The University of Minnesota Crookston hunt seat equestrian team wrapped up the 2021 season by finished third place at the Collegiate Equitation Celebration Sunday, May 9 at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary’s, Indiana.
Rachel Johnson (Sr., Stillwater) opened up the day by taking first in Open Over Fences in the team portion of the competition.
In Intermediate Over Fences, Katie Buttolph (Jr., Yankton, S.D.) finished third place.
In Limit Over Fences, Kendra Putzke (Fr., Esko) placed third for the Golden Eagles.
In Open Flat, Johnson took second.
Buttolph placed fourth in Intermediate Flat.
In Limit Flat, Katie Orth (Jr., Randall) finished third.
In Novice Flat, Kaitlyn Fedewa (Fr., Cambridge) took fifth.
Ashleigh Lueder (Fr., Rochester) wrapped up the team portion with a strong ride to take second in Introductory Flat.
In the individual portion of the fences competition, Johnson placed second in Open Fences, while Morgan Schelske (Jr., Zimmerman) and Taylor Barlage (Sr., New Prague) earned honorable mention. In Limit Over Fences, Putzke took fourth, while Orth and Buttolph were honorable mentions.
In the individual portion of the flat competition, Schelske took second, Barlage fourth, and Johnson fifth in Open Flat.
In Limit Flat, Putzke placed sixth, while Buttolph and Orth earned honorable mention. In Novice Flat, Fedewa placed fourth, while Anna Woidyla (Sr., Swanville) was an honorable mention. Lueder rounded things out by placing second in Introductory Flat.
