Chasing Two Dreams: How Ruth Rosendaul Manages Full-Time Grooming and Full-Time School
Many eventers feel like they have to make a choice upon graduating high school: take time off to be a working student and pursue their love of the sport, or press pause on their eventing goals to further their education. But University of Louisville (Kentucky) student Ruth Rosendaul has found a w...
How the UK Eventing Team Launched Isabel McSwain’s Multimedia Career
Isabel McSwain knew that the University of Kentucky was for her the first time she attended the Kentucky Three-Day Event.
Transylvania University’s Intercollegiate Eventing Team Finds Strength in Small Numbers
“Team Transy” may be one of the smaller rosters in the U.S. Eventing Association’s Intercollegiate Program, but the Lexington, Kentucky–based squad delivers far more than its size suggests. Tucked in the heart of Bluegrass horse country, Transylvania University recognizes eventing as an athletic ...
How Three Eventers Found Their Stride in the USEA Intercollegiate Program
When Lucy Ann Walter arrived at college a few years ago, she brought more than just her books and boots. She brought her off-the-track Thoroughbred, her love for eventing, and a determination to grow a fledgling intercollegiate team into something bigger.
Lily Dal Cin Found Her People—and Her Purpose—Through Intercollegiate Riding
For Lily Dal Cin, college has been as much about grit and growth as it has been about horses and art. As a member of NC State’s intercollegiate eventing team, she’s weathered setbacks with her horses while continuing to ride, support her teammates, and pursue a demanding degree. Through it all, t...
Cohesion Comes First for the Randolph-Macon College Eventing Team
If you attended the USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Eventing Championships this year at Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina, you would have been hard pressed to look anywhere on grounds without seeing Randolph-Macon College’s signature yellow and black school colors buzzing around. The co...
Kate Boggan Champions the Spirit of Intercollegiate Eventing in Her Professional Career
Kate Boggan describes her younger self as your typical horse-crazy kid. “As soon as I saw a horse, I was obsessed,” the born and raised Texan recalled. “It was the most expensive mistake my parents ever made taking me to my first rodeo as a toddler.”
Top of their Class: The Leading Riders of the Intercollegiate Eventing Program in 2023
The USEA is proud to look back on another fantastic competition season for our Collegiate members. In 2023, the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Program completed another successful Intercollegiate Eventing Championship, this time at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Caroli...
USEA Intercollegiate Where Are They Now: UK Grad Ivie Cullen-Dean Has Big Dreams for the Future
When Georgia native Ivie Cullen-Dean graduated from high school, she decided a change of zip code was in order to kick start her college career. The University of Kentucky in Lexington was calling her name, and the young eventer, who had previously competed at the North American Junior and Young ...
Intercollegiate Invasion: Meet the College Athletes Competing at the 2023 USEA AEC
The 2023 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championships may have come and gone already, but many Intercollegiate members have their sights set on the next championship of the year: the 2023 USEA American Eventing Championships presented by Nutrena Feeds! The USEA caught up with members from the Aubu...
