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Vaulting
Committee Selects WEG Competitors
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The
USA Equestrian Vaulting Committee met on June 20, 2002 to review
the scores of the vaulting teams and individual competitors applying
to be a part of the United States Vaulting Team for the 2002 World
Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain. The Vaulting Committee selected
three individual male vaulters, with one alternate, three individual
female vaulters, with one alternate, and one team to represent
the United States. These selections are pending final approval
at the July 9, 2002 meeting of the USA Equestrian Board of Directors.
The selected athletes are listed below:
Individual Male Vaulters
Vaulter #1: Devon Maitozo
Vaulter #2: Kenny Geisler
Vaulter #3: Erik Martonovich
Alternate: Blake A. Dahlgren
Individual Female Vaulters
Vaulter #1: Samantha Smith
Vaulter #2: Pamela Geisler
Vaulter #3: Jill Main
Alternate: Julie Keville
Team
Free Artists Creative Equestrians (F.A.C.E.)
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Equestrian Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the
U.S., is the regulatory body for the Olympic and World Championship
sports of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, reining, show
jumping, and vaulting, as well as 19 other breeds and disciplines
of equestrian competition. As
the country's largest multi-breed organization, the Federation
has over 80,000 members and recognizes more than 2,800 competitions
nationwide each year. It governs all aspects of competition, including
educating and licensing all judges, stewards, and technical delegates
who officiate at these shows.
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sport in the United States of America, promoting the pursuit of
excellence from the grass roots to the Olympic Games, based on
a foundation of fair, safe competition and the welfare of its
horses, and embracing this vision, to be the best national equestrian
federation in the world.
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