CASPER, Wyo. (June 16, 2015) – There is a new leader in the tie-down roping at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) and not surprisingly it was a student at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, that moved into first place in the overall standings.
Landon Williams, as senior in ag industries roped and tied his calf in 9.4 seconds here on Wednesday night. That is currently fourth in the third round of competition, but gave him an overall time of 29.1 to overtake Western Texas College’s Joshua Walker who also competed in the second performance in the Casper Events Center. Walker is over a second behind Williams with a total time of 30.7 seconds. With two more performances left before Saturday night’s championships, there is opportunity for contestants to close that gap. Both of these ropers will be staying in town with plans to be back here roping for a national title on Saturday.
Hayden Todd from Eastern New Mexico State University took the lead in the third round of barrel racing and goat tying and moved into first place in the women’s all-around standings. Todd, has alrady earned that title twice competing for Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. She earned those under her maiden name of Segelke. Riding her great horse Rascal in the barrel racing she won the first round during slack competition. An overturned barrel in the second round will keep her from qualifying for the finals.
She also had some bad luck in the previous rounds of goat tying but made up for that on Wednesday. She had a 6.2-second run in the goat tying. Her 13.74 in the barrel racing is the fastest run of the rodeo so far. She leads the all-around category by nearly 100 points with 265. Kirsten Smith from McNeese State University is in second place with 170.
Competition continues here on Thursday with the third performance beginning at 7 p.m.
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CASPER, Wyo.–The following are current leaders from the College National Finals Rodeo after the first performance, June 17, 2015, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.cnfr.com.
Bareback Riding: (third round) 1, Jesse Nelson, Northwest College, 76 points. 2, (tie) Colton Onyett, Colorado Northwest Community College, and Dustin Jackson, Sam Houston State University, 75 each. 4, Neil Williams, III, Casper College, 74.5. 5, (tie) Tanner Phipps, University of Tennesse – Martin, and, Cole Picton, Missouri Valley College, 73.5. 7, (tie) Dylan Wahlert, Casper College, and Devan Reilly, Tarleton State University, 72.5. (total on three) 1, Neil Williams, III, Casper College, 225.5. 2, (tie) Devan Reilly, Tarleton State University and Justin Pollmiller, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 221.5 each. 4, Colton Onyett, Colorado Northwest Community College, 220. 5, Dustin Jackson, Sam Houston State University, 217.5. 6, Cole Picton, Missouri Valley College, 211.5. 7, Tanner Phipps, University of Tennesse – Martin, 210.5. 8, Jesse Nelson, Northwest College, 207.5.
Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Blane Cox, Hill College, 7.4 seconds. 2, Garrison Cannon, Dixie College, 7.9. 3, Clark Adcock, University of Tennessee – Martin, 9.3. 4, Landon Williams, Tarleton State University, 9.4. 5, Joshua Walker, Western Texas College, 9.8. 6, Keaton Schaffer, Central Arizona College, 10.6. 7, Sheldon Church, New Mexico State University, 11.2. 4, Tylen Layton, Northeast Oklahoma A & M University, 12.1. (total on three) 1, Landon Williams, Tarleton State University, 29.1. 2, Joshua Walker, Western Texas College, 30.7. 3, (tie) Clark Adcock, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Keaton Schaeffer, Central Arizona College, 33.6 each. 5, Tylen Layton, Northeast Oklahoma A & M, 34.6. 6, Sheldon Church, New Mexico State University, 40.2. 7, Casey Sellers, Gillette, College, 44.8. 8, Seth Cooke, Weatherford College, 44.9.
Steer wrestling: (third round) 1, Benjamin Cox, Southern Arkansas University, 5.0 seconds. 2, Tucker Wright, Walla Walla Community College, 5.9. 3, Tyke Kipp, New Mexico State University, 6.6. 4, Caleb Buchanon, Missouri Valley College, 7.0. 5, Cade Goodman, Wharton County Junior College, 7.2. 6, Dylan Marks, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 10.1. 7, Eric Knapp, Treasure Valley Community College, 10.2. 8, Newt Novich, University of Montana – Western 13.1. (total on three) 1, Newt Novich, University of Montana – Western, 25.4. 2, Cade Goodman, Wharton County Junior College, 26.3. 3, Eric Knapp, Treasure Valley Community College, 26.4. 4, Benjamin Cox, Southern Arkansas University, 28.1. 5, Jesse Brown, Montana State University, 31.0. (on two) 6, Tucker Wright, Walla Walla Community College 11.4. 7, Caleb Buchanon, Missouri Valley College, 11.7. 8, Kalane Anders, Laramie County Community College, 13.5.
Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kiley Streeter, Walla Walla Community College, 2.0 seconds. 2, Kirsten Smith, McNeese State University, 2.1. 3, Ryanne Tracy, Montana State University, 2.2. 4, McKenzie Hale, Fresno State University, 2.6. 5, Paxton Segelke, Northeastern Junior College, 2.7. 6, Ceri McCaffery, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 3.2. 7, KeAnn Kelber, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 3.3. 8, Tamara Tunink, Western Texas College, 3.4. (total on three) 1, Tamara Tunink, Western Texas College, 9.1. 2, KeAnn Kelber, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 9.5. 3, Ceri McCaffery, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 10.3. 4, Randi Buchanan, Panhandle State University, 10.7. 5, Haley Brown, South Dakota State University, 13.3. 6, Zoe Billings, New Mexico State University, 19.0. 7, Janey Reeves, Cochise College, 20.2. 8, Chelsey Bushnell Feather River College, 20.4.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round – seven qualified rides) 1, Brady Dinwoodie, University of Wyoming, 73.0. 2, (tie) Hawkins Boyce, Odessa College, and Shade Etbauer, Panhandle State University, 70.5 each. 4, Josh Davison, New Mexico State University, 68. 5, Tayte Clark, Sheridan College, 66.5. 4, Justin Lawrence, Fresno State College, 62. (total on three) 1, Shade Etbauer, Panhandle State University, 207 points. 2, Brady Dinwoodie, University of Wyoming, 198.5. (on two) 3, Rusty Wright, College of Southern Idaho, 146. 4, (tie) Hawkins Boyce, Odessa College and Clay Elliott, Panhandle State University, 139.5. 6, Jace Lane, Tarleton State University, 135. 7, Kendall Green, Montana State University, 133.5. 8, Cash Robinson, Feather River Colege, 130.
Team Roping: (third round) 1, Brody Braden and Tanner Caudle, University of Arkansas – Cossatot, 5.5 seconds. 2, Lane Lowry, Cuesta College, and Tyler Forsberg, Fresno State University, 5.6 seconds. 3, Kolton Schmidt, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Sawyer Barham, Coffeyville College, 6.2. 4, Luke Weber, Central Arizona College and Garrett Hendrix, New Mexico State University, 6.3. 5, Pedro Egurrola and Steven Gaona, Central Arizona College, 6.4. 6, McKennan Buckner, Oregon State University and Taylor Duby, Walla Walla Community College, 6.7. 7, Tristan Ruffoni, and Dalton Pearce, Cuesta College, 6.8. 8, Treg Schaack, Northeastern Junior College, and Seth Andersen, Gillette College, 7.9. (total on three) 1, Kolton Schmidt, Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Sawyer Barham, Coffeyville, College, 18.0. 2, Pedro Egurrola and Steven Gaona, Central Arizona College, 26.4. 3, Tristan Ruffoni, and Dalton Pearce, Cuesta College, 28.2. (on two) 3, Clay Crozier, Southern Utah University and Brody Adams, Colorado Northwest Community College, 14.1. 4, Treg Schaack, Northeastern Junior College and Seth Andersen, Gillette College, 14.7. 5, Cody Mirabel and Reno Eddy, New Mexico State University, 15.0. 6, Casey Tew, Weatherford College and Landon Williams, Tarleton State University, 17.5. 7, Luke Webber, Central Arizona College and Garrett Hendrix, New Mexico State University, 18.4. 8, Jordan Tye and Austin Thompson, Blue Mountain Community College 18.8.
Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Hayden Todd, Eastern New Mexico University, 6.2 seconds. 2, (tie) Shelby Freed, Idaho State University and Loni Pearce, Southern Arkansas University, 6.3 each. 4, Lauren Barnes, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 6.4. 5, (tie) Courtney Wood, Feather River College and Bobbi Grann, Dickinson State University, 6.5. 7, Jacoby Hotsenpiller, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; K.L. Spratt, Sam Houston State University; and Ashten Marchant, Northeast College of Technical Agriculture, 6.6. (total on three) 1, Loni Pearce, Southern Arkansas University, 19.4. 2, Lauren Barnes, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 19.7. 3, Kirsten Smith, McNeese State University, 19.8. 4, Bobby Grann, Dickinson State University, 20.0. 5, K.L. Spratt, Sam Houston State University, 20.3. 6, Shelby Freed, Idaho State University, 20.6. 7, Coutney Wood, Feather River College, 20.8. 8, Sadie Gjermundson, Dickinson State University, 21.3.
Barrel Racing: (third round) 1, Hayden Todd, Eastern New Mexico University, 13.74. 2, Shelby Herrmann, Tarleton State University, 13.75. 3, Randi Buchanan, Panhandle State University, 13.82. 4, Shelby Freed, Idaho State University, 13.91. 5, (tie) Kristi Steffes, Gillette College, and Kortney Cleveland, Eastern New Mexico University, 13.93 each. 7, Kaitlyn Prentice, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 13.97. 8, Billie Holman, Fresno State University, 14.0. (total on three) 1, Callahan Crossley, Blue Mountain Community College, 42.28. 2, Shelby Herrmann, Tarleton State University, 42.39. 3, Billie Holman, Fresno State University, 42.40. 4, Randi Buchanan, Panhandle State University, 42.55. 5, Kortney Cleveland, Eastern New Mexico University, 42.71. 6, Bailee Snow, Northeastern Oklahoma A & M, 43.06. 7, Abby Knight, University of Great Falls, 43.08. 8, Kellie Collier, New Mexico Junior College, 43.10.
Bull Riding: (third round) no qualified rides. (total on two) 1, Gray Essary, Ranger Colege, 151. 2, Trasen Jones, College of Southern Idaho, 150.5. (on one) 3, Winston Cheek, Eastern Mississippi Community College, 76.5. 4, (tie) Bryan Carter, Oregon State University and Drew Antone, Casper College, 71.5 each. 6, Ryan Knutson, South Dakota State University, 71. 7, Josh Frost, Panhandle State University, 66.5. 8, Joe Frost, Panhandle State University, 65.5.
Men’s All-Around: 1, Landon Williams, Tarleton State University, 180 points. 2, Clark Adcock, University of Tennessee – Martin, 165 points. 3, Tyler Forsberg, Fresno State College, 110. 4, Jordan Tye, Blue Mountain Community College, 70.
Women’s All-Around: 1, Hayden Todd, Eastern New Mexico State University, 265. 2, Kirsten Smith, McNeese State University, 170 points. 3, Macy Fuler, Central Arizona College, 138.33. 4, Shelby Freed, Idaho State University, 115.
Men’s Team: 1, University of Tennessee – Martin, 415 points. 2, Missouri Valley College, 360. 3, College of Southern Idaho, 325. 4, Tarleton State University, 285.
Women’s Team: 1, McNeese State University, 305 points. 2, Eastern New Mexico State University, 300. 3, Central Arizona Colege, 213.33. 4, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 190.
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