Auburn equestrian wins another NC

[WarTiger 3,684]

Auburn's equestrian team won the Hunt Seat National Title today defeating Texas A&M 5-2 (whatever that means) lol.

Equestrian National Title

Auburn Equestrian Rides to a National Championship in Hunt Seat

Tigers win championship round of Hunt Seat 5-2 and finish third in overall team standings.

April 19, 2008

Waco, Texas- The Auburn equestrian team won its first National Championship Saturday in Hunt Seat, 5-2, defeating second-seed Texas A&M at the 2008 Varsity Equestrian National Championships. In individual championships, both Julie Gibbes and Rebecca Rifkin lost in their opening rounds. This is the second National Championship for Auburn; the Tigers previously won the overall National Championship in 2006.

"Our Hunt Seat team has been the strongest team at Nationals," said Auburn head coach Greg Williams. "The girls did a phenomenal job. It is so fun to win a discipline title like Hunt Seat where the trophy is named after one of your former assistant coaches, Herb Schneider. We are so proud to be bringing a National Championship back to Auburn."

Auburn won Hunt Seat Equitation over Fences 2-1 defeating Texas A&M. Tiger winners included Jessica Braswell over Lindsay Smith 162-146 and Ali Loprete over Katie Henion 166-162. Aggie winners included Kristi Waldal over Anna Schierholz 165-161. Tying with a score of 157 were Auburn's Dottie Grubb and Texas A&M's Erin Ivy.

Auburn won Hunt Seat Equitation on the Flat 3-1. Tiger winners included Chelsea Anheuser over Ashlie Soderstrom 144-125, Katie Breedlove over Lindsey Lawrence 143-133 and Coburn Park over Brittany Dodson 152-144. Aggie winners included Christina Matz over Ali Loprete 155-154.

The results for the 2008 Varsity Equestrian National Championships are listed below:

In the Hunt Seat division, Auburn finished first, Texas A&M second, Georgia third, Oklahoma State fourth and South Carolina fifth.

In the Western division, Texas Christian finished first, Georgia second, Kansas State third, Oklahoma State fourth and Texas A&M fifth.

In the overall standings, Georgia finished first, Texas A&M second, Auburn third, Oklahoma State fourth and Kansas State fifth.

In individual championships, Georgia's Haylie Jayne defeated Auburn's Rifkin 160-154 in Hunt Seat Equitation on the Flat, while Oklahoma State's Leah Kuehn defeated Auburn's Gibbes 141-139.5 in Western Reining. The individual champions in Hunt Seat Equitation over Fences and Hunt Seat Equitation on the Flat were South Carolina's Kristin Terebesi, in Western Horsemanship Texas A&M's Caroline Gunn and in Western Reining Georgia's Sarah Locker.

[DCWarEagle 0]

Cool. Good for them. War Eagle ladies!

Quick question: what's up w/ the article saying the team "won its first national championship" in the lead sentence, then in the same paragraph saying it is the second one?

Also, does anyone know if this is an "official" NCAA championship? It seems like last time it wasn't recognized by the NCAA for some reason...

[AURainman 6]

Apparently Hunt Seat National Champion is different than Overall National Champion.

Maybe its like winning "Best in Breed" but not "Best in Show."

Or if dogs aren't your thing...

Maybe its like winning the Swimsuit competition but not Miss America.

[WarTiger 3,684]

There are actually three NC's awarded in Equestrian. 1. Overall 2. Hunt Seat and 3. Western. In 2006 Auburn won the overall championship. This is their FIRST Hunt Seat title. This is not an NCAA sanctioned sport just yet, and there are about 20 or so schools competing.

[AURaptor 1,113]

Auburn's equestrian team won the Hunt Seat National Title today defeating Texas A&M 5-2 (whatever that means) lol.

It means we came, we saw, we stomped , galloped and pranced all OVER their giggy asses!!!

So, I guess that now means we're a " Horse College " ???