, Nebraska, Horner was third in the division for the Zone 7, Region 1 school. The Reserve Champion had finished third behind Holman (who won) and Purdy (who was Reserve) at the Pomona, California semifinal. Holly Snyder, who was the lone member of the University of Akron to qualify for Nationals via a third in Pomona, earned the red ribbon. A junior from Stow, Ohio, Snyder competes in Zone 6, Region 1 which features the dominant Ohio State Buckeyes equestrian team.

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While we got their Head Coach in an earlier photo, we got the Findlay Assistant Coaches in this one with advanced western champion Ashley Drown. From left to right are Jake Bowman, Drown, Steve Brown and Clark Bradley. Drown was one of three Findlay freshmen to win an individual class.


At last the Oilers could rejoice in that there rider was the only one left in the ring. Ohio schools (and Ohio residents) claimed the top two ribbons as Ashley Drown was announced as the winner. A freshman from Republic, Ohio, Drown received as much applause as any individual western winner over the entire weekend. With Drown's win Findlay can claim ten straight IHSA Nationals with at least one individual western champion.

Individual Intermediate Western Horsemanship followed, the second of three individual western classes with two Findlay riders entered in it. After everyone had walked, jogged and loped and had completed the intermediate pattern it was time for the ribbons. Elise Gerken, a University of Findlay junior from Defiance, Ohio who had finished second at the Laurinburg semifinal was tenth. Chris Wolongevicz, a Cazenovia College sophomore from Hanover, Massachusetts was ninth. Hayley McGuire, a Oregon State University junior from West Linn, Oregon who was second at the Cazenovia semifinal, repeated her team novice western eighth place ribbon two days earlier. Jaclyn Irwin was the first of only two seniors to reach the top ten in the division. A University of California at San Diego rider from the town of Yorba Linda, California, Irwin finished her IHSA undergraduate era with a seventh. Kaylee Duncan was the first of two Laramie County Community College riders to show on May 9th. A sophomore from Gibbon, Nebraska, Duncan was sixth. Sarah Burdette, a Middle Tennessee State University sophomore from Blaine, Tennessee was fifth. For reasons that are not clear her name was Kate Burdette in the Pomona semifinals program during which she had placed second (Middle Tennessee State Head Coach Anne Brzezicki cleared up the confusion for us after this story was originally posted: "Her official name on the IHSA website is Sarah Kate Burdette but nobody knows her as Sarah," said Brzezicki. "When I made the entries for Pomona Semis I just entered her as Kate, and since those entries do not come off the IHSA database, (Cal Poly - Pomona team manager) Jen Earles entered her that way as Kate. Nationals entries...come straight from the database information which the students fill out upon joining IHSA and will include their 'official' name.") Zachary Schmidt of Utah State was fourth. A junior from Cedar City, Utah (of which Schmidt said "It's all Juniper trees!"), Schmidt had won the division in Cazenovia at the end of March. Third place went to the Pomona intermediate western champion. David Worley, a Murray State University junior from Corbin, Kentucky (and who wore Racer's Head Coach Don Delaney's belt buckle) took home the yellow ribbon. The Reserve Champion had previously won the division at the Laurinburg semifinal. Megan Stiles, a senior from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, fell out of bed to get to the intermediate class at Semi's. The St. Andrews Presbyterian College senior ended her undergraduate era with the red ribbon here.

The intermediate western champion finished third behind Stiles and Gerken at the St. Andrews-hosted semifinal. This time Findlay's Ashley Wolf was a blue ribbon winner. One of only two freshman to compete in this division at 2010 Nationals, the Schwenksville, Pennsylvania resident (who trained with Delaware Valley College western Head Coach Joanne Coniglio growing up) kept the Wolf family undefeated in Lexington as brother Andrew won team open reining a day earlier. Wolf gave Findlay their second consecutive individual blue ribbon and their third of the day. Heather Kiesewetter had won team intermediate for the Oilers, and the way the schedule worked out Kiesewetter would ride again following the second half of the reining phase of the indivdual AQHA Trophy division.

Kiesewetter was one of 12 riders in the Beginner Western Horsemanship division. Save for the 'Lope' element this class was run exactly as the previous three individual classes. When it was over Marash announced the placings as usual. Tenth place went to Chessa Pikor, the lone Miami University of Ohio western rider to reach Nationals. A senior from Thompson, Ohio, Pikor finished fourth in the division at the Laurinburg semifinal. It seemed as though 2010 Nationals had many riders qualified who claimed their hometown to be in the same municipality as as their college or university. Ninth place ribbon-winner Karri Logan is a member of this list. The Morehead State University sophomore is from Morehead, Kentucky. Katie Atwood of Berry College was next. The senior from Jacksonville, Florida who won beginner western at the Laurinburg semifinal finished her undergraduate era with an eighth. Juliann Zach was the second of two North Dakota State riders to compete on this day. A freshman from Rocholt, South Dakota, Zach received the seventh place ribbon. Likewise Brittany Metz was the second Laramie County Community College rider to show on May 9th. A sophomore from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metz received the green ribbon. Ginni Platt was the first of two State University of New York at Oswego riders to place inside the top five in this division. A freshman from Barker, New York, Platt was fifth. Andrea East, a Murray State sophomore from Lancaster, Kentucky who like teammate Worley won her class at the Pomona semifinal, was the fourth place winner. East found herself surounded by SUNY-Oswego riders in the placings, as Jenn Schoepfel was third. A junior from Rochester, New York, Schoepfel won the division at the Cazenovia semifinal. The Reserve Championship went to sophomore Anna Steen of the University of Minnesota at Crookston. Steen had finished behind East in Pomona to repeat her red ribbon performance.

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"Hey Mom. I'm unstoppable today!" Though Findlay sophomore Heather Kiesewetter (on right) may not have said those exact words to her Mother (on left) she did go two-for-two in her only IHSA Nationals rides. On May 9th Kiesewetter won team intermediate western to put Findlay in an excellent position to win the Western Team Competition while her first in individual beginner western horsemanship later that day was Findlay's third of four individual blue ribbons.

Though Atwood won the division in Laurinburg the Reserve Champion at that semifinal was the Beginner Western Champion in Lexington. A sophomore from Covington, Ohio, Kiesewetter won a blue ribbon for the second time in less than five hours. Save for Romney receiving the individual AQHA Trophy for his second blue ribbon in two days the day had so far belonged to Findlay. Only one individual and one team class remained. Could the Oilers (who were already ahead in the team competition) win the rest?

The Oilers had a better mathematical chance at a win in Individual Novice Western Horsemanship than their opponents, as they had two riders entered for the third time. Following the usual series of events in the ring it was time for Marash to go to work. Leslie Gilb, a sophomore from Fort Thomas, Kentucky was the second University of Cincinnati rider to compete at today's show. Gilb followed up her second at the Cazenovia semifinal with a tenth here. Though they had their first-ever rider at Nationals three days earlier (Amy Schneider in individual walk-trot-canter), Krista McNaughton is the first-ever Arizona State western rider to compete at IHSA Nationals. From Tucson, Arizona, McNaughton followed up her second at the Pomona semifinal with a ninth here. Whitney Mahloch, who rode in team intermediate on the flat to conclude the Thursday afternoon proceedings, became a footnote to history when she placed eighth here. From Plymouth, Wisconsin, Mahloch rides for St. Mary of the Woods College in Zone 9, Region 1. And in this particular class Mahloch was the only rider from a Zone 9 school to have survived semifinals. This is of historical significance because the IHSA will re-align their Regions and Zones in 2010-11, creating four new regions while eliminating one zone. Schools in Zone 9 will now be in Zone 7 for the most part, and until the day comes when the IHSA needs a 'Zone 9' again Mahloch can claim to be the final Zone 9 rider ever to win a ribbon of any kind at any IHSA show.

Jen Taylor, an Arcadia University freshman from Millville, New Jersey, was only the second Zone 3, Region 2 rider after Staurowsky to qualify for Nationals in an individual western division. Taylor was seventh. Shannon Leggett, a St. Andrews Presbyterian College sophomore from Williamsburg, Virginia who had finished second in the division at the Laurinburg semifinal was sixth. Rachael King, a Middle Tennessee State junior from the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee was fifth. King had won the division in Pomona. Gretchen Dietrich of SUNY-Oswego proved to be consistant from one show to the next. The Laker junior from Milbrook, New York who had been fourth at the Cazenovia semifinal was fourth again (Dietrich was also second in team advanced western at Nationals on May 7th). Kelsey Wilson of Utah State had won the division at Cazenovia, but this time the sophomore from Salt Lake City settled for third place.

The only two riders remaining in the ring were both from the same school. Alyssa Salva, a junior from Prospect, Connecticut who had been fourth in the division in Laurinburg was the Reserve Champion here. Madison Hallas, a sophomore from West Nyack, New York repeated her first from Laurinburg to win the final individual blue ribbon awarded at an IHSA show for the 2009-10 season. As most have guessed by now, Hallas and Salva ride for Findlay, which finished the day with five blue ribbons over seven classes. Hallas became the sixth Oiler to win the individual novice western division in eight tries since the division was formed in 2003. And Findlay won exactly four of six individual blue ribbons awarded at Nationals for the third year in a row. What more can anyone say?

---Steve Maxwell

The following is a list of the Individual Western Class-by-Class Results from 2010 IHSA Nationals, held at the Indoor Equestrian Event Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. The first two classes listed were held Saturday, May 8th while the final four classes were held on Sunday, May 9th. The Judges for all western classes were Charlene Carter and Bonnie Jo Clay.

National Reining Horse Association Open Reining Pattern: 1. Jason Romney, Utah State University. 2. Allie Jones, Berry College. 3. Kelsey Moody, St. Andrews Presbyterian College. 4. Jill Staurowsky, University of Delaware. 5. Jill Featherly, Morrisville State College. 6. Paige Montgomery, Western Kentucky University. 7. Kate Mausteller, Cazenovia College. 8. Sarah Phillips, Ohio State University. 9. Angela Gebhart, South Dakota State University. 10. Meghan Ritchey, Ohio State University.

Individual Open Western Horsemanship: 1. Megan Hephner, Middle Tennessee State University. 2. Kelsey Moody, St. Andrews Presbyterian College. 3. Heather Allenby, University of Findlay. 4. Chris Tollefson, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). 5. Allie Jones, Berry College. 6. Sarah Phillips, Ohio State University. 7. Jeni Nagel, State University of New York at Oswego. 8. Elizabeth Whitman, Oregon State University. 9. Alissa Trucco, Ohio University. 10. Katie Morehead, University of Findlay.

Individual Advanced Western Horsemanship: 1. Ashley Drown, University of Findlay. 2. Holly Snyder, University of Akron. 3. Kelsey Horner, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 4. Shannon Carr, University of Cincinnati. 5. Morgyn Purdy, St. Mary of the Woods College. 6. Jessica Hosie, State University of New York at Oswego. 7. Julianne Sovince, Oregon State University. 8. Katelyn Bell, Black Hawk College. 9. Blake Williams, Wilmington College. 10. Sara Holman, North Dakota State University.

Individual Intermediate Western Horsemanship: 1. Ashley Wolf, University of Findlay. 2. Megan Stiles, St. Andrews Presbyterian College. 3. David Worley, Murray State University. 4. Zachary Schmidt, Utah State University. 5. Sarah Burdette, Middle Tennessee State University. 6. Kaylee Duncan, Laramie County Community College. 7. Jaclyn Irwin, University of California at San Diego. 8. Hayley McGuire, Oregon State University. 9. Chris Wolongevicz, Cazenovia College. 10. Elise Gerken, University of Findlay.

Individual Beginner Western Horsemanship: 1. Heather Kiesewetter, University of Findlay. 2. Anna Steen, University of Minnesota at Crookston. 3. Jenn Schoepful, State University of New York at Oswego. 4. Andrea East, Murray State University. 5. Ginni Platt, State University of New York at Oswego. 6. Brittany Metz, Laramie County Community College. 7. Juliann Zach, North Dakota State University. 8. Katie Atwood, Berry College. 9. Karri Logan, Morehead State University. 10. Chessa Pikor, Miami University of Ohio.

Individual Novice Western Horsemanship: 1. Madison Hallas, University of Findlay. 2. Alyssa Salva, University of Findlay. 3. Kelsey Wilson, Utah State University. 4. Gretchen Dietrich, State University of New York at Oswego. 5. Rachel King, Middle Tennessee State University. 6. Shannon Leggett, St. Andrews Presbyterian College. 7. Jen Taylor, Arcadia University. 8. Whitney Mahloch, St. Mary of the Woods College. 9. Krista McNaughton, Arizona State University. 10. Leslie Gilb, University of Cincinnati.

 


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