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04/12/2013 Boo Major Named 2013 SEC Coach of the YearEquestrian coach guided Gamecocks to inaugural SEC Championship this season 04/03/2013 SEC Champs Jump Five Spots to No. 1 in Final Coaches PollGamecocks jump Big-12 champs Oklahoma State 04/02/2013 Seeds Announced for 2013 Equestrian National ChampionshipsGamecocks receive No. 2 seed in Hunt Seat, No. 5 seed in Western 03/30/2013 Gamecock Equestrian Wins Inaugural SEC ChampionshipEquestrian defeats No. 1 and No. 2 teams en route to conference title 03/29/2013 Gamecocks Drop No. 1 Georgia to Advance to SEC ChampionshipHunt Seat team dominates Bulldogs in Friday's victory 03/01/2013 Highlights vs. Delaware State10/04/2012 South Carolina vs. Auburn Highlights09/29/2012 South Carolina vs. Oklahoma State Highlights02/26/2012 South Carolina vs. Baylor Highlights02/25/2012 South Carolina vs. Auburn Highlights05/11/2012 Equestrian Team Reception with Dr. PastidesPresident Dr. Harris Pastides and his wife Patricia hosted the Equestrian team for a reception (4/16/2012) 04/25/2012 Equestrian vs. Auburn (3/30/2012)South Carolina defeated Auburn, 12-6 in the opening round of the Southern Equestrian Championships. 04/23/2012 2011-2012 Equestrian Team Banquet4/18/12 - The Equestrian team held its annual end of season banquet on Wednesday in the Champions Club at Williams Brice. 03/31/2012 Gamecocks Win 2012 Southern Equestrian ChampionshipThe South Carolina Equestrian team upset No. 1 Georgia to win the 2012 Southern Equestrian Championship. 03/21/2012 Equestrian vs. TCU (9/30/2011)South Carolina defeated TCU, 14-6, on Friday at One Wood Farm. Photos by Mike Slade. Carol Gwin is in her third season with the South Carolina Equestrian team. She was hired prior to the 2010-2011 season. Gwin serves as the Hunter Seat coach for the two-time overall VENC national championship team. She will oversee a Hunter Seat team that won the national championship three times from 2005-2007. The Gamecocks finished in third place overall at the 2010 Varsity Equestrian National Championships in Waco, Texas in April. South Carolina's Western and Hunter Seat teams finished third in their brackets, respectively. A 1996 graduate of Mary Washington College, Coach Gwin has been involved in collegiate equestrian for most of her life. She worked at Sweet Briar College from 1996-2000 as a riding instructor and head of the college's intercollegiate team before returning to Blacksburg, Va. to set up her own boarding and lesson business at Walnut Spring Stables. Coach Gwin also coached the Radford University Equestrian team for seven years at Walnut Spring Stables. In the past 15 years, Coach Gwin has trained numerous student-athletes to local and national titles in the hunter industry. She rode on the Mary Washington College IHSA team in the open division for four years and has continued to produce quality horses for her clients to ride. Coach Gwin is a past president of the SWVHJA, a member of the USHJA and USEF, and has judged locally throughout Virginia over the past twenty years. She has been involved with the hunter seat industry since childhood at most capacities. Gwin and her husband Shaun Leverton come to Blythewood after living in Blacksburg, Va. for the past 20 years.
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