Multiple Enumclaw High equestrians earned top-five finishes during the recent state meet and have qualified for next month’s annual, regional competition.
Not to be outdone, White River is boasting a pair of state champions who will be participating at regionals.
Equestrians from both Plateau schools were in Moses Lake in mid-May for the Washington High School Equestrian Teams (WAHSET) statewide gathering.
ENUMCLAW
As a result of their top-five placing at the Grant County Fairgrounds, 15 members of the Enumclaw equestrian program are advancing.
Those 15 will head to Redmond, Oregon, for the June 20-22 Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships. The annual PNWIC event brings together top performers from Washington and Oregon with the competition rotating between the neighboring states.
Here’s the EHS rundown from the state competition in Moses Lake.
• Gabriyela Hernandez: Overall high-point in timed events, first in both Individual Flags and Figure 8, third in Pole Bending and sixth in Barrels.
• Payton Clerget: fifth in Breakaway Roping and sixth in Pole Bending.
• Laura Floyd and Jocelyn Lowe: second in Working Pairs.
• Brooke Hubbard, Laura Floyd, Angelena Sloan and Teagan Schaffarzick, second in Team Versatility.
• Jocelyn Lowe and Payton Clerget: fourth in Team Cattle Sorting
• Chloe Eley, Laura Floyd, Sienna Haugen, Charlotte Hernandez, Gabriyela Hernandez, Olivia Hood, Brendan Kelly, Georgia Maxwell, Nelle McMahon, Sydney Nedrow, Teagan Schaffarzick, Angelena Sloan, Taylor Stabenfeldt and Grace Struchen, second in Drill/Freestyle 6+.
• Kami Bullock, Rylee Mulligan, Kalyna Melnyk, ToriSperring and Abby Stephens, eighth in Quad/Freestyle Fours.
WHITE RIVER
The Buckley squad saw Daniel Moriarty and Kaylin Vrieze claim championships at the state meet in Moses Lake.
Vrieze is headed to the regional PNWIC competition in Driving, making an appearance for the fourth time that event. Moriarty earned his regional berth in Working Rancher.
Additionally, White River sent the following to Moses Lake to compete in Drill and returned home with Top 10 honors: Emma Cox, Elysia Cozza-Williams, Lou Hansen, Raelynn Johnson, Cece Rios, Kaycee Rotter, Adaire Squires and Daniel Moriarty.
Competing in Canadian Flags and missing a PNWIC-qualifying time by a fraction of a second were Cozza-Williams, Johnson, Rotter and Moriarty.