HADLEY, Mass. - For the second week in a row, the Smith College equestrian team clinched the Reserve Champion High Point College Title at the show co-hosted by UMass and Westfield State at the Hadley Farm.
 
Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) was the second team member to qualify this year for the Regional Championships, to be held in April with her ride in Novice Equitation Over Fences.
 
Smith riders showed their strength right from the start today in the highly competitive Open Equitation Over Fences Division, with Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) winning the class, Elise Rizzi (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Senior ) placing third and Mae Wegbreit placing sixth.
 
Three riders put in strong performances and finished in second place including Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) in Novice Equitation on the Flat, Annie Peck (North Bennington, Vt. /Mount Anthony Union) in Beginner Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation and Lu Xia (Chengdu, China/Chengdu Foreign Languages School) in Walk, Trot Equitation.
 
Elise Rizzi (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Senior ) placed third in her second class in Intermediate Equitation on the Flat, as did Savannah Pees (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Technical) in Intermediate Over fences, Sophia Giattina (Birmingham, Ala./Indian Springs School) in Novice Over Fences and Kelsey Parks Smith (Catonsville, Md./The Park School) in Open Equitation on the Flat.
 
Fourth Place ribbons were won by Alessia Woods (Long Grove, Ill. /Adlai E. Stevenson) in Intermediate Equitation Over fences, Deirdre Sullivan (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) in Novice Equitation on the Flat and Lauren Easley (Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown Friends School) in Walk, Trot, Canter Equitation.
 
Katie Knowles (Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek) finished fifth in her Novice Over Fences class, while Mae Wegbreit placed sixth in Open Equitation on the Flat and Sophia Stouse (New Orleans, La. /Ben Franklin) was sixth in Novice Over Fences.
 
Team Standings
Champion: MHC
Reserve Champion: Smith
3rd: UMass
4th: Williams
5th: Westfield State
6th: Bennington
7th: Amherst
8th: Springfield

The Pioneers continue their fall season next Saturday at the Mount Holyoke Show.