Sarah Baker (Boylston, Mass.), senior captain on the Roger Williams University Equestrian team, joined Hawk Talk this week. She sat down with host Bryce Johnson to discuss her early season success, how she stayed in a routine throughout COVID, and what it means to her to be a team captain.

https://rwuhawktalk.podbean.com/e/hawk-talk-season-2-episode-10-sarah-baker-equestrian/



https://youtu.be/OzFmFzywL7w
 
Baker enters her fourth season as a member of the equestrian team, and second as a team captain, and rides Intermediate Over Fences and Intermediate Flat for the Hawks. She has had a very strong start to her senior campaign, opening the season with a first-place finish in Intermediate Over Fences to go with a fifth-place finish in Intermediate Flat at the Regional Show hosted URI. She then followed that up with a second-place finish in Intermediate Over Fences at the team's home show, the Roger Williams Show, on October 30^th. In addition, she helped the Hawks to a pair of runner-up finishes at both events.
 
Prior to her team's return to action this fall, Baker was highly successful in her first two seasons riding in Bristol. As a freshman, she accumulated multiple top seven finishes including wining Novice Fences at the spring Community Show and Novice Fences at the spring Assumption Show. All that cumulated with an appearance at the IHSA National Championship. She really took off in here second season with the Hawks. Baker was the High Point Rider of the Show three times. Baker finished in the top three in her event twelve times including eight first place finishes. She won her division in Intermediate Over Fences and Intermediate Flat at the Assumption Show.