About Us
A Bay Area Equestrian Vaulting Club Founded in 1990
Woodside Vaulters, founded in 1990, is one of the largest and most successful vaulting clubs in the United States. The club emphasizes horsemanship, safety, team-building, communication skills, fitness and a trusting, confident relationship between vaulter and horse. The club is truly a family organization: parent involvement in operations, facilities, and fundraising is essential to ensuring the success and safety of the vaulters.
Since 2008, the club has operated as a California nonprofit corporation, tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The club currently operates with a Board consisting of five directors who are elected by the members. Like all operational, facility and fundraising roles, the club’s directors are parents of current or past vaulters.
Our vaulters come from all over the Bay Area, and range in age from 6 to young adult. Our program currently includes Introductory to Advanced Level vaulters preparing to compete this spring and summer.
Our Staff
Our coaches are experienced in working with children, as well as coaching and competing at the highest levels. Our longeurs are lifelong horse people who match the strength of our coaches in depth of experience.
Krista Mack
Head Horse Trainer | Lunger | High Performance Coach | Rider
Krista has lunged for Woodside Vaulters since 2002 and is currently our head horse trainer. Krista was born and raised in Woodside and grew up vaulting and riding in Woodside Pony Club and Woodside Jr Riders. She competed at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina with Elizabeth Osborn and Atterupgaards Sting. In 2007 and 2014, Krista won the AVA Trainer of the Year award for her consistent, high-level training of Woodside Vaulters’ horses, who have won three AVA Horse of the Year awards and numerous USEF Vaulting Horse of the Year awards.
Sarah Twohig
Barn Manager | Lunger | High Performance Coach | Rider
Sarah has been with Woodside Vaulters since 2013. She started with Woodside Vaulters as a groom and in 2015 became a lunger. Sarah has been around vaulting since the age of seven and has been riding horses since she could sit up straight. She has been a groom at six world championships and in 2021 was promoted to head groom and barn manager at the Senior World Championships in Budapest. Sarah currently lunges for the trot and canter programs, rides several of our horses when they are not in class, and is Woodside Vaulters Barn Manager and Enrollment Manager.
Caroline Morse
High Performance Coach | Lunger | Rider
Caroline represented the United States at the Junior World Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2023, and Senior World Championships in 2024. She is a member of Silicon Valley Vaulting Club and has been coaching for Woodside Vaulters since August of 2020. Caroline recently graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Psychology.
Emma Milito
High Performance Coach | Lunger | Rider
Emma has been coaching vaulting since 2019 and joined Woodside Vaulters in 2023. She represented the USA squad at the 2024 Senior World Championships in Bern, Switzerland. She has also competed squad at the Junior World Championships in 2019 and 2021 and individually at the 2023 Young Vaulter Championships. Emma is a Senior at Santa Clara University, majoring in neuroscience.
Jace Brooks
High performance Coach
Jace is originally from Utah and moved to California with his horse, Guinness, a few years ago. He has been vaulting since 2009 and has been coaching since 2015. He has represented the United States in two Junior World Vaulting Championships and three Senior World Vaulting Championships. Jace owns and operates his own company as a mobile mechanic.
Audrey Kiernan
Trot Individuals Coach | Development Canter Coach
Audrey started vaulting with Woodside Vaulters in 2009 when she was seven years old. Audrey vaulted competitively for 11 years, competing in individual, pas de deux, and squad events. She was a member of the U.S. Squad at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, 2015 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors, 2017 FEI World Vaulting Championships for Juniors, and 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games. In 2015, she and her teammates earned the Bronze medal in the squad event. Audrey began coaching at Woodside Vaulters in 2024.
Allie Jamei
Trot Coach
Allie, a high school freshman, has been vaulting for four years and started coaching in 2024. Allie has competed through the bronze levels and on B-Team (Jr. Squad). Last summer, Allie was able to participate in a week-long German vaulting camp near Stuttgart, along with other vaulters from Woodside Vaulters. Allie especially loves working with the trot team and individual vaulters.
Emi Yang
Trot Individuals Coach | Development Canter Coach
Emi has been vaulting for 13 years and is currently competing at the silver level. She has represented the United States in both Senior and Junior Championships, claiming a bronze medal in the squad event in 2021. Emi vaulted at Woodside Vaulters for 11 years and is thrilled to be a coach in the place where she fell in love with the sport of vaulting.
Our Horses
Our horses are the heart of everything we do. Gentle, strong, and incredibly well-trained, they play a vital role in helping our vaulters grow in strength, confidence, and teamwork.
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