2009 Varsity Equestrian National Championship Brackets Announced
April 10, 2009 -- Brackets for the Varsity Equestrian National Championship (VENC), to be held April 16-18 in Waco, Texas, were released April 9 by the Varsity Equestrian Selection Committee. The selection committee consists of coaches and administrators of universities sponsoring equestrian as well as a representative from the U.S. Equestrian Federation and the American Quarter Horse Association. Auburn (hunter seat) and Texas A&M (Western) received number one seeds for their respective divisions. Twelve teams for each of the two disciplines received invitations to the championship:
Individual competition for the four events (equitation over fences and flat and Western horsemanship and reining) increased for 4 individuals to 8 this year. Receiving number one seeds are Haylie Jayne (UGA, over fences), Megan Massaro (USC, flat), Tara Christiansen (TAMU, reining) and Caroline Gunn (TAMU, horsemanship).
INDIVIDUALS
Flat
1 - Massaro, USC
2 - Balis, OSU
3 - Babcock, USC
4 - C. Collingsworth, OSU
5 - Middleton, USC
6 - S. Collingsworth, OSU
7 - Cramer, UTM
8 - Jayne, UGA
ALT 1 - Lipman, UGA
ALT 2 - Zealy, TAMU
Fences
1 - Jayne, UGA
2 - Goldman, BU
3 - McAlary, AUB
4 - Brown, BU
5 - Scherholz, AUB
6 - Bourgeois, USC
7 - Cowperwait, UGA
8 - Blais, OSU
ALT 1 - Massaro, USC
ALT 2 - Cramer, UTM
Western Horsemanship
1 - Gunn, TAMU
2 - Chown, TCU
3 - Love, UGA
4 - Grossnickle, USC
5 - Freeman, KSU
6 - Chesley, NMSU
7 - Whitacre, OSU
8 - Orosz, BU
ALT 1 - Centa, SDSU
ALT 2 - Huffman, TCU
Reining
1 - Christiansen, TAMU
2 - Von Uhlit, TCU
3 - Monfore, AUB
4 - Chesley, NMSU
5 - Stewart, UGA
6 - Locker, UGA
7 - Eichstadt, UTM
8 - Parnell, OSU
ALT 1 - St. Hilaire, UGA
ALT 2 - Grant
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