SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – Sophomore Emmy Longest (Hanover, Va.) and senior Jen Markey (Montpelier, Va.) qualified for regionals at Mary Washington today with Sweet Briar being named Reserve Champion, bringing the total number of qualifiers on the IHSA team to seven. 

Longest won the open flat class to punch her ticket, while Markey finished fifth in limit flat.
 
Also earning winning her class was sophomore Sarah Southard (Culpeper, Va.) who competed extremely well in novice flat.
 
Leaving EKG Stables with top-three finishes were junior Sita Moses (Dublin, N.H.), senior Chloe Kerschl (Lexington, Va.), senior Weatherly Ryder (Richmond, Va.) and sophomore Paige Kennedy (Purcellville, Va.) who competed in intermediate flat, open flat, limit flat and open fences, respectively.
 
Highlights

• Previously qualifying for regionals were Kerschl, seniors Abby Bell (Stafford, Va.), Anne Rucker (Midlothian, Va.), Madeline Rucker (Midlothian, Va.) and Moses.
• Kerschl also finished fourth in open fences.
• Sweet Briar secured an additional five top-five finishes thanks to junior Cammee DeFelippo (Loveland, Colo.), sophomores Shannon Carter (King George, Va.) and Nina Hugi (Chicago, Ill.) and first-years Zaida Darden (Newark, N.J.) and Julianna McIntyre (Englewood, Fla.).

 
What's Next
The Vixens will head to Liberty on Feb. 19 for their last show before regionals.
 
Results
Shannon Carter - Fourth Place Limit Fences
Zaida Darden – Fourth Place Pre-Novice
Cammee DeFelippo – Fourth Place Novice
Nina Hugi – Fourth Place Intermediate Flat, Second Place Intermediate Fences
Paige Kennedy – First Place Open Fences
Chloe Kerschl – Third Place Open Flat, Fourth Place Open Fences
Emmy Longest – First Place Open Flat
Jen Markey – Fifth Place Limit Flat
Julianna McIntyre – Fourth Place Intro
Sita Moses – Third Place Intermediate Flat
Weatherly Ryder – Third Place Limit Flat
Sarah Southard – First Place Novice Flat
Marran Vansickle – Sixth Place Limit Flat, Sixth Place Limit Fences