UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
May 23, 2018 -- Members of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Western Show Team and Hunt Seat Team competed at the IHSA National Championships May 3-6 in Harrisburg, Pa. The UWRF Western Show Team tied for 4th place overall in the team competition at nationals.
Notable placements by members of the Western Show Team include:
“I am so proud of these young women and what they accomplished at the top levels of the IHSA competition,” said Janie Huot, coach of the UWRF Western Show Team and program assistant in the UWRF chemistry and biotechnology department. “I am even more amazed by their amazing attitudes of support and dedication to each other.”
One member of the UWRF Hunt Seat Team, Kenyan Gustafson (animal science major from Dundee, Ill.), also competed at nationals and placed 4th in Individual Walk-Trot-Canter Equitation. The coach of the UWRF Hunt Seat Team is Rachael Walker of Doubleshot Equestrian in Ellsworth.
For more information, email janie.huot@uwrf.edu.