The U.S. Vaulting Team took to Jyske Bank Boxen today to begin competition at the ECCO FEI World Championships Herning 2022, opening the day as the second team to present a squad for the Compulsory Tests. The team also saw all five individual combinations take to the arena as well, with Kimmy Palmer, finishing as the highest placed U.S. athlete at the conclusion of day one.

Photo – Kimmy Palmer & Rosenstolz 99 (©ShannonBrinkmanPhotography)

In the Squad Compulsory, the Oak Hills Squad representing the U.S., finished in sixth place overall out of 14 teams, earning a 6.568 from the panel of judges. The team vaulted aboard Drillian, a 2008 Hanoverian gelding owned by Reitclub Blau-Weiß Löwenstedt. The Squad was led by Todd Griffiths (Elk Ridge, Utah), as the most tenured athlete on the squad, alongside his youngest daughter Miriam Griffiths (Elk Ridge, Utah), Calle Davis (Spanish Fork, Utah), Paula Hampshire (Kaysville, Utah), Jaynee Meyer (Salem, Utah), and Alyssa Stoddard (Eagle Mountain, Utah). The squad, who have really just started working together over the past two years after a club merger, were pleased with their performance on the first day of competition and felt confident with their horse and lunger, Selena Brummund (GER), right from the start of their training together.

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