Schedule (09-10)
Regionals: April 3, 2010, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Zones: April 10, 2010, Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey
Nationals: May 6-10, 2010, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky
| Date |
Location |
Results |
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY |
1st place |
| Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
1st place |
| Saturday, November 14, 2008 |
SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY |
1st place |
| Sunday, November 15, 2008 |
SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY |
2nd place |
| Saturday, November 21, 2008 |
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
1st place |
| Sunday, February 21, 2010 |
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
1st place |
| Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2nd place |
| Saturday, March 6, 2010 |
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY |
1st place |
| Saturday, April 3, 2010 |
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
Regional Champions |
| Saturday, April 10, 2010 |
Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey |
Zone Champions |
| May 6-10, 2010 |
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky |
National Champions |
Results (09-10)
May 6-9, 2010 - Kentucky Horse Park
IHSA National Championships
DAY 1
On Thursday, May 6th, competition began for the IHSA National Championship title at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington Kentucky. Skidmore riders would compete both as a team and individually. Additionally, Skidmore brought down six horses to compete in the national competition.
Day 1 began with a bang for Skidmore College. With eight riders competing in eight different classes, Skidmore placed in every class. The day began with Individual Open Fences. In her Nationals debut, Flavia D’Urso (’13) rode beautifully and was called back to test. Overall, D’Urso placed 4th out of the 20 top open riders. Next, in the first team class of the day, Laura Roberts (’10) would ride in Team Novice Fences. This was Laura’s third trip to Nationals, and second trip as a Novice Fences rider. Taking Kentucky by storm, Roberts put in a spectacular trip on a tricky horse and was called back to test. Beating 18 other riders, Roberts placed second, giving Skidmore their first five points for the team total.
The rest of day one was filled with flat classes for the Skidmore Equestrian Team. Open Flat, Intermediate Flat, Novice Flat, and Walk-Trot-Canter Team Classes were held on the afternoon of day 1. In Team Open Flat, Kelly Campbell (’12) put in one of her best flat rides yet to secure Skidmore’s second red ribbon of the day. Following suit, both Chelsea Jones (’12) and Isabella McKeon (’12) placed Reserve Champion in Team Intermediate Flat and Team Walk-Trot-Canter, adding a total of ten more points to Skidmore’s team score. Jones would also compete on day 2 in Team Intermediate Fences. McKeon, in her Nationals debut, not only rode beautifully, but endured intense stirrupless testing to secure her second place win. Hanae Kimura (’11), in her third trip to IHSA Nationals, placed 10th in Team Novice Flat.
Individual riders for the afternoon were Grier Filley (’10) and Alex McGuire (’11). Filley put in a strong and lovely ride to secure a 5th place finish. McGuire finished off her class with a bang, winning the National Championship in Individual Walk-Trot-Canter.
At the end of day 1, Skidmore was in the lead with 20 points, followed by 2009 National Champions Centenary College (14 points), Findlay (13 points), Stonehill (11 points) and U Kentucky (11 points).
DAY 2
Skidmore began day 2 of Nationals as strong as they began day 1. Chelsea Jones (’12) competed in her second team class of the show – riding Skidmore’s own Best Boy. She put in a beautiful round and was called back for testing. Despite some slight mounted difficulties, she overcame her obstacles and secured five more points for Skidmore with her second win of the show. Overall, Jones contributed 10 points to Skidmore’s team score. Co-captain Elizabeth Kigin (’10) competed in both the fences and flat phases on the Cacchione Cup. Putting in one of her best rounds over fences, Kigin came out of the fences phase with a score of 88, placing her in second going into the flat phase. The only rider to top Kigin over fences scored an 89, riding Skidmore’s Leroy. Kigin will compete in the work-off phase of the Cacchione Cup tomorrow.
In the second-to-last team class of the National Championship, Cecie Culp (’11) competed in the Team Walk-Trot class on the afternoon of day 2. Riding a large palomino, she put in a strong ride in her IHSA debut, placing seventh.
DAY 3
Skidmore remains in first place going into day 3 of competition. With 25 points and one team class to go, Centenary College and Findlay are close at Skidmore’s heels with 20 points.
Day 3 of IHSA Nationals proved to be a busy day for Skidmore College. Co-captain Elizabeth Kigin (’10) would ride three more times, in Team Open Fences, Cacchione Work-Off, and Individual Open Flat. Kelly Campell (’12) would compete with Kigin in Individual Open Flat, the last class of the Hunt Seat portion of IHSA Nationals.
With the Skidmore Equestrian Team tensely watching, Kigin put in yet another spectacular round Saturday morning, getting a call-back for Team Open Fences. Kigin placed 4th, securing three points for Skidmore’s team score. As the final team class for IHSA Nationals, this class was the clincher for the National title – with the final four points, Skidmore came out on top, with 28 points, thus winning the IHSA National Championship Title. Reserve Champions were Centenary College and Findlay, both tied with 20 points.
Though the team competition was done for the day, the day was not over for Skidmore riders or horses. Kigin competed in both the work-off phase of the Cacchione Cup and Individual Open Flat. Continuing her reign over the competition, Kigin came out in 6th place in the Cacchione Cup and won the Individual Open Flat Championship. This win was Skidmore’s second Individual Championship of the show. Kelly Campbell (’12) also rode in Individual Open Flat, putting in a beautiful round and placing 7th out of the top 20 riders.
At the end of day 3, Skidmore College came out the reigning champions – CONGRATULATIONS to the Skidmore Equestrian Team, the 2010 IHSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
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April 10, 2010 - Centenary College
Zone II Championships
The Skidmore Riding Team rode to a decisive victory at the Zone II Championships at Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ. This victory puts the team in a strong position going into IHSA Nationals, to be held in Lexington Kentucky at the beginning on May. Team riders won all but two classes, securing a final score of 50 points. Second place Centenary College (37 points) and Cazenovia College (36 points) will advance to Nationals as well.
As always, the Open riders commenced the day. Co-captain Elizabeth Kigin (’10) and freshman Flavia D’Urso (’13) both rode in Individual Open Over Fences. D’Urso will be advancing to nationals with a second place finish in the class. Immediately following her individual class, Kigin competed in the over fences phase of the Cacchione Cup. Kigin rode a beautiful round – Cacchione results are not revealed until after the flat phase in the afternoon. For her third class of the morning, Kigin then competed in Team Open Over Fences, winning the blue ribbon and adding the first seven points to Skidmore’s score.
Individual Intermediate Over Fences included Kelly Campbell (’12), who received sixth. Chelsea Jones (’12) competed next in Team Intermediate Over Fences, putting in a solid round to win first place, adding seven more points to the team score. Jones also competed in Individual Novice Over Fences, putting in another solid round to place sixth. For the team, Laura Roberts (’10) put in a great ride on a tough horse to win third. This gave Skidmore four more points for their team total.
The afternoon endeavors began with Individual Open Flat, with Skidmore riders Kigin and Campbell both competing. Putting in spectacular rounds, Campbell and Kigin placed first and third, respectively, and will both advanced to nationals. Campbell followed her individual win with a blue ribbon in the Team Open Flat, securing seven more points for the Skidmore team score. Kigin rode the flat phase of the Cacchione Cup – her combined flat & fences scores put her in second place overall.
In Individual Intermediate Flat, Grier Filley (’10) put in a great effort and a beautiful ride to win reserve champion and will compete for a National Championship individually in Kentucky. Jones, the only rider to compete for the Skidmore team both over fences and on the flat, won the Team Intermediate Flat for Skidmore. She then competed with Maggie Luckhardt (’12) in the Individual Novice Flat. Hanae Kimura (’11) took on Team Novice Flat for the second year in a row, and secured a win for Skidmore. In Individual Walk-Trot-Canter, Skidmore riders Alex McGuire (’11) and Maja Lorenc (’11) both rode well. McGuire rode beautifully and secured herself a trip to Kentucky with a first place finish. Lorenc put in a good effort to win fifth place. Isabelle McKeon (’12) added seven more points to Skidmore’s team total by winning the Team Walk-Trot-Canter, and Cecie Culp (’11) finished the day with a third place win in Walk-Trot.
Skidmore was Reserve Champion at IHSA Nationals in 2008 and came in fourth in 2009. The riders will compete with nineteen other teams from across the country for the IHSA National title in Lexington, Kentucky on May 6th-9th.
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April 3, 2010 - Skidmore College
Region III Championships
On April 3rd, the individual qualifiers of Zone 2 Region 3 competed at Skidmore College in attempts to advance to the Zone Championships. Individuals needed to achieve a third place or better in their class in order to qualify for Zones, held at Centenary College on April 10th. Skidmore’s dominance started early, and continued throughout the day.
Open fences started out the competition with Elizabeth Kigin’10 leading the class and Flavia D’Urso’13 a close second. Megan Paget-Brown’13 also rode extremely well, placing 6th. Intermediate fences followed with Kelly Campbell’12, Skidmore’s one qualified rider in this division, taking home the blue ribbon. Success continued in the Novice fences with Chelsea Jones’12 riding for the win.
The flat riders continued Skidmore’s winning streak. All in all, the team clinched blue ribbons in all divisions except Walk-Trot, for which no Skidmore riders were qualified. Elizabeth Kigin’10 got her second win of the day in Open flat. Kelly Campbell’12 secured third in the same class. Grier Filley’10 won Intermediate flat, and sophomores Maggie Luckhardt and Chelsea Jones won first and second respectively in Novice flat. Also in the Novice flat, Amanda LaRose’12 rode beautifully to earn fourth. Wrapping up the day, juniors Alex McGuire and Maja Lorenc earned first and second respectively in Walk-Trot-Canter.
Overall, qualifying individuals included Kigin, D’Urson, Campbell, Jones, Filley, Luckhardy, McGuire, and Lorenc.
Captain Elizabeth Kigin’10 was the highest scoring open rider of the region, accumulating the most points throughout the 2010-2011 season. This guarantees her a trip to IHSA Nationals in May to compete for the Cacchione Cup. Additionally, since Skidmore was the highest scoring team in their region, they will be headed to Zones to compete for a repeat trip to IHSA Nationals. Skidmore riders competing for the team next week are Elizabeth Kigin’10, Kelly Campbell’12, Chelsea Jones’12, Laura Roberts’10, Hanae Kimura’11, Isabella McKeon’12, and Cece Culp’11. Both the individuals and the team will need to earn a third or better to continue on to Nationals
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February 27, 2010 - Skidmore College
Skidmore Equestrians came in a very close second at their home show, earning 42 points against Cornell University’s 43 points. Elizabeth Kigin ’10 won her section of Open Fences, while Flavia D’Urso ’13 and Megan Paget-Brown ’12 both rode to second place. In Intermediate Fences, Chelsea Jones ’12 and Julia Mazzarella ’13 rode beautifully to win their sections. Amanda LaRose ’10 and Alexandra McGuire ’11 won second and third place in Novice Fences, respectively. LaRose’s win in Novice Fences qualified her for Regionals.
On the flat Open riders Kelly Campbell ’12 and Kigin won their sections. Kigin correctly answered a horsemanship question to secure her victory as High Point rider for the day. Grier Filley ’10 and D’Urso both placed third. Jones put in a strong ride to win second in Intermediate. McGuire, LaRose, and Catherine Luckhardt ’12 won their sections of Novice and Amanda Werner ’11 came in third. In Walk/Trot/Canter, Emily Hottensen ’10 and Rebecca Rawling ’10 won their classes. Maria Lorenc ’11 came in second, qualifying for Regionals. Mary Hurd ’10 finished the day for Skidmore with a third in Walk/Trot.
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February 21, 2010 - Cornell University
The Skidmore Equestrian Team resumed their season on February 21st at Cornell. The Thoroughbreds won with 45 points, beating a competitive group of fourteen teams; second place Cornell finished with 41 points. The day started with winning rides by Flavia D’Urso ’13 and Megan Paget-Brown ’12 in Open Fences, with Captain Elizabeth Kigin ’10 placing second.
Chelsea Jones ’12 placed second in Intermediate Fences, adding five points to Skidmore’s score. Laura Roberts ’10 put in a flawless round in Novice Fences to add another seven points. Madeline Frank ’13 rode well to win third place in Novice Fences.
Skidmore nearly swept the Open Flat, with D’Urso and Kelly Campbell ’12 winning their sections, and Kigin placing section. D’Urso won the three-way tie for High Point rider, competing against two Cornell riders. Calla Dobmeyer ’11 came in second in Intermediate flat, giving Skidmore five more points. Jones won her section of Novice Flat and qualified for Regionals, while Hanae Kimura ’11 rode beautifully to win second place. Amanda Werner ’11 placed 3rd in her section.
In the Walk/Trot/Canter, Isabella McKeon ’12 rode spectacularly and won her section. The day came down to the last class between Skidmore and Cornell, with Cornell and Skidmore’s Walk/Trot riders determining the champion. Cecilia Culp ’12 won her section, securing Skidmore’s victory over Cornell.
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November 7, 2009 - Cornell University
On Saturday, November 7th, the Skidmore Equestrian team competed in its second IHSA horse show of the 09-10 season. Skidmore beat the competition with a final score of 45.
The day commenced with captain Elizabeth Kigin ('10), freshman Flavia D'Urso ('13), and new member Megan Paget-Brown ('12) competing in Open Over Fences. All three rode beautifully - Kigin and D'Urso placed 1st, and Paget-Brown placed 2nd. In Intermediate Over fences, new freshmen Julia Mazzarella and Melissa Hillberg made their IHSA debut with a first and third, respectively. Completing the over-fences portion of the show were Laura Roberts ('10) and Nicole Cahill-Yi ('12), who both placed 2nd with well-ridden rounds.
In Open Flat, both Kigin and D'Urso competed again, placing 4th and 3rd in their respective rounds. Kelly Campbell ('12) put in an excellent ride for a red ribbon. Grier Filley ('10) added 7 points to the Skidmore team score in Intermediate Flat with a win.
In Novice Flat, Roberts and Luckhardt competed again for a 2nd and 1st place, respectively. Amanda LaRose ('10) made her season debut with a phenomenal ride and a win. Alex McGuire ('11) rode for the team in Walk-Trot-Canter, and finished in 1st place. Alex Adler ('10) finished off the day with a beautiful ride and a second place ribbon in Walk-Trot.
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October 24, 2009 - Hartwick College
The Saturday, October 24th horseshow at Hartwick College represented a season opener win for the Skidmore College equestrian team. The day started with Open Over Fences, where Megan Paget-Brown ('12) and Flavia D’Urso ('13) made their collegiate debuts and placed 5th and 1st respectively. Captain Elizabeth Kigin ('10) also rode Open Over Fences placing 1st, putting Skidmore on the scoreboard with 7 points. Jordan Calabro ('10) and Amanda Werner ('11) both rode beautifully to bring home 1st and 4th. Kelly Campbell ('12) put in a solid round in the same division placing 4th and bringing the team 3 points. Sophomores Maggie Luckhardt and Chelsea Jones took the Novice over-fences division by storm placing 1st and 2nd respectively, bringing the team 5 points with Chelsea’s ribbon.
Skidmore riders stacked the Open Flat division, with four riders competing. Flavia D’Urso kept her cool in her first flat phase with another blue ribbon. Elizabeth Kigin, also with a second win, brought the team another 7 points. Kelly Campbell flatted and placed 2nd, while Jordan Calabro ('10) made her Open division debut also with a 2nd place finish. Grier Filley ('10) drew a tough horse but put in a solid ride and placed 2nd, bringing the team 5 points. Maggie Luckhardt and Chelsea Jones rounded up the Novice flat division placing 1st and 2nd respectively, bringing the team 7 points with Catherine’s win. Maja Lorenc ('11) rode a tough draw, and placed 2nd, bringing the team 5 points in the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter division. Emily Hottensen ('10), making her Walk-Trot-Canter debut, placed 2nd. To seal the win for the day, Skidmore needed a blue ribbon - senior Alexandra Adler stood up to the challenge, finishing the day with a blue ribbon and 7 points, leaving Ithaca College in second.
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