SUNY Riders Shine at Regional Championships

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Several SUNY Cobleskill Hunt Seat Equestrian riders turned in exceptional efforts at the 2024 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Region 3 Championships hosted by Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs over the weekend. During the season the Fighting Tigers captured the Reserve Team Championship.

Fighting Tiger first-year rider Oksana Wynnik, Champlain, N.Y., Northeast Clinton High School, placed second in the Novice Rider Division to earn Reserve Champion Honors in the event and to qualify for the 2024 Zone 2 Championships.

Two other Fighting Tiger riders also received individual honors for their efforts during the regular season as sophomore Casey Van Nostrand, Schenectady, N.Y., Guilderland High School, finished as the Region 3 Individual Reserve Champion to earn the Region’s Cacchione Cup while junior Courtney Palmer, Middletown, N.Y., Pine Bush High School, was awarded the Region 3 Sportsmanship Award by the region’s coaches.

Cobleskill will next be in action on April 6 when they travel to Greenvale, N.Y. for the Zone 2 Individual Championships hosted by Long Island University beginning at 9:00 a.m.