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CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS PREVAIL IN ZONES SHOW FOR THE AGES Twin Falls, ID - With over 500 hunter seat riders registered within Zone 8 for 2007-08 the top two hunter seat teams will be advancing to IHSA Nationals for only the second time in the history of the Zone (the other being in 2006). It took nine hours and many re-rides, but when it was over two teams from the regions made up mostly of California schools had survived Zone 8 Zones at the College of Southern Idahos' bright yellow Expo Center. Stanford University, which had won the previous two Zone 8 Zones team competitions, was again the winner. However though the Cardinal scored 40 points to lead the field, anything less than a first in team open flat (which concluded the schedule) would have meant elimination. The Cardinal entered the final class of the day in a three-way tie for second, as the University of Montana Western, Cal Poly - Pomona and Stanford all trailed Oregon State 34-33 at the time. "I was very proud of my riders for battling it out all day long," said Stanford University Head Coach Vanessa Bartsch a few days later. "It was certainly a test of mental and physical endurance as we arrived at the show grounds at 6am and didn't leave until after 5pm. The luck of the draw was a huge part of the day and every team had it's share of very challenging rides. The points stayed very close all day long - I think we were only in the lead for one class - and under immense pressure Sophomore Sarah Scharf did an amazing job in her first post season appearance with the Cardinal in the last class of the day (team open flat). What we didn't tell her going into the class was that we basically needed a win to go to Nationals, as in the event of a tie we would loose. She pulled out a great ride and won the class, which thereby won the show! But my hats are off to every coach and team up there as it certainly could have gone any way and I was really impressed by the camaraderie between other schools and riders in our Zone." Hailey Quirk of Cal Poly - Pomona had to finish second or higher in team open flat to assure the Broncos of reserve status, which she did with a red ribbon. Pomona, which was the only team never to occupy sole possession of last place at today's show, survived by virtue of the IHSA's tiebreaker system. The first tiebreaker is the number of blue ribbons (all four teams earned two). The Second tiebreaker is the number of red ribbons (both Pomona and Oregon State had two each). The Third tiebreaker is points over fences. Hailey Quirk won the first team class of the day for the Broncos, capturing a blue ribbon in open fences, while teammate Cassie Jackson did likewise in team novice fences a short time later. Though both scored 38 points the two blue ribbons over fences gave Cal Poly - Pomona the edge over Oregon State. The Beavers spent the first three divisions of the day in feast/famine mode, as a win for Katie Pratt in team intermediate fences was sandwiched in between a pair of fourths. Then Hayley McGuire won team walk-trot-canter and suddenly Oregon State was in second. The Beavers held that honor until Stanford went from last to a tie for second in the sixth team class, as Margaux Bennett won team novice flat for the Cardinal. However Oregon State would take their only lead of the day when Meghann Rhynard-Geil was second in team intermediate flat. That division was won by Toni Henneman of Montana Western, which moved the Bulldogs into a three-way tie for second through seven divisions. Montana Westerns' only other blue ribbon came from Ali Lund, who won team walk-trot between McGuire and Bennett's chart-topping efforts. Though the Expo Center is a familiar site to Montana Western, the Bulldogs did not have much of a home-field advantage, as they were only techincally as high as second in the team competition once following Henneman's blue ribbon. It was a good day individually for the schools in Regions 1 and 2 as well. The University of California at Los Angeles, or simply UCLA as they are known to the masses, earned three individual rides at the upcoming Nationals show only a few miles east of campus. Jenny Matthews won individual intermediate flat for the Bruins while teammate Caroline Macioszek won individual walk-trot-canter. Region 2 Cacchione qualifier Savannah Cook was second to Cal Poly - Pomona's Quirk in individual open fences, the division which started the show. Quirk was runner-up herself in individual open flat while the University of California at San Diegos' Kim Cullip won individual novice flat, giving Region 2 six individual undergraduate rides at the National show. Aside from a full Stanford team and Cacchione rider Brittany Henson of Nevada - Reno, four riders in five divisions will represent Region 1 at Nationals in the hunter seat classes. Hensons' teammate Erin Broussard bested Quirk in individual open flat while placing second in individual intermediate fences. Lisa Fowler of the University of California at Davis won individual walk-trot while Cal Poly - San Luis Obispos' Kaitlin Spak was second to Cullip in individual novice flat. Stanford has one individual qualifier in Kate Fernoff, who was second in individual novice over fences. Region 3 mangaged three undergraduate individual qualifiers, with two coming from Montana Western. Elizabeth Behrens was second to Matthews in intermediate flat while Alex Evans was secodn to Fowler in walk-trot. Nikki Medrud is the first Rocky Mountain College rider to reach Nationals since 2006 when the entire Rocky Mountain team advanced as the runner-up to Stanford in the Zone 8 team competition. Medrud won the individual novice over fences. Region 4 advanced two individual riders, one more than last season. Christina Bernards was second to Macioszak in individual walk-trot-canter while Kacie Crooks is the first rider in the short history of the University of British Columbia team to qualify for Nationals. Crooks first in individual intermediate over fences makes her the only rider from a Canadian school to qualify for IHSA Nationals this season. Three regions will be represented by alumni riders, though technically one was an undergraduate at a school located in the Northeast. Utah State Head Coach and Morrisville State College graduate Rebecca Lewis was known more for her abilities as a western rider while an undergraduate in Upstate New York, but for the first time she will compete at IHSA Nationals in a hunter seat division. Lewis won the alumni fences, coming in one place higher than 2006 Zone 8, Region 2 Cacchione qualifier Sarah Titlow. 2006 Pepperdine graduate Titlow is one of two former Cacchione riders to advance on this day. Kat Bechtel of Stanford, who represented Region 1 last season in the Cacchione class, won the alumni flat while 2007 Cal Poly - Pomona graduate Dana Montgomery was the runner-up. Many who qualified for Nationals are happy that the final IHSA show of 2007-08 is on the West Coast. Bartsch, who was part of the 1996 Stanford team which advanced out of what was one big region made up of California, Oregon and Washington State at the time, is among the happiest to see Nationals at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center after a 12-year absence. "For now I'm just excited to have our English and Western team's going to Nationals together for the first time in history! While this will be our third consecutive English Zone Championship, this is the Western team's first birth - quite exciting, especially while helping host the first West Coast Nationals since I was still a student on the team in '96 (Let alone the thrill of being able to finally DRIVE to a post season event)! After having a travel schedule over the past few years of Zones in Oregon and Idaho, Semi's in Ohio and North Carolina and Nationals in Penn and Mass we are elated not to have the long, expensive flights and jet lag this year!" --Steve Maxwell Class-By-Class Results from Zone 8 Zones, held April 12th, 2008 in Twin Falls, Idaho, with the top two riders in each individual class advancing to IHSA Nationals May 8th through 11th in Burbank, California: Individual Open Equitation over fences: 1. Hailey Quirk, Cal Poly - Pomona. 2. Savannah Cook, University of California at Los Angeles. 3. Brittany Henson, University of Nevada at Reno. 4. Lia Nagle, University of Montana Western. 5. Katie Curtis, Oregon State University. 6. Jehan Zouak, University of Victoria. 7. Elizabeth Behrens, University of Montana Western. Team Open Equitation over fences: 1. Hailey Quirk, Cal Poly - Pomona. 2. K.C. Simon, Stanford University. 3. Lia Nagle, University of Montana Western. 4. Katie Curtis, Oregon State University. Individual Intermediate Equitation over fences: 1. Kacie Crooks, University of British Columbia. 2. Erin Broussard, University of Nevada at Reno. 3. Jenny Matthews, University of California at Los Angeles. 4. Amy Higgins, University of Southern California. 5. Cait Budde, Montana State University at Bozeman. 6. Theresa Brown, Montana State University at Bozeman. 7. Alicia Yocom, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. Team Intermediate Equitation over fences: 1. Katie Pratt, Oregon State University. 2. Margaux Bennett, Stanford University. 3. Amanda LaChance, University of Montana Western. 4. Alex Corning, Cal Poly - Pomona. Individual Novice Equitation over fences: 1. Nikki Medrud, Rocky Mountain College. 2. Kate Fernoff, Stanford University. 3. Lauren Donsky, University of Southern California. 4. Kim Cullip, University of California at San Diego. 5. Margaux Bennett, Stanford University. 6. Helen Speidel, University of Washington. Team Novice Equitation over fences: 1. Cassie Jackson, Cal Poly - Pomona. 2. Kristen Gfoerer, University of Montana Western. 3. Pam Geist, Stanford University. 4. Haley Marsh, Oregon State University. Alumni Equitation over Fences: 1. Rebecca Lewis, Morrisville State College. 2. Sarah Titlow, Pepperdine University. 3. Dana Montgomery, Cal Poly - Pomona. 4. Sammy Ryan, University of Montana Western. 5. Kat Bechtel, Stanford University. Alumni Equitation on the flat: 1. Kat Bechtel, Stanford University. 2. Dana Montgomery, Cal Poly - Pomona. 3. Claire Winterscheid, Oregon State University. 4. John Xanthopoulos, C.W. Post College. 5. Sammy Ryan, University of Montana Western. 6. Sarah Titlow, Pepperdine University. Individual Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation on the Flat: 1. Caroline Macioszek, University of California at Los Angeles. 2. Christina Bernards, Oregon State University. 3. Anjali Daryani, University of California at Davis. 4. Julia Turner, University of Southern California. 5. Esther Kelso, University of Montana. 6. Jessica Missel, Western Washington University. 7. Andrea Tomlinson, College of Southern Idaho. 8. Karen Lone, Stanford University. Team Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation on the Flat: 1. Hayley McGuire, Oregon State University. 2. Teresa Field, Stanford University. 3. Jing Li, Cal Poly - Pomona. 4. Kimberly Lauenstein, University of Montana Western. Individual Walk-Trot Equitation on the Flat: 1. Lisa Fowler, University of California at Davis. 2. Alex Evans, University of Montana Western. 3. Andrea Axtell, Stanford University. 4. Dan Burton, Utah State University. 5. Andrew Kamrouz, University of Southern California. Team Walk-Trot Equitation on the Flat: 1. Ali Lund, University of Montana Western. 2. Brittany Ball, Cal Poly - Pomona. 3. Christy Spurling, Oregon State University. 4. Claire Menke, Stanford University. Individual Novice Equitation on the Flat: 1. Kim Cullip, University of California at San Diego. 2. Kaitlin Spak, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo. 3. Janie Talbot, Western Washington University. 4. Kate Fernoff, Stanford University. 5. Allie McMorrow, University of California at Los Angeles. 6. Ardyce Taylor, University of Montana. 7. Joanna Dove, University of Washington. Team Novice Equitation on the Flat: 1. Margaux Bennett, Stanford University. 2. Haley Marsh, Oregon State University. 3. Alissa Hodges, Cal Poly - Pomona. 4. Amanda Stephenson, University of Montana Western. Individual Intermediate Equitation on the Flat: 1. Jenny Matthews, University of California at Los Angeles. 2. Elizabeth Behrens, University of Montana Western. 3. Laura Erickson, University of California at San Diego. 4. Adrienne Smith, Oregon State University. 5. Kacie Crooks, University of British Columbia. 6. Jenna Torosian, Santa Clara University. 7. Kristen Gfoerer, University of Montana Western. Team Intermediate Equitation on the Flat: 1. Toni Henneman, University of Montana Western. 2. Meghann Rhynard - Geil, Oregon State University. 3. Pam Geist, Stanford University. 4. Carolyn LaPrade, Cal Poly - Pomona. Individual Open Equitation on the Flat: 1. Erin Broussard, University of Nevada at Reno. 2. Hailey Quirk, Cal Poly - Pomona. 3. Christa Dew, College of Southern Idaho. 4. Cait Budde, Montana State University at Bozeman. 5. Laura Bagby, Washington State University. Team Open Equitation on the Flat: 1. Sarah Scharf, Stanford University. 2. Hailey Quirk, Cal Poly - Pomona. 3. Katie Curtis, Oregon State University. 4. Elizabeth Behrens, University of Montana Western. Final Hunter Seat Team Totals, with the top two teams advancing to IHSA Nationals May 8th through 11th in Burbank, California: Stanford University 40 (Champion); Cal Poly - Pomona 38 (Reserve; Won third tiebreaker which is points over fences); Oregon State University 38 and University of Montana Western 36. (Special thanks to Julia Rietdorf for her help in gathering these results - Editor)
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