RUSTBURG, Va. – The Sweet Briar IHSA team was named High Point Team for the second-straight week after accumulating 41 points at Liberty today.
 
Senior Abby Bell (Stafford, Va.) became the third rider to qualify for regionals this season after winning the novice flat class.
 
Additionally, first-year Marran Vansickle (Powhatan, Va.) was named High Point Rider thanks to a first place finish in limit fences and a second place finish in limit flat.
 
 Four more Vixens earned first place finishes with first-year Paige Kennedy, senior Chloe Kerschl (Lexington, Va.), sophomore Emmy Longest (Hanover, Va.) and junior Anne Rucker (Midlothian, Va.) all nabbing the top spot in the limit flat, open fences, open flat and intro classes, respectively.
 
Five more members of the team earned top-5 finishes, bring the total number of top-5 finishes for Sweet Briar at today's show to 13.
 
Highlights

• Bell will join senior Madeline Rucker (Midlothian, Va.) and Sita Moses (Dublin, N.H.) at regionals.
• Kerschl also earned a third place finish in the open flat class.
• Junior Shannon Huth (Greensboro, N.C.) finished in fourth and sixth in intermediate fences and intermediate flat, respectively.

Results
Abby Bell – First Place Novice Flat
Ashlee Hall – Third Place Intro
Nina Hugi – Fifth Place Intermediate Flat
Shannon Huth – Fourth Place Intermediate Fences, Sixth Place Intermediate Flat
Paige Kennedy – First Place Limit Flat
Chloe Kerschl – First Place Open Fences, Third Place Open Flat
Ella Leichty – Fifth Place Limit Flat
Emmy Longest – First Place Open Flat
Emily Roberts – Fourth Place Novice
Anne Rucker – First Place Intro
Marran Vansickle – First Place Limit Fences, Second Place Limit Flat