NDP’s Jane Gemellaro and her horse, Oreo, compete last week in equestrian district competition.
The Notre Dame equestrian team is competing this weekend at the regionals at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason after taking home a district championship last weekend, finishing with 473 total points to top Imlay City and Lake Orion.
The Irish took home first and second place last weekend to finish in the majority of the events to maintain their season-long lead in the district. Margaret Henige and her horse, Lyla, took first place in western showmanship, saddleseat showmanship, western riding, and both days in trail. Jane Gemellaro, riding her horse, Carly, took first twice in equitation over fences and first and second in huntseat bareback. Gemellaro and her second horse, Oreo, also competed in the speed events maintaining placings to gain the points needed to keep the team ahead in the standings. Sophie Shick and Patches were undefeated in saddleseat equitation, saddleseat pattern, saddleseat bareback, huntseat equitation, and western equitation.
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.