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Articles: Press Release
U. S. Paralympic Equestrians Place Fourth and Fifth in
Individual Championships for Dressage
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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2004
Less than half a point shy of the Paralympic Bronze, Keith Newerla and
Lumberjack turned in a noteworthy performance in the Grade I Dressage
Individual Championship Tuesday. With a 69.684% overall, Newerla placed
fourth-behind two-time Gold medalist Lee Pearson of Great Britain
(77.263%), Australia's Jan Pike (71.895%) and Great Britain's Sophie
Christiansen (70.000%).
"I made some mistakes that I have to eliminate in the future," Newerla
said after his performance. But the 21-year-old was quick to praise
Lumberjack, and already, has his eye on the next goal-the Freestyle
competition. "In the first stage of today's competition, I got an idea
of what I have to do on Thursday," he said.
Placing less than a point behind Newerla, U.S. Paralympic equestrian
Lynn Seidemann rode Phoenix B to a fifth place finish, with a score of
68.947%.
In other team news, Barbara Grassmyer and Mibis placed 11th in the
Individual Championship for Grade III, with a 63.200% overall. The
Individual Championships will continue Wednesday with U.S. Paralympic
equestrian Kathryn Groves riding in Grade IV.
The rest of the U.S. Equestrian Team competition schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, Sept, 22: Kathryn Groves will compete in the Grade IV
Individual Championship
Thursday, Sept, 23: Lynn Seidemann and Keith Newerla will compete in
the Grade I Individual
Freestyle Test; Barbara Grassmyer will compete in the Grade III
Individual Freestyle Test
Friday, Sept. 24: Kathryn Groves will compete in the Grade IV
Individual Freestyle Test
Sunday, Sept. 26: All members of the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian
Team will compete in the Team Test
For more information, please contact Sarah Lane, Public Relations
Manager on (859) 225-6974 or via e-mail at slane@usef.org. USEF press
releases are available on our website - www.usef.org.
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