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Zone 2 Captures Prix des States Gold at 2015 USEF National Junior Jumper Championship

Madison Goetzmann and Wrigley (Al Cook – www.alcookphoto.com)

Harrisburg, Pa. – Team medals were on the line Friday evening at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as seven teams and a further 29 individuals went to task for two rounds of jumping over a Michel Vaillancourt-designed course in the 2015 Neue Schule/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship. Zone 2 earned Team Gold, while Zone 1 took Team Silver and Zone 4 took Team Bronze.

Led by Chef d’Equipe Krista Freundlich, Zone 2 finished round one on a score of four and clinched Gold by collecting no faults in round two. As the pathfinder for the team Katherine Strauss produced four- and eight-fault rounds, respectively, on All In. Second in the order, Madison Goetzmann jumped double-clear on Wrigley. Kira Kerkorian and Nightmare 25, jumping third for Zone 2, had 14 faults in the first round and jumped clear in the second. Anchor combination Lucy Deslauriers and Hester delivered a double-clear to seal the victory for Zone 2.

Zone 1, composed of McKayla Langmeier with Promised Land (8,0), Kelly Arani with Artani 2 (12,12), Jordan Freedman with Feeling (4,0), and Ali Tritschler with Fantasy (0,4), earned the Team Silver medal. Zone 4, composed of Louise Graves and Zavira (8,0), MacKenzie McGehee with Unique (16,4), Helen Graves with Armani (12,0), and Victoria Colvin with Cafino (0,0), took home Team Bronze.

The team medal ceremony will take place on Saturday afternoon prior to the conclusion of the Individual Championship.

To learn more about the 2015 Pennsylvania National Horse Show, visit www.panational.org.

The 2015 Neue Schule/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships will be available on demand on USEFNetwork.com.

From the USEF Communications Department

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