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May 3,
2002
MHC
Riders Win Dressage Crown
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Photo: Elizabeth Goodridge '04
Champion
MHC riders pose after their victory
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Mount Holyoke riders
defeated seven of the best collegiate dressage teams from around
the country to capture the title of 2002 Intercollegiate National
Champions on April 27 through 28 at Johnson and Wales University
Equine Center in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
The teamcaptain Amelia Chappelle '03, Elana Alexandria Bertram
'04, Nicole Mazzeo '05, and Nina Akerley '04—came into the
competition as undefeated Northeast Regional Champions. They defeated
teams representing Cazenovia, Centenary, Lake Erie, Otterbein,
St. Andrews Presbyterian, and Virginia Intermont colleges and
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to win the competition,
sponsored by the Intercollegiate-Interscholastic Dressage Association.
Mount Holyoke's riders scored several more victories during the
individual competition. At first level, Chappelle took first place
and Hilary Moore '04 placed eighth; at upper training level, Bertram
placed first and Elizabeth Goodridge '04 fourth; and at lower
training level, Annika Blumenthal '05 won while Mazzeo took second
place. Points in dressage are awarded for the execution of precision
movements by a horse in response to barely perceptible signals
from its rider. The sport has been likened to compulsory figures
in ice skating, or movements in dance.
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Elana
Bertram '04 riding Klark
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MHC Dressage Club
coach Rebecca Schurink congratulated the riders on their excellent
performance against a challenging field. "I was very pleased
we won and received the scores that we did," she said.
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