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USET
Appoints Jamie Saults as Director of Reining Activities
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Gladstone,
NJ—March 21, 2003—The United States Equestrian Team
(USET) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Saults
of Freehold, NJ, as Director of Reining Activities.
Saults
began working for the USET in 1995 as a consultant in Public Relations
and Television Production. Additionally, Saults has worked in
television as an ESPN Producer/Associate Producer for twenty years
and has worked for NBC and ABC Sports at major equestrian events
including five summer Olympic Games. Recently, Saults had the
honor of working with broadcast legend Jim McKay on the NBC team
at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Saults
became familiar with Reining while covering the event at the Bayer/USET
Festival of Champions, presented by State Line Tack. Saults was
the USET media representative at the World Equestrian Games in
Jerez, Spain and was on hand when the USET Reining team made history
by winning the team Gold and individual Gold and Silver medals.
“Watching
the USET Reining Team make history was very emotional and very
special,” said Saults. “It gave me a wonderful opportunity
to get to know the reiners and the discipline even more. I am
really looking forward to my new role with the USET and the Reining
discipline.”
USET
Executive Director Bonnie Jenkins took great pleasure in announcing
Saults’s new position. "Jamie's enthusiasm, background
and knowledge of international equestrian sport is an incredible
asset to the discipline of reining and their bright future in
the international arena,” she said. “We are thrilled
to have her as the USET Director of Reining."
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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