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IHSA ZONE 3 - REGION 5

Four schools from Zone 3, Region 2 moved into Zone 3, Region 5 in 2023-24 and one of them nearly won the season opener on September 30th. West Chester University co-hosted with Bucks County Community College (another former Zone 3, Region 2 school) and Rams senior Jenna Taylor led the way with firsts in both her intermediate flat and novice fences classes. Seen here with her Parents, Taylor was the only rider to win twice that day and thus took home the high point rider ribbon. West Chester fell to the University of Delaware by only a point, 31-30 in the first of six Region 5 fall hunter seat shows.

Lydia Chandler of Villanova University (pictured) is also new to Region 5 in 2023-24. However this is because Chandler is a transfer from Sweet Briar College. The sophomore from Wilmington, Delaware had a nice Region 5 debut, earning a second in open fences and a third in open flat to end the day in second place overall in the Region 5 hunter seat open rider standings.

The last time Isabel Ernst of the University of Pennsylvania competed in a show with an IHSA connection she was busy helping the Quakers take home reserve champion honors behind Cornell University at the All-Ivy League Invitational in Ithaca, New York last April 23rd (she is seen here with several of her ribbons, but not the best one as Ernst was high point rider for the day after this photo was taken). The senior from Vero Beach, Florida kicked off 2023-24 with a first in open fences and a second in open flat to take the early lead in the Region 5 hunter seat open rider standings. And Ernst even won the four-way 'question-off' for Reserve High Point Rider on September 30th.

From Ringoes, New Jersey, Nina McManus of Rowan University (on right, with her Mother) was the only freshman to qualify for the question-off with judge Creigh Duncan. McManus won her limit flat and placed second in limit fences to tie three others and have a shot at the reserve high point rider ribbon that ultimately went to Ernst.

Some of the more densely-populated suburbs of New York City are producing a lot of big-time IHSA riders of late. While a great number come from Montclair, New Jersey the town of Cranford, New Jersey can claim Natalia Onisko of the University of Delaware (on left) as a resident when not in school. Onisko came up big for the Fighting Blue Hens last April 8th, winning both her team limit flat and fences classes to help lift UDel to second place in the team standings. This meant that for the first time since she took over as head coach at the University of Delaware a decade earlier that Whitney Carmouche (on right) would field a full hunter seat team at an IHSA Nationals event nearly a month later in Lexington, Kentucky. Onisko kicked off 2023-24 with a first in limit flat and a second in limit fences to join Ernst, McManus and UDel teammate Maggie Lawrence in the question-off.

Bucks County Community College had only one rider entered at the September 30th show they co-hosted with West Chester at Black Horse Stables in Norristown. But that one rider went undefeated! She is introductory rider Shannon Davis, who is seen here between her Mother on the right and BCCC head coach Amanda Enwright (who is also the head coach at Temple University). Davis won the first of two sections of introductory equitation, which meant the junior from Holland, Pennsylvania earned seven team points for Bucks which was more than two other teams present which had multiple riders entered.

Schools from four different states compete in Zone 3, Region 5 with Salisbury University in Maryland being the Southernmost school. September 30th was the debut of Seagulls assistant coach Brooke Chavez (on left), who is seen here with 'Eve' and Salisbury freshman Corean Toner. With Chavez acting as head coach on this day the Seagulls finished higher in the standings than they usually did last season, placing fifth out of 12 teams while scoring 19 points behind only Rowan (with 21), Penn (22), West Chester (30) and the University of Delaware (31).

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Schools competing in Zone 3, Region 5 during the 2023-24 school year: Bucks County Community College, Drexel University, Franklin & Marshall College, Rowan University, Salisbury University, Stockton University, Temple University, University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, Washington College and West Chester University.

Winter/Spring 2024 Show Schedule for Zone 3, Region 5:

Saturday, January 27 Rutgers University/Entire Region (Co-Hosts) at the Dream Park, Logan Township, NJ 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, February 10 Penn State University (Host) at Eagle Valley Equestrian Center, Bellefonte, PA 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, February 11 Franklin & Marshall College (Host) at Linden Hall School for Girls, Lititz, PA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY - RE-SCHEDULED FROM NOVEMBER 4TH

Saturday, February 17 Delaware Valley University (Host) at Saddlebrook Equestrian Center, Schwenksville, PA 9:00AM 2 WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, February 18 Temple University/Rowan University (Co-Hosts) at Black Horse Stables, Norristown, PA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, February 25 Drexel University (Host) at Durango Farm, West Chester, PA 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 2 Wilson College (Host) on campus at the Hawthorne Riding Arena at the Penn Hall Equestrian Center, Chambersburg, PA 8:30AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 2 Zone 3 Western Regionals on the campus of Wilson College at the Hawthorne Riding Arena at the Penn Hall Equestrian Center, Chambersburg, PA HELD FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE WILSON SHOW - WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 3 University of Delaware (Host) at C-Line Stables, Townsend, DE 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, March 10 Salisbury University (Host) at Country Comfort Farm, St. Michaels, MD 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 23 Zone 3, Region 5 Hunter Seat Regionals at C-Line Stables, Townsend, DE Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, March 23 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by the University of Findlay at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 24 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by the University of Findlay at the University of Findlay Equine Animal Science Center, Findlay, OH Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, April 7 ZONE 3 ZONES at Brookside Show Stable, Ringoes, NJ Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Friday through Sunday, May 3 - 5 IHSA NATIONALS at Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring, NC Time each day TBA ENGLISH AND WESTERN

Schools in each Zone 3 Hunter Seat Region will show Western as part of one big region again in 2023-24. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Region 5 Team Champions (Region 5 known as Zone 4, Region 4 2010-13 and was spun off from part of Zone 3, Region 2 following the 2009-10 season)

Hunter Seat:

1997 - University of Delaware (1996-97
IHSA Hunter Seat National Champions)
1998 - Kutztown University
1999 - University of Delaware
2000 - University of Delaware
2001 - University of Delaware
2002 - University of Delaware
2003 - University of Delaware
2004 - Delaware Valley College
2005 - Delaware Valley College
2006 - Delaware Valley College
2007 - University of Delaware
2008 - University of Delaware
2009 - Delaware Valley College
2010 - Delaware Valley College
2011 - University of Delaware
2012 - University of Delaware
2013 - Drexel University
2014 - University of Delaware
2015 - University of Delaware
2016 - University of Delaware
2017 - University of Delaware
2018 - University of Delaware
2019 - University of Delaware
2020 - University of Delaware
2022 - University of Delaware
2023 - University of Delaware

Western:

1999 - Kutztown University
2000 - Kutztown University
2001 - University of Delaware
2002 - Rutgers University
2003 - Bucks County Community College
2004 - Bucks County Community College
2005 - Delaware Valley College
2006 - Delaware Valley College
2007 - Delaware Valley College
2008 - Delaware Valley College
2009 - Washington College
2010 - University of Delaware
2011 - University of Delaware
2012 - University of Delaware
2013 - University of Delaware
2014 - University of Delaware
2015 - University of Delaware
2016 - University of Delaware
2017 - Delaware Valley University
2018 - Delaware Valley University
2019 - Penn State University (State College)
2020 - University of Delaware
2022 - Delaware Valley University
2023 - Delaware Valley University

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