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MOUNTAINEERS CAPTURE FIRST-EVER HUNTER SEAT ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP Forest City, PA - From 2003 through 2009 Penn State University (the State College campus, or University Park campus as some call it) saw their IHSA Equestrian Team not only survive Zone 3 Zones with a full hunter seat team but actually win high point team honors at each of the seven Zones competitions in that span. With yet another region championship won in 2010, the Nittany Lions took a full hunter seat team to Zones for the 20th time in 22 seasons. Most pronosticators would probably pick Penn State to win it again. After all, why bet against a team that has won seven straight? Keep picking them to win until for once they don't do it. For nearly 15 years during Penn State's run of Region titles, one of the schools the Nittany Lions routinely finished ahead of every season was West Virginia University. The Mountaineers did well enough to finish second overall in what was the make-up of Zone 3, Region 3 at that time, but not once could the school from Morgantown, West Virginia prevail for the Region Title. In mid-2005 the IHSA re-aligned Zones 2 and 3 slightly, with Zone 3, Region 3 becoming Western Pennsylvania, part of West Virginia and the University of Buffalo from New York State. Central Pennsylvania took the name of Zone 3, Region 1 and save for Bucknell, Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall this region was mostly made up of former Region 3 schools including Penn State. With Penn State no longer in Region 3 West Virginia University became the head honcho. The Mountaineers ran off five Region Titles in five seasons, even winning every show one of those seasons. However when it came time for the four-way team competition at Zones in both 2006 and 2007 the Mountaineers were third each time. In both cases only the top two teams survived, with Delaware Valley in '06 and the University of Delaware in '07 joining Penn State at the year-end National show via the Reserve Champion ribbon. 2008 Zones in Doylestown, Pennsylvania saw a change in the top two. The Mountaineers (in this their undefeated regular season) finally made it past Zones. West Virginia did not win but their ability to come in second behind Penn State meant a full hunter seat team would be traveling to Burbank, California and IHSA Nationals. It was clearly the proudest moment in WVU program history at the time. The Mountaineers finally got the better of Penn State someplace, as West Virginia outscored the Nittany Lions 6-3 in the 2008 IHSA Nationals hunter seat team competition. West Virginia received ninth place at Nationals for their efforts. However the 2008-09 season did not have a similar happy ending for the Mountaineers. For the first time Zones were held at Birchtown Stables in Forest City, Pennsylvania, and for the fourth year in a row a different team captured the red ribbon. Lafayette College became the first school ever from Zone 3, Region 4 to place above third in a hunter seat Zones team competition. In their first appearance ever with a full team at Zones the Leopards succeeded where the previous seven qualified Region 4 teams had not. Meanwhile West Virginia was fourth out of four for the first time, eventually trailing a Delaware Valley team that had gotten off to a poor start before rising into yellow ribbon territory. With a first-year Head Coach in Debra Fields taking over for Michele Koury in 2009-10, the Mountaineers did not fly out of the box as has normally been the case since Fall 2005. Though West Virginia continually had the lead both Slippery Rock University and Edinboro University were much closer to the top than usual through four fall Region 3 shows. However by the end of the season the Mountaineer's depth in most divisions made them the best regionwide at blocking points, and when the dust settled West Virginia won the region by a 40 point margin over Edinboro. Somewhat surprisingly, the other three defending Zone 3 Region Champions all repeated. Lafayette won Region 4 by 28 points over a Penn State - Berks Campus team that may have been considerably closer to the top had they not used an ineligible rider during the fall. Delaware Valley College came from behind at the final show to defeat the University of Delaware by a narrow 329-326 margin in Region 2. And Penn State had the easiest route to Zones, finishing ahead of Bucknell 283-203 to capture their eighth consecutive Region Title. Not since 1999 and 2000 had the same teams met up at Zone 3 Zones in the hunter seat team competition (those events were three-way meets, with the University of Delaware representing Region 2, Penn State representing Region 3 and Fairfield University representing Region 1. Fairfield and the rest of what was Zone 3, Region 1 at the time were re-named Zone 2, Region 4 prior to the start of the 2005-06 season).
Unlike all of the previous Zone 3 Zones shows where the top two hunter seat teams advanced to IHSA Nationals, the top THREE would be allowed to continue on to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for 2010 Nationals. Through the 2009-10 season the IHSA had a rule where if over 1,000 hunter seat riders are registered in a specific Zone then that Zone gets to take the top three teams at the Zones show to IHSA Nationals. Also the top three riders in each individual class automatically qualify for the National show. However at their 2010 winter meeting the IHSA Executive Board ratified sweeping changes for the 2010-11 season, creating several new regions, removing one zone and eliminating the rules which base the number of individuals and teams surviving Zones based on the number of riders in that particular zone. For 2010-11 only the top two teams and top two individuals will survive Zones regardless of the number of registered riders. Since Zone 3 only went over 1,000 riders this season 2010 Zones will likely be the only time the top three will survive this particular competition. For the second year in a row Birchtown Stables was the site of Zone 3 Zones. The competition began just before 9:30AM, with the over fences phase of the Cacchione Cup competition. Not all zones hold this class, as all four riders are automatically qualified to compete at the National show regardless of the outcome of this division (Zone 3 in fact has not always held this division at zones). After all four riders navigated the jumps it was time for the first class which would actually send five riders home, the Individual Open Over Fences. Three of the four Cacchione riders had to mount up again, with only one clinching an additional trip to Nationals. After all eight riders had jumped the course, Judge Diane Braun asked two of them to test. There was some surprise, as Kutztown University teammates Andrea Heinzman and Alexis Wirth were the riders called back. The surprise was that some thought one of the two Penn State riders had done a better job. When the placings were announced it turned out that Judge Braun had in fact been testing for third place, which was awarded to Wirth. A sophomore from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, it was Wirth's first time securing a place at an IHSA National show. Second went to Penn State sophomore Elizabeth Lubrano. From Glenmoore, Pennsylvania Lubrano would be no stranger to Nationals, having ridden several times at the 2009 event and would compete for the Cacchione Cup a second consecutive season as well. Lubrano's teammate Jessica Hoy won a class at Zones for the second time in three years and for the first time on an individual basis. A senior from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Hoy rode 'Autumn' to victory and thus locked up a trip to Lexington. Previously Hoy rode in team intermediate over fences at both the Big E in West Springfield, Massachusetts (2007 Nationals) and the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, California (2008 Nationals) with her only top-six placing a fifth during her sophomore year. Lubrano had a busy start to her day, being the only rider entered in each of the first three classes. Team Open Over Fences was next, with Lubrano hoping to give the Nittany Lions the early lead. Braun did not test any of the four team open fences riders, each of which returned to the ring for the awarding of ribbons. At Zones the results are announced in reverse order, so Delaware Valley College senior Devan McNamara heard her name first. Though McNamara was fourth and suffered a refusal, her Del Val team would rally through the day. Lubrano was only third, perhaps a surprise as it would mean the Nittany Lions would trail not one but two teams through one division for only the second time since 2003. Danielle Miranda, a Lafayette College sophomore from Mendham, New Jersey was the red ribbon winner while Miranda Cain, a West Virginia University junior from Parkersburg, West Virginia was the team open fences champion. Like Hoy, Cain was fortunate to draw 'Autumn,' now two-for-two on the day. Though West Virginia had been in a tie with Penn State for first at 16-all through three team classes at 2008 Zone 3 Zones this marked the first time in program history the Mountaineers held the lead outright at an IHSA hunter seat Zones competition.
The following class, the Individual Intermediate Over Fences, proved to be one of the more problematic of the day. After all eight riders took their turns (with many of the trips less than stellar) the class was all set to be placed before the stewards stopped the announcements. After a delay it was decided that four of the eight riders would receive re-rides. This probably changed the results radically, as two of the eventual top three were much better on their second go-rounds. When results were announced Maggie Gordon had benefited the most. A sophomore from Jericho, New York, Gordon had a refusal and would likely have been eighth. Instead the lone Lehigh University rider at Zones (who would ride again later in individual open flat) was third and on her way to Lexington. West Chester junior Heather Yarnell, who might have won the division had their not been any re-rides, was the Reserve Champion while Bucks County Community College sophomore Lyndsey Broadhead was the blue ribbon winner. One of the four who was granted a re-ride, Broadhead was the second rider from Doylestown, PA to win a class this morning. Though West Virginia had the lead Region 3 was still looking for their first individual rider to punch their ticket to Nationals. Delaware Valley looked like they were in big trouble when Jessica Buck encountered difficulty in Team Intermediate Over Fences. However the freshman from Harrisonburg, Virginia would receive a re-ride and have an improved trip her second go-round. When the placings were announced Penn State senior Stephanie Zawatski was fourth, Buck third, Michela Torchio of Lafayette second and Sharon Frankhouser of West Virginia the team intermediate fences champion. Coincidentally from Morgantown, West Virginia (just like the school she competes for), Frankhouser extended the Mountaineer's lead. The sophomore who is a junior creditwise made the score West Virginia 14, Lafayette 10, Penn State 7 and Delaware Valley 7 through two team divisions. Riders who were still in school could take a break for one division as Alumni Over Fences was next. Because no one in Region 3 had anywhere near enough points to qualify for Regionals in alumni fences there were only five riders in this division. When the class was completed fifth place went to 2009 Kutztown graduate Lauren Casale. A former Cacchione rider, Casale had a refusal while the remaining four did not. Many in attendance thought Jamie Mast Windle was worthy of a ribbon above fourth place. Nevertheless the former Delaware Valley rider was given the white ribbon. 2006 C.W. Post College graduate Danielle Reynolds was third to earn her first-ever trip to IHSA Nationals. Though she had ridden exclusively in Zone 2 prior to 2009-10 (and even reached Zones a few times) this was Reynolds' first time competing at Zone 3 Zones. Riders who graduated in other zones rounded out the top two, as Clemson University graduate Niki Carter was second and Drew University alum Tori Frederick first. 2008 graduate Frederick (who can claim Mast Windle as her former baby-sitter) remained undefeated in Forest City, Pennsylvania, having won alumni flat in her only ride at Zone 3 Zones last April 5th. And Frederick still had another ride left at today's show. Following a 35 minute schooling break it was time for Individual Novice Over Fences. Perhaps the schooling break helped, as there were no re-rides in this division. Emily Esteve, a Lafayette senior from Skillman, New Jersey was third. Zawatski, a senior from Monroe, Connecticut who won the division at Regionals on April 3rd, was the Reserve Champion. Irene Gladys, a West Virginia University sophomore from Baltimore, Maryland became the first Region 3 rider to make the top three individually at '10 Zones and thus assure herself of a trip to the Kentucky Horse Park. Gladys won the class to give the Mountaineers their third blue ribbon of the day. Team Novice Over Fences was the final jumping division of the day. Very surprisingly Penn State's Erika Flashner was fourth, which meant that Penn State would be in fourth place through three team classes. Julie Doyle of Lafayette was third. Morgan Squires, a sophomore from Ramsey, New York earned the Reserve Champion ribbon for West Virginia while Delaware Valley broke the Mountaineer's run of blue ribbons with a first via Courtney Dyson. A junior from Ironsides, Maryland, Dyson's first made the score West Virginia 19, Delaware Valley 14, Lafayette 14 and Penn State 10. The novice fences divisions were run at a brisk pace, as the 12 combined riders were in and out of the ring - including the presentation of ribbons - in exactly 20 minutes. Following the removal of jumps and another schooling break the final five team classes were nearly run in order, interupted once for the Cacchione Cup flat phase. The first of these team classes was Team Open on the Flat. This class was, in the opinions of some, a game-changer. Lubrano, Cain and Miranda were back from team open fences, while Delaware Valley was represented by senior Terence Prunty. From Cranford, New Jersey, Prunty had some difficulty with his draw. However once all four riders were lined up, it came to pass that one of the stewards entered into the ring and asked everyone to dismount their current horse. Then each rider got on a different horse. It is unclear if the division had been re-started or if this was essentially a test, but after the horse change Prunty was much improved while Lubrano encountered difficulties. When ribbons were presented Lubrano, who was fourth in the Cacchione Cup at 2009 Nationals and who earned 90 of a possible 98 points in Zone 3, Region 1 open classes during the regular season, was fourth. Miranda was third, Cain second and Prunty, who like McNamara had a refusal in team open fences at the start of '09 Zones, the Team Open Flat Champion. In total contrast to the '09 contest Del Val had staged a rally and now found themselves only three points out of first halfway through the team divisions. Penn State had thus far their worst start to any Zones show in the 21 years that such competitions had been held. At least one alumni rider who watched the division felt the decision to have riders switch horses totally changed the complexion of the division. Through four team classes it was West Virginia 24, Delaware Valley 21, Lafayette 18 and Penn State 13. Team Intermediate on the Flat was next, and for the first time all day a Penn State rider avoided a yellow or white ribbon in a team class. Brian Stone, a senior from West Chester, Pennsylvania, was second to give the Nittany Lions hope of climbing up the chart. Kristin Lawrence of Delaware Valley was fourth, Jessica Grabowski of Lafayette third and Frankhouser, in her second ride of the day, once again a blue ribbon winner. At this point the Mountaineers needed only to stay on, for even if their remaining three riders each placed fourth (raising their total to 40 points) Penn State could not catch them (the Nittany Lions would earn no more than 39 points even if they won out in the remaining three divisions). With three classes to go it was West Virginia 31, Delaware Valley 24, Lafayette 22 and Penn State 18. The Cacchione Cup flat phase was next. Following the riders walking, trotting and cantering in each direction, the placings were announced. Lubrano would earn her best ribbon of the day, winning the class. Heinzman, who just missed the top three in individual open fences was second this time. Prunty was third while Washington & Jefferson College senior Erica Green was fourth. Again it bears repeating that all four riders would still be competing in a field of 31 for the Cacchione Cup the following month. The usually unpredictable Team Walk-Trot division was next. Because none of these riders had any real riding experience prior to college this division usually comes down to who learned the most in a short period of time. Once everyone had walked and trotted in each direction and were lined up fourth place went to Melissa Milligan of Delaware Valley, third place to Anthony Senita of Penn State, second to Holly Sandelands of Lafayette and the blue ribbon to Jaclyn Niggemyer of West Virginia. A sophomore from Wheeling, West Virginia, Niggemyer clinched a trip to Nationals for the entire Mountaineer team with the win. Regardless of if West Virginia received even one point in the final two team classes the worst they could do was finish third. Through six team classes it was West Virginia 38, Delaware Valley 27, Lafayette 27 and Penn State 22. It was now a case of do-or-die for Penn State, whose run of Zone Championships had already been halted. For West Virginia it was now not so much a question of if they would win their first-ever hunter seat Zone Championship but when. Team Novice Flat was the seventh team class, and once it was time for the ribbons to be given out the Mountaineer faithful received the inevitable good news. With the placings read in reverse order Molly Clarke of Lafayette was fourth, Katheryn Norris of Penn State was third, Kathryn Gibson of Delaware Valley second and Kate Scott of West Virginia the novice flat champion. A sophomore from West Chester, Pennsylvania, Scott raised the Mountaineer's total to 45 and assured that the school from Morgantown would take the high point team ribbon home. Norris's ability to finish one point ahead of Clarke meant that third place was still up for grabs. Though Lafayette held a 30-26 lead over Penn State with only the Team Walk-Trot-Canter division still to come the Nittany Lions had one scenario to hope for. Because neither Penn State nor Lafayette had won a blue ribbon in a team class so far (in contrast West Virginia had five of them) a win for Penn State coupled with a fourth for Lafayette in Team Walk-Trot-Canter would result in a 33-all tie for third which favored the Nittany Lions. The first tiebreaker would be number of firsts which would then go to Penn State by a one-to-nothing count.
However the opposite happened and instead Lafayette made a run at Del Val for second. Team Walk-Trot-Canter was the final team class. Haleigh Boswell of Penn State was fourth, Laura Schroeder of West Virginia was third, Krista Dwyer of Delaware Valley was second and Erin Duggan of Lafayette the WTC champion. It was the first ride at a Zones show for freshman Duggan, who did her best to vault Lafayette towards the team red ribbon. However because Dwyer came in second it meant that both teams tied with 37. Because Delaware Valley had one more blue ribbon (those who may be wondering about points over fences can calculate the two teams had 14 points each including a blue ribbon for Dyson) the tiebreaker went to the Aggies. Still the Leopards would be going to Nationals with a full team for the second year in a row while West Virginia would be going for the second time in three years. For Delaware Valley it would their ninth time with a full team at the year-end show and first time in four seasons. Alas the streak of National appearences for Penn State finally came to an end. Since 1989 (when Penn State finished the 1988-89 season by tieing Colby-Sawyer College for the National Championship) this was only the fifth time that Penn State did not advance a full team to the National show. In this writer's judgement the Nittany Lions are a better team than the outcome showed today, and their sub-standard ribbons were mostly the result of a perfect storm of events leading to a do-or-die sort of feeling each team rider likely felt as the contest wore on. However if you are West Virginia you can finally say you finished ahead of the Penn State equestrian team on a grand stage of some kind. The remaining six classes were all individual flat classes. The Alumni Flat was the first of these six, with seven riders entered (this time Region 3 had a pair of entries). As is the case every season, everyone waits to see if (A) Virginia Intermont College graduate Ashton Phillips makes it to Zones, and (B) if he will survive and continue his streak of IHSA Nationals appearances. Heading into Zones Phillips had qualified to compete at Nationals in one hunter seat alumni division or another the past eight seasons. Though he no longer takes part in alumni over fences classes, Phillips was again a Zone qualifier in spite of earning only one blue ribbon in alumni flat during the regular season. When the division was completed, seventh place went to 2009 Mandy Collier of the University of Pittsburgh while sixth place went to California of Pennsylvania alum Kaley Reil. Carter was fifth in her second ride of the day while Mast Windle earned another white ribbon. Casale made the top three this time with a third. This made the '09 Golden Bear graduate the only Zone 3 alumni rider to actually go to college in Zone 3 and advance to Nationals in an alumni class. Phillips, who coaches both the New York University and Princeton University teams, was second in the division at Zones for the second season in a row. Frederick remained undefeated at Birchtown Stables, repeating as the alumni flat champion. This meant for the second year in a row Frederick would go head-to-head at Nationals versus former Drew teammate Kristine Kennedy, who won the alumni flat at Zone 2 Zones a day earlier. In 2009 Kennedy, who was a Cacchione rider at Drew as an undergraduate, earned the higher ribbon at Nationals, besting Frederick's sixth with a third.
Lubrano rode for the final time on this day as part of the Individual Open Flat division. As the placings were announced in reverse order, several riders who had already shown once today heard their names sooner than they would have liked. Green was eighth, Hoy seventh and Gordon sixth. Following Ciera Menkins of Delaware Valley in fifth and Kiley Izskula of Edinboro in fourth, third place went to Shannon Ebert of Kutztown University. A junior from New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, Ebert would be the final Golden Bear to advance to Nationals on this day. Lubrano was again a red ribbon winner while Nicole Adams extended her IHSA undergraduate era one more show with a first. A senior from Pennington, New Jersey, Adams was suprisingly the first University of Delaware rider to compete on this day. Adams would not be the only Fighting Hen to survive Zones when it was over. Individual Novice Flat was next, with a Region 2 rider best in the field for the fifth time individually counting the alumni. However both riders from Region 1 were survivors, as Penn State senior Savannah Sheldon was third while Mary McClintock of Dickinson was reserve champion. A junior from West Bath, Maine, McClintock was the only Dickinson College rider to reach Zones, giving the school from Carlisle, Pennsylvania a one thousand batting average at getting riders from Zones to Nationals in 2010. Kristin Lawrence, a Delaware Valley junior from Montgomery, New Jersey who is known to her teammates as "Klawrence" won the division to give the Aggies their first individual blue ribbon of the day.
The individual Walk-Trot was the 18th of 20 classes held on this day (counting each phase of the Cacchione as a separate division). When the division was completed third place went to Emily Wohl of Bloomsburg University. A junior from Landenberg, Pennsylvania, Wohl had won the walk-trot at Region 4 Regionals on March 20th. Reserve champion honors went to Jessica Olli of the University of Pennsylvania. A senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (making her one of not too many Penn students from the same town as the school itself), Olli had won the walk-trot at Region 2 Regionals roughly 24 hours earlier. For the first time since Gladys won the individual novice fences a Region 3 rider survived Zones on an individual basis. And like Gladys it was a West Virginia University rider winning the division outright. Alexandra Castillo, a junior from Morgantown, West Virginia (I wonder how many commuter students are on the Mountaineer team - Editor) was the second individual and sixth member of the WVUET to earn a blue ribbon at today's show. The Pennultimate division was Individual Intermediate Flat. For the only time all day a Region 3 rider who does not compete for West Virginia University placed inside the top three. Melissa McDowell, a Slippery Rock University junior from Mercer, Pennsylvania received the yellow ribbon to advance to Nationals individually. Gettysburg College advanced a rider to Nationals for the first time all day, as Meghan Spellman was the reserve champion. A sophomore from Morris Plains, New Jersey, Spellman is the first Gettysburg rider to survive Zones since Janis Groomes took over as Head Coach four seasons ago. Delaware Valley claimed their second individual blue ribbon of the day as Alyson Decker was the intermediate flat champion. A sophomore from Unionville, Pennsylvania Decker was the sixth Region 2 undergraduate rider to advance to Nationals on an individual basis so far this day.
By pure chance it turned out that Delaware Valley College had exactly one rider in each of the final five classes. Region 2 rival University of Delaware nearly equaled the challange with four (Olli of Penn was the only rider from another Region 2 school to compete after the fences came down). Samantha Felice, a Delaware Valley sophomore from Horsham, Pennsylvania became the third and final Aggie rider to advance to Nationals individually as she placed third in Individual Walk-Trot-Canter. The Fighting Hens earned their second hunter seat ride at 2010 Nationals as Abbey Randa was the WTC Reserve Champion. A sophomore from Sherbourne, Massachusetts, Randa was the eighth and final Region 2 undergraduate to survive, giving the region made up of Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware and the eastern shore of Maryland the most rides of any Zone 3 region at Nationals. Morgan Squires, a sophomore from Ramsey, New York was the individual walk-trot-canter champion and thus delivered the Mountaineers their third individual blue ribbon and eighth overall on this day. This also gave West Virginia University one more individual blue ribbon at 2010 Zone 3 Zones than Delaware Valley for yet another feather in the Mountaineer's cap. There was no doubt April 11th was the best day ever for the West Virginia Hunter Seat team. The final breakdown of individual undergraduates by region was as follows: Region 1 advanced six riders with seven rides (Spellman, McClintock, Sheldon, Zawatski, Hoy and Lubrano twice), Region 2 advanced eight riders (Yarnell, Broadhead, Adams, Randa, Olli, Lawrence, Felice and Decker), Region 3 four riders (McDowell, Gladys, Castillo and Squires) and Region 4 five riders (Esteve, Gordon, Wohl, Ebert and Wirth). Unless there are changes at some future date this will be the only time Zone 3 advances 24 rides to Nationals. This also marks perhaps the last time that several of the schools in attendance at today's show will compete at a Zone 3 event. Seven schools located in Zone 3, Region 2 will be leaving to form the new Zone 4, Region 4, meaning the University of Delaware and six others will be showing at Zone 4 Zones down south next spring. Almost all of the current Zone 3, Region 3 schools will be renamed Zone 6, Region 5 for the 2010-11 season, with at least one school in Zone 3, Region 1 joining them. This group of schools (including Zone Champion West Virginia) will now go through Zones shows in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and at some point Western Pennsylvania and/or West Virginia in the coming seasons. With Zone 3, Region 3 becoming part of Zone 6 the current Zone 2, Region 1 (including 2009 IHSA hunter seat National Champion Centenary College) will take the Zone 3, Region 3 name and compete against Regions 1, 2 and 4 at 2011 Zones. Early reports indicate that Centenary College may in fact be the site of April 2011 Zone 3 Zones. One other aspect of 2010 Zone 3 Zones that could not be overlooked was the absence of Koury and former Penn State Co-Coach Dee Vonada. Both had been fixtures at their respective programs for essentially two decades and regardless of what might have happened had they been present it was a very different Zones experience without them. This writer hopes Koury and Vonada turn up again in the IHSA at some point. --Steve Maxwell Show Incidentals: Sunny skies with temperatures reaching the mid '60's. Entire show held indoors. Start time: 9:29AM. Finish: 3:45PM - includes two separate schooling breaks totaling 80 minutes. Coaches and Captains meeting held prior to start of show. Judge: Diane E. Braun. Stewards: Vulich/Dickinson College, Bradley/University of Delaware, Keefer/Slippery Rock University, S. Casale/Kutztown University (fences classes only) and Kalmar/Lehigh University (flat classes only). Class-By-Class Results from 2010 Zone 3 Zones in Forest City, Pennsylvania, listed in the order in which they were held, with the top three riders in each individual class advancing to IHSA Nationals May 6th through 9th in Lexington, Kentucky: Individual Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Jessica Hoy, Penn State University. 2. Elizabeth Lubrano, Penn State University. 3. Alexis Wirth, Kutztown University. 4. Andrea Heinzman, Kutztown University. 5. Maria Metz, Delaware Valley College. 6. Ellen Hanson, Villanova University. 7. Erica Green, Washington & Jefferson College. 8. Erin Albert, Seton Hill University. Team Open Equitation Over Fences: 1. Miranda Cain, West Virginia University. 2. Danielle Miranda, Lafayette College. 3. Elizabeth Lubrano, Penn State University. 4. Devan McNamara, Delaware Valley College. Individual Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Lyndsey Broadhead, Bucks County Community College. 2. Heather Yarnell, West Chester University. 3. Maggie Gordon, Lehigh University. 4. Mary Zuccato, Penn State University. 5. Erin Murray, West Virginia University. 6. Deanna Yamasaki, Franklin & Marshall College. 7. Linda Beyer, Kutztown University. 8. Carly Strohmeyer, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Team Intermediate Equitation Over Fences: 1. Sharon Frankhouser, West Virginia University. 2. Michela Torchio, Lafayette College. 3. Jessica Buck, Delaware Valley College. 4. Stephanie Zawatski, Penn State University. Alumni Equitation Over Fences: 1. Tori Frederick, Drew University. 2. Niki Carter, Clemson University. 3. Danielle Reynolds, Long Island University - C.W. Post College. 4. Jamie Windle, Delaware Valley College. 5. Lauren Casale, Kutztown University. Individual Novice Equitation Over Fences: 1. Irene Gladys, West Virginia Universitiy. 2. Stephanie Zawatski, Penn State University. 3. Emily Esteve, Lafayette College. 4. Emily Rosen, West Chester University. 5. Lisa Suhrie, Slippery Rock University. 6. Cora Rivera, Drexel University. 7. J.T. Gillen, Kutztown University. 8. Emily Deuink, Bucknell University. Team Novice Equitation Over Fences: 1. Courtney Dyson, Delaware Valley College. 2. Morgan Squires, West Virginia University. 3. Julie Doyle, Lafayette College. 4. Erika Flaschner, Penn State University. Team Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Terence Prunty, Delaware Valley College. 2. Miranda Cain, West Virginia University. 3. Danielle Miranda, Lafayette College. 4. Elizabeth Lubrano, Penn State University. Team Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Sharon Frankhouser, West Virginia University. 2. Brian Stone, Penn State University. 3. Jessica Grabowski, Lafayette College. 4. Kristin Lawrence, Delaware Valley College. Cacchione Cup Class: 1. Elizabeth Lubrano, Penn State University. 2. Andrea Heinzman, Kutztown University. 3. Terence Prunty, Delaware Valley College. 4. Erica Green, Washington & Jefferson College (All four of these riders are automatically qualified for IHSA Nationals as Region Champion High Point Open Riders - Editor). Team Walk-Trot Equitation On The Flat: 1. Jaclyn Niggemyer, West Virginia University. 2. Holly Sandelands, Lafayette College. 3. Anthony Senita, Penn State University. 4. Melissa Milligan, Delaware Valley College. Team Novice Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kate Scott, West Virginia University. 2. Kathryn Gibson, Delaware Valley College. 3. Katheryn Norris, Penn State University. 4. Molly Clarke, Lafayette College. Team Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation On The Flat: 1. Erin Duggan, Lafayette College. 2. Krista Dwyer, Delaware Valley College. 3. Laura Schroeder, West Virginia University. 4. Haleigh Boswell, Penn State University. Alumni Equitation On The Flat: 1. Tori Frederick, Drew University. 2. Ashton Phillips, Virginia Intermont College. 3. Lauren Casale, Kutztown University. 4. Jamie Windle, Delaware Valley College. 5. Niki Carter, Clemson University. 6. Kaley Reil, California University of Pennsylvania. 7. Amanda Collier, University of Pittsburgh. Individual Open Equitation On The Flat: 1. Nicole Adams, University of Delaware. 2. Elizabeth Lubrano, Penn State University. 3. Shannon Ebert, Kutztown University. 4. Kiley Izskula, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. 5. Ciera Menkins, Delaware Valley College. 6. Maggie Gordon, Lehigh University. 7. Jessica Hoy, Penn State University. 8. Erica Green, Washington & Jefferson College. Individual Novice Equitation On The Flat: 1. Kristin Lawrence, Delaware Valley College. 2. Mary McClintock, Dickinson College. 3. Savannah Sheldon, Penn State University. 4. Emily Odle, Lafayette College. 5. Brittany Smith, West Virginia University. 6. Eryn Ziegler, Cedar Crest College. 7. Cassie Simon, University of Delaware. 8. Marissa McIssac, Seton Hill University. Individual Walk-Trot Equitation On The Flat: 1. Alexandra Castillo, West Virginia University. 2. Jessica Olli, University of Pennsylvania. 3. Emily Wohl, Bloomsburg University. 4. Megan Deeds, Penn State University. 5. Brianne Carnes, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. 6. Amanda Batista, Delaware Valley College. 7. Alyssa Darrenkamp, Penn State - Berks Campus. 8. Katherine Coney, Bucknell University. Individual Intermediate Equitation On The Flat: 1. Alyson Decker, Delaware Valley College. 2. Meghan Spellman, Gettysburg College. 3. Melissa McDowell, Slippery Rock University. 4. Erin Murray, West Virginia University. 5. Jen Piechowski, University of Delaware. 6. Elanna Spiegel, Lafayette College. 7. Jess Benner, Kutztown University. 8. Allison Krzeminski, Gettysburg College. Individual Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation On The Flat: 1. Morgan Squires, West Virginia University. 2. Abbey Randa, University of Delaware. 3. Samantha Felice, Delaware Valley College. 4. Heather Chojnacki, Rider University. 5. Caitlin Hume, Bucknell University. 6. Katherine Schneeberger, University of Pittsburgh. 7. Kelly Wagner, Kutztown University. 8. Megan Hoopes, Bucknell University. Final Hunter Seat Team Totals, with the top three teams advancing to IHSA Nationals: West Virginia University (2010 Zone 3 Zones Champion) 49; Delaware Valley College (Reserve) 37; Lafayette College 37 and Penn State University 29.
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