Equestrian Teams Prepares for Varsity Championships
Apr 16, 2003
April 16, 2003
Manhattan, Kan. - The Kansas State Western and Englishequestrian teams are coming off a pair of ZoneChampionships last weekend, going into this weekend'sVarsity Championships. The event will be hosted byTexas A&M at the Dick Freeman Arena on April 18.
This is the second year for the event. The Englishshow is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., while theWestern show will start at approximately 1 p.m. Thisshow is the preliminary vision for the an NCAAChampionship in equestrian as created by the nation'svarsity coaches. All but two of the nation's DivisionI varsity equestrian programs will travel to CollegeStation, as well as three Division II varsityprograms.
On the English side, there will be two events:equitation over fences and equitation on the flat.Those two categories will be broken down into threesections each, with one rider form each schoolparticipating in each section. The Western classeswill be reining and western horsemanship, with thebreakdown identical to the English show. The lowestscore in both English and Western will be dropped.
The main difference between this show and a normalcollegiate equestrian show is that riders will begraded by two judges as opposed to just one. In anormal Intercollegiate Horse Show Association show,only one judge is used at each contest, with theexception of the IHSA National Championships.
Results will be available following the show atwww.k-statesports.com
WESTERN VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM -
Amanda Gigot - Sr., Garden City, Kan. - Zone 9, Region2 High-Point Rider - One time High-Point Rider, fourtime Reserve High-Point Rider - Qualified for zones inopen reining and regionals in open horsemanship - Willbe competing on the K-State IHSA National team in openreining.
Erin Peery - So., Lee's Summit, Mo. - One timeHigh-Point Rider - Will be competing on the K-StateIHSA National team in open horsemanship.
Kristin Tanney - So., Spring Hill, Kan. - Will becompeting on the K-State IHSA National team inadvanced.
Brandi Vogel - Jr., Lenexa, Kan. - Three timeHigh-Point Rider - Qualified for nationals in openreining - 2002 IHSA Individual National Champion inadvanced.
ENGLISH VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM -
Dehlia Burdan - So., Lenexa, Kan. - Four firsts andthree seconds this year between open fences and openflat - Qualified for zones in open fences and openflat.
Maureen Reynolds - Sr., Overland Park, Kan. - Onefirst in open fences - Qualified for regionalcompetition in open fences.
Allison Woodworth - So. Overland Park, Kan. - Zone 9,Region 2 Cacchione Cup winner - Five firsts and fiveseconds this year between open fences and open flat -Qualified for zones as an individual in open fencesand open flat - Four time High-Point Rider - Will becompeting on the K-State IHSA National team in openfences and open flat.
