Skidmore Riding Team Places 5th in National Championship
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MILL SPRING, NORTH CAROLINA — The Skidmore College riding team finished 5th in the closely-contested Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championship in North Carolina last weekend.
Overall, the Thoroughbreds finished with 33 team points, only 4 shy of first-place Purdue. Heading into the final day of competition at the three-day tournament, Skidmore was in a three-way tie for second place.
Among various individual achievements at the tournament, junior Bevin Dean won the Individual Introductory Equitation, senior Charlotte Lyon won Limit Equitation Over Fences, sophomore Isa Jensen placed third in the Intermediate Equitation Over Fences Team competition, and sophomore Stella Allen earned a third-place finish in the Team Novice Equitation.
The Thoroughbreds have won a total of 9 IHSA National Championships, most recently in 2023.