ITHACA, NY – The Alfred University hunt seat equestrian team was the Reserve Champions out of 10 teams on Sunday at Cornell University.
 
The Saxons were led by first place finishes by Kat Skiotys (Farmington Hills, MI/Michigan Great Lakes Virtual) in intermediate fences, Amber O'Toole (Simi Valley, CA/Simi Valley) in limit flat and Lily Mazur (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz Central) in novice. The Saxons finished with 26 points as Cornell won with 38 points. AU defeated Binghamton University, Ithaca College, Nazareth College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Alfred State College, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Buffalo and SUNY Brockport on Sunday.

"The show went great this weekend. The team rode great at Cornell, lots of challenging rides for everyone," Head Coach Olivia Costich said. "We had a strong afternoon with some great placings in limit fences, limit flat and novice. Lydia [Carey] finished out our day in Walk/ Trot (Introductory) for her first competition ever!"
 
The Saxons brought three horses to the show, Jig, Cattini and Hugo who all helped with the bevy of top finishes. Below is a list of the top results for AU:
 
-Open Fences

• Placid Finch – 4^th

-Open Flat

• Finch – 5^th

-Intermediate Fences

• Skiotys – 1^st
• Bri Garcia – 2^nd

-Intermediate Flat

• Skiotys – 2^nd
• Garcia – 5^th

-Limit Fences

• Jillian Frazo – 2^nd
• O'Toole – 3^rd
• Megan Cochran – 5^th

-Limit Flat

• O'Toole – 1^st
• Frazo – t-3^rd
• Emma Johnson – t-3^rd

-Novice

• Mazur – 1^st
• Taylor Zlotek – 2^nd
• Kassie Slezak – 5^th
• Samara-Jade Mok – 6^th

-Walk/Trot

• Lydia Carey – 4^th

 
The Saxons will next return to Cornell University on Sunday, November 7 for a one-day show.