CLASS OF 2023
Tara Gadoury President and Captain ’23
Pre-Novice
Tara served as President and Captain for SCEQ and graduated with a degree in classical studies in 2023. Tara worked for an Archaeological Cultural Resource Management (CRM) firm immediately upon graduation. In her position as a field archaeologist, she conducted archaeological surveys on projects with federal funding (solar fields, power corridors etc).
Tara remains in the area and still rides at Muddy Brook – now as a member of Muddy Brook’s adult IEA team. She works at the barn and rides whenever she can.
Tara is considering returning to grad school but is undecided about what she wants to study.
Alexandra Stephens Vice President ’23
Novice
Alex is an engineer and aims to study Atmospheric science in grad school. She started riding in middle school but took time off during high school to focus on her academics. She joined the Smith Equestrian Club in 2019 and made the team in the Fall of 2021. In Spring 2022, she was elected Vice-President of the Smith College Equestrian Team and served from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023.
CLASS OF 2022
Charlotte Kenny President & Captain ’22
Open Flat/Intermediate Fences
Charlotte is a Class of 2022 engineering graduate from Brooklyn, NY. She has been riding since she was 6 and competes in jumpers and dressage with her WB gelding Quinn. She was President of the Smith College Equestrian Team during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Dancy Zhang
Introductory
Dancy got her BA in Chemistry from Smith College in 2022. She was on the SCEQ team for her last year of undergrad where she competed in the Walk/Trot class. She misses hanging out with horses and walking by Paradise Pond. (But definitely not the cold weather!) Dancy is now a chemistry Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech.
