April 10, 2009 — Brackets for the Varsity Equestrian National Championship (VENC), to be held April 16-18 in Waco, Texas, were released April 9 by the Varsity Equestrian Selection Committee. The selection committee consists of coaches and administrators of universities sponsoring equestrian as well as a representative from the U.S. Equestrian Federation and the American Quarter Horse Association. Auburn (hunter seat) and Texas A&M (Western) received number one seeds for their respective divisions. Twelve teams for each of the two disciplines received invitations to the championship:
Individual competition for the four events (equitation over fences and flat and Western horsemanship and reining) increased for 4 individuals to 8 this year. Receiving number one seeds are Haylie Jayne (UGA, over fences), Megan Massaro (USC, flat), Tara Christiansen (TAMU, reining) and Caroline Gunn (TAMU, horsemanship).
INDIVIDUALS
Flat
1 – Massaro, USC
2 – Balis, OSU
3 – Babcock, USC
4 – C. Collingsworth, OSU
5 – Middleton, USC
6 – S. Collingsworth, OSU
7 – Cramer, UTM
8 – Jayne, UGA
ALT 1 – Lipman, UGA
ALT 2 – Zealy, TAMU
Fences
1 – Jayne, UGA
2 – Goldman, BU
3 – McAlary, AUB
4 – Brown, BU
5 – Scherholz, AUB
6 – Bourgeois, USC
7 – Cowperwait, UGA
8 – Blais, OSU
ALT 1 – Massaro, USC
ALT 2 – Cramer, UTM
Western Horsemanship
1 – Gunn, TAMU
2 – Chown, TCU
3 – Love, UGA
4 – Grossnickle, USC
5 – Freeman, KSU
6 – Chesley, NMSU
7 – Whitacre, OSU
8 – Orosz, BU
ALT 1 – Centa, SDSU
ALT 2 – Huffman, TCU
Reining
1 – Christiansen, TAMU
2 – Von Uhlit, TCU
3 – Monfore, AUB
4 – Chesley, NMSU
5 – Stewart, UGA
6 – Locker, UGA
7 – Eichstadt, UTM
8 – Parnell, OSU
ALT 1 – St. Hilaire, UGA
ALT 2 – Grant
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