Pictured: Diana Rosenbaum of Mount Holyoke was second in walk-trot-canter at regionals. Rosenbaum thus became one of eight lyon riders to advance to Zone 1 Zones on April 12th in Greenfield, MA.

Mount Holyoke, UMass dominate Regionals

Northampton, MA - With 40 of the 59 undergraduate rides split between them, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst dominated region 3 regionals this Saturday, with the Lyons claiming half the sixteen entries at zones while the minutemen were close with seven. The other qualifier was Jessica Willis of Smith, who placed second over intermediate fences. If you add Smith into the mix, Mount Holoyke, UMass and Smith claimed 48 of the 59 rides at today's show, judged by Ken Whelihan at Smith's Fox Meadow Farm.

--Steve Maxwell.

Class results, in the order in which they were held, with the top two in each class advancing to Zone 1 Zones:

Open equitation over fences: 1. Lauren Morlock, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Jordan Olive, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 3. Alicyn Roy, Mount Holyoke College. 4. Kyla Makhloghi, Mount Holyoke College.

Intermediate equitation over Fences: 1. Jennifer Lober, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. Jessica Willis, Smith College. 3. Jessica Normand, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Micheala Connolly, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 5. Leigh Quarles, Mount Holyoke College.

Novice equitation over fences: 1. Andrea Boreham, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. Elizabeth Goodridge, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Lindsey Taylor, Williams College. 4. Catherine Rehm, College of the Holy Cross.

Walk-trot equitation: 1. James West, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. Meredith Bambrick, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Kate Lee, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Liz Cowan, Smith College. 5. Katie O'Connor, Becker College.

Walk-trot-canter equitation: 1. Sarah Grossman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. Diana Rosenbaum, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Eva Fertman, Smith College. 4. Jayme Nussbaum, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 5. Sarah Hauck, Smith College. 6. Tara Lowary, Mount Holyoke College.

Open equitation on the flat: 1. Amy Lowery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 2. Kyla Makhloghi, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Jordan Olive, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Lauren Morlock, Mount Holyoke College. 5. Alicyn Roy, Mount Holyoke College.

Intermediate equitation on the flat: 1. Anna Allen, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Courtney Slade, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 3. Jennifer Lober, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Jessica Willis, Smith College. 5. Melissa Lanning, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 6. Amelia Chappelle, Mount Holyoke College.

Novice equitation on the flat: 1. Karin Corbett, Mount Holyoke College. 2. Elizabeth Morinelli, Mount Holyoke College. 3. Samantha Blake, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 4. Lindsey Taylor, Williams College. 5. Andrea Boreham, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.