EAP Regional Training Session Begins Today at HITS Balmoral Park

Julie Winkel and Colleen Reed Leading Session, Free Auditing Available

Crete, Ill.—July 8, 2019—Athletes have arrived at HITS Balmoral Park in Crete, Illinois, to participate in the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session with clinicians Julie Winkel and Colleen Reed this week.

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association congratulates the following athletes who have been accepted to participate in the session:

HITS Balmoral Park EAP Participants:

  • Shannon Bauer, Beverly Hills, Mich.
  • Martina Chiara, Glenview, Ill,
  • Kylie Cohen, Bloomfield Twp, Mich.
  • Katie Gilcrest, Lake Forest, Ill.
  • Claire Huskey, Franklin, Tenn.
  • Rebecca Morris, Mundelein, Ill.
  • Audrey Oldfather, Shorewood, Wisc.
  • Madison O'Meara, Barrington, Ill.
  • Katie Pelzel, Fort Lupton, Colo.
  • Chiara Perni, Batavia, Ill.
  • Tanner Pfeffer, Pataskala, Ohio
  • Kylie Schmidt, Lexington, Ky.
  • Hadley Shalowitz, Deerfield, Ill.
  • Anna Spitzer, Lake Bluff, Ill.
  • Alexandra Ulanovski, Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
  • Abby Wardeberg, Lake Forest, Ill.
  • Jennifer Wardeberg, Lake Forest, Ill.

Regional Training Sessions are held over five days with athletes participating in mounted flatwork, gymnastics exercises and coursework as well as intensive stable management lessons. Athletes also spend time auditing each other and hearing from guest speakers at the sessions. 

Auditing is available to the public free of charge for the riding portions of the session.

There are three Regional Training Sessions remaining this year to be held in California, North Carolina and Massachusetts. A full calendar of sessions with auditing information can be found here. 

Following the Regional Training Sessions, 16 of the Regional Training Session participants and a select number of stable managers will be invited to attend the National Training Session November 7-10 at University of Findlay in Ohio.

The USHJA extends its gratitude to 2019 EAP Regional Training Session hosts Centenary University, Fox Lea Farm, Great Southwest Equestrian Center, HITS Balmoral Park, Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Mount Holyoke College, Sonoma Valley Stables, Tryon International Equestrian Center, University of Findlay and Virginia Horse Center.

Special thanks to the Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund for their title sponsorship of the Emerging Athletes Program. The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund was founded by Lindsay Maxwell in 2016 as a means to formalize her commitment to charitable giving. The Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund supports events, organizations and programs that align with Maxwell's philanthropic priorities and values including improving the lives of children with special needs, enabling access to educational opportunities and providing care, compassion and protection to animals.

The Emerging Athletes Program is also supported in part by a generous grant from US Equestrian, as well as individual donors through the USHJA Foundation. For more information, please visit www.ushja.org/EAP.

Photo Credit: Tricia Booker/USHJA