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Articles: Press Release
Molly Warmington Wins USET Maxine Beard Award
Contact:
Marty Bauman, (508) 698-6810, uset.pr@verizon.net
Gladstone, NJ—April 12, 2002— The United States Equestrian Team (USET) is
proud to announce that Molly Warmington of Newport Beach, CA, is this year's
winner of the Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award. The Maxine
Beard Award provides Warmington with a trip and accreditation for the Show
Jumping World Cup Final, which will be held this year in Leipzig, Germany,
May 1 - 5.
The USET Show Jumping Committee awarded Warmington with this honor because
of her competitive record to date, and promise for the future. Molly lives
in California and competed in World Cup Qualifiers for the first time this
year.
The Maxine Beard Award was established by friends of the popular trainer
Ronnie Beard in honor of Ronnie’s mother. Beard is the Chairman of the USET
Show Jumping Developing Rider Committee.
The Maxine Beard Show Jumping Developing Rider Award is one of many programs
that the USET has developed to assist riders in their quest for equestrian
excellence. Observing European and international competition is a crucial
component in the education of an equestrian athlete.
The recipients of the award are chosen based on their potential to represent
the United States in international competition, as well as financial need.
A Show Jumping Developing Rider is defined as a US citizen who has not
represented the United States in Olympic, Pan American or World Championship
competition, or in more than five Nations Cups either in Europe or at Spruce
Meadows. Alternates for the Olympic, Pan American and World Equestrian
Games, as well are riders who have competed in the Show Jumping World Cup
Final, are still considered Show Jumping Developing Riders and are eligible
for the award.
The United States Equestrian Team is a non-profit organization that selects,
trains, equips and finances equestrians of the highest possible standard to
represent our country in major international competition, including the
Olympic Games and the World Championships. To accomplish this the USET seeks
out and nurtures the development of talented athletes - riders, drivers and
horses - and provides the support and guidance they need to help them attain
their fullest potential. For more information on the USET, please call
(908) 234-1251, or visit USET ONLINE at www.uset.org.
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