Things are also falling into place for bull rider Souli Shanklin. The Rocksprings, Texas, cowboy finished first in the Ken Lance Memorial PRCA Rodeo, held May 21-22 just outside Ada, Okla.
Shanklin scored 88 points on D&H Cattle’s Ten Ring and collected $1,843 in the win.
“He was out there a couple of jumps, spun around to the right, and then he got it on right there,” said Shanklin, who turns 21 in August. “I stayed in the middle, and it all worked out.”
Shanklin’s win in Oklahoma came on the heels of his victory last week at the Santa Rosa Round-Up in Vernon, Texas. Shanklin, who is currently 20th place in the PRCA World Standings, hopes to jump into the Top 15 this summer.
Shanklin is studying agricultural leadership and will be a senior next fall at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
“I just got out of school, so I’m entered everywhere,” he said.
Ryan Jarrett (all-around and tie-down roping), Ryan Little (bareback riding), Blake Mindemann (steer wrestling), Jake Weddle and Shawn Harris (team roping), Lance Kelly (saddle bronc riding) and Kendra Dickson (barrel racing) were the other winners at the Ken Lance Memorial PRCA Rodeo.
The Oklahoma rodeo is named for the late legendary rodeo producer and has returned after a 15-year hiatus. Dan Megehee, the arena director, is running a kids’ rodeo camp this week in conjunction with the rodeo.
Ada, Okla.: Ken Lance Memorial PRCA, May 21-22
All-around cowboy: Ryan Jarrett, $2,057, steer wrestling, team roping and tie-down roping.
Bareback riding: 1. Ryan Little, 82 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Sawyer Brown, $859; 2. Codi Myers, 81, $644; 3. Caine Riddle, 80, $429; 4. (tie) Fred Osman and Rooster Stewart, 75, $107 each.
Steer wrestling: 1. Blake Mindemann, 4.4 seconds, $1,140; 2. (tie) Stockton Graves and Jeremey Zehr, 4.5, $713 each; 4. (tie) Tom Duvall and Clay Mindemann, 4.6, $143 each.
Team roping: 1. Jake Weddle/Shawn Harris, 4.7 seconds, $1,171 each; 2. Ryan Jarrett/Cody McCartney, 5.4, $969; 3. Blake Deckard/Britt Bockius, 5.6, $767; 4. Coleman Proctor/Ty Knott, 5.9, $565; 5. Cale-Bob Markham/Stitches Stanley, 6.1, $363; 6. (tie) Clay Saffell/Kaleb Fort and Larry Cox/Blake Elms, 6.2, $101 each.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. (tie) Lance Kelly on Powder River Rodeo’s Double Take and Jake Griffin on Powder River Rodeo’s Cut Above, 77 points, $805 each; 3. (tie) Dooley Parsons and Bobby Griswold, 74, $345 each.
Tie-down roping: 1. Ryan Jarrett, 7.9 seconds, $1,088; 2. Hunter Herrin, 8.2, $901; 3. Jerome Schneeberger, 8.7, $713; 4. (tie) Samuel Luchsinger and Cole Wilson, 9.0, $432 each; 6. Kiel Rowan, 9.1, $188.
Barrel racing: 1. Kendra Dickson, 15.65 seconds, $903; 2. Ashlee Moore, 16.05, $774; 3. Ryann Pedone, 16.06, $645; 4. Jodi Ray, 16.10, $559; 5. Shelley Morgan, 16.19, $430; 6. Tana Renick, 16.24, $344; 7. Kylie Ward, 16.30, $258; 8. Jessi Eagleberger, 16.31, $172; 9. Susan Kay Smith, 16.39, $129; 10. Tana Poppino, 16.40, $86.
Bull riding: 1. Souli Shanklin, 88 points on D & H Cattle’s Ten Ring , $1,843; 2. Clayton Savage, 82, $1,397; 3. J.W. Harris, 81, $1,005; 4. Gary Brown, 80, $670.
Total payoff: $31,868. Stock contractors: Powder River Rodeo Company and D&H Cattle. Rodeo secretary: Haley Schneeberger. Officials: Phil Sanders and James Hagen. Timers: Haley Schneeberger and Jessi Fieldgrove. Announcer: Randy Schmutz. Specialty act: Gizmo McCracken. Bullfighters: John Clark. Barrelman: Gizmo McCracken. Flankmen: Dylan Page and John Franzen. Chute bosses: Hank Franzen. Pickup men: Jerome Schneeberger and Mike Greenleaf.
