Kocher's Historic Day Helps Dartmouth to Win at Middlebury

Saturday, October 6

Middlebury, Vt.

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Dartmouth College

Middlebury

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Kocher's Historic Day Helps Dartmouth to Win at Middlebury

10/6/2018 8:38:00 PM | Equestrian

Sophia Kocher wins all 6 events and posts perfect 42 points.

By: Sue Mohieldin, Pat Salvas

NEW HAVEN, Vt. – The Dartmouth Equestrian team had a very successful first show of the season at Middlebury on Saturday, beating out nine teams to win the competition.

The team's home meet in late September didn't count toward official point totals, making Saturday's performance at Middlebury the first official show of the season.

Captain Olivia Champ and junior Meghan Poth got the day off to a good start, placing third in Open Fences and second in Intermediate Fences, respectively. Senior Suehayla Mohieldin also claimed second place in her cross rails class.

Freshmen Tori Bergstein and Georgina Davis had a great first show, taking second and third, respectively, in Novice Fences, leading the team to first place before starting the flat portion of the competition.

The team continued to hold back competition in the flat, with Meghan Poth and Sabrina Jain both claiming second in Intermediate Flat and Novice Flat.

The story of the day, though, was when sophomore Sophia Kocher made Dartmouth equestrian history. Kocher won her Advanced Walk Trot canter class, making her the first rider at Dartmouth to win at every single regular season competition. Her win also qualified her for Regionals and moved her up to Novice Flat and Fences.

Dartmouth continued to perform well in the Walk Trot Canter division with junior Alexa Tucker winning her class and Sophie Kylander claiming third. Senior Margot Putnam clinched the necessary points to keep Dartmouth in the lead, claiming fourth place in Walk Trot out of eight riders. The team will continue to train hard over the next week in preparation for the doubleheader shows at UVM and back at Morton Farm next weekend.

Team Score
1st out of 10

Individual Scores
Margot Putnam '19- 4^th place in Walk Trot
Alexa Tucker '20- 1^st place in Beginner Walk Trot Canter
Sophie Kylander '22- 3^rd place in Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Sophia Kocher '19- 1^st place in Advanced Walk Trot Canter
Sabrina Jain '22 – 4th place in Intermediate Fences, 2^nd place in Novice Flat
Suehayla Mohieldin '19 – 2^nd place in Cross Rails, 6^th place in Novice Flat
Tori Bergstein '22 -2^nd place In Novice Fences
Georgina Davis '22 – 3^rd place in Novice Fences
Meghan Poth '20- 2^nd place in Intermediate Fences, 2^nd place in Intermediate Flat
Erin McCarthy-Keeler '19- 6^th place in Intermediate Flat
Olivia Champ '19- 3^rd place in Open Fences, 5^th place in Open Flat