College National Finals Rodeo
Comes to Close
Susan Kanode
CASPER, Wyo.--- The 60th annual College National Finals
Rodeo came to a close at the Casper Events Center on Saturday.
Winning the first championship of the night was second
generation cowboy Kaycee Feild. The son of five time Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association Lewis Feild, Kaycee had an 84.5 point ride on Vold Rodeo’s horse
named Hypnotic to win the final round and dominate the over-all standings.
He won the national championship with 325 points for Utah
Valley State College where his dad is also his coach. Feild won the title by 20
points ahead of the man in second place, Matt Smith from the University of
Tennessee
—Martin finished behind Feild
with 305.5 points.
In tie-down freshman Johnny Salvo a freshman at New Mexico State University
left the arena with the fastest total time of 41.6 seconds. Salvo’s final run
here of 9.5 seconds put him second in the finals behind Jake Pratt of the
University of Wyoming who stopped the clock in 9.3 seconds. Pratt finished in
second over-all with 43.8 seconds.
There were several ties in spite of the fact that each contestant that won a
title competed here four times. Hope Thompson from McNeese State University and
Krista Johnson from Panhandle State University both had total times of 11.9
seconds to tie for the breakaway roping. In goat tying it was Kobi Olineck from
Dickinson State University and Megan Albrecht from New Mexico State University
tied with times of 27.6 seconds.
There was also a tie for the women’s all-around championship. Arena de la
Cruz from Weatherford College and Jordan Crossley from Walla Walla Community
College each had 260 points. Crossley competed in barrel racing and breakaway
roping and de la Cruz qualified in team roping and break away roping.
The men’s team championship went to Walla Walla Community College. Their
total of 740 points earned them $14,000 in scholarships from U.S.
Smokeless Tobacco Company. The women’s team champions were the University of
Nevada – Las Vegas. They earned $7,000 in scholarships.
Wyoming’s governor Dave Freudenthal was on hand to watch the championship
round. "Wyoming is honored to host the College National Finals Rodeo," Governor
Freudenthal said. "Casper goes all out to make sure that this is a great event
for the spectators and for the contestants. We’re delighted to have it here and
look forward to it staying here."
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National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Champions
Bareback Riding, Kaycee Field, Utah Valley State College, 325 points
Tie-Down Roping, Johnny Salvo, New Mexico State University 41.6 seconds
Breakaway Roping, (TIE) Hope Thompson, McNeese State University
and Krista Johnson, Panhandle State University 11.9 seconds.
Saddle Bronc Riding, Chuck Schmidt, Black Hills State University, 301 points
Steer Wrestling, Cody Wade, Weber State University, 16.2 seconds
Goat Tying, (TIE) Kobi Olineck, Dickinson State University, and Megan
Albrecht, New Mexico State University, 27.6 seconds.
Team Roping, Kyle Roberts, Eastern New Mexico /Kory Bramwell, Ranger College
27.1 seconds
Barrel Racing, Bailey Gow, New Mexico State University, 57.92 seconds
Bull Riding, Dustin Jenkins, University of Montana, 303 points
Men’s All-Around, Wyatt Althoff, New Mexico State University, 290 points
Women’s All-Around, (TIE) Arena de la Cruz, Weatherford College And Jordan
Crossley, Walla Walla Community College, 260 points
Men’s Team, Walla Walla Community College, 740 points
Women’s Team, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 470 points
The following are final results from the College National Finals Rodeo,
Saturday, June 21, 2008 courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association.
Bareback Riding: (final round winners) 1, Kaycee Feild, Utah Valley State
College, 84.5 points. 2/3, Bubba Hudson, Tarleton State University, and Matt
Smith, University of Tennessee – Martin, 77.5. 4, Bobby Peters, Montana State
University, 75. (over-all winners) 1, Feild, 325. 2, Smith, 305.5. 3, Karlon
Knudson, Panhandle State University, 302. 4, Tyler Scales, Garden City Community
College, 300.5. 5, Hudson, 297. 6, Colton Bair, Tarleton State University, 295.
7, Ryan Little, 291. 8/9, Luke Creasy, Western Texas College and Peters, 288.
Tie Down Roping: (final round winners) 1, Jake Pratt, University of Wyoming, 9.3
seconds. 2, Johnny Salvo, New Mexico State University, 9.5. 3, Clinton Arave,
Idaho State University, 10.1. 4/5, Sam Levine, University of Montana – Western,
and Ryle Smith, Tarleton State University, 10.7. (over-all winners) 1, Salvo,
41.6, 2, Pratt, 43.8. 3, Wyatt Altohoff, New Mexico State University, 45.3. 4,
Smith, 45.8. 5, Arave, 46.2. 6, Cody Prescott, Southern Arkansas University,
48.3. 7, Levine, 48.9. 8, Drew Hummel, College of Southern Idaho, 59.9
Breakaway Roping: (final round winners) 1/2, Lainey Kyle, Texas A & M University
and Hope Thompson, McNeece State University, 2.1. 3, Krista Johnson, Panhandle
State University, 2.7. 4, Whitney Gollehon, University of Montana—Western, 2.9.
(over-all winners) 1, Thompson, and Johnson, 11.9. 3, Kyle, 12.3. 4, Gollehon,
13.9. 5, Natasha Parker, University of West Alabama, 21.7. 6, Jacki Smith,
College of Southern Idaho, 22.8. (on three) , 7, Sarah Mulholland, University of
Wyoming, 9.2. 8, Jacque Murray, South Dakota State University, 9.6.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round winners) 1, Cody Angland, Western Texas
College, 76 points. 2, Ty Atchison, University of Tennessee-Martin, 74.5. 3,
Chuck Schmidt, Blackhills State University, 74. 4, Trel Etbauer, Panhandle State
University, 72.5. (over-all winners) 1, Schmidt, 301. 2, Angland, 291.5. 3,
Etbauer, 290. 4, James Irish, University of Montana – Western, 289. 5, Atchison,
287. 6, Mert Bradshaw, Cochise College, 277.5. 7, Kirk Nelson, Missouri Valley
College
Steer Wrestling: (final round winners) 1, Justin Miller, Dickinson State
University, 3.4 seconds. 2/3, Sean Santucci, Walla Walla Community College, and
Wes Lockard, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 3.5. Russell Lincoln, Western
Texas College, 3.7. (over-all winners) 1.Cody Wade, Weber State University, 16.2
seconds. 2, Kody Woodward, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 16.3. 3, Sean
Santucci, 16.4. 4, Wes Lockard, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 16.6. 5,
Lincoln, 17.0.
6, Justin Miller, Dickinson State University, 17.9. 7/8, Seth Murphy, Dickinson
State University and Brad Johnson, Gillette college, 18.4.
Goat Tying: (final round winners) 1, Chelsea Moore, Central Wyoming College, 6.4
seconds. 2/3, Megan Albrecht, New Mexico State University, and Kassi Venturacci,
University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 6.5.4, Brittany Striegel, New Mexico State
University, 6.6. (over-all winners) 1/2, Kobi Olineck, Dickinson State
University, and Albrecht, 27.6. 3, Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming, 27.7,
4, Mackenzie Pratt, Weber State University, 28.4. 5, Tanaye Carroll, University
of Wyoming, 28.5. 6/7, Striegel and Moore, 28.6. 8, Hilary Bair, Weber State
University, 28.9.
Team Roping: (final round winners) 1/2, Arena de la Cruz, Weatherford College
and Tyrel Flewelling, Eastern New Mexico University; and Wyatt Althoff and Matt
Garza, New Mexico State University; 6.6 seconds. 3, Kyle Roberts, Eastern New
Mexico University and Kory Bramwell, Ranger College, 6.7. 4, Celvin Brevik and
K.C. Curtis, Howard County Junior College, 10.1. (over-all winners) 1, Roberts
and Bramwell, 27.1. 2, de la Cruz and Flewellen, 32.1. 3, Rob Webb and Bo Patzke,
Walla Walla Community College, 33.7. 4, Cole Dorenkamp and Josh Fillmore, Lamar
Community College, 39.2. 5, Althoff and Garza, 39.4. 6, Brevik and Curtis, 41.6.
7, Ryan VonAhn and Trevor Connolly, Southeastern Oklahoma State University,
42.9. 8, T.J. Teague, University of Wyoming and Quincy Opela, Eastern Wyoming
College, 47.2.
Barrel Racing: (final round winners) 1, Bailey Gow, New Mexico State University,
14.22. 2, Jordan Muncy, Panhandle State University, 14.33. 3, Italy Sheehan,
College of Southern Idaho, 14.40.4, Courtney Sokol, Texas A & M University,
14.42. (over-all winners) 1, Gow, 57.92. 2, Nellie Williams, University of
Nevada – Las Vegas, 57.95. 3, Jordan Crossley, Walla Walla Community College,
58.11. 4, Sokol, 58.25. 5, Muncy, 58.27. 6, Sheehan, 58.47. 7, Nikki Steffes,
University of Wyoming, 58.57. 8, Rachel Tiedeman, University of Wisconsin –
River Falls, 58.65.
Bull Riding: (final round winners – three qualified rides) 1/2, Dustin Jenkins,
University of Montana and Seth Glause, Central Wyoming College, 84. 3, Zack
Elliott, College of Southern Idaho, 74. (over-all winners) 1, Jenkins, 303. (on
three) 2, Craig Begay, Central Arizona College, 226. (on two) 3, Glause, 171.5.
4, Hutch Haslam, Montana State University 159.5. 5, Josh Verburg, Cal Poly State
University – San Luis Obipo, 157. 6, Bradley Pierce, Western Texas College,
153.5. 7, Elliott, 153. 8, Cameron Wheddle, Northeastern Junior College, 146.5.
Team Standings:
(men’s) 1, Walla Walla Community College, 740 points. 2, Western Texas
College, 567.5. 3, University of Tennessee– Martin, 520. 4, Panhandle State
University, 450. (womens) 1, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 470 points.
2, New Mexico State University, 432.5. 3, Panhandle State University, 427.5.
4, University of Wyoming, 368.33.
All-Around: (men’s) 1, Wyatt
Althoff, New Mexico State University 290 points. 2, Wes Lockhard, University
of Nevada – Las Vegas, 240. 3, Ryle Smith, Tarleton State University 185. 4,
Cody Prescott, Southern Arkansas University, 115. (womens) 1, (tie) Arena de
la Cruz, Weatherford College, and Jordan Crossley, Walla Walla Community
College, 260. 3, Jordan Muncy, Panhandle State University, 250. 4, Bailey
Gow, New Mexico State University 225.
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