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Finishing the Season
Kelly McFeeley, Club Sports Representative
Equestrian
With the new semester in full swing, the equestrian team is finishing up a fantastic season that began back in the fall. All three disciplines have placed very well and are excited to end their seasons on a high note. Beginning with the western team, their first show of the semester was at St. Andrews the first weekend in February. Rachel Flake placed both third and fourth in Level One Horsemanship. Meanwhile Taylor Wooten placed fourth twice in Rookie A Horsemanship. At their most recent competition at the NC State/ Martin Community College show, Flake placed second in Level One Horsemanship. The last competition finished out their season, allowing them to exit on a high note. Dressage closed out their season on a very high note this last weekend. Senior Neicy Decker placed fifth in both Test and DSE Lower Training, Megan Weil placed first for her Intro Test class, and Ryan Carroll placed fourth in Intro DSE. Overall, the AppState dressage team placed fifth in the region, Jess Reimer
placed fifth in the region in Upper Training, and Neicy Decker placed fourth in the region for Lower Training. Continuing their strong season with several members placing in their events, as well as pointing out and moving up in their classes the hunt seat team moves forward. Senior Amy Perkinson placed first in her Introductory Flat class. Fellow senior Kayla Gunter placed third in her Novice Flat class. Adena Mangrum pointed out of her division after receiving fourth in her Limit Over Fences class which qualified for regionals. Caroline McAtee placed second in her Novice Flat and also qualified for regionals. Hunt seat will be finishing up their season this weekend with their last competition on Saturday, and regionals on Sunday. Congratulations to all three teams for their fantastic seasons! We wish the hunt seat team luck as they travel to their last competition and regionals and say thank you to all the riders of the dressage and western teams for all their hard work!
