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EquEstrian VaultinG Editor in Chief: Megan Benjamin Copy Editor: Katharina Woodman Photographers: Primo Ponies Photography, lynne owen Photography, alex thomas Photography Writers: nancy stevens-Brown, suzanne Detol, Carole Dwinell, sheri Benjamin, Carolyn Bland, stacey Burnett Designer: leah Kucharek, red Hen Design Equestrian Vaulting magazine is the official publication of the american Vaulting association. Comments/ suggestions/questions are welcome to editor@americanvaulting.org. For information on advertising rates, how to submit editorial content and more go to www.americanvaxulting.org/contactus. For address changes go to www.americanvaulting.org/members/memberservices/ and click on Membership updates to make the change. If you are having problems receiving your issues or wish additional copies contact the aVa national office (323-654-0800/nationaloffice@americanvaulting.org). no part of this publication may be reproduced either in whole or part without written permission. Copyright by american Vaulting association 2011. Equestrian Vaulting magazine is published quarterly. AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION A A 8205 Santa Monica Blvd. #1-288 West Hollywood, CA 90046-5912 323-654-0800 AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION FACE would like to thank the following people for their contributions in helping us win America’s first vaulting team gold medal at this year’s 2010 World Equestrian games: sydney, richard, & susan Frankel for their unwavering support and use of their property, Craig Coburn, the most diligent of Chef d’Équipes, sarah D’auriol and Karly Frankel-newman for being such great teammates through the us selection trials, Chris littmann for all the WeG van driving, Dr. stacey Kent for being such a thorough WeG vet, ed & Patsy Kahl for their consistent hospitality, all the FaCe parents for their tremendous support, Grant de la Motte for lending us his wife for the year, the Jaeckle Center for the use of their tennessee horse spa facility, Katie Peuvrelle for helping our bodies and minds perform at their best, lasse Kristensen and Julie Young for generously offering reserve horses, Melanie Vizzusi and Bettina Von Wild for making superb uniforms, Pam lane & laureen Johnson of useF for handling loads of WeG paperwork and logistics, the useF and uset for their generous grants and support, Priscilla Clough and tisa Dobin for being such helpful and responsible grooms, tami & Jay Crawford of tennessee traveler’s rest Farm for the use of their training facility, the Palmer family for enabling us to practice on rainy days at their Half Moon Bay facility, Kirsten Graf & Kai Vorberg for the use of Flashlight at the CHIo aachen, Primo Ponies Photography for their wonderful competition photos, tricia Dahlgren, hair and makeup extraordinaire, the thomas family and sperry’s restaurant, for helping make our time in tennessee so enjoyable, Kerrits, succeed, Pennfield and Grand Meadows for their products, Meineke for supplying our team with new vaulting tack, and lastly, the FaCe 2008 team & FaMe 2006 team for building momentum toward this year’s team gold medal. 4 EquEstrianVaultinG | Winter 2011 EquEstrian VaultinG American Vaulting Association Directory 2011 AVA VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ExEcutiVE BoArD MEMBErs President: sheri Benjamin, 408-872-1562, sbenjamin@americanvaulting.org Executive VP: Kelley Holly, 707-665-9281, tambourine-farm@worldnet.att.net Treasurer: Jodi rinard, 303-931-7072, chestnutvaulter@yahoo.com Secretary: Jill Hobby, 530-758-4872, jill.hobby@hobbyfamily.org VP Competitions: linda Bibbler, 650-851-7751, lbibbler@gmail.com BOARD MEMBERS Jessica Ballenger, Kim Beisecker, Megan Benjamin, Carol Beutler, robin Bowman, Bill Brown, Craig Coburn, suzanne Detol, Priscilla G. Faulkner, rick Hawthorne, Virginia Hawthorne, Yossi Martonovich, amy McCune, Frank Pace, Marianne rose, Patti skipton, samantha smith, Peggy VanHook, Bob Weber REgIONAL SUPERVISORS Region I: Connie Geisler, 909-861-1564, connie_geisler@hotmail.com Region II: Carolyn Conner, 415-897-8486, carolyn.conner@verizon.net Region III: Penny Maydak, 503-703-9177, pajamas14@hotmail.com Region IV: noel Martonovich, 303-277-0356, nmartonovi@aol.com Region IX: elizabeth Brigham, 301-983-9795, elizabethmbrigham@gmail.com Region X: Beth Whillock, 651-253-7088, ewhillock@msn.com VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND SPECIAL PROgRAM DIRECTORS 2011 Annual Convention: Connie Geisler, 909-861-1564, connie_geisler@hotmail.com Barrel Initiative: open Bylaws: Craig Coburn, 323-654-0800, nationaloffice@americanvaulting.org Coaching Certification Initiative: nancy stevens-Brown, 831-476-5901, ncnature@pacbell.net Competition Awards: Carol Beutler, 650-366-7527, cbeutler@sbcglobal.net Competitions Secretary: suzanne Detol, 503-357-9651, sdetol@aol.com Equestrian Vaulting Magazine: Megan Benjamin, 408-605-8447, megan.benjamin@gmail.com Friendship Team: Priscilla G. Faulkner, 770-786-7283, prisf@aol.com Grants: Jan Garrod 408-741-1191, jan@garrodfarms.com Grievance: Bill Brown 831-476-5901, onzacat@comcast.net Historian: nancy stevens-Brown 831-476-5901, ncnature@pacbell.net Horses: Yossi Martonovich 303-277-0356, ymartonovi@aol.com Insurance: Kim Beisecker 540-231-6527, kbeiseck@vt.edu Medal Test Secretary: suzanne Detol, 503-357-9651, sdetol@aol.com Nationals 2011: linda Bibbler, 650-851-7751, lbibbler@gmail.com and Marianne rose, 408-867-1789, mariannerose@worldnet.att.net National High Point: open Pony Club Partnership Committee: Beth Whillock, 651-482-0649, ewhillock@msn.com Publications: Jan Weber, 978-448-4193, janmweber@gmail.com Safety: Bob Weber, bobcweber@gmail.com Technical Advisor: suzanne Detol, 503-357-9651, sdetol@aol.com Technical Advisor for Therapeutic Vaulting: rick/Virginia Hawthorne, 818-302-0153, vvvrick@ca.rr.com Technical Committee Chair: Kelley Holly, 707-665-9281, tambourine-farm@worldnet.att.net Trade Shows: Jan Weber, 978-448-4193, janmweber@gmail.com Volunteer Recognition: Carol Beutler, 650-366-7527, cbeutler@sbcglobal.net Website: eileen Jassowski, 530-621-4911, eej@primoponies.com AVA NATIONAL OFFICE Craig Coburn, national office Manager 8205 santa Monica Blvd., #1-288, West Hollywood, Ca 90046-5912 e-mail: nationaloffice@americanvaulting.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to noon Pst• Ph: 323-654-0800, Fax: 323-654-4306 www.americanvaulting.org FEI Vaulting Committee: emma seely, 408-868-9476, emmaseely@sbcglobal.net FEI Athletes Council Vaulting Representative: Megan Benjamin, 408-605-8447, megan.benjamin@gmail.com USEF Board Members: sheri Benjamin, 408-872-1562, sbenjamin@americanvaulting.org linda Bibbler, 650-851-7751, lbibbler@gmail.com USEF Board/Elected Athlete: Devon Maitozo, 818-429-2115, devomai@mac.com USEF Director of Vaulting: Pam lane, 908-326-1153, plane@usef.org USEF Vaulting High Perf. Comm. Chair: linda Bibbler, 650-851-7751, lbibbler@gmail.com USEF Vaulting Technical Committee Co-Chairs: Craig Coburn, 323-654-0800, nationaloffice@americanvaulting.org; suzanne Detol, 503-357-9651, sdetol@aol.com USEF Youth Council Member: annalise VanVranken, 609-002-6277, anna@shootingstarsvaulting.com Volume 1, Issue 4 Equestrian Vaulting Designed by: red Hen Design, 517-548-9623, redhendesign@comcast.net
Dear AVA Members: As we start 2011, the U.S. vaulting community has a lot to be proud of. In a recessionary economy, our U.S. clubs and vaulting programs have endured. While some have shrunk in size, we have, for the most part, stayed extremely stable, with some clubs even bucking the trend and growing substantially. And, also in the middle of a recession, the 2010 World Equestrian Games organization, tirelessly supported by the United States Equestrian Federation and the United States Equestrian Team (USA’s fundraising arm), pulled off a strong showing at the Kentucky Horse Park this past Fall, with overall attendance numbers at the 2010 World Equestrian Games far exceeding the dire predictions of the naysayers and proving again that die-hard equestrians, especially those in the United States, will move heaven and earth to support their sports. Vaulting, with its sold-out finals, was no exception. It was especially gratifying to meet WEG spectators who came to watch vaulting for the first time, with hardly a clue about what was in store for them. What did they know in advance? Not much, except for the rumor that vaulting was bound to be exciting. And it was. Among our individuals, we had one of our strongest overall showings ever, with all three of our women, none of them strangers to a world championship level event, in the top ten overall (Mary McCormick in fourth with Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Megan Benjamin in fifth with Urfreund Rosengaard, and Ali Divita in seventh with Giovanni). Two of our three men made round II (veterans Todd Griffiths with Lanson 16 finished in 10th and Kenny Geisler with Jacadi de Rox finished in 13th), and first-time World Championships vaulter Kristian Roberts, 17, with Highwater Bay, also had a strong finish for a newcomer. They made us all proud. Over the past three decades, individual U.S. vaulting has grown on the backs of such American individual vaulting greats as Jeannette Boxall (the first American woman to win a medal—silver—at the Vaulting World Championships), Kerith Lemon (the four-time World Championships individual medalist and nine-time American champion), Devon Maitozo (the USA’s first men’s vaulting gold medalist at the 1998 World Equestrian Games in Rome, four-time individual medalist and two-time team medalist) and Megan Benjamin (2006 WEG Women’s gold medalist and Team USA silver team medalist, and 2008 World Championships bronze team medalist). In addition, Americans gained momentum over 20 years in the team arena with medals at five Vaulting World Championships starting with Nancy Stevens-Brown’s Timberline Vaulters in 1990, Isabelle Bibbler’s Woodside Vaulters in 1998, Katariina Alongi’s Coast Line Vaulters in 2004, Emma Seely’s and Devon Maitozo’s Free Artists Mt. Eden (FAME) in 2006, and Devon Maitozo’s Free Artists Creative Equestrians (FACE) in 2008. It was finally the right time for American team vaulting this past October 10th, on the final competition day of the two-week World Equestrian Games, when our USA’s FACE Vaulters won gold following a nail-biting final round of freestyle competition. When the Star Spangled Banner played and the eight-member team stood atop the podium (ninth member and equine partner Palatine was also close by) American team vaulting hit an important new apex, where we are no longer underdogs in individual nor team international competition. We are so proud of our own FACE Vaulters for bringing home the gold! And what does this mean for us in the American Vaulting Association? First, interest in vaulting seems to have increased as a direct result of WEG. NBC’s coverage of the WEG sports, and the substantial media coverage generated by WEG, is working in our favor, and we can see through Google Analytics that more people than ever are accessing our AVA public website. As we go into 2011 and the spring vaulting season, I call on ALL of our AVA members—all vaulters, all parents, all coaches, all trainers/lungers, all judges, all alumni, all vaulting enthusiasts, to take it upon ourselves personally to “beat the drum” on American vaulting. At a loss on how to do that? Ask your coach, ask your regional supervisor or send me a quick email (sbenjamin@americanvaulting. org). I’m sure we, together, can think of many, many ways we can help spread the word on and grow American vaulting! Sheri Benjamin AVA President From the President AmericAn VAulting: BeAt the drum! www.americanvaulting.org 5 Photo courtesy of Lynne Owen Photography
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