SUNBURY, Ohio - Stevens Institute of Technology freshman Kerri Rettig (Vernon, N.J./Vernon Township) finished first in the Intermediate on the Flat at the 2005 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championship Show held on Saturday at the Eden Park Equestrian Complex.

The individual national title is the first for a Stevens rider in the three-year history of the program.  Rettig, who captured the Zone 2 championship in Intermediate on the Flat on April 9, beat out 17 other national qualifiers to claim the championship.  The top two finishers in each of the nine zones qualify for the IHSA Nationals.

2005 IHSA National Championship Show

May 5-8, 2005 - Sunbury, Ohio

Intermediate Equitation on the Flat (Individual)

Place  Rider                School

1st    Kerri Rettig         Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ 

2nd    Katherine DeLucas    St. Andrews Presbyterian College, NC 

3rd    Rachel Bertsch       University of Vermont, VT 

4th    Sasha Hill           Otterbein College, OH 

5th    Marie Baird          Oklahoma State University, OK 

6th    Cathrine Tauscher    Mount Holyoke College, MA 

7th    Catherine Woglom     Murray State University, KY 

8th    Hannah Stonefield    St. Lawrence University, NY 

9th    Ashley Kinsey        Clemson University, SC 

10th   Katherine Klepper    University of Mary Washington, VA