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Regionals Victory for IEA Team

Chatham Hall
On March 3 and 4, Chatham Hall hosted the Interscholastic Equestrian Association Bi-Regional Finals for Virginia and North Carolina, with the top three individuals and teams qualifying for the IEA Zone 3 Finals.
The Chatham Hall IEA team finished the weekend as the Champion Team, securing their place at Zone Finals. Team competition started off with Chandler Runnells '19 earning a 5th in open fences, while Isabella Hubbard '19 won her novice fences class, earning the team an impressive seven points to finish out the first day. Sunday started with Susie Wu '18 in the Walk Trot Canter and Isabella Hubbard securing a third place ribbon adding eight team points. Winning the Intermediate Flat class, Caroline Hawthorne '19 added seven more points for the team. Anchoring the win for Chatham Hall was Lily Porter '19, who finished fourth in Open Flat, earning the team three more points. The IEA Team hopes to extend this powerful win on March 17 and 18, when Runnells, Hawthorne, Hubbard, and Wu will represent Chatham Hall at the IEA Zone 3 Finals at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, NC.

In addition to the outstanding team performances, several IEA riders qualified individually for the Zone 3 Finals in the regular season ride. Those riders are:
Chandler Runnells – Open Fences – 2nd place
Caroline Hawthorne – Intermediate Fences – 3rd place
Athena Critides – Novice Fences – 1st place

Remarking on the weekend, Riding Director, James Morris, said, “The team worked hard both in and out of the ring, organizing the horses, and helping run the show smoothly and efficiently. We are proud of the hard work put forth by all the IEA Team and those other Chatham Hall students that spent the weekend supporting the riders and patrons.” For continued updates on the riding program, be sure to follow @ridechathamhall on twitter.
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Day and boarding school for girls grades 9-12 in the Episcopal tradition.

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