WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Smith College equestrian team had a great start to their season Saturday at the Williams College Horse Show, held at Bonnie Lea Farm.

Deirdre Sullivan (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) brought home one of the coveted Championship awards as the High Point Novice Rider of the Day. She won her section of Novice Equitation on the Flat and was fifth in her debut in Novice Over Fences.

Other first place winners were Isabelle Brisson (Rockport, Mass./Rockport) in Walk-Trot Equitation, Annie Peck (North Bennington, Vt. /Mount Anthony Union) in Beginner Walk, Trot, Canter and Kaila Temple (Berkeley, Calif. /Berkeley) in Advanced Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation.
 
Five riders had strong second place wins: Savannah Pees (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical) in Intermediate Equitation Over Fences, Alessia Woods (Long Grove, Ill. /Adlai E. Stevenson) in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat, Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) in Novice Flat, Lauren Easley (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) in Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation and Lu Xia (Chengdu, China/Chengdu Foreign Languages School) in Walk-Trot Equitation.
 
Sophia Stouse (New Orleans, La. /Ben Franklin) and Savannah Pees (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical) each finished in third place in their sections of Novice Equitation on the Flat, as did Elise Rizzi (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Senior ) in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat.
 
Mae Wegbright received fourth place in Open Equitation on the Flat, while Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) was fifth.
 
Sixth place winners were Sophia Stouse (New Orleans, La. /Ben Franklin) and Sophia Giattina (Birmingham, Ala./Indian Springs School) in their sections of Novice Equitation Over Fences as was Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) in Open equitation Over Fences.
 
College Placings for the day:

1. MHC
2. UMass
3. Smith
4. Williams
5. Westfield State
6. Amherst College and Benninton College (tied)