Posted: Oct 06, 2018

Western Equestrian Opens up Season

The Alfred State Western Equestrian team opened up their season with a pair of reserve hi-point showings at Alfred University at Saturday. During the contest three riders qualified for the Regionals at the end of the season.

Amber Laibe (Vestal), Brianna Lasecki (Newark), and Rachel von Hagn (Bath) qualified for Regionals with strong performances. Laibe was 4th in intermediate competition in the AM show and 4th in novice in the PM show, Lasecki was 1st in beginner in the morning and 6th in intermediate in the afternoon, while von Hagn was 3rd in novice in the AM show.

Meaghan Castoro (Syosset) was 1st in intermediate in both the AM and PM show, Caylen Bedow (Fillmore) was 1st in advanced in the morning and 3rd in the afternoon, and Jennifer Cirigliano (Brewster) was 1st in beginner in the PM show after finishing 3rd in the AM show.

Alyssa Beardsley (Letchworth) was 2nd in open reining in both shows and finished 2nd in horsemanship in the morning and 3rd in the afternoon. Jessica Bongard (Webster Thomas) was 2nd in novice in the AM, Jamie Fredenburg (Fabius Pompey) was 2nd in novice in the morning, and Megan Delianne (Lindenhurst/West Islip) was 2nd in beginner in the morning.

The Pioneers are back in action on Saturday, November 10th when they return to Alfred University.

AM PM

Alyssa Beardsley:Open Reining 2nd Reining 2nd

HMS 2nd HMS 3rd

Caylen Bedow: Advanced 1st 3rd

Jessica Bongard:Novice 2nd 6th

Mackenzie Caletka: Inter, -- 6th

Meaghan Castoro: Inter. 1st 1st

Jennifer Cirigliano: Beg. 3rd 1st

Kathleen Crandon: Inter. -- 5th

Megan Delianne: Beg. 2nd 3rd

Jamie Fredenburg: Nov. 2nd 6th