Fresno State Athletics
Equestrian Travels to NCAA Championship
4/15/2002 12:00:00 AM | Equestrian
April 15, 2002
Fresno State will Compete at NCAA Championships
The team will ride in the Varsity Equestrian Championships on April 20-21 in Gainesville, Fla. The event will feature both English and Western Riders. The tournament will begin at 8 a.m.
Six Riders will Compete in Florida
Senior Stacy Steinhoff (Montara,Calif.), junior Amanda Smith (Fresno, Calif.) and sophomores Maja Jorden (Sanger, Calif.), Dawn McIntosh (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Christina Brown (Agoura Hills, Calif.) will represent Fresno State at the NCAA Championships.
Equestrian Finishes 2001-02 IHSA Season
The team finished its Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) season April 6-7 at the Zone Eight Championships in Nevada. Fresno State's Western team finished third with 23 points behind champion Cal Poly- Pomona who had 29 points and resreve champion Southern Idaho who had 27 points. The English team rode Saturday and was the Reserve Champion with 42 points. Cal Poly -Pomona beat the Bulldogs by two points.
Five Bulldogs will Ride in IHSA National Championships
Although the team will not move to the National Championships on May 3-5 in Cazenovia, N.Y., five (two Western and three English) individual riders from zone will compete at the national level.
13 Team Riders Competed at Zone
Reining- Taylor Mason, Rail- Jennifer Levenfield, Advanced Stock Seat- Beth Knapp, Intermediate Stock Seat- Elisha McArthur, Walk Jog- Jennifer Campbell, Open Fences- Dawn Crawford, Open Flat- Katie Feeley, Intermediate Fences- Machaela Mathis, Intermediate Flat- Amanda Hancock, Novice Fences- Kristi Darrell, Novice Flat- Emily Brown, Walk-Trot-Canter- Sarah Holmes, Walk-Trot- Liz Willey.
