NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The Smith College equestrian team held their home show today and finished as Reserve Champion High Point College for the day, just one point behind Mount Holyoke.

Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) received the coveted championship ribbon for Overall High Point Rider of the Day, which is awarded to the rider with the highest combined point total in both jumping and flat classes across all divisions.

In addition, Knowles received the Novice High Point Rider of the Day, finishing first in Novice Equitation on the Flat and second in Novice Equitation Over Fences.

Alessia Woods (Long Grove, Ill. /Adlai E. Stevenson) was awarded the Intermediate High Point Rider of the Day, placing second in Intermediate Over Fences and fourth in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat.

Elsbeth Pendleton Wheeler (Peterborough, N.H./High Mowing School) won her section of Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation, qualifying her for the Regional Championships to be held in April.

Four additional riders placed first in their classes, including Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) in Open Equitation on the Flat, Elise Rizzi (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Senior ) in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat, Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) in Novice Equitation on the Flat and Annie Peck (North Bennington, Vt. /Mount Anthony Union) in Beginner Walk, Trot Canter Equitation.

The following riders placed second in five of the six jumping classes, inlcuding Alessia Woods (Long Grove, Ill. /Adlai E. Stevenson) in Intermediate Over Fences and Savannah Pees (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical), Sophia Giattina (Birmingham, Ala./Indian Springs School), Deirdre Sullivan (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) and Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) in their sections of Novice Equitation Over Fences.

Charlotte Berg (Los Alamos, N.M./Los Alamos) secured another second place ribbon in Beginner Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation, as did Deirdre Sullivan (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) in Novice Equitation on the Flat.

Third place winners included Elise Rizzi (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Senior ) in Open Equitation Over Fences, Savannah Pees (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical) in Novice Equitation on the Flat and Isabelle Brisson (Rockport, Mass./Rockport) in Walk, Trot Equitation. 

Lu Xia (Chengdu, China/Chengdu Foreign Languages School) and Yue Kuang (Beijing, China/Beijing Huijia Private School) placed fourth in each of their sections of Walk, Trot, along with Alessia Woods (Long Grove, Ill. /Adlai E. Stevenson) in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat. 

Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) in Open Equitation Over Fences, Mae Wegbreit in Open on the Flat and Lauren Easley (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) in Walk, Trot, Canter all placed fifth, wihle Jesse Azevedo (Middlefield, Conn./Coginchaug Regioinal) was sixth in Novice on the Flat. 

Team Standings:
1. Mount Holyoke
2. Smith
3. Williams
4. UMass
5. Westfield State
6. Amherst
7. Bennington, Hampshire
8. Springfield