Participants Selected for 2024 MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions

Lexington, Ky.—May 7, 2024—The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to announce the participants of the 2024 MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions to be held between June and August. Over five days, these athletes will participate in mounted flatwork, gymnastics exercises and coursework with top clinicians Linda Allen, Carly Anthony, Jeff Cook, Cynthia Hankins, Karen Healey, Vinton Karrasch, and Julie Winkel. Chris Eadline, Jennifer Fessler, Tracy Forman, Julia Hogan, Colleen Reed, and Nanci Snyder will lead stable management sessions.

Congratulations to this year's athletes:

Centenary University

  • Anleigh Ahlert of Tyrone, Pa.
  • Ava Bives of Austin, Texas
  • Leanna Brennan of Hazlet, N.J.
  • Karlie Dennis of Cochranton, Pa.
  • Lucinda Donaldson of Parkesburg, 
    Pa.
  • Emmie Esplin of Diana, N.Y.
  • Jimena Font of Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • Emma Foreman of Pittstown, N.J.
  • Meghan Gamble of Hockessin, Del.
  • Isabelle Grutkowski of Southbury, Conn.
  • Zoe Grutkowski of Southbury, Conn.
  • Emma Hakim of Greenwich, Conn.
  • Lydia Harrison of Lancaster, Penn.
  • Isabella Knobloch of Mexico City, Mexico
  • Susanna Locklear of Birmingham, Pa.
  • Mara Manzella of Middletown, N.J.
  • Magdalen Moritz of Enola, Penn.
  • Jack Painter of Hilliard, Ohio
  • Cathryn Reachard of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
  • Carson Smith of Chesapeake, Va.
  • Alyssa Stevens of Wampum, Pa.
  • Gabriella Welch of Hillsboro, Va.
  • Ellie Welte of Dublin, Ohio
  • Madilyn Wynn of Greenwood, Del.

Colorado Horse Park

  • Avalon Anslyn of Basalt, Colo.
  • Amaya Bellfield of Longmont, Colo.
  • Megan Carey of Centennial, Colo.
  • Honor Coulter of Hailey, Idaho
  • Sova Coyle of Longmont, Colo.
  • Gretel Demartin of Boulder, Colo.
  • Anna DeNicholas of Longmont, Colo.
  • Sofia Dogwill of Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Tallulah Dogwill of Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Doris Farmer of Murillo, Ontario
  • Simi Gibson of Denver, Colo.
  • Bradie Gilmore of Pinedale, Wyo.
  • Lily Groff of Littleton, Colo.
  • Samantha Hieb of Littleton, Colo.
  • Wren Kelly of Carbondale, Colo.
  • Bayleigh Lansdell of Kakabeka, Ontario
  • Lily Lisbon of Boulder, Colo.
  • Kerris Luedeke of Belton, Texas
  • Michaela Mangus of Billings, Mont.
  • Syona Morrison of Lafayette, Colo.
  • Carter Mott of Boulder, Colo.
  • Marnee Richardson of Austin, Texas
  • Malia Sherer of Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Rhea Stott of Glenwood Springs, Colo.
  • Annabelle Vandamme of Bountiful, Utah

Elvenstar Farm 

  • Lila Badham of Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Pearl Baldi of Fallbrook, Calif.
  • Georgia Bass of Sherman Oaks, Calif.
  • Rosemary Bilson of Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Madison Bodmer of Temecula, Calif.
  • Kate Clouser of Simi Valley, Calif.
  • Jordan DeSantis of Simi Valley, Calif.
  • Karina Ghoul of Northridge, Calif.
  • Taryn McEntire of Oceanside, Calif.
  • Cleo McIntosh of Tarzana, Calif.
  • Lillian Muzzy of Coto De Caza, Calif.
  • Keira Nygaard of Del Mar, Calif.
  • Camille O'Brien of Pasadena, Calif.
  • Camille Panuwat of Walnut Creek, Calif.
  • Emily Petrie of Trabuco Cyn, Calif.
  • Siena Pravettone of Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Leah Sachs of Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • Penelope Sanders of Sierra Madre, Calif.
  • Sophie Shohet of Las Vegas, Nev.
  • Stella Tinsley of La Canada Flt, Calif.
  • Molly Trattles of Sandy, Utah
  • Maya Wehbe of Temecula, Calif.

Fox Lea Farm

  • Madison Aguilar of Loxahatchee, Fla.
  • Jazmyn Aquedo of Lehigh Acres, Fla.
  • Jordann Fabian of Miami, Fla.
  • Grace  Johnson of Windermere, Fla.
  • Alyson Jones of Groveland, Fla.
  • Elizabeth McKenzie of Fairport, N.Y.
  • Nora Mendoza of Ocala, Fla.
  • Sophie Owen of Windermere, Fla.
  • Victoria  Phelan of Bradenton, Fla.
  • Madison Ralph of Saint 
    Petersburg, Fla.
  • Sydney Ridgley of Parrish, Fla.
  • Isabella Ruohomaki of Grant, Fla.
  • Kailyn Thayer of Windermere, Fla.
  • Alexandra Winiecki of Fort Myers, Fla.

Great Southwest Equestrian Center

  • Kayla  Bailey  of College Station, Texas
  • Alessia Basden of Streetman, Texas
  • Ella Buettner of Maurice, La.
  • Cambrie Byford of Decatur, Texas
  • Eric Dietert of Willis, Texas
  • Carlysle Drosos of Buda, Texas
  • Brielle Fischer of Seabrook, Texas
  • Sammie Frazier of Baytown, Texas
  • Natalie Gordon of Hideaway, Texas
  • *Kathleen Kramer of New Braunfels, Texas
  • Marcus Meza of Sunset, La.
  • Jocalynn Pages of Baytown, Texas
  • Olivia Potier of Lafayette, La.
  • Natalie Prescott of Prosper, Texas
  • Phoebe Risk of Austin, Texas
  • Addison Russell of Navasota, Texas
  • Summerlyn Schlanger of Martindale, Texas
  • Audrey Skillern of Huntsville, Texas
  • Jessica White of Mckinney, Texas
  • Catherine Zurcher of Dayton, Texas

Midway University

  • Olivia Airgood of Mars, Pa.
  • Caroline Barclay of Roswell, Ga.
  • Ann Marie Brower of Sparta, Mich.
  • Meredith Denton of Corydon, Ky.
  • *Lisa Eigel of Weldon Spring, Mo.
  • Ashley Enger of Saint Louis, Mo.
  • Lyla Fitzsimmons of Alpharetta, Ga.
  • Charlotte Hess of Bolton, Mass.
  • Chloe Hutchings of Lenoir City, Tenn.
  • Emma Hyde of Lexington, Ky.
  • Sasha Kassel of Barrington, Ill.
  • Emma Linton of Galena, Ohio
  • Lauren Masica of Independence, Minn.
  • Izzy Okumura of Northville, Mich.
  • McClain Robinson of Mountain Brook, Ala.
  • Finley Scheffel of Georgetown, Ky.
  • Cassidy Tenhundfeld of Clive, Iowa
  • Casey Waite of Janesville, Wis.
  • Heidi White of Senoia, Ga.
  • Abbie Wright of Cicero, N.Y.

Mount Holyoke College

  • Natalie Gannett of Hingham, Mass.
  • Liam Gaspar of New York, N.Y.
  • Ariane Graves of Stratham, N.H.
  • Isabella Gravina-Budis of Charlotte, Vt.
  • Olive Gutzler of Harvard, Mass.
  • Olivia Herfert of Tiverton, R.I.
  • Michaela Howe of Millbrook, N.Y.
  • Chandra Kyrwood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Madeleine MacPhee of Foster, R.I.
  • Carys Murray of South Dartmouth, 
    Mass.
  • Kailey Paul of West Sand Lake, 
    N.Y.
  • Kiera Perkins of Port Matilda, Pa.
  • Eleanor Pieters of Chepachet, R.I.
  • Lila Simone of Carmel, N.Y.
  • Katherine Volkmar of Chappaqua, 
    N.Y.
  • Tulloch Walther of Clinton Corners, N.Y.

Paso Robles Horse Park

  • Hailey Bergstrom of Camas, Wash.
  • Addison Cheney of Livermore, Calif.
  • Alison Demian of San Anselmo, 
    Calif.
  • Samantha Finnegan of Modesto, 
    Calif.
  • Payton Fullmore  of Walnut Creek, 
    Calif.
  • Charlotte Jacobs of El Dorado 
    Hills, Calif.
  • *Anna Lloyd of Livermore, Calif.
  • Gwynne Mers of Hubbard, Ore.
  • Jaden Myers of Cave Creek, Ariz.
  • Lily Nosbaum of Estacada, Ore.
  • Sophia Prion of Sunnyvale, Calif.
  • Jillian Puthoff of Norton Shores, Mich.
  • Anni Richard of San Luis Obispo, Calif.
  • Hannah Schmidt of Vancouver, Wash.
  • Madeleine Scott of Reno, Nev.
  • Hayden Unfred of Reno, Nev.
  • Mikayla Vosseller of Cardiff, Calif.

Saint Mary of the Woods College

  • Tyler Anderson of Novi, Mich.
  • Mackenzie Blacklidge of Wilmette, Ill.
  • Morgan Cialella of Northville, Mich.
  • Tessa Harper of Gurnee, Ill.
  • Anna Huard of Howell, Mich.
  • Kaylee Johnson of Summerfield, N.C.
  • Keira Lancelle Bates of Waukesha, Wis. 
  • Kylar Lanoha of Omaha, Neb.
  • Kaylee Martinez of Piperton, Tenn.
  • Madison O'Meara of Crystal Lake, Ill.
  • Rhyan Rodriguez of Deforest, Wis.
  • Brienna Schilling of Park Ridge, Ill.
  • Harper Tjardes of Blair, Neb.
  • Ashley Vaught of Zionsville, Ind.
  • Harrison Vincent of Woodridge, Ill.

Sweet Briar College

  • Eden Albelda of Oak Hill, Va.
  • Genevieve Amigone of Winston Salem, N.C.
  • Kendall Ball of Bel Air, Md.
  • Ariana Bowman of Fishersville, Va.
  • Kate Bryan of Clemson, S.C.
  • Evelyn Clark of Crofton, Md.
  • Isabel Flynn of Chevy Chase, Md.
  • Josie Galvin of Free Union, Va.
  • *Jane Harrigan of Middleburg, Va.
  • Elizabeth Hester of Clemson, S.C.
  • Avery Hillhouse of Durham, N.C.
  • Kailey Hoisington of Spotsylvania, Va.
  • Addison Huffman of Hydes, Md.
  • Jocelynn Johnson of Falls Church, Va.
  • Taylor Kamataris of Leesburg, Va.
  • Mia King of Bluff City, Tenn.
  • Rowan Love of Sweet Briar, Va.
  • Morgan Osbaldeston of Roswell, Ga.
  • Carly Parent of Garner, N.C.
  • Brighid Perkins of Port Matilda, Pa.
  • Brianna Radtke of Crozet, Va.
  • Isabella Salas of Oakton, Va.
  • Lauren Satola of Fulton, Md.
  • Natalie Townsend of Kempton, Pa.
  • *Kathleen Thomas of Darnestown, Md.
  • Carly Williams of Efland, N.C.

 

* Indicates a Stable Management trainee.

The USHJA extends its gratitude to the 2024 Regional RMilewski-05107Training Session hosts Centenary University, Colorado Horse Park, Elvenstar Farm, Fox Lea Farm, Great Southwest Equestrian Center, Midway University, Mount Holyoke College, Paso Robles Horse Park, Saint Mary of the Woods College, and Sweet Briar College. A complete list of Regional Training Session dates, locations and clinicians can be found here

New this year at the Regional Training Sessions, one athlete from each session will be selected as the Taylor Harris Insurance Services Athlete of the Session. The athlete will be awarded a $500 cash prize and certificate of recognition provided by Taylor Harris Insurance Services. Selected by the clinician, this award will be awarded to a participant demonstrating high discipline, determination, and dedication. All regional participants will also receive a saddle pad and accessory tote from supporting Sponsor Schneiders.

Following the Regional Training Sessions, 16 Regional Training Session participants and a select number of stable managers will be invited to attend the National Training Session held this November at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. The National Training will take place from November 7-10. At the conclusion of the session, one rider is named the overall USHJA EAP National Champion based on their performance in the riding and stable management sessions throughout the week, earning a $3,000 grant to be applied toward the cost of advanced training with an approved trainer. The Champion and Reserve Champion are also offered the opportunity to participate in a Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Gold Star Clinic within the next two years.

Learn more about the MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program at ushja.org/EAP.

Photo: Rachel Milewski/USHJA