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2012 Horse Judging Team |
The 2012 spring contest season began with the American Paint Horse Association Spring Sweepstakes Contest in Alvarado, Texas. This is the largest horse judging contest of the year. This spring there were 25 senior college teams and 140 individuals competing for individual awards in the senior college division.
After practicing for nearly a week at farms in Oklahoma and northern Texas, Iowa State had two team entries in the senior college division. In the team division team A consisted of Monica Madsen, Sarah Tenley, Brittney Nelson, Alexis Patinos, and Taylor Kivell. Team B members were Sara Pardall, Heather Smith, Liz Beatty, Megan Yonker, and Marie Harris.
In the overall team placings Team A finished 4th and in the overall individual category Monica Madsen won 4th place with Sarah Tenley earning 5th. These are the highest overall placings that any horse judging team or individual representing ISU has ever achieved in the spring contest!
In the halter division Monica Madsen earned 2nd with Sarah Tenley and Sara Pardall placing 8th and 11th respectfully. Team A finished 7th while team B earned 3rd in halter.
In performance Monica finished 5th with Sarah Tenley earning 15th and Brittney Nelson 18th. Team A earned 2nd in performance.
In reasons Monica was 2nd and Megan Yonker was 13th. Team B placed 8th, one point ahead of team A's 9th place finish.