Her mother coaches at Rochester Institute of Technology, yet Leslie Miller (center) rides for S.U.N.Y. - Geneseo. On the left is Geneseo head coach Kim Sanford while on the right is her mother, Gail Miller. All three are happy that Leslie was second in Open Fences at Zone 2, Region 2 Regionals on March 27th, as the top three in each class advance to Zone 2 Zones.

ZONE 2, REGION 2 REGIONALS RESULTS

Cazenovia, NY - Cazenovia advanced nine rides while Saint Lawrence advanced seven during Zone 2, Region 2 Hunter Seat Regionals. Intermediate rider Frank Bassett of Cazenovia placed in the top two in both flat and fences while Marilyn Sturges, who rode for S.U.N.Y. - Oswego last season, made the top three in both novice divisions for Rochester Institute.

No alumni classes were held today, though both Cazenovia graduate Allyson Thibodeau and S.U.N.Y. - Oswego head coach Alicia Fereday will advance directly to Zones as they were the only alumni qualifiers from Region 2. Fereday will ride in alumni fences while Thibodeau will ride in both alumni divisions.

All 23 undergraduate riders who advanced today (only two walk-trot riders took part in that division) and the alumni will compete against the survivors of Zone 2, Region 3 Regionals (which took place down the street at Morrisville State College at roughly the same time as Region 2 Regionals) and the survivors of Zone 2, Region 1 Regionals on April 4th. The lucky few from each of these three regions will ride at Zone 2 Zones, which are hosted by Region 2 this season at Cazenovia College on Friday, April 9th. Cazenovia will also take part in the team competition, as the wildcats were high point hunter seat team this season. Cazenovia will take on Centenary College from Region 1 and Skidmore College from Region 3, with the top two teams advancing to IHSA Nationals May 6th through 9th in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Region 2 Stock Seat Regionals were held the following Wednesday evening. With the top three in each class advancing to Zones, and with no more than three qualified in all but one division, the show was mostly a formality. Katie Fistner of Cazenovia, who was once again the leading stock seat open rider in the region, won open horsemanship while teammate Kristen Lajeunesse edged her out in open reining. Novice horsemanship had only one qualifier, this in the person of Cazenovia's Karen Sinnott. Intermediate horsemanship was the only class with more than three qualified. Heather Reynolds of Cazenovia won the class, best in a field of eight. All the stock seat Zone 2 Zones qualifiers came from Cazenovia except in the beginner horsemanship class, where Larissa Perlmutter of Syracuse took the blue over orangeman teammate Rachel Farrow. Following the Syracuse-only class came the alumni divisions, with SUNY - Cortland graduate Paige Flaherty in a SUNY - Oswego sandwich between Shannon Whitney and Alicia Fereday. Whitney was first, Flaherty second and Fereday third in both alumni divisions.

Cazenovia will host Stock Seat Zones on April 10th, the day after Hunter Seat stage Good Friday Zones. The wildcats will face Region 3 annual winner Morrisville State College (formerly SUNY - Morrisville) and the Centenary Cyclones, narrow three-point winners over the United States Military Academy and taking a stock seat team to Zones for the first time.

--Story by Steve Maxwell; Results courtesy Naomi Blumenthal/Cazenovia Athletic Department

Class results, in the order in which they were held, with the top three in each Hunter Seat Class advancing to Zone 2 Zones on April 9th in Cazenovia, New York, and the top three in each Stock Seat Class advancing to Zone 2 Western Zones on April 10th also in Cazenovia, NY:

Open equitation over fences: 1. Missy Starr, Cazenovia College. 2. Leslie Miller, State University of New York at Geneseo. 3. Megan Cowen, Cazenovia College. 4. Alexis Tearney, Syracuse University. 5. Janelle Kappe, Rochester Institute of Technology. 6. Marissa Stashenko, Syracuse University.

Intermediate equitation over fences: 1. Kelly Gaffney, Saint Lawrence University. 2. Frank Bassett, Cazenovia College. 3. Nikki Caron, Cazenovia College. 4. Jill Callahan, Saint Lawrence University. 5. Kate Richardson, State University of New York at Potsdam. 6. Elizabeth Squier, Rochester Institute of Technology. 7. Liz Solarek, Syracuse University. 8. Regina Young, Syracuse University. 9. Tarah Watson, Saint Lawrence University.

Novice equitation over fences: 1. Ashley Puelo, Syracuse University. 2. Lesley Olander, Cazenovia College. 3. Marilyn Sturges, Rochester Institute of Technology. 4. Kathy Feasel, Nazareth College. 5. Jacquelyn Spector, Nazareth College. 6. Georgia Barry, Alfred University. 7. Amanda Church, Saint Lawrence University. 8. Sara Tripoli, Cazenovia College. 9. Anne Haggarty, State University of New York at Geneseo. 10. Cheryl Adams, Cazenovia College.

Open equitation on the flat: 1. Kelsey Cochran, Saint Lawrence University. 2. Megan Cowen, Cazenovia College. 3. Tarah Watson, Saint Lawrence University. 4. Jenelle Kappe, Rochester Institute of Technology. 5. Rachel Ragazzino, Saint Lawrence University. 6. Alexis Tearney, Syracuse University. 7. Kaysee Larkin, Cazenovia College. 8. Missy Starr, Cazenovia College. 9. Leslie Miller, State University of New York at Geneseo. 10. Kelly Gaffney, Saint Lawrence University.

Intermediate equitation on the flat: 1. Frank Bassett, Cazenovia College. 2. Jill Callahan, Saint Lawrence University. 3. Jacquelyn Spector, Nazareth College. 4. Melissa Ennis, State University of New York at Potsdam. 5. Cheryl Adams, Cazenovia College. 6. Janice Washburn, State University of New York at Geneseo. 7. Jeanne Stenswold, Syracuse University. 8. Kate Richardson, State University of New York at Potsdam. 9. Regina Young, Syracuse University. 10. Liz Solarek, Syracuse University.

Novice equitation on the flat: 1. Marilyn Sturges, Rochester Institute of Technology. 2. Jen Nyhan, Cazenovia College. 3. Amanda Church, Saint Lawrence University. 4. Georgia Barry, Alfred University. 5. Sasha Vaut, Syracuse University. 6. Amanda Grumman, Cazenovia College. 7. Sara Tripoli, Cazenovia College. 8. Nikki Newidomy, State University of New York at Oswego. 9. Kim Reichner, Alfred University. 10. Elizabeth Winner, Saint Lawrence University.

Advanced walk-trot-canter: 1. Kate Bennett, Cazenovia College. 2. Hallie Britt, Saint Lawrence University. 3. Liz McCormick, Saint Lawrence University. 4. Lianna Girschman, Alfred University. 5. Katie Frickland, Alfred University. 6. Stephanie Harding, State University of New York at Potsdam. 7. Pamela Olkerholm, University of Rochester. 8. Jennifer Schoonbeck, Nazareth College. 9. Jen Neal, Cazenovia College. 10. Emily Garvilla, Nazareth College.

Walk-trot: 1. Kate Dolan, State University of New York at Oswego. 2. Elizabeth Van Voorst, State University of New York at Potsdam.

Open reining: 1. Kristen Lajeunesse, Cazenovia College. 2. Katie Fistner, Cazenovia College.

Open western horsemanship: 1. Katie Fistner, Cazenovia College. 2. Megan Dauler, Cazenovia College. 3. Kristen Lajeunesse, Cazenovia College.

Advanced western horsemanship: 1. Kim Adams, Cazenovia College. 2. Nicole Caron, Cazenovia College.

Novice western horsemanship: Karen Sinnott, Cazenovia College (no other entries).

Intermediate western horsemanship: 1. Heather Reynolds, Cazenovia College. 2. Kristina Steele, Cazenovia College. 3. Amy Gingher, Cazenovia College. 4. Megan Malone, Syracuse University. 5. Julie Hall, Cazenovia College. 6. Lindsay Brown, Cazenovia College. 7. Jenny Austin, Cazenovia College. 8. Audrey Hager, State University of New York at Oswego.

Beginner western horsemanship: 1. Larissa Perlmutter, Syracuse University. 2. Rachel Farrow, Syracuse University.

Alumni reining: 1. Shannon Whitney, State University of New York at Oswego. 2. Paige Flaherty, State University of New York at Cortland. 3. Alica Fereday, State University of New York at Oswego.

Alumni western horsemanship: 1. Shannon Whitney, State University of New York at Oswego. 2. Paige Flaherty, State University of New York at Cortland. 3. Alica Fereday, State University of New York at Oswego.