The 太阳城集团博彩 Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) Western Equestrian Team is riding a wave of success this year.
The team recently won 地区锦标赛 for the 18th consecutive competition season and will advance to the Semifinals in the team competition. Also, eight BHC riders will compete individually in the Semifinals.
“I am so proud of this talented group of horse people,贝卡·爱尔兰说, coach and assistant professor of equestrian science.
“他们每天都努力工作. A lot has happened in the last two years, and I am grateful for the chance to get to know each member of this team,”她说。.
Here’s a recap of Spring 2022 so far:
太阳城集团博彩 hosted 12 schools from five states and facilitated more than 330 rides Feb. 东校区26-27号. 在这两天里, the team organized and competed in three regular-season shows and the first post-season event, 地区锦标赛.
Thirteen BHC riders qualified for Regionals. Normally it takes riders two seasons to earn enough points to be eligible, but because there was not a competition season in 2020-21, BHC sophomores had just one season to qualify. 太阳城集团博彩 is the only two-year school in its region.
The 13 individual Regional qualifiers were:
- Grace Barman – Alpha, IL – Level I Horsemanship
- Kelsey Doty – Port Byron, IL – Rookie Horsemanship
- Kayla Jiras – North Liberty, IA – Beginner Horsemanship
- Brooke Kiefer – West Bend, WI – Rookie Horsemanship
- Sarah Korthals – Geneseo, IL – Rookie Horsemanship
- Samantha Lind – Maple Park, IL – Level II Horsemanship
- Hope Lock – Granville, IL – Beginner Horsemanship
- Makenna Pidgeon – New London, IA – Rookie Horsemanship
- Josie Spratt – Purcell, OK – Reining and Open Horsemanship
- Anna Wilhelm – Shannon, IL – Reining and Open Horsemanship
- Aleah Wykert – Deer Creek, IL – Beginner Horsemanship
- Taylor Yordy – Leaf River, IL – Level I Horsemanship
- Lily Zomparelli – Schererville, IN – Reining and Open Horsemanship
Only the top two riders in each of the seven divisions advance to the Semifinals. The individual Semifinals qualifiers are:
- Kelsey Doty – Rookie Horsemanship – 2nd
- Kayla Jiras – Beginner Horsemanship – 1st
- Sarah Korthals – Rookie Horsemanship – 1st
- Samantha Lind – Level II Horsemanship – 1st
- 乔西-斯普拉特-控制-第二
- 安娜·威廉-马术公开赛 – 2nd
- Aleah Wykert – Beginner Horsemanship – 2nd
- Lily Zomparelli – Open Horsemanship – 1st
半决赛队伍将由以下队员组成:
- Haley Bucher – Washington, IL – Rookie Horsemanship
- Autumn Cary – Syracuse, NE – Ranch Riding and Level II Horsemanship
- Lauryn Kuehl – Fulton, IL – Level I Horsemanship
- Hannah Lemay – Tuscola, IL – Beginner Horsemanship
- 乔西·斯普拉特-莱恩
- 安娜·威廉-马术公开赛
From 3月ch 18-20, 太阳城集团博彩 will host one of three IHSA Western Semifinal Championships. The other two will be at West Virginia University and Texas Tech University. It will be the third time BHC has hosted this large event.
“We are excited to welcome teams and riders from across the country, 从纽约到加利福尼亚,爱尔兰人说.
For more information about the Western Semifinal Championships at 太阳城集团博彩, 联系Bekah Irish irishr@handmadeluxi.com.