CASPER, Wyo.--- Chuck Schmidt from Black Hills State University put himself in the running to win back-to-back saddle bronc riding titles at the College National Finals Rodeo.
The Keldron, S.D., native rode the horse named Kickin’ Country from the Mosbrucker Rodeo Company for 76 points on Friday night. Combined with previous two scores, he has a total of 218.5 points. That puts him in fifth place coming into Saturday night’s finals.
Wyatt Smith, from the University of Montana – Western took command of the steer wrestling. He had a 5.2 second run on Friday night and while that isn’t fast enough to place in the round, it put him atop the leader board with a total of 14.0 seconds. Jake Mitchell from West Texas A&M University is in second with 14.0.
There are now two bull riders who have covered all three of their preliminary bulls. Tagg Elliott from the College of Southern Idaho had a 53 on Friday with the option of a re-ride when his bull did not perform as expected. He had ridden his first two and opted to keep his score. This gave him a total of 208 points and put him in second place. Chad German from Hill College is ahead of Elliott by 10 points.
The final performance of the rodeo will feature the top 12 contestants in each event. The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association champions will be determined by their fastest total times or highest total scores. Action starts at 7 p.m. in the Casper Events Center.
CASPER, Wyo.---The following are leaders after the fourth performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 19, 2009, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.cnfr.com.
Bareback Riding: (third round winners) 1, R.C. Landingham, Blue Mountain Community College, 78.0 points. 2 (tie), Danny Webb, Feather River College, and Caleb Bennett, Weber State University, 77.5. 4, Steven Peebles, Walla Walla Community College, 74. 5, Luke Creasy, Western Texas College, 73. 6, Ty Breuer, Central Wyoming College, 72.5. 7, (tie), Kyle Brennecke, Missouri Valley College, and Nick Gutzwiler, Walla Walla Community College, 72. (total on three) 1, Webb, 233. 2 (tie), Peebles and Landingham, 232.5. 4, Gracia, 227. 5, Jared Smith, Snyder, Texas, 224. 6, Creasy, 220. 7, Bradley Dennison, Vernon College, 216. 8, Caleb Bennett, Weber State University, 215.5. 9, Trey Broussard, McNeese State University, 213.5. 10, Denver DeRose, Dawson County Community College, 212. 11, Tanner Aus, Iowa Central Community College, 211. 12, Bryan Jones, Central Wyoming College, 208.5.
Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1(tie), Hilary Bair, Utah Valley University; Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming; and Kassi Venturacci, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.3. 4, Bailey Minor, Central Washington University, 2.5. 5 (tie), Dana Weiser, South Plains College, and Jackie Owens, University of Idaho, 2.7. 7 (tie), Sarah Mulholland, University of Wyoming; Katie Jolly, Panhandle State University; and Courtney Stephens, Sam Houston State University; 2.8. (total on three) 1, Kelsey Johnson, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 9.5. 2, Michele Lyons, Walla Walla Community College, 11.6. 3, Picchietti, 12.2. 4, Stephanie Zakrzewski, University of Arkansas – Monticello, 13.3. 5, Venturacci, 16.8. 6, Steffes, 17.4. 7, Stephens, 18.1. 8, Shannon Jones, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 19.0. 9, Chelsea Hoff, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 20.8. 10, Robbi Nace, Montana State University, 28.0. 11, Kate Perkins, McNeese State University, 28.2. 12, Cally Cummings, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 28.5.
Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Brent Sutton, South Dakota State University, 4.3 seconds. 2, Morgan Grant, Sam Houston State University, 4.5. 3, (tie), Jake Mitchell, West Texas A & M University and Casey Harmon, Vernon College, 4.6. 5, Chance Honey, Texas Tech University, 4.7. 6, Miles Switzer, Cuesta College, 5.0. 7(tie), Baylor Roche, Utah Valley University; Colt Stearns, Northwestern Oklahoma State University; and Wyatt Smith, University of Montana -- Western, 5.2. (total on three) 1, Smith, 14.0. 2, Mitchell, 15.0. 3 (tie), Harmon and Stearns, 15.8. 5, Sutton, 16.8. 6, Jason Thomas, Panola Junior College, 16.9. 7, Jake Shaw, Missouri Valley College, 17.2. 8, Grant, 18.1. 9, Cole Dorenkamp, Lamar Community College, 20.1. 10, Riley York, Feather River College, 22.5. 11, Justin Simon, Central Arizona College, 24.6. 12, Kyle Irwin, Western Oklahoma State College, 27.7.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Bryan Martinat, Western Texas College, 80. 2 (tie), Dean Daly, New Mexico State University, and Chuck Schmidt, Black Hills State University, 76. 4, Roy Johnson, Treasure Valley Community College, 75.5. 5, Tyler Manke, Black Hills State University, 74. 6 (tie), Jake Wright and Sam Knight, Western Texas College, 73. 8, (tie), Dean Wadsworth, McNeese State University; Cort Scheer, Panhandle State University; Will Smith, Missouri Valley College; Aaron Lide, Texas A & M University; 72.5. (total on three) 1, Martinat, 231.5. 2, Jake Wright, 224.5. 3(tie), Scheer and Hamaker, 219.5. 5, Schmidt, 218.5. 6, Johnson, 213. 7, Taylor White, Utah Valley University, 209.5. 8, Wyatt Smith, University of Montana – Western, 207.5. 9(tie), Merritt Smith, University of Wyoming, and Lide, 206.5. 11 (tie), Alex Wright, College of Southern Idaho and Will Smith 205.5.
Goat Tying: (third round) 1,Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming, 6.2 seconds. 2, Toya Vogt, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 6.5. 3, Sarah Mulholland, University of Wyoming, 6.6. 4, Hannah Thomas, Southern Arkansas University, 6.7. 5, Cynda Norell, Tarleton State University, 6.8. 6, Hilary Bair, Utah Valley University, 6.9. 7 (tie), Chancy Harrington, Panhandle State University and Kelsey Early, Central Arizona College, 7.0. (total on three) 1, Steffes, 20.0. 2, Mulholland, 20.3. 3, Jessica Picchietti, Central Wyoming College, 20.9. 4 (tie), Vogt and Harrington, 21.5. 6 (tie), Dana Weiser, South Plains College and Sarah Guenzler, Montant State University, 22.4. 8, Laura Waldo, Central Wyoming College, 22.5. 9, Mackenzie Pratt, Weber State University, 22.6. 10, Manda Mellergaard, Central Washington University, 23.1. 11, Courtney Frazier, Walla Walla Community College, 23.2. 12, Kailie Roeser, Blue Mountain Community College, 23.5.
Team Roping: (third round) 1, Joe Macoubrie, Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Daniel Reed, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 5.4 seconds. 2, Rob Webb, Walla Walla Community College and Ted Walker, University of Idaho, 6.4. 3, Kyle Roberts, Eastern New Mexico University and Jake Cobb, Weatherford College, 6.8. 4, Ryan Routier, Dickinson State University and Taylor Williams, Black Hills State University, 7.5. 5, Joshua Hafley and Ben Davis, Murray State University, 7.6. 6, Zachary Merritt and Levi Tyan, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, 7.7. 7, Ryan VonAhn and Trevor Connolly, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 7.8. 8, T.J. and Conner Atkin, Dixie State College of Utah, 8.0. (total on three) 1, Merritt and Tyan, 21.9. 2, VonAhn and Connolly, 22.4. 3, Routier and Williams, 24.2. 4, O.J. Huxtable, Casper College and Riley Warren, Central Wyoming College, 26.5. 5, Atkin and Atkin, 28.6. 6, Macoubrie and Reed, 29.1. 7, Jesy Austin, and Rudy Austin, Wharton County Junior College, 30.7. 8, Travis and Tyler Whitlow, Central Arizona College, 32.0. 9, Webb and Walker, 34.5. 10, Trice and T.J. Watts, Northeastern Junior College, 35.2. 11, Roberts and Cobb, 35.3. 12, Hafley and Davis, 35.6.
Tie Down Roping: (third round) 1, Shane Hanchey, Hill College, 7.8 seconds. 2, Roger Nonella, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.9. 3, Wyatt Altoff, New Mexico State University, 10.7. 4, Kyle Tidwell, Montana State University, 10.9. 5, Cole Dorenkamp, Lamar Community College, 11.7. 6, Jake Shaw, Missouri Valley College, 11.8. 7, Rob Webb, Walla Walla Community College, 12.3. 8, (tie) Cody Prescott, Southern Arkansas University and Trevor Townsend, Idaho State University, 12.4. (total on three) 1,Prescott, 36.0. 2, Webb, 37.5. 3, Dorenkamp, 38.5. 4, Trenton Johnson, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 39.1. 5, Tidwell, 40.0. 6, McAdow, 41.4. 7, Johnny Salvo, New Mexico State University, 42.0. 8, Ben Mayworth, Troy University, 46.9. 9, Andrew Steffen, Blue Mountain Community College, 52.0. 10, Casey Good, Northwest College, 55.7. 11, Riley Warren, Cental Wyoming College, 56.0. (on two) 12, Nonella, 17.9.
Barrel Racing: (third round) 1, Haley Nelson, South Plains College, 14.08 seconds. 2, Shannon Jones, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 14.16. 3, Sierra Thomas, Weber State University, 14.18. 4, Robbi Nace, Montana State University, 14.25. 5, Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming, 14.26. 6, Cassie Ward, Vernon College, 14.29. 7 (tie), Michelle Robinson, Gillette College, and Jordan Muncy, Panhandle State University, 14.3. (total on three) 1, Thomas, 43.04. 2, Jaymie Leach, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 43.19. 3, Rachel Tiedeman, South Dakota State University, 43.23. 4, Muncy, 43.51. 5, Ward, 43.51. 6, Jones, 43.53. 7, Nelson, 43.55. 8, Nace, 43.60. 9, Jordan Bassett, New Mexico State University, 43.65. 10, Robinson, 43.78. 11, Whitney Stahl, Blue Mountain Community College, 43.79. 12, Kortney Fisher, Walla Walla Community College, 43.82.
Bull Riding: (third round) 1, Chad German, Hill College, 80.5. 2, Stetson Rasberry, Texas Tech University, 79.5. 3, Jake Wright, Western Texas College, 78.5. 4, Bryce Brown, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 5, Jacob Buller, Central Wyoming College, 77. 6, Beau Schroeder, McNeese State University, 76. 7, Will Crane, Missouri Valley College, 73.5. 8, Jamon Turner, Sul Ross State University, 72. (total on three – two qualified) 1, German, 218. 2, Tag Elliott, College of Southern Idaho, 208. (on two) 3, Jeffrey Askey, University of Tennessee – Martin, 165. 4, Rasberry, 160.5. 5, Brown, 155.5. 6, Justin Thomas, Laramie County Community College, 142.5. 7, Jose Griego, New Mexico Highlands, University, 139.5. 8, Andrew Coughlin, South Dakota State University, 139. (on one) 9 , Cameron Bland, Wharton County Junior College, 84. 10 (tie), Brent Menz, University of Tennessee-Martin, and Trevor Kastner, Western Oklahoma State College, 80.5. 12 (tie), Logan Allen, Texas Tech University and Jake Wright, Western Texas University, 78.5.
Men’s All-Around: 1, Jake Wright, Western Texas College, 165 points. 2(tie), Jake Shaw, Missouri Valley College, and Rob Webb, Walla Walla Community College, 110. 4, Cole Dorenkamp, Lamar Community College, 100.
Women’s All-Around: 1, Nikke Steffes, University of Wyoming, 280 points. 2, Kassi Venturacci, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 220. 3, Hilary Bair, Utah Valley University, 180. 4 (tie), Dana Weiser, South Plains College, and Shannon Jones, Cal Poly State University, 155
Men’s Team: 1, Western Texas College, 430. 2, Northwestern Oklahoma State Universtiy, 415. 3, Black hills State University, 380. 4, Central Wyoming College, 345.
Women’s Team: 1, University of Wyoming, 415 points. 2, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 300. 3, South Plains College, 295. 4, New Mexico State University, 220.
