USEF Names High Performance Training Lists + Eventing 25/18 Riders

Tamie Smith and Mai Baum hold the lead! Photo by Jenni Autry.

Tamie Smith and Mai Baum on their way to the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International CCI3* win. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Hot off the presses! The USEF Eventing High Performance Committee has named the following riders to the High Performance Winter/Spring Training Lists, as well as announced the Eventing 25/18 riders for 2016.

The High Performance athletes will participate in training sessions with U.S. Eventing Team Coach David O’Connor, while the Eventing 25 and 18 athletes will work with USEF Eventing Developing Rider Coach Leslie Law. Training session dates and locations will be announced at a later date.

High Performance

World Class List:

Will Coleman (Gordonsville, Va.)
Phillip Dutton (West Grove, Pa.)
Lauren Kieffer (Middleburg, Va.)
Boyd Martin (Cochranville, Pa.)
Clark Montgomery (Tetbury, England)
Tamra Smith (Temecula, Calif.)
Lynn Symansky (Middleburg, Va.)

National List:

Emily Beshear (Somerset, Va.)
Matt Brown (Cochranville, Pa.)
Buck Davidson (Ocala, Fla.)
Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.)
Colleen Rutledge (Mt. Airy, Md.)
Kim Severson (Charlottesville, Va.)

The Eventing High Performance Training Lists will be reviewed quarterly by the USEF Eventing Selection Committee and the USEF Eventing High Performance Committee.

Eventing 25

Madeline Backus (Larkspur, Colo.)
Jenny Caras (Cartersville, Ga.)
Jacob Fletcher (North Little Rock, Ark.)
Savannah ‘Woodge’ Fulton (Ocala, Fla.)
Alexandra Green (Loudon, Tenn.)
Avery Klunick (Midland, Texas)
Caroline Martin (Miami Beach, Fla.)
Lexi Scovil (Ocala, Fla.)*
Chloe Smyth (Poway, Calif.)
Lizzie Snow (Southern Pines, N.C.)
Mackenna Shea (Temecula, Calif.)

*Indicates rider that was talent spotted into the program.

Eventing 18

Karri Bellamy (Scotia, N.Y.)
Kristine Burgess (Lino Lakes, Minn.)
Mia Farley (San Clemente, Calif.)
Camilla Grover-Dodge (Lancaster, Pa.)
Morgan McCue (West Chester, Pa.)
Patience O’Neal (Fall City, Wash.)
Makenna Rold (Delano, Minn.)
Margaret Stocker (Bartonville, Texas)
Madison Temkin (Sebastopol, Calif.)
Kristen Turner (Dallas, Texas)
Cassandra Wallskog (Mequon, Wis.)

Thank you to the USET Foundation, USOC, and all the USEF sponsors and members that support the USEF Eventing High Performance programs!

[USEF Names 2016 Eventing High Performance Winter/Spring Eventing Training Lists, Eventing 25 and Eventing 18 Program Participants]