Enumclaw Equestrians Headed to State

The Enumclaw High School Equestrian team had its final District 6 meet last weekend in Elma, and according to parent Carina Davis, "once again, we dominated our competition in numerous events! One of the highlights was the 12 man drill team taking 1st place, once again. They are undefeated going into our state competition in just 3 weeks!"

Winning is cool, said Enumclaw coach and Washington High School Equestrian Teams (WAHSET) District 6 chairperson Kamie Storer, but it's not just about that. What makes all the high school equestrian events worth it is hanging out with a diverse group of horse sports enthusiasts, she said.

The WAHSET program, which this school year involved teams from more than 100 high schools, includes both  timed rodeo-style events and performance events that are judged as well as two different drill team events.

At an equestrian meet, which is similar to track and field meets, athletes can compete in five individual events and any number of team events. The 25 equestrian events are divided into timed events such as barrel racing and performance events such as hunt seat, Storer explained.

The difference is that "equestrian meets usually last three to four days and are run entirely with volunteer support," she said.

Other schools that compete under District 6 include Mossyrock, Chehalis, Centralia, Tumwater, Bellingham, Woodland and Port Townsend high schools. 

At the state meet, athletes from all six Washington state districts compete for individual honors in events. The points an athlete earns placing in an event go to awarding team titles.

At this weekend's final meet in Elma, Enumclaw's drill team, coached by Dan Mc Callister and working 4's drill, coached by Courtney Valvoda both took first place at district.

Also taking top district honors were Haley Davies in showmanship and working pairs with her partner Rachel Williams also winning Stockseat (there was a three-way tie for first in Stockseat -- Breann Simmons-Glen also took first), Dyllan Freeburg took golds in Reining, Flags and Drill co-captain; Lexi Kirchner-Dixon, Amy Burrill and Cassidy Stobart also took multiple golds home. Anna Wilson won the Jumping class; Breann Simmons-Glen won Saddleseat and Lynsey Peebles took multiple medals home including Trail. 

Updated May 4: Kendall Flood received the silver in cattle sorting and 12 man drill. Lexi Kirchner-Dixon won the gold in steer daubing, silver in cattle sorting (with Kendall ) and 12 man drill. Sabrina Woodard received the gold in driving, bronze in barells and 12 man drill.  Briana Calicoat state-qualified in 12 man drill and Ashley Swanson did as well in 4 man working fours drill.

"I wish I could tell you how many gold, silver and bronzes our team won ..but it would take too long," Storer said. "I am so very proud of all the hard work these riders have put into making our team one of the highest point earners in the state.  We are bringing 90 percent of our riders to state and need 33 stalls to accommodate us."

Enumclaw 1st place winners at meet #3:

Gaming events:

•                                 Troy Odstrcil  -  flags
•                                 Amy Burrill  -  Keyhole

Performance events:

•                                 Haley Davies  -  Showmanship
•                                 Breann Glen  -   Saddleseat                                                               
•                                 Lynsey Peebles  -  Trail
•                                 Kaylee Milbrath  -  Working Rancher
•                                 Cassidy Stobart  -  dressage
•                                 Rachel Williams  -  Stockseat
•                                 Dyllan Freeburg  -  IHOR, Reining
•                                 Anna Wilson  -  Over Fences

Drill teams:

•                                 12 man team
•                                 4 man team

State qualifiers:

•                 Taylor Davis  -  Saddleseat and Canadian Flags
•                 Kayla Carlin  -  Working Rancher, IHOR                                                        
•                 Marissa Carlin  -  IHOR, Figure 8, 12 man drill team and Working Pairs                                                                                       
•                 Sierra Roy  -  dressage
•                 Lynsey Peebles  -  Trail, Showmanship and Reining
•                 Jacqueline Reeve  -  Keyhole, 4 man drill team
•                 Haley Davies  -  Showmanship, Stockseat, Trail, Working Pairs, and 4 man drill team
•                 Cassidy Stobart  -  Huntseat, Over Fences, Dressage, Working Pairs, and 12 man drill team                                          
•                 Kaylee Milbrath  -  Working Rancher, IHOR, Cow Sorting, Huntseat, 12 man drill team and Working Pairs                 
•                 Rachel Williams  -  Stockseat, Trail, Working Pairs, Saddleseat
•                 Kayce Furlong  -  cow sorting, figure 8, barrels, and 4 man drill team
•                 Dyllan Freeburg  -  2 barrel flags, reining, IHOR, and 12 man drill team
•                 Amy Burrill  -  Keyhole
•                 Breann Glen  -  Saddleseat and Stockseat
•                 Cody Wallace  -  Breakaway
•                 Lexi Kirchner-Dixon  -  steer daubing
•                 Sabrina Woodard  -  barrels and driving
•                 Emma Glavish  -  Over Fences 
•                 Briana Calicoat - 12 man drill 
•                 Ashley Swanson - 4 man working fours drill

Eight Enumclaw riders were recognized as among the “Top 10 Point Earners” in the entire district over all 3 meets.

•                 2^nd top point earner  -  Rachel Williams
•                 4^th top point earner  -  Lynsey Peebles

•                 5^th top point earner  -  Cassidy Stobart                                                       
•                 7^th top point earner  -  Haley Davies
•                 8^th top point earner  -  Breann Glen
•                 9^th top point earner  -  Taylor Davis

Enumclaw High School also won the trophy for the most points for the “Large School."

Editor's Note: Thank you to Carina Davis and Kamie Storer for keeping us up-to-date on all the great work the Enumclaw Equestrian Team is doing. We also appreciate hearing from parents about any omissions/errors in these standings. An earlier error was corrected regarding who the 3rd top point earners were; additionally, a May 4 update was added to include several students were were omitted from our original list. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

For complete WAHSET District 6 results from Meet No. 3, click here.