LEXINGTON, Ky. --Among the list of athletes who have been invited to the 2021 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions are three Pennsylvanians, as well as one each from New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
The USEF Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Program offers athletes 25 years of age and under access to coaching and instruction, high intensity training sessions, and continued mentorship to further support the development of the Eventing Pathway.
The Eventing Performance Advisory Team reviewed applications and invited 24 athletes to participate in a two-day assessment session with USEF Developing and Emerging Athlete Coach Leslie Law prior to the final program selection.
Participants in the assessment sessions are eventing athletes age 25 and under who have completed a Minimum Eligibility Requirement at a CCI3*-L or have been talent spotted into the assessment sessions.
Among those invited are Amanda Beale Clement of Phoenixville, Penn., Alexa Gartenberg of Gladwyne, Penn., and Alexa Gartenberg of Gladwyne, Penn., as well as Arielle Aharoni of Bedminster, N.J., Danielle Poulsen of Newark, Del., Katherine Delaney of Rockville, Va., and Sydney Solomon of Dayton, Md.
THESE RIDERS also have been invited to participate in the 2021 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 Assessment Sessions: Charlotte Babbitt of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Alexandra Baugh of Lexington, Ky., Mia Braundel of Clayton, N.C., Sophie Click of Snoqualmie, Wash., Cornelia Dorr of Manchester By The Sea, Mass., Mia Farley of San Juan Capo, Calif., Colin Gaffney of Akron, Ohio, Savannah Gwin of San Clemente, Calif., Mallory Hogan of Belvedere, Calif., Sophie Hulme of Portola Vally, Calif., Gabrielle Hutchison of Cleveland, N.C., Katie Lichten of South Hamilton, Mass., Benjamin Noonan of Ballwin, Missouri, Alyssa Phillips of Fort Worth, Tex., Kaylawna Smith-Cook of Temecula, Calif., Megan Sykes of Midland, Tex., and Madison Temkin of Sebastopol, Calif.
Three assessment sessions will be held in January 2021: one session in Ocala, Fla., one session in Aiken, S.C., and one session in Temecula, California.
USEF Development and Emerging Athlete Coach Leslie Law and members of the Eventing Performance Advisory Team will determine the final athletes named to the 2021 Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 program following the conclusion of the assessment sessions.