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Competition Highlights

2009-2010

  • Western Team earned Reserve National Championship honors at the 2010 Varsity Equestrian National Championships.
  • Qualified Mikaela Sundgren for the individual Horsemanship competition at the 2010 VENC.
  • Qualified Tara Hallan for the indivdual Reining competition at the 2010 VENC.
  • Qualified Alecia Zimbelman as an alternate for the 2010 NRHA Collegiate Derby Competition.
  • Qualified Katie Melton for the 2010 WEF Collegiate competition.
  • Qualified Nicole Keenan 2010 IHSA Nationals.

2008-2009

  • Varsity Competition:
    • Western 5th place finish
    • Alyssa Freeman qualified for individual Horsemanship competition
  • Qualified Tara Hallen as an alternate for the NRHA Collegiate Derby Competition
  • Qualified Valerie Dysart for IHSA Nationals

2007-2008

  • Varsity Championships - 5th place team finish
    • Western 3rd place finish
  • Qualified Morgan Campbell for NRHA Collegiate Derby Competition - 10th place finish
  • Qualified Alecia Zimbelman as an alternate for NRHA Collegiate Derby Competition

2006-2007

  • Varsity Championships - 4th place team finish
    • Western 6th place finish
    • Hunt Seat 3rd place finish
  • IHSA Nationals - Individual Competition
    • Qualified Dresden Sommer, Macie Ayers, and Emily Wolfe
    • Qualified Sara Weller for NRHA Collegiate Derby Competition - 10th place finish

2005-2006

  • Zone 9 Region 2 Hunt Seat and Western Regional Champions
    • 14 High Point Riders and 11 Reserve High Point Riders (out of 15 shows)
    • Western squad: suffers only one loss and wins region by 69 points
    • Hunt Seat squad: suffers only one loss and wins region by 82 points
  • AQHA High Point Rider - Lindsey Salsbury
  • Sara Weller - regional reserve champion
  • Cacchione Cup Rider - Casey Finnell
  • Zone Champion Hunt Seat and Western teams
  • IHSA Nationals - Team Competition
    • National Champion - Sara Weller Reining
    • National Champion - Sarah Coomes Intermediate Horsemanship
    • Reserve National Champion - Heather Culwell Beginner Horsemanship
    • Reserve National Champion Western Team
    • 4th place open fences
    • 6th place intermediate fences
    • 10th place Hunt Seat Team
  • IHSA Nationals - Individual Competition
    • 5th place novice fences
    • 6th place walk/trot/canter
    • 7th place walk/trot
  • Varsity Championships - 7th place team finish
    • Western 6th place finish
    • Hunt Seat 6th place finish

2004-2005

  • 38 athletes on the Big XII Honor Roll and 9 4.0's
  • 16 regular season team wins (of 19 competitions)
    • High Point Rider at 13 competitions
  • Zone 9 Region 2 Hunt Seat and Western Regional Champions
  • Hunt Seat squad only experiences one loss and wins region by 60+ points
  • Zone Champion Western Team
  • Zone Reserve Champion Hunt Seat Team
  • AQHA High Point Rider - Nicole Ruff
  • Kristin Tanney - regional reserve champion
  • Cacchione Cup Rider - Allison Woodworth
  • Dehlia Burdan - regional reserve champion
  • IHSA Nationals - Team Competition
    • 2nd place reining
    • 1st place advanced horsemanship - Samantha Titus
    • 6th place intermediate horsemanship
    • 6th place beginner horsemanship
    • 5th place Western team
    • 6th place intermediate fences
    • 6th place walk trot canter equitation
    • 4th place walk trot equitation
    • 7th place hunt seat team
  • IHSA Nationals - Individual Competition
    • 4th place intermediate horsemanship - Valerie Meyer
    • 7th place advanced horsemanship - Melissa Becking
    • 9th place open horsemanship - Lindsey Hicks
  • 3rd place AQHA Cup Competition
  • 13th place Cacchione Cup Competition
  • Vasrsity Championships - 6th place team finish
    • 6th place Hunt Seat team
    • 7th place Western team

2003-2004

  • 37 athletes on the Big XII Honor Roll (53% of the team) and 8 4.0s
  • 11 regular season team wins
  • Zone 9 Region 2 Hunt Seat Champions
    • Went undefeated in regular season IHSA
    • Scored perfect score in February
  • Zone 9 Region 2 Western Reserve Champions
  • AQHA Cup High Point Rider - Erin Peery
  • Reserve High Point Rider-Brandi Vogel
  • Cacchione Cup Rider - Dehlia Burdan
  • Reserve High Point Rider-Allison Woodworth
  • IHSA Nationals - Individual Competition
    • 4th place finish in Reining
  • 7th place AQHA Cup Competition
  • Varsity Championships - 7th place team finish
    • Western 6th place finish
    • Hunt seat 9th place finish

2002-2003

  • Eleven regular season team wins
  • 12 High Point Rider Honors
  • 8 Reserve High Point Riders
  • Zone 9 Region 2 Hunt Seat & Western Champions
  • Zone 9 Hunt Seat & Western Champions
  • AQHA Cup High Point Rider-Amanda Gigot
  • Reserve High Point Rider-Brandi Vogel
  • Placed 5th at Nationals
  • Cacchione Cup Rider Allison Woodwort
  • Reserve High Point Rider-Dehlia Burdan
  • IHSA Nationals - Team Competition
    • National Champion Advanced Horsemanship-Kristen Tanney
    • 4th in Open Horsemanship
    • 5th in Intermediate Horsemanship
    • Western discipline finished 5th
    • 6th place finish Intermediate Fences
    • Hunt seat discipline finished 13th
  • IHSA Nationals - Individual Competition
    • National Champion-Elaine Cobb Intermediate Horsemanship
    • 4th place finish in Open Horsemanship
    • 10th in Open Reining
    • Ranked amongst Varsity Equestrian Committee as the number one seed in both disciplines

2001-02

  • Six Team wins (3 each discipline)
  • 3 IHSA National Qualifiers
    • 4th - Reining
    • 8th - Novice Fences
    • 9th - Intermediate Fences

2000-01

  • Five team wins (3 hunt/2 western)
  • Third place finish Zone 9, Region 2
  • 6 High Point Rider Honors
  • 4 IHSA National Qualifiers
    • National Champion-Brandi Vogel
    • 3rd - Reining
    • 7th -Walk/Trot/Canter
  • Varsity Championships
    • Fifth place finish overall (Western 3rd/Hunt 7th)
  • Collegiate Reining Championship 2nd place
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