Last weekend, 7 MTSU students competed at the IHSA hunt seat Regional Show held at Murray State University. After a successful show season for the hunt seat team, the girls continue to push their way to nationals, one qualifying show at a time.

MTSU ended the regular show season as the leading High Point team against 7 other college teams, including Univesity of Knoxville, Murray State, Vanderbilt, Tennessee Tech University, University of Arkansas, Rhodes College and Maryville College. Going into Zones, they boast several champion riders.

The team walked away from the Regional Show with four individual championships and one Reserve Championship. Kelsey Sloan was the Regional Champion in Open Flat and Fences, Ryelee Jordan won the Regional Champion in Intermediate Fences, Lindsey Ross took home the Regional Championship in Novice Fences and Allison Driver won the Regional Championship in Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter.

Emily Hulak, who competes in the Alumni Fences and Flat, was Reserve Regional Champion and will also be joining the team to compete at Zones. Julia Orange Rhyne was sixth in Novice Flat, and Lauren Brown took home third in the Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter.

Each of these ladies will move on to represent MTSU at Zones in Ocala, Florida on April 1rst.

Graduate assistant coach, and former team member, Ariel Herrin, shares her thoughts on the team's success-

"I saw the hard work the girls were putting into getting ready. We have had a strong year in the hunt seat and I was confident that the girls would deliver at regionals. Obviously, the competition gets increasingly more difficult from here on out. I feel like the team is driven, talented, and dedicated to advancing in their skills and thus advancing in competition."