MANHATTAN, Kan.- The Kansas State Equestrian Team won its home opener with ease today against South Dakota State. The Wildcats ended the day with a grand total of 170 points, the opposition finished with 88 points. In the Western competition K-State finished with 72 points to SDSU’s 58 points. The English final standings were K-State 98 and SDSU 30.

Kansas State had 10 first-place finishes today, including Shanda Draper in Reining Section 1, Sara Weller in Reining Section 2, Lindsey Hicks in Western Horsemanship Section 1, Lindsey Salsbury in Western Horsemanship Section 2, Heather Chatham in Equitation over fences Section 1, Leslie Yates in Equitation over fences Section 2, Jenn Giraldin in ANRC Programmed Ride Section 1, Sheena Linders in ANRC Programmed Ride Section 2 and in Equitation on the Flat Section 1, Lauren Demmel in Equitation on the Flat Section 2.

“The whole show was kind of a trial run for us today, we learned a lot,” head coach Teresa Slough said. “In the English Arena we did really well, they out rode us in the trail show, but it was the first time we had ever competed in trail and it was the first time in that competition for our horses as well. Overall, we performed really well.”

Kansas State will continue action next week, on October 8 and 9 at Northern Illinois, in Chicago, Ill.

Kansas State vs. South Dakota State Results:

Reining Section 1: 1^st-Shanda Draper KSU; 2^nd-Lindsey Hicks KSU; 3^rd-Jordanne Blair SDSU; 4^th- Lindsey Salsbury KSU; 5^th- Abby Knobbe SDSU.

Reining Section 2: 1^st-Sara Weller KSU; 2^nd-Anna Taylor SDSU; 3^rd-Riley Zarda KSU; 4^th-Kelsey Likness SDSU; 5^th-Andrea Carstensen.

Western Horsemanship Section 1: 1^st-Lindsey Hicks KSU; 2^nd-Kelsey Likness SDSU; 3^rd-Amy Anderson KSU; 4^th-Abby Knobbe SDSU; 5^th-Gina Remus KSU; 6^th-Katie Hendrickson SDSU.

Western Horsemanship Section 2: 1^st-Lindsey Salsbury KSU; 2^nd-Kara Taddiken KSU; 3^rd-Dennon Zimbelman KSU; 4^th-Riley Zarda KSU; 5^th-Kate Gunderson SDSU; 6^th-Brianna Grohs SDSU.

Trail Section 1: 1^st-Kate Gunderson SDSU; 2^nd-Molly Seidel SDSU; 3^rd-Andrea Carstensen SDSU; 4^th-Becky Abramovitz KSU; 5^th-Sarah Haltom KSU; 6^th-Valerie Meyer.

Trail Section 2: 1^st-Emily Hensen SDSU; 2^nd-Dennon Zimbelman KSU; 3^rd-Katie Hendrickson SDSU; 4^th-Hillary Siebels SDSU; 5^th-Lindsey Salsbury KSU; 6^th-Kara Taddiken.

Equitation Over Fences Section 1: 1^st-Heather Chatham KSU; 2^nd-Meghan Felts KSU; 3^rd-Casey Finnell KSU; 4^th-Allison Carrie SDSU.

Equitation Over Fences Section 2: 1^st-Leslie Yates KSU; 2^nd-Christine Fosnacht KSU; 3^rd-Katie Morris SDSU; 4^th-Kaylee DeVries SDSU; 5^th-Lindsay Harr SDSU.

ANRC Programmed Ride Section 1: 1^st-Jenn Giraldin KSU;2^nd-Kaylee DeVries SDSU; 3^rd-Heather Chatham KSU; 4^th-Meghan Felts KSU; 5^th- Lauren Demmel KSU; 6^th-Katie Morris SDSU.

ANRC Programmed Ride Section 2: 1^st-Sheena Linders KSU; 2^nd-Gentry Horigan KSU; 3^rd-Allison Carie SDSU; 4^th-Erin Mader KSU; 5^th-Carley Williams KSU; 6^th-Laura Hoff SDSU.

Equitation on the Flat Section 1: 1^st-Shenna Linders KSU; 2^nd-Dresden Sommer KSU; 3^rd-Summer Hamil KSU; 4^th-Allison Carie SDSU; 5^th-Kaylee DeVries SDSU; 6^th-Lindsay Harr SDSU.

Equitation on the Flat Section 2: Lauren Demmel KSU; 2^nd-Jenae Grossart KSU; 3^rd-Casey Finnell KSU; 4^th-Stephanie Bell KSU; 5^th-Tiffany Bowles KSU; 6^th-Molly Seidel SDSU.