FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMERICAN ROYAL HOSTS CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO
WORLD CHAMPION COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS TO BE IN KANSAS CITY
Kansas City, Mo.: (October 14, 2009) The list of entries has been set for the regional pro rodeo championship, the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, which will be held October 22-24, at the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo.
Nearly 100 of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma’s best cowboys and cowgirls will travel to Kemper Arena to compete for $100,000 in prize money and the title of Prairie Circuit Champion.
Headlining the list of contestants are the 2006 World Champion Steer Wrestler Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Nebr., and the 2006 World Champion Barrel Racer Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla. Several contestants ranked in the top fifteen in Pro Rodeo’s world standings who will compete at the Finals include bareback rider D.V. Fennell, Neosho, Mo., tie-down roper Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., and steer wrestlers Gorsuch and Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla.
Other cowboys entering the Prairie Circuit Finals in first place bareback rider Jared Keylon, Ft. Scott, steer wrestler Gorsuch, team ropers Nick Sartain, Yukon, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Durant, Okla., saddle bronc rider Jesse Kirby, Dodge City, tie-down roper Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., barrel racer Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., and bull rider Jesse Pohlmann, Ft. Scott, Kans.
The Finals is the year-end championship for the 39 pro rodeos in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma that make up the Prairie Circuit. The rodeo is October 22-23-24 and begins each night at 7:30 pm. A concert by Pat Green follows the Fri., October 23 rodeo, and a concert by Sara Evans follows the Sat., October 24 rodeo. For more information, visit www.AmericanRoyal.com.
Qualifiers for the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, Kansas City,
October 22-24, 2009
Bareback Riding
1 Jared Keylon, Ft Scott, KS; 2 DV Fennell, Neosho, MO; 3 Dustin Murray, Wellston, OK; 4 Justin Williams, DeSoto, KS; 5 Caine Riddle, Vernon, TX; 6 Matt Bright, Azle, TX; 7 Corey Evans, Hyannis, NE: 8 Chancy Lovinggood, Alva, OK; 9 Jesse Gonzales, Santa Ynez, CA; 10 Dusty Gracia, Eakly, OK; 11 Scotty Harman, Norcatur, KS; 12 Brian Leddy, Roll, OK
Steer Wresting
1 Dean Gorsuch, Gering, NE; 2 Chancey Larson, Manhattan, KS; 3 Sean Mulligan, Coleman, OK; 4 Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, OK; 5 Spud Duvall, Checotah, OK; 6 Tommy Cook, McAlester, OK; 7 Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, KS; 8 Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, OK; 9 Stockton Graves, Newkirk, OK; 10 Cody Charmasson, Bristow, OK; 11 Ricky Riley, Checotah, OK; 12 Zac Parrington, Hoyt, KS
Team Roping (headers)
1 Nick Sartain, Yukon, OK; 2 Charles Pogue, Ringling, OK; 3 Jake Weddle, St Joe, AR; 4 Coleman Proctor, Pryor, OK; 5 Ty Smith, Edmond, OK; 6 Colt Braden, Dewey, OK; 7 Adam Stueve, Newton, KS; 8 Brian Dunning, McClave, CO; 9 Chad Lehew, Marlow, OK; 10 Justin Turner, Vinita, OK; 11 Casper May, Alva, OK; 12 Mitch Murray, Alma, KS
Team Roping (heelers)
1 Kollin VonAhn, Durant, OK; Britt Bockius, Claremore, OK; 3 Jett Hillman, Jones, OK; 4 Jake Long, Coffeyville, KS; 5 Shawn Harris, Searcy, AR; 6 Jace Crabb, Blair, OK; 7 Tanner Braden, Dewey, OK; 8 Raylen Stueve, Park City, KS; 9 Chance Frazier, Cimarron, KS; 10 Shannon Frascht, Alva, OK; 11 Derrick Peterson, Stillwell, KS; 12 Jay Morgan, Duncan, OK
Saddle Bronc Riding
1 Jesse Kirby, Dodge City, KS: 2 Cort Scheer, Elsmere, NE: 3 Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, OK; 4 Bobby Griswold, Geary, OK: 5 Travis Sturdy, Palmyra, NE; 6 Casey McGooden, Doniphan, NE; 7 Tyler West, Ft Scott, KS: 8 Weston Ireland, Sallisaw, OK; 9 Clayton Zibell, Walnut Grove, MO; 10 Shank Stephens, Hinton, OK: 11 Travis Sheets, Hyannis, NE; 12 Luke Rush, Clay Center, KS
Tie-Down Roping
1 Hunter Herrin, Apache, OK; 2 P.J. Spencer, Collinsville, OK; 3 Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, OK; 4 Trent Creager, Stillwater, OK; 5 Billy Hamilton, McAlester, OK; 6 Ken Bailey, Henrietta, OK; 7 Cole Bailey, Okmulgee, OK; 8 Russell Wells, Lindsay, OK; 9 Blake Eliason, Ponca City, OK; 10 Chris Neal, Muldrow, OK; 11 Jeff Miller, Blue Mound, KS; 12 Stephen Reagor, Tulsa, OK
Barrel Racing
1 Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, OK; 2 PJ Burger, Pauls Valley, OK; 3 Jeanne Anderson, White City, KS; 4 Colette Flaharty, Tryon, OK; 5 Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, OK; 6 Diane Martin, Ulysses, KS; 7 Lanita Powers, Edmond, OK; 8 Summer Terry, Anadarko, OK; 9 Jeannie McKee, Lenapah, OK; 10 Tara Timms, Leedey, OK; 11 June Holeman, Arcadia, NE; 12 Tiffany Teehee, Claremore, OK
Bull Riding
1 Jesse Pohlmann, Ft Scott, KS; 2 Lonnie Carpenter, Haysville, KS; 3 Wade Payne, Beaver, OK; 4 Austin Ambrose, Fletcher, OK; 5 Cody Sundby, Weatherford, OK; 6 Blake Rowan, Muskogee, OK; 7 Nathan Klassen, Broken Arrow, OK; 8 Cooper Link, Kechi, KS; 9 Sam Wyatt, Pittstown, OK; 10 Ty Clearwater, Lacygne, KS; 11 Thad Newell, Muskogee, OK; 12 Jeston Mead, Ashland, KS
