Gulls ride to third place finish
October 26, 2009
BEVERLY, Mass. - The Endicott College equestrian team began its 2009-10 campaign with a third place finish at the UMass-Dartmouth Show held on Saturday, October 24th. The Gulls finished one point out of Reserve Champion behind Tufts University and Bridgewater State College, which won the event. Endicott’s \#Anna Pavlov\# (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) won both of her classes in Intermediate Flat and Intermediate Fences and earned the Reserve Champion ribbon.
Open rider Colleen Reid from Bridgewater, also won both of her classes and in a quiz tie-breaker, Anna earned the Reserve Champion ribbon.
Pavlov was not the only freshman to have a strong ride for the Gulls. In addition to \#Anna Pavlov\#’s wins, \#Frances Pearson\# (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) won her Novice Fences class. The returning riders for Endicott also placed well as \#Anna McKendry\# (Allentown, Pa.) won in the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter class while \#Mia Finkelstein\# (Peabody, Mass.) took home first place in Intermediate Fences.
\#Erica Hill\# (Wilton, Mass.) led a bevy of second-place finishes for the Gulls with her finish in Intermediate Fences. \#Christine Hevey\# (Methuen, Mass.) and \#Anne Wilcox\# (Philadelphia, Pa.) both finished second in Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter while \#Leigh Fitzgerald\# (Bolton, Mass.) finished second in the Novice Flat class. With Fitzgerald’s red ribbon, she has now pointed out in her class and proceeds to ride in the Intermediate Level and the senior has also qualified for Regional Finals.
The team’s next competitions take place on October 31st at the Tufts University show in Holliston, Mass. followed by the Boston University Show on November 1st in Hanover, Mass.
Endicott Results:
Open:
\#Lauren Horth\# – Fences 5th, Flat 6th
\#Katherine Noyes\# – Fences 6th, Flat 6th
\#Gabrielle King\# – Flat 4th
Intermediate:
\#Anna Pavlov\# – Fences 1st, Flat 1st
\#Mia Finkelstein\# – Fences 1st
\#Erica Hill\# – Fences 2nd
\#Kate Selig\# – Flat 3rd
Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter:
\#Christine Hevey\# – 2nd
\#Anne Wilcox\# – 2nd
\#Anna McKendry\# – 1st
Walk-Trot:
\#Jess Silbereisen\# – 4th
Open rider Colleen Reid from Bridgewater, also won both of her classes and in a quiz tie-breaker, Anna earned the Reserve Champion ribbon.
Pavlov was not the only freshman to have a strong ride for the Gulls. In addition to \#Anna Pavlov\#’s wins, \#Frances Pearson\# (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) won her Novice Fences class. The returning riders for Endicott also placed well as \#Anna McKendry\# (Allentown, Pa.) won in the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter class while \#Mia Finkelstein\# (Peabody, Mass.) took home first place in Intermediate Fences.
\#Erica Hill\# (Wilton, Mass.) led a bevy of second-place finishes for the Gulls with her finish in Intermediate Fences. \#Christine Hevey\# (Methuen, Mass.) and \#Anne Wilcox\# (Philadelphia, Pa.) both finished second in Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter while \#Leigh Fitzgerald\# (Bolton, Mass.) finished second in the Novice Flat class. With Fitzgerald’s red ribbon, she has now pointed out in her class and proceeds to ride in the Intermediate Level and the senior has also qualified for Regional Finals.
The team’s next competitions take place on October 31st at the Tufts University show in Holliston, Mass. followed by the Boston University Show on November 1st in Hanover, Mass.
Endicott Results:
Open:
\#Lauren Horth\# – Fences 5th, Flat 6th
\#Katherine Noyes\# – Fences 6th, Flat 6th
\#Gabrielle King\# – Flat 4th
Intermediate:
\#Anna Pavlov\# – Fences 1st, Flat 1st
\#Mia Finkelstein\# – Fences 1st
\#Erica Hill\# – Fences 2nd
\#Kate Selig\# – Flat 3rd
Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter:
\#Christine Hevey\# – 2nd
\#Anne Wilcox\# – 2nd
\#Anna McKendry\# – 1st
Walk-Trot:
\#Jess Silbereisen\# – 4th