USA Squad for WEC - 2000 - Compiegne, France

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

          THE USET ANNOUNCES SQUAD FOR ENDURANCE WORLD
          CHAMPIONSHIP

          GLADSTONE, NEW JERSEY-June 22, 2000--The United States
Equestrian Team (USET) has
          announced its squad of horses and riders to represent the
United States in the 2000 Endurance World
          Championship to be held August 26 in Compiegne, France.
          Named to the squad of six (in alphabetical order) are:
                      Darolyn Butler-Dial of Humble Texas on DJB
Albanet,
                      Karen Binns DiCamillo of Las Cruces, New Mexico on
Sr Sharee,
                      Marcia Smith, DVM of Loomis, California on Saamson
CC,
                      Rita Swift of Worthington, West Virginia on Just
Cass,
                      Stephanie Teeter of Princeton, Idaho on Nature's
Kruschev, and
                      Darla Westlake of Dexter, Oregon on MC Rams Z.
          In addition, reigning World Champion Valerie Kanavy of Fort
Valley, Virginia has exercised her option
          to defend her title and will compete as an individual on a
horse of her choosing.  Kanavy won the 1998
          World Championship held in the United Arab Emirates on High
Winds Jedi.  She had previously won
          the World Championship in 1994 and placed second to her
daughter Danielle by one second in 1996.
          The USET also named six horse-and-rider combinations as
alternates to the World Championship
          squad.  They are:
                      Jennifer Nice of Orange, California on Al Baraaq,
                      Constance Walker of Plainfield, New Hampshire on
DML Smoke Silver,
                      Patti Pizzo of Jamison, Pennsylvania on Savaq,
                      Melissa Crain of Franklin, Tennessee on Charbiel,
                      Jan Worthington of Scales Mound, Illinois on GMF
Musca Song and
                      Jazon Wonders of Peteluma, California on Milarepa.

          The United States has been a dominant force in endurance
riding, having won the individual Gold
          Medal at every World Championship since the biennial event was
first held in 1986.  Additionally, the
          U.S. won team Gold Medals in 1988 and 1996, as well as team
Silver in 1998.

          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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Teddy Lancaster
American Endurance Ride Conference # 139422
- Member since 1974
6000+ career miles

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