Five members of the North Dakota State University equestrian team traveled to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 23-24 to compete in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Western Semi-finals Competition. Each rider placed in individual events, and two will advance on to the IHSA Nationals May 3-5 at Tryon International in Mill Spring, North Carolina.

Kooper Shagena, a senior journalism major from Horace, North Dakota, and Dakota Tierney, a sophomore equine science major from Manvel, North Dakota, earned top four placings and will compete at nationals.

Riders representing NDSU and their placings are:

• Shagena – reserve champion in reining
• Tierney – third in ranch riding
• Haley Maro, junior equine science major, Monticello, Minnesota – seventh in level II horsemanship
• Kaylee Barrieau, junior animal and equine science major, Waconia, Minnesota – eighth in rookie horsemanship
• Hanna Myrin, senior veterinary technology major from Altamont, Utah – sixth in rookie horsemanship

To learn more about the undergraduate Equine Science program at NDSU, see www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/academics/academic-units/animal-sciences/academics/undergraduate-program/equine-science.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – April 10, 2024

Source: Tara Swanson, 701-231-8865, tara.swanson@ndsu.edu

Editor: Elizabeth Cronin, 701-231-7006, elizabeth.cronin@ndsu.edu