The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce the athletes selected for the 2022 USEA Emerging Athlete 21 (EA21) Program. USEA Young Rider program members aged 21 and under are eligible for the program, which aims to creates a pipeline for potential U.S. team riders by identifying and developing young talent, improving horsemanship and riding skills, and training and improving skills and consistency.
Participants in the USEA Emerging Athlete 21 Program will have the opportunity to work with ICP coaches that have been selected for each regional clinic by the EA21 Task Force, and the EA21 Director of Coaching, David O’Connor. O’Connor will coach the national camp in Florida in the winter, which will be comprised of Young Riders selected from the regional clinic riders. O’Connor will mentor the ICP coaches selected for the regional clinics, and will develop a curriculum that leads to the national camp. The 2022 EA21 regional clinic venues, dates and coaches are listed below:
East Coast I – Morven Park International Equestrian Center (Leesburg, Va.) – July 25-26, 2022
Coached by Shannon Lilley.
East Coast II – Stable View Farm (Aiken, S.C.) – July 25-26, 2022
Coached by Emily Beshear.
Central – Holly Hill Farm (Benton, La.) – August 1-2, 2022
Coached by Rebecca Braitling.
West Coast I – Aspen Farms (Yelm, Wash.) – August 15-16, 2022
Coached by Rebecca Brown.
West Coast II – Twin Rivers Ranch (Paso Robles, Calif.) – August 17-18, 2022
Coached by Rebecca Brown.
The following athletes have been selected to participate in the 2022 USEA Emerging Athlete 21 Program, listed by alphabetical order, with a waitlist for each venue included in the order as listed:
East Coast I – Morven Park:
Lea Adams-Blackmore
Kate Bearer
Sarah Ertl
Elizabeth Gill
Kiera Kenny
Adalee Ladwig
Audrey Littlefield
Addison Neumeyer
Caitlin O’Roark
Meg Pelligrini
Rebecca Roth
Ayden Schain
East Coast I WAITLIST:
East Coast II – Stable View:
Madison Blodgett
Stephanie Cordell
Georgia Dillard
Solomon Edwards
Callia Englund
Rory Frangos
Tessa Geven
Lulu Malinoski
Kiersten Miller
Dylan Phillipps
Bree Robinette
Sissy Sugarman
East Coast II WAITLIST:
Central – Holly Hill Farm:
Hadley Bruce
Camryn Chung
Maya Clarkson
Daly Duarte
Michaela Frye
Katherine Hyndman
Jhett Jenkins
Scarlett Peinado
Camdyn Rahe
Maia Ramberg
Kelsey Seidel
Ava Staton
Central WAITLIST:
West Coast I – Aspen Farms
Reese Blinks
Abigail Cochran
Kayla Dumler
Lindsay Essex
Madelyn Floyd
Lizzie Hoff
Willa Laski
Maeson Messmer
Harper Padgett
Kaylee Petticord
Kendal Smith
Ashley Widmer
West Coast I WAITLIST:
West Coast II – Twin Rivers
Amanda Boyce
Julia Beauchamp Crandon
Ella Garcia
Natalie Kraus
Lizzie Lynch
Taylor McFall
Annabelle Nieman
Sarah Ross
Audrey Sanborn
Maddie Smith
Elsa Warble
Emma Weber
Grace Wechser
West Coast II WAITLIST:
The USEA will cover the regional clinic cost and stabling fees for all accepted applicants. Applicants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging costs. Athletes will be contacted by the USEA and on-site Young Rider Coordinators with more information and scheduling.
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