AKC/USA 2003 World Team Invitational

Começou a corrida por uma das vagas para no time que disputará o Mundial de Agility 2003, em Lièvin, na França. Nos dias 17 e 18 de maio, o American Kennel Club realizou o AKC/USA 2003 World Team Invitational, que define uma das vagas para a equipe de cada uma das categorias em disputa no Mundial da França desse ano.

Mesmo Erin Schaefer, campeã mundial da categoria Mini, teve de se inscrever para o evento. "Com o campeonato mundial, ganhei o direito de defender o título na competição individual, mas não necessariamente na competição por equipes. Para isso, tive de participar", contou a campeã mundial ao Agiliteiros.com. Erin e seu sheltie Jag venceram o evento e estão garantidos na equipe americana mini, bem como Bárbara Davis e Shimmer (Sheltie) no midi e Nancy Gyes e Riot (Border Collie) no standard.

O evento não foi aberto para todos. Para poder participar, o condutor deveria ser um competidor de ponta, satisfazendo um dos seguintes quesitos:

- ter tido performance de ponta nas provas nacionais da AKC ou na classe International Sweepstakes de eventos específicos da Iams.

Os demais membros da equipe serão escolhidos pelo técnico Daniel Dege e pela capitã da equipe, Sharon Andersen e divulgados até o final de junho.

A invitational foi disputada em um modelo de quatro rounds, valendo os três melhores resultados. Para fator de desempate, vale o tempo que a dupla acumulou abaixo do TSP. Em cada dia, as duplas enfrentaram duas provas, uma de agility e a outra de jumping. Cada condutor podia se inscrever com no máximo dois cães.

5/17/03	Standard Mini--14"				Course Time: 35.78
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Roger Coor	Moso	Papillon	0	31.78
2^nd	Kimberly Sisak	Phoebe	Papillon	0	34.15
3^rd	Kathie Leggett	Dash	Shetland Sheepdog	0.66	36.44
4^th	Anne Platt	Acie	Corgi	1.56	37.34
5^th	Robert Foley	Asa	Poodle	2.73	38.51
6^th	Daniel McDonald	Gabe	Shetland Sheepdog	3.03	38.81
7^th	David Skvorak	Tillie	Border Terrier	3.16	38.94
8^th	Michelle Urban	Jordy	Border Terrier	3.57	39.35
9^th	Cheryl Fischer	Turbo	Papillon	5	33.63
10^th	Kathy Sheeran	Gidget	Parson Russell Terrier	5	34.61

5/17/03	Standard Midi--18"				Course Time: 38.33
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Karen Holik	Sizzle	Shetland Sheepdog	0	34.33
2^nd	Barbara Davis	Shimmer	Shetland Sheepdog	0	36.03
3^rd	Joan Meyer	Dustin	Shetland Sheepdog	0	37.34
4^th	Nancy Kleinhans	Joni	Shetland Sheepdog	0	37.50
5^th	Barbara Davis	Pistol	Shetland Sheepdog	0	37.95
6^th	Christine Frank	Boogie	Parson Russell Terrier	1.16	39.49
7^th	Tammi Stone	Cede	Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	1.67	40.00
8^th	Peter Vollmer	Cole	Shetland Sheepdog	4.8	43.13
9^th	Jennifer Crank	Guess	Shetland Sheepdog	5	35.73
10^th	Ginsey Eubanks	Coup	Cocker Spaniel	10	34.25

5/17/03	Standard Maxi-26"				Course Time: 34.63
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Terry Smorch	Remy	Border Collie	0	30.63
2^nd	Sherry Kluever	Ransom	Border Collie	0	30.92
3^rd	Ali Roukas	Catcher	Border Collie	0	32.03
4^th	Barb DeMascio	Revel	Border Collie	0	32.05
5^th	Nancy Gyes	Riot	Border Collie	0	32.18
6^th	Ken Fairchild	Echo	Border Collie	0	32.47
7^th	Elicia Calhoun	Suni	Australian Shepherd	0	32.50
8^th	Jen Pinder	Static	Border Collie	0	32.57
9^th	Linda Mecklenburg	Awesome	Border Collie	0	32.83
10^th	Linda Mecklenburg	Stellar	Border Collie	0	32.89

5/17/03	Jumpers Mini-14"				Course Time: 30.47
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Erin Schaefer	Jag	Shetland Sheepdog	0	27.47
2^nd	Roger Coor	Moso	Papillon	0	28.90
3^rd	Becky O'Sell	Belle	Parson Russell Terrier	0	29.78
4^th	Webb Anderson	Nigel	Miniature Schnauzer	0.04	30.51
5^th	Kathy Sheeran	Gidget	Parson Russell Terrier	0.57	31.04
6^th	Christine Frank	Kimie	Miniature Schnauzer	0.76	31.23
7^th	Kathie Leggett	Dash	Shetland Sheepdog	1.11	31.58
8^th	Kathie Leggett	Heather	Shetland Sheepdog	1.17	31.64
9^th	Kimberly Sisak	Phoebe	Papillon	1.24	31.71
10^th	Nancy Louise Jones	Tigger Too	Toy Fox Terrier	1.31	31.78

5/17/03	Jumpers Midi-18"				Course Time: 35.74
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Jean Lavalley	Taz	Shetland Sheepdog	0	32.74
2^nd	Barbara Davis	Pistol	Shetland Sheepdog	0	33.98
3^rd	Denise Visco	Lexie	Smooth Fox Terrier	0	34.33
4^th	Nancy Kleinhans	Joni	Shetland Sheepdog	0	34.68
5^th	Joan Meyer	Dustin	Shetland Sheepdog	0	35.54
6^th	Tina Eastman	Guinness	Shetland Sheepdog	1.95	37.69
7^th	Ginsey Eubanks	Coup	Cocker Spaniel	5	31.52
8^th	Karen Holik	Sizzle	Shetland Sheepdog	5	31.86
9^th	Barbara Davis	Shimmer	Shetland Sheepdog	5	32.43
10^th	Lori Michaels	Skye	Shetland Sheepdog	5	33.46

5/17/03	Jumpers Maxi-26"				Course Time: 30.17
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Chris Parker	Mayhem	Border Collie	0	27.17
2^nd	Elicia Calhoun	Suni	Australian Shepherd	0	27.63
3^rd	Stuart Mah	Qwik	Border Collie	0	28.33
4^th	Lisa Bowers	Diva	Belgian Malinois	0	28.45
5^th	Linda Mecklenburg	Awesome	Border Collie	0	28.67
6^th	Ann Croft	Caper	Border Collie	0	28.70
7^th	Barb DeMascio	Revel	Border Collie	0	28.91
8^th	Jen Pinder	Static	Border Collie	0	29.10
9^th	Ali Roukas	Wish	Border Collie	0	29.45
10^th	Susan Cochran	Aiko	Border Collie	0	29.66

5/18/03	Standard Mini - 14"				Course Time: 39.85
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Erin Schaefer	Jag	Shetland Sheepdog	0	35.85
2^nd	Barbara Bicksler	Sydney		0	38.40
3^rd	Kathie Leggett	Heather	Shetland Sheepdog	0.42	40.27
4^th	Susan Crank	Splash	Shetland Sheepdog	1.32	41.17
5^th	Nancy Louise Jones	Tigger Too	Toy Fox Terrier	1.79	41.64
6^th	David Skvorak	Tillie	Border Terrier	3.42	43.27
7^th	Robert Foley	Asa	Poodle	3.45	43.30
8^th	Michelle Urban	Jordy	Border Terrier	3.61	43.46
9^th	Anne Platt	Acie	Corgi	4.87	44.72
10^th	Roger Coor	Moso	Papillon	5	35.39

5/18/03	Standard Midi - 14"				Course Time: 42.25
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Karen Holik	Sizzle	Shetland Sheepdog	0	38.25
2^nd	Jean Lavalley	Taz	Shetland Sheepdog	0	38.74
3^rd	Barbara Davis	Shimmer	Shetland Sheepdog	0	39.21
4^th	Katie O'Day	Jeep	Shetland Sheepdog	1.12	43.37
5^th	Tina Eastman	Guinness	Shetland Sheepdog	3.77	46.02
6^th	Ginsey Eubanks	Coup	Cocker Spaniel	5	36.71
7^th	Jennifer Crank	Guess	Shetland Sheepdog	5	38.73
8^th	Denise Visco	Lexie	Smooth Fox Terrier	5	40.14
9^th	Christine Frank	Boogie	Parson Russell Terrier	5	41.41
10^th	Gary Frank	Andy	Shetland Sheepdog	5.71	42.96

5/18/03	Standard Maxi - 26"				Course Time: 37.75
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Sherry Kluever	Ransom	Border Collie	0	33.75
2^nd	Terry Smorch	Remy	Border Collie	0	33.87
3^rd	Nancy Gyes	Riot	Border Collie	0	34.08
4^th	Gerry Brown	Sterling	Border Collie	0	34.09
5^th	Beth Mathews-Bradshaw	Gifted	Border Collie	0	34.18
6^th	Chris Parker	Mayhem	Border Collie	0	34.29
7^th	Olga Chaiko	Luz	Border Collie	0	34.44
8^th	Linda Mecklenburg	Awesome	Border Collie	0	34.98
9^th	Jennifer McDonald	Stoli	Border Collie	0	36.84
10^th	Stuart Mah	Qwik	Border Collie	5	33.47

5/18/03	Jumpers Mini - 14"				Course Time: 34.92
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Roger Coor	Moso	Papillon	0	31.92
2^nd	Erin Schaefer	Jag	Shetland Sheepdog	0	32.60
3^rd	Barbara Bicksler	Sydney	Shetland Sheepdog	0	33.60
4^th	Kathie Leggett	Heather	Shetland Sheepdog	0	34.10
5^th	Christine Frank	Kimie	Miniature Schnauzer	0	34.46
6^th	Dana Pike	Maybie	Parson Russell Terrier	0.59	35.51
7^th	Cheryl Fischer	Turbo	Papillon	0.77	35.69
8^th	Glenda Timmerman	Bailey	Shetland Sheepdog	0.88	35.80
9^th	Susan Crank	Splash	Shetland Sheepdog	1.49	36.41
10^th	Anne Platt	Charley	Papillon	1.52	36.44

5/18/03	Jumpers Midi - 18"				Course Time: 31.69
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed	Faults	Time
1^st	Barbara Davis	Shimmer	Shetland Sheepdog	0	28.69
2^nd	Barbara Davis	Pistol	Shetland Sheepdog	0	29.10
3^rd	Joan Meyer	Dustin	Shetland Sheepdog	0	29.77
4^th	Nancy Kleinhans	Joni	Shetland Sheepdog	0	30.97
5^th	Tina Eastman	Guinness	Shetland Sheepdog	2.12	33.81
6^th	Christine Frank	Boogie	Parson Russell Terrier	5	28.72
7^th	Denise Visco	Lexie	Smooth Fox Terrier	5	29.78
8^th	Ginsey Eubanks	Coup	Cocker Spaniel	5	30.62
9^th	Katie O'Day	Jeep	Shetland Sheepdog	5.55	32.24
10^th	Jennifer Crank	Guess	Shetland Sheepdog	10	30.23

5/18/03	Finals Mini - 14"
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed
1^st	Erin Schaefer	Jag	Shetland Sheepdog
2^nd	Roger Coor	Moso	Papillon
3^rd	Kathie Leggett	Heather	Shetland Sheepdog
4^th	Susan Crank	Splash	Shetland Sheepdog
5^th	Christine Frank	Kimie	Miniature Schnauzer
6^th	Barbara Bicksler	Sydney	Shetland Sheepdog
7^th	Anne Platt	Acie	Corgi
8^th	Robert Foley	Asa	Poodle
9^th	Michelle Urban	Jordy	Border Terrier
10^th	Nancy Louise Jones	Tigger Too	Toy Fox Terrier

5/18/03	Finals Midi - 18"
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed
1^st	Barbara Davis	Shimmer	Shetland Sheepdog
2^nd	Barbara Davis	Pistol	Shetland Sheepdog
3^rd	Joan Meyer	Dustin	Shetland Sheepdog
4^th	Nancy Kleinhans	Joni	Shetland Sheepdog
5^th	Karen Holik	Sizzle	Shetland Sheepdog
6^th	Tina Eastman	Guinness	Shetland Sheepdog
7^th	Denise Visco	Lexie	Smooth Fox Terrier
8^th	Christine Frank	Boogie	Parson Russell Terrier
9^th	Katie O'Day	Jeep	Shetland Sheepdog
10^th	Ginsey Eubanks	Coup	Cocker Spaniel

5/18/03	Finals Maxi - 26"
Place	Handler	Dog	Breed
1^st	Nancy Gyes	Riot	Border Collie
2^nd	Elicia Calhoun	Suni	Australian Shepherd
3^rd	Linda Mecklenburg	Awesome	Border Collie
4^th	Barb DeMascio	Revel	Border Collie
5^th	Jen Pinder	Static	Border Collie
6^th	Chris Parker	Mayhem	Border Collie
7^th	Gerry Brown	Sterling	Border Collie
8^th	Sherry Kluever	Ransom	Border Collie
9^th	Terry Smorch	Remy	Border Collie
10^th	Ken Fairchild	Echo	Border Collie