Riders Selected for AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge

[source: AQHA.com]

Sixteen collegiate equestrian riders have been chosen to participate in the 2017 American Quarter Horse Association Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge November 11-12 during the Lucas Oil AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City.

The preliminaries will take place on November 11, with the finals on November 12.

The student-athlete riders representing National Collegiate Equestrian Association institutions selected for the AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge are as follows:

• Payton Anderson, University of Georgia
• Kirsten Chamberland, Oklahoma State University
• Abbi Demel, Baylor University
• Kara Kaufmann, Auburn University
• Ashley Mauney, Southern Methodist University
• Josie Mootz, Texas Christian University
• Maddie Thiel, University of South Carolina
• Rachel Williams, Fresno State

The following collegiate riders representing Intercollegiate Horse Show Association institutions in the AQHA Collegiate Horsemanship Challenge are as follows:

• Brittany Abernathy, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
• Kinsey Ayres, Black Hawk College
• Elizabeth Ellis, Berry College
• Margherita Guerra, University of California Davis
• Mark Mowbray, St. Andrews University
• Taylor Overmier, The Ohio State University
• Marissa Phillips, University of Findlay
• Hayley Ruffner, Alfred University

For more information on the Lucas Oil World and for the tentative schedule, visit www.aqha.com/worldshow.