Peterson Moves to Lead in Women’s Barrel Race

By Susan Kanode
Posted Monday, July 20, 2009

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – In the 1990’s Kristie Peterson and her horse Bozo dominated the barrel race at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.

They won the coveted buckle here in 1993, then three more times, 1996-98. This year it is Kristie’s daughter Jordon that has moved to the top of the leader board. Peterson and her horse Jester stopped the clock in 17.39 seconds during the second performance of the “Daddy of ‘em All”. This moved them to first place in the second round of competition and combined with their first round time gave them the over-all lead with a total of 35.34 seconds. This is nearly one-half second faster than the woman in second place, Kelli Tolbert from Hinckley, Utah.

Bareback rider Zach Curran, from Arvada, Colo., continued his winning ways with an 81-point effort in the second round. He now has the over-all lead with 165 points on two rides. The new leader in the second round is Kaycee Feild, from Elk Ridge, Utah. Feild, is currently fourth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings. He is likely to get some money with that ride, but is tied for fifth in the over-all standings and will have to wait through the next seven performances to see if that makes the cut for the finals, July 26.

Mike Matt showed rodeo fans the toughness that it takes to be a bullfighter and multiplied it times ten. In the first section of bull riding, he got stepped on and rolled under a bull. That resulted in a cut on his elbow that required over 20 stitches and a cut on his shin that needed 7 more. The Collinsville, Okla., resident was put back together by the Justin Sports Medicine team. He was back during the third section taking care of business and protecting bull riders.

The third performance of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo will begin at Frontier Park at 12:45 p.m. on Monday. A new set of cowboys will compete in all of the events and barrel racers will make their second appearance.
 

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 84 points on Five Star Rodeo’s Marbles. 2, Jessy

Davis, Payson, Utah, 82. 3 (tie), Tigh Anderberg, Mobridge, S.D., and Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 79. 5 (tie), Monte Downare, Hartsel, Colo., and Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo., 78. 5. (second round) 1, Kaycee Feild, Elk Ridge, Utah, 88 points on Faded Charm. 2, Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo., 84. 3, Micky Downare, Hartsel, Colo., 80. 4, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 81. 5, Monte Downare, Hartsel, Colo., 80. 6, (tie) Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, and Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 79. (total on two) 1, Curran, 165. 2, Shirley, 162. 3, Davis, 181. 4, Micky Downare, 159. 5 (tie), Feild and Jones, 158.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 11.4 seconds. 2, Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb., 11.5. 3, Alwin Bouchard, Scandia, Alberta, 12.4. 4 (tie), Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, and Tyler fagerhaug, Wessington Springs, S.D., 12.5. 6 (tie), John Brian, Weatherford, Texas, and Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas, 12.8. (second round) 1 (tie), Seth Childers, Cameron, Texas, and Cliff Kirkpatrick, Post, Texas, 16.2. 3, Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 16.3. 4, Blake Huckabee, Shreveport, La., 16.7. 5 (tie), Scott White, Oelrichs, S.D., and Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 17.0. (total on two) 1, Ohl, 25.1. 2, Joseph Gernentz, Colorado City, Texas, 26.8. 3, Maass, 27.5. 4 (tie), Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, 27.8. 6, Rick Greiner, Highmore, S.D., 29.9.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas, 79 points on Five Star Rodeo’s Dippin Wacky. 2, Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand, 78. 3, Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., 77. 4, Brody Bolton, Odessa, Texas, 75. 5, Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, 74. 6 (tie), Will Berg, Casper, Wyo., and Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 73. (second round) 1, Brody Bolton, Odessa, Texas, 78. 2, Andy Clarys, Mandan, N.D., 76. 3, Townsend Prince, 75. 4, Curtis Garton, Kaitaia, New Zealand, 74. 5 (tie), Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., and Jake Griffin, Powell, Wyo., 73. (total on two) 1, Bolton, 153. 2, Garton, 152. 3, Filippini, 150. 4, Outhier, 148. 5 (tie), Clarys; Prince; and Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 142 each.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Jay Wadhams, and J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 7.8 seconds. 2 (tie), Joe Day, Howe, Texas, and Cody McMinn, Caddo Mills, Texas; and Josh and Lance Fillmore, Pueblo, Colo., 8.5. 4 (tie), Casey Chamberlain, Colorado City, Texas, and Charles Pogue, Ringling, Okla.; and Chris Anderson, Merino, Colo., and Randy Mekelburg, Yuma, Colo., 8.9. (second round) 1, Chamberlain and Pogue, 8.6. 2, Jake and Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M., 8.8. 3 (tie), Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., and Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas; Rory Brown, Edgemont, S.D., and Scott White, Oelrichs, S.D., 8.9. 5, Brady and Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 9.2. 6, Jed Middleton, Wofforth, Texas, and Colby Schneemann, Big Lake, Texas, 9.3. (total on two) 1, Chamberlain and Pogue, 17.5. 2, Joe Day, Howe, Texas, and Cody McMinn, Caddo Mills, Texas, 18.1. 3, Bucky and B.J. Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 19.0. 4, Minor and Minor, 19.1. 5, Caleb Twisselman, Santa Margarita, Calif., and Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., 19.5. 6, Cody Doescher, Mineral Wells, Texas, and Mike Fletcher, Stephenville, Texas, 21.5.

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1 (tie), Erik Johnson, Eltopia, Wash., and Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb., 8.7. 3, Clint Knutson, Gillette, Wyo., 9.2. 4, Clay Dahl, Camp Crook, S.D., 9.6. 5 (tie), Kelsey Anderson, Kettle Falls, Wash., and Sheldon Portwine, Killdeer, N.D., 10.1. (second round) 1, Beau Franzen, Sidney, Mont., 8.6. 2, Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 10.3. 3, Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb., 10.8. 4, Travis Muir, Pierce, Colo., 11.3. 5, Clay Dahl, Camp Crook, S.D., 13.4. 6, Will Stovall, Roberts, Mont., 13.4. (total on two) 1, Nokes, 19.5. 2, Dahl, 22.4. 3, Knutson, 22.7. 4, Franzen, 25.8. 5, Will Stovall, Roberts, Mont., 26.8. 6, Muir, 31.3.

Women’s Barrel Race: (second round) 1, Jordon Peterson, Chilton, Texas, 17.39 seconds. 2, Laura Lambert, Wiggins, Colo., 17.55. 3, Timi Lickley, Jerome Idaho, 17.66. 4, Rachael Myllymaki, Arlee, Mont., 17.66. 5 (tie), Kim Schulze, Elbert, Colo., and Mandi Jo Fox, George West, Texas, 17.73. (total on two) 1, Peterson, 35.34. 2, Kelli Tolbert, Hinckley, Utah, 35.78. 3, Lambert, 35.78. 4, Diann Bukowski, Falcon, Colo., 35.8. 5, Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 35.83. 6, Wendy Reed, Poopville, Ga., 35.86.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Lonnie Carpenter, Haysville, Kan., 90. 2 (tie), Cameron Castleberry, Gillette, Wyo., and Jeremy Kolich, Norco, Calif., 82. 4, Zack Elliott, Thatcher, Utah, 78. 5, Cole Hermanson, Mandan, N.D., and Wesley Silcox, Santequin, Utah, 74. (second round) 1 (tie), Matt Austin, Sulphur Springs, Texas, and Zack Elliott, Thatcher, Utah, 83. 3, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 83. 4, Shawn Hogg, Odessa, Texas, 80. (total on two – two qualified) 1, Elliott, 161. 2, Silcox, 157.

Rookie Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Tyrel Larsen, Goodwell, Okla., 71 points. 2 (tie) Wayne Kogianes, Provo, Utah, and Brett Olive, Ford, Kan., 70. 4, Dan Yeager, Durango, Colo., 61. 5, Colt Hamaker, Centennial, Wyo., 57. 6 (tie), Chase Bennett, Payson, Utah, and Riley Storss, Camp Verde, Ariz., 56. (second round) 1, Brett Olive, Ford, Kan., 73. 2, Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D., 72. 3, Tyrel Larsen, Goodwell, Okla., 71. 4, Wayne Kogianes, Provo, Utah, 68. 5, Chase Bennett, Payson, Utah, 62. 6, Colt Hamaker, Centennial, Wyo., 57. (total on two) 1, Olive 143. 2, Larsen, 142. 3, Kogianes, 138. 4, Bennett, 118. 5, Hamaker, 114. 6, Dan Yeager, Durango, Colo., 105.

Steer Roping: (first round) 1 (tie), Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas, and Scott Snedecor, Uvalde, Texas, 13.2. 3, Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas, 13.6. 4, Buster Record, Jr., Buffalo, Okla., 13.7. 5, Tom Sorey, Pendelton, Ore., 14.2. 6, Troy Hill, Allen, Okla., 14.7. (second round) 1, Travis Mills, Gillette, Wyo., 12.8. 2, J.P. Wickett, Salisaw, Okla., 13.1. 3, C.A. Lauer, Buffalo, Okla., 13.3. 4, Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas, 13.6. 5, (tie), Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas; Doug Clark, Wayne, Okla.; and Chris Glover, Keenesburg, Colo.; 14.0. (total on two) 1, Fisher, 28.0. 2, Snedecor, 28.1. 3, Record, 28.8. 4, Troy Hill, Allen, Okla., 30.0. 5, Cody Dutton, Boerne, Texas, 30.6. 6, Justin McKee, Lenapah, Okla., 31.2.

Wild Horse Race: (two qualified) 1, Nathan Kramer, $540. 2, Gus Austin, $405.