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USET
Awards $50,000 in Grants to Assist Athletes With International
Competition
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Gladstone,
NJ—August 1, 2003—The United States Equestrian Team
(USET) has approved $50,000 in Athlete Grants to assist athletes
with costs associated with international competition.
The
Athlete Grant program is designed to fund activities that have
a direct impact on athletes’ ability to help the United States
win medals at Olympic Games, Pan American Games or World Championships.
This
year, the USET has awarded its Athlete Grants as follows:
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$5,000 each to 2003 Pan Am dressage riders Kristina Harrison-Naness
and Jan Ebeling, both of California, to assist with their expenses
stemming from travel from the west coast to the Cosequin/USET
Pan Am trials at the USET Olympic Training Center in Gladstone,
NJ;
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$5,000 to 2003 World Singles Championship individual Bronze Medalist
Fred Merriam to assist him with the costs associated with competing
at this year’s CAI Astorp, Sweden, site of the 2004 Singles
World Championship;
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$2,500 to each of the 12 eventing riders who will compete in the
2003 Burghley CCI**** in England in September;
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$1,000 to each of the five riders (Margie Engle, Lauren Hough,
Chris Kappler, Laura Kraut and Beezie Madden) chosen for the 2003
Pan American Games show jumping team to assist them with costs
associated with competing in three important international events:
CHIO Aachen, Germany; CSI**** Oaks Blenheim, USA and CSIO Spruce
Meadows, Canada.
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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