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From Rolette, North Dakota, Hannah Strong of North Dakota State University (on right) closed out her senior year by placing sixth in the individual Western High Point Open Rider Competiton at 2026 IHSA Nationals in Mill Spring, North Carolina on May 3rd. However this photo of Strong and Bison head coach Tara Swanson is from 2025 IHSA Nationals. On that occasion Strong competed in individual ranch riding but with the same result, claiming sixth place one year and two days prior to the high point rider awards ceremony. In 2026 the Bison finished on top of both the Region 3 Hunter Seat and Western Team Standings.

This photo is also from 2025 Nationals, and it makes for a good explaination about the differences between the IHSA Regular Season Scoring System which is in place through Zones and the system in place for Nationals since 2019. Save for the Nationals team competition riders receive seven points for first, five points for second, four points for third all the way down to a point for sixth place. However at IHSA Nationals points are awarded all the way down to tenth place. First is equal to ten points, second brings home eight, third is worth a lucky seven, fourth gets you six all the way down to a half point for tenth place. During the 2024-25 season the University of Wisconsin at River Falls were hunter seat Region Champions for the first time since 2001-02. And head coach Rachael Walker (on left) guided the Falcons to second place at 2025 Zone 7 Zones to field a full English team at an IHSA Nationals event for the first time in program history (also the first time ever that a Zone 7, Region 3 hunter seat team had survived Zones to compete at Nationals). On day two of 2025 Nationals Jerzie Lerch (on right) made River Falls team history by placing tenth in team limit over fences to put the Falcons on the scoreboard with a half point. For now Lerch is the only River Falls rider to place top ten at Nationals in a hunter seat team class, as none of the other Falcons' team riders could match or exceed Lerch's effort. From Juda, Wisconsin, Lerch closed out her senior year with a ninth in individual limit over fences at 2026 Zone 7 Zones on March 28th.

While Strong represented Region 3 in the individual Western High Point this season, Madison Wojcek of the University of Minnesota at Crookston (on right) had the honor a year earlier. Seen here with Golden Eagles head coach Haley Pembroke, Wojcek placed ninth in the multi-phased division which determines the top IHSA Western Rider each season. At the time a sophomore from Bremerton, Washington, Wojcek is the most recent Minnesota-Crookston rider to compete at an IHSA event.

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Schools which competed in Zone 7, Region 3 during the 2025-2026 school year: Montana State University, North Dakota State University, Rocky Mountain College, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin at River Falls.

Winter/Spring 2026 Show Schedule for Zone 7, Region 3:

Friday, February 20 North Dakota State University (Host) at the North Dakota State University Equine Center, Fargo, ND 2:00PM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 21 Zone 7, Region 3 Hunter Seat Regionals Hosted by North Dakota State University at the North Dakota State University Equine Center, Fargo, ND 9:00AM ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, February 21 North Dakota State University (Host) at the North Dakota State Equine Center, Fargo, ND 4:00PM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, February 22 Zone 7, Region 3 Western Regionals Hosted by North Dakota State University at the North Dakota State Equine Center, Fargo, ND Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 21 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 1 Hosted by Murray State University at the William "Bill" Cherry Agricultural Exposition Center, Murray, KY 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, March 22 WESTERN SEMIFINALS - DAY 2 Hosted by Murray State University at the William "Bill" Cherry Agricultural Exposition Center, Murray, KY 9:00AM WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, March 28 ZONE 7 ZONES Hosted by Texas Tech University at the Texas Tech Equestrian Center, Lubbock, TX Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Friday through Sunday, May 1 - 3 IHSA NATIONALS at Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring, NC Time each day TBA ENGLISH AND WESTERN

Montana State University and Rocky Mountain College show Western in Zone 8, Region 3. Both schools were officially located in Zone 8, Region 3 until 2020 and 2024, respectively. Both are now officially in Zone 7, Region 3 because they field Hunter Seat teams here. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Zone 7, Region 3 Team Champions (Most of Zone 7, Region 3 known as Zone 9, Region 3 prior to the 2010-11 season)

Hunter Seat:

2003 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2004 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2005 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2006 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2007 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2008 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2009 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
2010 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2011 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2012 - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2013 - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2014 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2015 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2016 - North Dakota State University
2017 - North Dakota State University
2018 - North Dakota State University
2019 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2020 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2021 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2022 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2023 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2024 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2025 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2026 - North Dakota State University

Western:

2003 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2004 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2005 - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2006 - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2007 - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2008 - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2009 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2010 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2011 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2012 - North Dakota State University
2013 - North Dakota State University
2014 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2015 - North Dakota State University
2016 - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2017 - North Dakota State University
2018 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2019 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2020 - North Dakota State University
2021 - North Dakota State University
2022 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2023 - North Dakota State University
2024 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls
2025 - University of Minnesota - Crookston
2026 - North Dakota State University

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