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IHSA ZONE 7 - REGION 5

In this photo you have the only two Black Hawk College hunter seat riders ever to qualify for an IHSA Nationals event. On the left is hunter seat coach Alissa Frederick Cotton, who was tenth in what was then called individual novice over fences at 2013 Nationals (and who has since married former Black Hawk western coach Drew Cotton; The division is now called limit fences). In the middle is Sophia Napierski - Hamilton, a senior from Danville, Pennsylvania who was second in individual novice equitation at Zone 7 Zones in Lubbock, Texas on March 28th to qualify to compete at Nationals in the same division on May 1st. On the right is Black Hawk assistant coach Olivia Henning, who gets to be in the photo with the current and former English Nationals Qualifiers. One season ago Napierski - Hamilton was a member of the first Black Hawk team ever to win a hunter seat Region Title.

Zone 7, Region 5 is one of the largest IHSA Regions in land miles, which can best be explained by saying Kansas State can be found on the far left and Northern Illinois University on the far right and to the north (you have the entire state of Missouri in between). The NIU Huskies qualified one rider to 2026 IHSA Nationals and she is Abigail Jarovsky (on right). A sophomore from Hampshire, Illinois, Jarovsky won the individual limit on the flat at Zone 7 Zones in Lubbock, Texas on March 29th to reach Nationals. Seen here with head coach Joleen DeWitt, Jarovsky closed out the season with a fifth in the same division at IHSA Nationals in Mill Spring, North Carolina on May 1st.

The facility in Mill Spring, North Carolina where IHSA Nationals was held for a record third year in a row is properly named Tryon International Equestrian Center. And Haley Mannell of Kansas State University (on right) and Wildcats head coach Ann White are seen here in the Tryon indoor before the over fences phase of the Cacchione Cup Competition. A junior from Topeka, Kansas, Mannell previously was second in the Cacchione class at Zone 7 Zones on March 29th to advance through to Nationals in the division which determines the top hunter seat rider in the IHSA each season.

At 2026 IHSA Nationals we meant to take a photo of Missouri State University head coach Natalie Mook (on right) with one or two of her three Western riders qualified for the year-end show. But as dumb luck would have it this writer/photographer was on the other side of the Tryon International indoor trying to take an English photo when the Bears were in action in the Western arena. So first we will acknowledge those three riders who our camera missed. They are Hope Cabral, who was tenth in individual level I horsemanship; Bella Mccutchan, who was seventh in individual rookie horsemanship, and Bridgette Smith, whose second in individual beginner western horsemanship was the best ribbon earned by any Region 5 rider at 2026 Nationals. And we would be remiss if we did not mention the Bears won a second consecutive western region title in '26. Prior to changing the photos on this page the fourth photo down was of Sofia Reisinger of Missouri State in her Western clothes after a ninth in individual rookie horsemanship at 2024 IHSA Nationals. And since we had an unused photo of Reisinger and Mook taken at 2025 Nationals we thought we would use it here. A senior From Plano, Texas this season, Reisinger qualified for 2026 Regionals in the limit flat division.

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The Zone 7, Region 5 Smorgasbord

Schools which competed in Zone 7, Region 5 during the 2025-2026 school year: Black Hawk College, Illinois State University, Kansas State University, Missouri State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Truman State University, University of Kansas, Washington University in St. Louis and Western Illinois University.

Fall 2026 Show Schedule for Zone 7, Region 5:

Saturday, October 3 Kansas State University (Host) at Vermillion Valley Equine Center, Belvue, KS Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, October 4 Kansas State University (Host) at Vermillion Valley Equine Center, Belvue, KS Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, October 10 Iowa State University (Host) at Jester Park Equestrian Center, Granger, IA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, October 11 Iowa State University (Host) at Jester Park Equestrian Center, Granger, IA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Saturday, October 31 Entire Region (Co-Hosts) at Tower Hill Equestrian Center, Dawson, IL Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Sunday, November 1 Entire Region (Co-Hosts) at Tower Hill Equestrian Center, Dawson, IL Time TBA ENGLISH ONLY

Saturday, November 14 Iowa State University (Host) at Jester Park Equestrian Center, Granger, IA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Sunday, November 15 Iowa State University (Host) at Jester Park Equestrian Center, Granger, IA Time TBA WESTERN ONLY

Black Hawk College, Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and Western Illinois University are located in Zone 7, Region 5 for hunter seat but in Zone 7, Region 4 for Western. Iowa State University is located in Zone 7, Region 4 for Hunter Seat but in Zone 7, Region 5 for Western. All times listed are Local Time. Show Schedule subject to change.

Recent Zone 7, Region 5 Team Champions (Most of the region was known as Zone 9, Region 2 2002-2010 and was re-named Zone 7, Region 5 prior to the fall of 2010. Western divided into two regions starting fall 2016 through early 2020. An Asterisk * indicates school was Zone 7, Region 4 Western Region Champion)

Hunter Seat:

2003 - Kansas State University
2004 - Kansas State University
2005 - Kansas State University
2006 - Kansas State University
2007 - Northern Illinois University
2008 - Northern Illinois University
2009 - Northern Illinois University
2010 - Truman State University
2011 - Truman State University
2012 - Truman State University
2013 - Northern Illinois University
2014 - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
2015 - Kansas State University
2016 - Kansas State University
2017 - Kansas State University
2018 - Northern Illinois University
2019 - Truman State University
2020 - Illinois State University
2022 - Washington University in St. Louis
2023 - Kansas State University
2024 - Kansas State University
2025 - Black Hawk College
2026 - Illinois State University

Western:

2003 - Kansas State University
2004 - Black Hawk College
2005 - Kansas State University
2006 - Kansas State University
2007 - Black Hawk College
2008 - Black Hawk College
2009 - Black Hawk College
2010 - Black Hawk College
2011 - Black Hawk College
2012 - Black Hawk College
2013 - Black Hawk College
2014 - Black Hawk College
2015 - Black Hawk College
2016 - Black Hawk College
2017 - Black Hawk College*
2017 - Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College
2018 - Black Hawk College*
2018 - Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College
2019 - Black Hawk College*
2019 - Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College
2020 - Black Hawk College*
2020 - Northeastern Oklahoma A and M College
2022 - Black Hawk College (2021-22
IHSA Western National Champions)
2023 - Black Hawk College
2024 - Iowa State University
2025 - Missouri State University
2026 - Missouri State University

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