The Sweet Briar College Riding Program held open tryouts for its
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) team this month.
Forty-seven riders vied for less than 20 positions for the team.
Jon Conyers, this year’s IHSA coach, agreed with the rest of the staff that, “this year’s tryouts were the strongest ever.”
“Sweet Briar will be competing in Zone IV, Region II this year and this region does not allow as many competitors to attend the competitions,” Conyers said. “So we really had to do some choosing in order to come up with only three to four riders per division.”
After last season’s third-place finish at the IHSA National Championships, Conyers is ready to get the season started. The first IHSA competition will be Sunday, Oct. 1 at Radford University.
2006-07 IHSA Team RosterRobin Bicknell ’08, Claremont, N.H. – Novice Flat
Kathryn (Katie) Bird ’09, Salisbury, Md. – Novice Fences
Chelsea Capizzi-Walsh ’08, Arlington, Va. – Walk-Trot-Canter
Alison Carr ’08 , Bel Air, Md. – Intermediate Flat
Kathryn (Katie) Davilli ’09, Vienna, Va. – Intermediate Fences and Open Flat
Kristen Dillon ’10, Philomont, Va. – Intermediate Flat and Intermediate Fences
Katelynn Dunn ’10, Manassas, Va. – Novice Fences
Rachel Field ’10, Lakewood, Ohio – Novice Fences
Nicole Jackson ’09, Dover, Del. – Walk-Trot-Canter
Paige Kaylor ’10, Owings Mills, Md. – Novice Flat
Jessica Leiner ’10, Ocean City, Md. - Intermediate Flat and Intermediate Fences
Leslie Lewis ’09, Goldsboro, N.C. – Walk-Trot-Canter
Mollie Linden ’10, Mesa, Ariz. – Open Flat and Open Fences
Jessica McCarthy ’09, Dayton, Ohio - Novice Flat
Lindsay Mills ’09, Spotsylvania, Va. – Intermediate Flat and Intermediate Fences
Alison Sims ’09, Alpharetta, Ga. – Open Flat and Open Fences
Jennifer Summerfield ’07, Cross Lanes, W.Va. – Walk-Trot-Canter
Laeun Sung ’08, Gaithersburg, Md. – Walk-Trot
