Equestrian
Our equestrians proudly join other athletes on campus by participating in the SM letter program.
OCIEL Overall High Point School: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
The team is part of the Orange County Interscholastic Equestrian League (OCIEL), which is a publicly supported non-profit corporation operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to foster regional and national amateur equestrian sports competition. The primary goals and objectives of the league are to encourage a knowledge of horsemanship, stable management, equine anatomy and physiology and to promote teamwork in a fair and friendly competition with the young riders from K thru 12th grade. The league encourages and supports the efforts of those students and their parents at public and private schools who have made a commitment to the sport, and promotes the sport as an interscholastic team activity.
Equestrian is also classified as a NCAA emerging sport, and participates in the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF).
Our team members show in the following divisions: Hunter, Jumper, Dressage, Gymkhana, and Western. We have former SM Equestrian Team members competing at the collegiate level on teams at Stanford and SMU.
2018-2019 Season
2019-2020 Roster
Dressage
Haley Dodd
Mia Richerson
Western PleasureLiana Davidson
GymkhanaAlexa Iskander
Audrey Luna
Rebecca Slymen
Hunters
Novice
Dorothy Fu
Lucia Giacinto
Kendall Kaese
Wendy Song
Katie Whalen
Freshman
Ashleigh Morgan
Lauren Tyler
JV
Ashley Chiate
Rachel Grad
Mia Sanders
Mackensey Speirs
Varsity
Lauren Kaltenbach
Jasmine Singh
Isabelle Tolentino
Cara Adams
JumpersJV
Emma Khacherian
Thea Le
Chloe Waken
Varsity
Audrey Villarreal
2018/2019 Awards
Overall High Point Champions
(46 schools competing LA, San Diego and OC, all divisions)
- Champion – Novice
- Hunter/Jumper Division
- Reserve Champion – Freshman
- Hunter/Jumper Division
- Champion – Junior Varsity
- Hunter/Jumper Division
- Champion – Varsity
- Hunter/Jumper Division
Rider Specific Awards – Division Level:
- Rylee Cantrell – Champion
- Novice Hunters
- Ashley Chiate – Champion
- Freshman Hunters
- Cara Adams – Reserve Champion
- Varsity Jumpers
Rider Specific Awards – Class Level:
- Savannah Gwin – Reserve Champion, Dressage
- Junior Varsity First Level Test 3
- Junior Varsity First Level Test 3
- Rylee Cantrell
- Champion, Novice Equitation Over Fences
- Champion, Novice Hunter Under Saddle
- Reserve Champion, Novice Hunt Seat Equitation
- Emma Khacherian
- Reserve Champion, Novice Equitation Over Fences
- Ashley Chiate
- Champion, Freshman Equitation Over Fences
- Champion, Freshman Working Hunters
- Champion, Freshman Under Saddle
- Champion, Freshman Hunt Seat Equitation
- Thea Le
- Reserve Champion, JV Jumper
- Reserve Champion, JV Jumper
- Hannah Waken
- Reserve Champion, Varsity Hunters Under Saddle
- Reserve Champion, Varsity Hunters Under Saddle
- Audrey Villarreal
- Champion, Varsity Jumpers
- Champion, Varsity Jumpers
- Cara Adams
- Reserve Champion, Varsity Jumpers
- Reserve Champion, Varsity Jumpers
- Sierra Roberts
- Reserve Champion, Walk/Jog Horsemanship
- Reserve Champion, Walk/Jog Horsemanship
- Liana Davidson
- Champion, Western Novice Trail
- Reserve Champion, Western Novice Pleasure
- Reserve Champion, Western Novice Horsemanship
Advisers
Candice Tupajic
Email: tupajicc@smhs.org
QUESTIONS?
All equestrians are encouraged to join. For more information, please contact: Ms. Candice Tupajic, Equestrian
Team Advisor