Strong Performance by Dartmouth Equestrian Leaves Six Riders with a Chance to Qualify for Regionals

Saturday, October 30

Durham, N.H.

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Dartmouth College

UNH Show

Photo by: Doug Austin

Strong Performance by Dartmouth Equestrian Leaves Six Riders with a Chance to Qualify for Regionals

11/1/2021 11:52:00 AM | Equestrian

The Big Green finished in second place.

DURHAM, N.H. — The Dartmouth equestrian team secured a second-place finish in the 10-team at the University of New Hampshire meet on Saturday, October 30.

Freshman Ellie Brown competed in the pre-novice division for the first time and walked away with a blue ribbon after a strong performance aboard Shamus. Junior Kate Kucharczuk finished at the top of her class in the intro division. Junior Leah Branstetter laid down a perfect trip over fences to win the limit fences class and placed third in her flat class.

Individual Scores
Claire Azar – 4^th in open fences, 3^rd in open flat
Rachel Freer – 5^th in open fences, 3^rd in intermediate flat
Tori Bergstein – 2^nd in intermediate fences, 2^nd in intermediate flat
Sophie Pelzer – 5^th in intermediate fences
Sophie Kylander – 2^nd in limit fences, 4^th in limit flat
Leah Branstetter – 1^st in limit fences, 3^rd in limit flat
Margot Luria – 2^nd in limit flat
Grace Silverman – 2^nd in novice
Melody Fu – 5^th in novice
Sophia Arana – 3^rd in novice
Ellie Brown – 1^st in pre-novice
Kate Kucharczuk – 1^st in intro

The last competition of the season will be at Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday, November 13. Six Dartmouth equestrians will have a chance to qualify individually for a championship season in the spring:

Sophie Kylander - limit fences
Tori Bergstein – intermediate fences
Sophia Arana – novice
Kate Kucharczuk – intro
Claire Azar – open
Chloe Terestchenko - open