DAYTON, Iowa – Monday’s final performance of the Dayton Championship Rodeo featured plenty of action and a flair for the dramatic.
It also featured some of the top contestants in the sport of ProRodeo, those that have qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the season-ending championship in Las Vegas. In all, thousands of fans got to witness all the athleticism and pageantry of rodeo over the Labor Day weekend.
“We’re just happy to have the contestants, the rodeo committee and the community come together,” said Jim Heckman, president of the volunteer rodeo committee that produces the annual rodeo. “We’re just pleased that we were able to pit on this quality of an event.”
Bareback rider Jared Smith of Cross Plains, Texas, had a solid day, riding the Cervi Rodeo horse Baby Doll for 77 points to finish third in the first go-round. The then matched moves with Hustlin’ Lady for 81 points to finish runner-up in the second round and finished second in the two-ride average. In all, he won $917. Bo Casper of Fort Scott, Kan., won both rounds and the average title and $1,37
Three-time NFR qualifier Sherrylynn Johnson of Henryetta, Okla., rounded the cloverleaf pattern in 16.23 seconds to finish third in barrel racing. For that, she earned $708. Terrah Hanks of Eaton Rapids, Mich., won the title with a 16.04-second run and earned $992.
“The enthusiasm of our crowd has really made us happy with the way the weekend went,” Heckman said. “We had Jake McVey two nights and a dance for three nights, and it was a huge success. That’s pretty special for us to have that good of a response in the first year we had a dance.
“This was a good rodeo, and there were a lot of people who worked really hard to make it that way. We’re happy the crowd enjoyed it, too.”
Dayton Championship Rodeo
Dayton, Iowa
Sept. 3-6
Bareback riding: FIRST ROUND: 1. Bo Casper, 82 points, $459; 2. D.V. Fennell, 80, $344; 3. Jared Smith, 77, $229; 4. Bee Jay Scott, 76, $115. SECOND ROUND: 1. Casper, 83, $549; 2. Smith, 81, $344; 3. Aus, 80, $229; 4. Brennecke and Scott, 76, $57. AVERAGE: 1. Casper, 165 on two, $459; 2. Smith, $344; 3. Aus, 154, $229; 4. Scott, 152, $115.
Steer wrestling: FIRST ROUND: 1. Ryan Melby and Noel Strahan, 4.6 seconds, $759; 3. Ty Standley, 4.7, $434; 4. Matt Koch and Ryan Olson, 5.5, $108. SECOND ROUND: 1. Adam Strahan, 4.2 seconds, $868; 2. Standley, 4.6, $651; 3. Rodney Burkes, 4.7, $434; 4. Olson, 4.9, $217. AVERAGE: 1. Standley, 9.3 seconds on two, $868; 2. Strahan, 9.8, $542; 3. Melby, 9.8, $542; 4. Olson, 10.4, $217.
Team roping: FIRST ROUND: 1. Shaw Loiseau/Chad Day, 6.3 seconds, $792 each; 2. Mel Potter/Garrison Dixon, 6.8, $584; 3. Dustin Chohon/J.W. Beck and Kadin Boardman/Jason Stroup, 7.1, $397 each. SECOND ROUND: 1. Dusty Forre/Troy Hermelbracht, 5.5 seconds, $792; 2. Adam Newcomb/George Eldridge, 5.8, $594; 3. Loiseau/Day, 6.1, $396; 4. Cory Fosher/Spencer Love, 6.2, $198. AVERAGE: 1. Loiseau/Day, 12.4 seconds on two, $792; 2. Fosher/Love, 14.2, $594; 3. Gilman/Johnson, 18.9, $396; 4. Chamley/Cannon, 24.2, $198.
Saddle bronc riding: FIRST ROUND : 1. Troy Crowser, 79 points, $441; 2. Tyrel Larsen, 78, $331; 3. Kyle Whitaker and Keith Allen Brauer Jr., 74, $165. SECOND ROUND: 1. Brauer, 80, $441; 2. Crowser and Clayton Zibell, 79, $276; 4. Whitaker, 76, $110. AVERAGE: 1. Crowser, 158 points on two rides, $441; 2. Brauer, 154, $331; 3. Larson, 151; 4. Whitaker, 150, $112.
Tie-down roping: FIRST ROUND: 1. Dusty Forre, 9.2 seconds, $887; 2. Wade Werkheiser, 9.7, $665; 3. Blake Ash, 9.8, $443; 4. Steve Kuntz, 9.9, $222. SECOND ROUND: 1. Justin Zwiefel, 8.9 seconds, $887; 2. Rex Treeby, 9.3, $665; 3. Nathan Ponder, 9.4, $443; 4. Bill Huber and T.J. Hobson, 9.8, $111. AVERAGE: 1. Treeby, 19.3, $887; 2. Forre, 20.4, $665; 3. Kyle Whitaker, 21.2, $443; 4. Zwiefel, 22.1, $222.
Barrel racing: 1. Terrah Hanks, 16.04, $992; 2. Lauren Schild, 16.22, $850; 3. Sherrylynn Johnson, 16.23, $708; 4. Jennilee Thompson, 16.32, $614; 5. Kristen Williams, 16.34, $472; 6. Tammy Whyte, 16.35, $378; 7. Briana Reynolds, 16.36, $283; 8. Julie Erkamaa, 16.39, $189; 9. Kathy Stoker, 16.48, $142;. 10. Margaaret Stephenson, 16.50, $94.
Bull riding: FIRST ROUND : 1. Will Landon Crain, 78 points, $565; 2. Adam Falls, 68, $391; 3. Cody Rostockyj, 55, $261. SECOND ROUND: 1. John Jacobs, 71, $522; 2. Jake Weber, 69, $391; 3. Dalton Votaw, 66, $261; AVERAGE: 1. Crain, 78, $522; 2. Jacobs, 71, $391; 3. Weber, 69, $261; 3. Falls, 68, $130.
