Team, 3 Individuals Advance to Nationals

April 4: St. Lawrence University's riding team, 2008 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Reserve National Champions, will have the opportunity to compete for the team title again in 2009 after finishing third in the Zone 2 Championship Show at Centenary College on Saturday.

The top three teams from Zone 2 advanced to the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championship show to be held at Middle Tennessee State University April 23-26. St. Lawrence was Zone 2, Region 2 High Point team to earn the right to compete for one of the three spots in the national meet.

The Saints will also send three riders competing in four classes to the nationals as individuals.

Senior Holly Davis will compete in intermediate equitation on the flat after winning the Zone Championship on Saturday and sophomore Hadley Deming will compete in both novice over fences and on the flat after winning the Zone Championship over fences and finishing as reserve champion in novice on the flat. Senior Katharine Hankin also advances to nationals as the region's high point riders and will compete with other high point riders from across the nation for the Cacchione Cup which goes to the top individual rider at the national show.

Sarah Finke finished fourth in Zone competition in the individual open over fences competition while Hankin was seventh over fences and fifth in open on the flat. Junior Laura Brown finished sixth in zone competition in novice on the flat.