Though this picture was taken at Hickory Run Farm, and though it is Penn head coach Dawne Morrone getting a hug from then-intermediate rider Dina Gordon, it is not from Region 2 Regionals, at which time Gordon probably gave Morrone an even bigger hug if that is possible!

ZONE 3, REGION 2 HUNTER SEAT REGIONALS RESULTS

Newtown, PA - Score four for the Keystone State, and four for the first State. The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Delaware each advanced four riders to Zone 3 Zones during the annual Region 2 Regional show. It should be noted that most of the riders who advanced for Penn are not from the State of Pennsylvania while more riders from Pennsylvania than Delaware advanced for the fighting hens!

In plain english, this means that Dina Gordon (intermediate fences), Shahnaz Radjy (same), Katie Carssow (open fences) and Janine Stichter (intermediate flat) are all going to Zones for Penn while Ashley Leighton (open flat), Sara Holland (intermediate fences), Kim Melnick (novice flat) and Sharon Bryant (same) are all going to Zones for the University of Delaware. High point hunter seat team Delaware Valley College advanced two riders, while Franklin & Marshall College did likewise. Kristen Hummel (first in intermediate fences) and Laura Pregenzer (first in advanced walk-trot-canter) extended their seasons for the aggies while Keren Mitchell (open flat) and Jen Jones (walk-trot) continued to Zones for the diplomats. Four other riders from as many teams also get to play again next Saturday in Farmington, PA.

Delaware Valley College assistant hunter seat coach/head stock seat coach Joanne Coniglio was first in alumni flat and second in alumni fences. Another Del Val alum, Dawn Kaufman, was second to Coniglio on the flat while yet another DVC graduate, Jamie Mast, was first in alumni fences. Kaufman, who will ride in a hunter seat class at Zones for the first time, is already going to IHSA Nationals in the alumni reining division. Kaufman placed second in the division at Zone 3 Western Zones on March 27th.

Hunter Seat High Point Team Delaware Valley will take a full team to Zones for the first time in ten years, facing defending Zone 3 Champ Penn State, Stony Brook University and Kutztown University, with the top two going on to IHSA Nationals in Murfreesboro, Tennessee May 6th through 9th.

--Story by Steve Maxwell; Results courtesy Denise Prongay and Betsy Vogt, who along with Maureen Stewart were the stewards at Regionals.

Class results, in the order in which they were held, with the top two in each class advancing to Zone 3 Zones on April 10th in Farmington, PA:

Novice equitation over fences: 1. Dina Gordon, University of Pennsylvania. 2. Shahnaz Radjy, University of Pennsylvania. 3. Abby Turner, Franklin & Marshall College. 4. Sarah Keep, University of Delaware. 5. Rebekah Hardy, Washington College. 6. Lauren Boudakian, Franklin & Marshall College.

Alumni equitation over fences: 1. Jamie Mast, Delaware Valley College. 2. Joanne Coniglio, Delaware Valley College. 3. Amber Jewell, Arcadia University.

Intermediate equitation over fences: 1. Kristen Hummel, Delaware Valley College. 2. Sara Holland, University of Delaware. 3. Melissa Voytershark, Delaware Valley College. 4. Danielle Mendelsohn, Franklin & Marshall College. 5. Jeanine Pierson, Temple University. 6. Sarah Sigal, Gettysburg College.

Open equitation over fences: 1. Paige Hortman, Utah Valley State College. 2. Katie Carssow, University of Pennsylvania.

Alumni equitation on the flat: 1. Joanne Coniglio, Delaware Valley College. 2. Dawn Kaufman, Delaware Valley College. 3. Jamie Mast, Delaware Valley College. 4. Amber Jewell, Arcadia University.

Open equitation on the flat: 1. Ashley Leighton, University of Delaware. 2. Keren Mitchell, Franklin & Marshall College. 3. Erin Adams, Delaware Valley College.

Intermediate equitation on the flat: 1. Caitlin Patton, Washington College. 2. Janine Stichter, University of Pennsylvania. 3. Jen Carr, University of Delaware. 4. Amanda McGeary, University of Delaware. 5. Sara Holland, University of Delaware. 6. Danielle Mendelsohn, Franklin & Marshall College.

Novice equitation on the flat: 1. Kim Melnick, University of Delaware. 2. Sharon Bryant, University of Delaware. 3. Brooke Bacas, University of Delaware. 4. Christine Collins, University of Delaware. 5. Abby Turner, Franklin & Marshall College. 6. Jackie Nash, Gettysburg College.

Advanced walk-trot-canter: 1. Laura Pregenzer, Delaware Valley College. 2. Kristin Weimer, Bucks County Community College. 3. Cindy Kunnas, Rider University. 4. Jess Munyon, University of Delaware. 5. Alexis Madiara, Rider University. 6. Amy Maurice, University of Delaware.

Walk-trot: 1. Erin Brandt, Arcadia University. 2. Jen Jones, Franklin & Marshall College. 3. Staci Spagnola, Arcadia University. 4. Melissa Peel, Bucks County Community College. 5. Cat Krahe, University of Delaware. 6. Amanda Trauger, Delaware Valley College.