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Berry Equestrian Finishes Third in the Region!

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The two day meet consisted up third place finishes for Berry, first in hunt seat on Saturday and then clinched third overall in the Region on Sunday!

Saturday Highlights:
On Saturday the hunt seat team's place of third came just four points behind the first place finishers and Axa Stevens qualified for Regionals in Introductory hunt seat.

Now the number three team in the Region, the Vikings were led by Ellie Weinreb who won high point open rider of the region and will compete at Zones for a chance to compete in the Cacchione Cup at Nationals!

Individual Results:
Open Fence
Emily Sudderth - 3rd
Elizabeth Weinreb and Meaghan Kursman - 5th (two sections)

Open Flat
Elizabeth Weinreb - 1st
Meaghan Kursman - 4th

Intermediate Fence
Shelby Williams - 5th

Intermediate Flat
Shelby Williams and Rette Solomon - 5th (two sections)

Limit Fence
Grace Marie Bishop - 2nd
Fiona Albertson - 2nd

Limit Flat
Fiono Albertson - 2nd
Elissa Homer - 4th

Novice 
Elle Baird - 1st

Intro
Axa Stevens - 1st

Sunday Highlights:

Sunday was the Regionals for the individual qualifiers with hunt seat in the morning session. The top two riders in each class move on to Zones!

Individual Results:
Open Flat
Elizabeth Weinreb - 1st
Meaghan Kursman - 2nd
Both qualified for Zones

Limit Flat
Rette Solomon - 4th

Novice Flat
Shelby Williams - 4th out of 12

Intro 
Axa Stevens - 2nd
Qualified for Zones

Western Regionals : Berry cleaned HOUSE! The Vikings had five region Champions and the top two riders move on to Semi-Finals!

Reining 
Autumn Lance - 1st
Qualified for Semis

Open
Autumn Lance - 2nd
Rette Solomon - 3rd
Lance Qualified for Semis

Level II
Brooke Backlund - 1st
Qualified for Semis

Level 1
Taylor McIntosh - 1st
Qualified for Semis

Rookie
Catie Thompson - 1st
Qualified for Semis

Beginner
Axa Stevens - 1st
Qualified for Semis

Next up Berry travels to Lynchburg, VA on March 1st for NCEA.
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Players Mentioned

Fiona Albertson

Fiona Albertson

HS
5' 7"
Junior
Hunt Seat
Brooke Backlund

Brooke Backlund

W
5' 4"
Junior
Western
Meaghan Kursman

Meaghan Kursman

HS
5' 7"
Sophomore
Hunt Seat/ NCEA Jumping Seat
Autumn  Lance

Autumn Lance

W
5' 6"
Senior
Western
Taylor McIntosh

Taylor McIntosh

W
5' 8"
Senior
Western
Rette Solomon

Rette Solomon

W/HS
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Hunt Seat/Western
Axa Stevens

Axa Stevens

W
Sophomore
Western
Catie Thompson

Catie Thompson

W
5' 6"
Sophomore
Western
Shelby Williams

Shelby Williams

HS
5' 7"
Sophomore
Hunt Seat
Grace Marie Bishop

Grace Marie Bishop

HS
5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Fiona Albertson

Fiona Albertson

5' 7"
Junior
Hunt Seat
HS
Brooke Backlund

Brooke Backlund

5' 4"
Junior
Western
W
Meaghan Kursman

Meaghan Kursman

5' 7"
Sophomore
Hunt Seat/ NCEA Jumping Seat
HS
Autumn  Lance

Autumn Lance

5' 6"
Senior
Western
W
Taylor McIntosh

Taylor McIntosh

5' 8"
Senior
Western
W
Rette Solomon

Rette Solomon

5' 8"
Graduate Student
Hunt Seat/Western
W/HS
Axa Stevens

Axa Stevens

Sophomore
Western
W
Catie Thompson

Catie Thompson

5' 6"
Sophomore
Western
W
Shelby Williams

Shelby Williams

5' 7"
Sophomore
Hunt Seat
HS
Grace Marie Bishop

Grace Marie Bishop

5' 4"
Freshman
HS