WWU Riders Compete in Tulsa Classic Hunter/Jumper Show

5/7/2009 Mary Ann Beahon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (573) 592-1127

 

William Woods University’s show team successfully showed 19 horses at the Tulsa Classic Hunter/Jumper Show recently, winning numerous ribbons. The team was coached by Julie Pickering, a WWU graduate.
 
Results for hunters were:   
                   
$5000 Open Hunter Classic, Jessica Litfin of Topeka, Kan., (Capital Account)-9th
 
$500 Marshal and Sterling Amateur Adult Classic, Jackie Reehoff of Barrington, Ill., (Timeless)-2nd
 
Ariat National Adult Medal, Jackie Reehoff-4th
 
Marshal and Sterling Adult Medal, Jackie Reehoff-1st
 
Adult Amateur Hunter 18-35, Jessica Litfin on Capital Account, Reserve Division Champion
           
Over Fences, Jackie Reehoff (Timeless)-2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th; Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-1st, 7th, 4th, 6th and Nicole Kovanda of Maplewood, Minn., (Blue October)-1st, 6th
 
Under Saddle,  Jackie Reehoff (Timeless)-6th and Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-1st
 
Adult Amateur Hunter (35+),    Over Fences, Colleen Harper-Hertzog, a WWU alumna from Fulton, Mo.-1st, 5th, 5th; Under Saddle, Colleen Harper-Hertzog-2nd 
 
Amateur Adult Equitation Over Fences, Jackie Reehoff-2nd
 
Modified Child/Adult Hunter Division, Equitation on the Flat, Olivia Ma of San Diego, Calif.-4th
 
Over Fences, Carrie Kedish of Overland Park, Kan., (Cosmic Cowboy)-1st, 5th and Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-2nd, 3rd, 4th
 
Under Saddle,  Carrie Kedish (Cosmic Cowboy)-7th and Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-5th
 
                                                           
Adult Schooling Hunter, Jessica Litfin on Capital Account, Division Champion
 
Over Fences, Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-1st, 1st, 2nd and Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-3rd, 3rd, 4th
 
Under Saddle, Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-1st and Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-5th
 
Schooling Hunter, Nicole Kovanda on Blue October, Reserve Division Champion
 
Over Fences, Nicole Kovanda (Blue October)-1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd  Jackie Reehoff (Timeless)-3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th ; Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-3rd, 4th; Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-6th, 7th, 8th and Colleen Harper-Hertzog-4th, 5th
 
Under Saddle,  Olivia Ma (Happy Hour)-3rd  
 
Modified Jr/Am Hunter Low,    Over Fences, Jackie Reehoff of Overland Park, Kan., (Timeless)-2nd and Jessica Litfin (Capital Account)-1st
 
Results for jumpers were:
 
$10,000 Children’s/Adult Classic (3’6”), Krista Vehlewald (Get in Line)-4th
 
Child/Adult Division (3’6”), Krista Vehlewald (Get in Line), Reserve Division Champion, 1st, 2nd, 6th; Blair Hackel of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., (Colonia)-4th; Melissa Smith of Fort Myers, Fla., (Zahra)-3rd and Lacie Tindall of Deer Park, N.Y., (Rise Above)-3rd, 5th
 
Low Child/Adult Division (3’3”), Trish Clark of Fulton, Mo., (Northern Slope)-5th and Ann Kiddy of Cabot, Ark., (Vainqueur)-4th
 
Modified Child/Adult Division (2’9”), Marissa Parenti of Hooksett, N.H., (Woodland’s Eclipse)-3rd, 4th, 5th; Kristen Busher of St. Petersburg, Fla., (Fergus O’Sullivan)-4th and Bryn Hudson of Carrollton, Texas, (Bulletproof)-7th
 
2’6”, Bryn Hudson (Bulletproof)-6th and Nicole Kovanda (Blue October)-8th
 
3’0 (Level 1), Melissa Smith (Vienna)-2nd; Emily Strauss of Tulsa, Okla., (Omnistarr)-7th, 3rd; Marissa Parenti (Woodland’s Eclipse)-1st; Bryn Hudson (Bulletproof)-8th and Trish Clark (Northern Slope)-5th
 
3’3” (Level 2), Krista Vehlewald (Get In Line)-2nd, Blair Hackel (Colonia)-4th and Ann Kiddy (Vainqueur)-3rd
 
3’6” (Level 3),  Blair Hackel (Colonia)-6th and Melissa Smith (Vienna)-3rd