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FHS Senior Earns District’s First Varsity Letter in an Equestrian Sport
Freehold High School senior Julianna Witt is the first Freehold Regional High School District student to be awarded a varsity letter in an equestrian sport.
Julianna has been an active participant in the United States Equestrian Federation High School Varsity Athlete program for four years. Throughout her high school career, Julianna has also ridden with the United States Hunter and Jumper Association, was a runner up for a 2013 Youth Sportsman award, and was a finalist in the Horseman Quiz Challenge, an assessment on veterinary medicine. Julianna recently qualified to ride in the 2015 Interscholastic Equestrian Associations, (Zone 2, Region 10), Regional horse show.
In addition to her success as an equestrian, Julianna is also an artist. Her work features aspects of the equestrian experience. Julianna’s oil painting, “The Lineup at Devon” won first place in the Dan’s Papers Junior Artwork Contest and was featured on the cover of the 2014 Hampton Classic Exhibitor Index. The Index is the program distributed at the prestigious Hampton Classic Horse Show, one of the largest outdoor horse shows in the country. Most recently, Julianna’s painting, “3.17.13” received an honorable mention at the Du Cret Student Art Show.
Julianna hopes to pursue equine veterinary medicine and art in college.
Julianna has been an active participant in the United States Equestrian Federation High School Varsity Athlete program for four years. Throughout her high school career, Julianna has also ridden with the United States Hunter and Jumper Association, was a runner up for a 2013 Youth Sportsman award, and was a finalist in the Horseman Quiz Challenge, an assessment on veterinary medicine. Julianna recently qualified to ride in the 2015 Interscholastic Equestrian Associations, (Zone 2, Region 10), Regional horse show.
In addition to her success as an equestrian, Julianna is also an artist. Her work features aspects of the equestrian experience. Julianna’s oil painting, “The Lineup at Devon” won first place in the Dan’s Papers Junior Artwork Contest and was featured on the cover of the 2014 Hampton Classic Exhibitor Index. The Index is the program distributed at the prestigious Hampton Classic Horse Show, one of the largest outdoor horse shows in the country. Most recently, Julianna’s painting, “3.17.13” received an honorable mention at the Du Cret Student Art Show.
Julianna hopes to pursue equine veterinary medicine and art in college.