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.
