Kansas State Western equestrian riders Amanda Gigot and Erin Peery tied for High-Point Rider honors Sunday afternoon at Fox Creek Stables. Both helped the to their fourth consecutive and sixth team victory this season. This is the second time this season each has earned the honor of High-Point Rider. Wildcat riders have earned the High-Point honors in six of nine shows.

"Our women really came on strong this weekend," head coach Lindsay Breidenthal said. "I could not have been more pleased with our performances."

The team leading the regional standings after the regular season will automatically qualify the entire team for Region 2 competition. This year's Western regionals will be hosted by Black Hawk Community College on Mar. 9 in Moline, Ill. K-State (172) extended its lead over Black Hawk (146) to 26 points with one show remaining in the regular season.

"We were really able to put some cushion between us and Black Hawk," Breidenthal said. "We were able to put up eight points on Saturday and another 10 points today. Now our main focus is going to be on preparing for regionals."

Peery, Brandi Vogel, Darcy Ferguson and Jill Sump took the one through four slots in the first section of open horsemanship. The second section of open horsemanship was no different, as fellow Wildcats, Gigot, Caitlin Morrison, Jessie Baldwin, Lacey Glover and Amanda Olbricht went one through five.

Additional first-place finishers for Kansas State included Gigot (reining), Megan Hemberger (advanced I), Lindsey Hicks (advanced II), Beth Jones (advanced I), Peery (reining, open horsemanship), Beverly Wilson (advanced I) and Haley Wilson (intermediate).

Baldwin (reining), Elaine Cobb (intermediate II), Erin Rees (advanced II) and Vogel (open horsemanship) earned second-place ribbons for K-State.

Third-place ribbon winners for the `Cats included Ruth Bradley (intermediate II), Krystal Briggs (advanced I), Mary Dill (beginner), Lindsey George (advanced II), Darcy Ferguson (open horsemanship) and Andrea Wosel (intermediate II).

Weekend qualifiers for postseason competition included Krystal Briggs (intermediate), Cobb (intermediate), George (advanced), Sarah Grotheer (advanced), Hicks (advanced) and Vogel (reining). The `Cats have qualified a total of 21 Western riders for post season competition.

The Western team's next show will be at Black Hawk Community College on Mar. 8 for its final event before the Region 2 Competition the next morning. Results will be available after the show at www.k-statesports.com

Team Results:

Kansas State 27

Black Hawk College 17

Truman State 15

Southwest Missouri State 11

Southern Illinois 4

Iowa State 3

Individual Results:

Reining A - 1. Erin Peery, KSU. 2. Amanda Love, BHC. 3. Christy Dicks, TSU. 4. Crystal DeGreve, SMSU. 5. Brandi Vogel, KSU. 6. Jessica Katzman, TSU.

Reining B - 1. Amanda Gigot, KSU. 2. Jessie Baldwin, KSU. 3. Katie Black, SMSU. 4. Emily Baker, BHC. 5. Nicole Klein, BHC. 6. Becky McGinnis, TSU.

Open Horsemanship A - 1. Erin Peery, KSU. 2. Brandi Vogel, KSU. 3. Darcy Ferguson, KSU. 4. Jill Sump, KSU. 5. Amanda Love, BHC. 6. Joanne Numrich, SIUC.

Intermediate II Horsemanship A -1. Julie Lang, BHC. 2. Brock Reinebach, BHC. 3. Andrea Wosel, KSU. 4. Casey Twardowski, SMSU. 5. Dana Manar, SMSU. 6. Nicole Trout, ISU.

Open Horsemanship B - 1. Amanda Gigot, KSU. 2. Caitlin Morrison, KSU. 3. Jessie Baldwin, KSU. 4. Lacey Glover, KSU. 5. Amanda Olbricht, KSU. 6. Christy Dicks, TSU.

Intermediate II Horsemanship B - 1. Kasey Miller, BHC. 2. Elaine Cobb, KSU. 3. Ruth Bradley, KSU. 4. Sara Lee, SMSU. 5. Lacy Hobbs, SMSU. 6. Brittney Drew, BHC.

Advanced II Horsemanship A - 1. Lindsey Hicks, KSU. 2. Erin Rees, KSU. 3. Lindsey George, KSU. 4. Jessica VanAcker, BHC. 5. Kate Hess, SMSU. 6. Jordon Nichols, ISU.

Intermediate Horsemanship - 1. Haley Wilson, KSU. 2. John Fanning, SMSU. 3. Jennifer Pratt, SMSU. 4. Lindsay Scheitlin, TSU. 5. John Tenhundfeld, ISU.

Advanced II Horsemanship B - 1. Levi Hensley, SMSU. 2. Dehlia Burdan, KSU. 3. Melissa Becking, KSU. 4. Lindsey McIntire, BHC. 5. Heather Zsamba, KSU. 6. Kristin Haase, ISU.

Beginner Horsemanship A - 1. Clayton Hall, BHC. 2. Matt Greenlierf, BHC. 3. Mary Dill, KSU. 4. Samantha Coleman, SMSU. 5. Katrina Myers, KSU. 6. Katie Schembri, TSU.

Advanced I Horsemanship A - 1. Beverly Wilson, KSU. 2. Megan Hemberger, KSU. 3. Tom Hughes, BHC. 4. Ken Bahr, SMSU. 5. Josh Ramsey, ISU. 6. Katie Henry, SIUC.

Beginner Horsemanship B - 1. Anne Gumbel, TSU. 2. Amy Thompson, BHC. 3. Mindy Watt, BHC. 4. Kristin Solberg, SIUC. 5. Janet Davidson, KSU. 6. Brandi Huddle, ISU.

Advanced I Horsemanship B - 1. Beth Jones, KSU. 2. Haylee Pare, BHC. 3. Krystal Briggs, KSU. 4. Brendon Mehochko, BHC. 5. Jessica Lindsey, KSU. 6. Emily Cassil, SMSU.

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