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Barrel Racer Breaks 17-Second Barrier Susan Kanode
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Sometimes inexperience doesn’t matter, just ask barrel racer Sherrylynn Johnson from Henryetta, Okla. While Johnson is a veteran of the sport, she is riding a new horse that competed in his third rodeo on Wednesday at the Fort Worth Stock Show. J.T., is a big eight-year-old bay gelding that she just got from April Trusty from Olive Branch, Miss. They are the first barrel racer to stop the clock in under 17 seconds and did it with a blazing-fast 16.95 run. Johnson also rode J.T. at Odessa, Texas, and Denver, Colo., and while she didn’t have great performances, she gained confidence in the new horse and knew that he would excel in the rodeo arena eventually. There are a total of 230 barrel racers here with over half left to compete. There is the possibility that Johnson’s time won’t hold down the first place position, but she is very likely to get a check in the first round and advance to the progressive round. “I’m thrilled beyond words,” Johnson said. “Sometimes you just know. I got on him, we clicked and I just knew that we were going to be a team.” The last team member she had was a horse named Jet that she lost in a tragic accident. That horse came to her through Cary Quackenbush. Quackenbush knew about J.T. and thought that the Johnson, Trusty, J.T. combination would work. “I owe it all to Cary,” she said. “And, the Trusty’s are such nice people. They just want me to get to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and do it on J.T. I couldn’t be more excited right now.” Johnson’s husband, Mike also competed here in tie-down roping. He had a solid run, but the calf kicked free and he didn’t have a time. He’s also riding an eight-year-old gelding, young in the rodeo industry. He has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 23 times and is working towards another one next December. Hopefully the duo will both be there. Shaun Stroh from Dickinson, N.D., took a break from rodeo after winning the saddle bronc riding championship at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) last December. His first competition was Tuesday night in the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum where he scored 84 points on J.Bar J Rodeo’s horse named Tipped Off. He came back on Wednesday night with an 85-point effort on Frontier Rodeo’s Little Kitty, who has also been to the WNFR. Stroh now has a commanding lead in the over-all standings here with 169 points. He is headed back to Dickinson, spend some more time with his family, then to the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo in Rapid City and hopefully back here for the finals. “Fort Worth has always been pretty good to me,” Stroh said. “I had a hard time leaving and coming down here. The older kids are understanding, but it’s not as easy with the little ones.” Stroh and his wife Shannon have four boys and one girl. The ninth performance of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night. Story Continues Below
Bareback Riding: (First round) 1, Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 85 points on Andrews Rodeo Company’s horse Vodka. 2, (tie) Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., Josi Young, Kimberly, Idaho, and Brian Leddy, Roll, Okla., 81. 5, Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 80. 6, (tie) Quentin McCauley, Boulder, Mont., and Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 78. 8, Jerad Schlegal, Burns, Colo., 77 (Second round) 1, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 87 points on Rafter G’s 516. 2, Teddy Athan, Livermore, Calif., 84. 3 (tie) Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, and Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 83. 5, (tie) Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, and Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 81. 6, Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 80. 7, (tie) Josi Young, Kimberly, Idaho, and Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, 78. (Third round) 1, (tie) Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., on Harry Vold Rodeo Company’s Iron Mike and Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, on Rafter G’s Tom Dooley, 83 points each. 3, Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, 81. 4, Evan Jayne, Marseille, France, 79. 5, Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, 71. 6, Shad Chaloupek, Beatrice, Neb., 70. 7, (tie) Zane Grey Caddell, La Grange, Texas, and Brian Leddy, Roll, Okla., 69. (Total on three) 1, Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 249 points. 2, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 246. 3, Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore., 242. 4, Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, 234 points. 5, Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 232. 6, Josi Young, Kimberly, Idaho, 227. 7, Evan Jayne, Marseille, France, 224. 8, Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, 218. 9, Brian Leddy, Roll, Okla. 10, (tie) Bubba Hudson, Kaufman, Texas, and Zane Grey Caddell, La Grange, Texas, 207.
Steer Wrestling: (Second round) 1, Brent Arnold, Coleman, Texas, 4.1 seconds. 2, Brad Johnson, Reva, S.D., 4.3. 3, Dusty McKenzie, Austin, Texas, 4.9. 4, Kyle Broce, La Junta, Colo., 5.9. (Total on two) 1, Johnson, 10.1. 2, Broce, 10.6. 3, Arnold, 11.6. 4, Ted Collaher, Cascade, Mont., 11.6.
Team Roping: (First round) 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, 5.0 seconds. 2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 5.2. 3, Aaron Tsinigine, Winslow, Ariz., and Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz., 5.8 4, Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo., and Jake Cobb, Decatur, Texas, 6.7. 5, (tie) Joe Serrata, Los Fresnos, Texas, and Bobby Alvarez, San Antonio, Texas; Tommy Edens, Gatesville, Texas, and Justin Hendrick, Rosenberg, Texas, 6.9. 7, Bobby Boyd, Midland, Texas, and Tim Abbott, Midland, Texas, 8.2. 8, JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas, and Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 10.3. (Second round) 1, Matt Robertson, Augusta, Mont., and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., 4.5 seconds. 2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 5.2. 3, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, 5.3. 4, Rusty Barnett, and Michael Fortenberry, 5.5. 5, Sikes, Bedias, Texas, and Clay Schneider, Thorndale, Texas, 5.7. 6, Clay Logan, Granbury, Texas, and Manny Egusquiza Jr., Madison, Ga., 6.2. 7, Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 9.4. 8, Turtle Powell, and Cory Petska, 9.9. (Total on two) 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, 10.3 seconds. 2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 10.4. 3, Tommy Edens, Gatesville, Texas, and Justin Hendrick, Rosenberg, Texas, 17.5.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (First round) 1, Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., 84 points on J Bar J’s Tipped Off. 2, (tie) Shane Moran, Great Falls, Mont., and Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, 82. 4, Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 81 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Billings. 5,(tie) Dusty Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D., Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 80. 8, Brody Bolton, Odessa, Texas, 79. (Second round) 1, Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 87 points on Western Rodeos’ Shallow Dancer. 2, Stroh, 85. 3, Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa, 83. 4, Aaron Lide, 82. 5, (tie) Max Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev., and Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 80. 7, Brad Rudolf, Battle Mountain, Nev., 79. 8, Logan Hodson, Telkwa, British Columbia, 78. (Total on two) 1, Stroh, 169. 2, Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 162 points. 3, Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 161. 4, Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, 159. 5 (tie), Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas, and Andrew Counts, Stephenville, Texas, 157. 7, Aaron Lide, Odessa, Texas, 154. 8, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 153.
Tie-Down Roping: (First round) 1, (tie) Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas and Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas, 8.2 seconds, $5152 each. 3, (tie) Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas and Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 8.4, $3714 each. 5, Blake Huckabee, Shreveport, La., 8.5, $2636. 6, Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 8.6, $1917. 7, Ryan Watkins, Dublin, Texas, 8.8, $1198. 8, (tie) Wes Lockard, Susanville, Calif., Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., and Clint Arave, Blackfoot, Idaho, 9.1, $160 each. (Second round) 1, Zeb Chapman, Lafayette, Ga., 9.2 seconds. 2, Blair Burk, Durrant, Okla., 9.4. 3, Rusty Sewalt, Del Rio, Texas, 9.7. 4, Guy Miller, Lamesa, Texas, 11.3. 5, Kolt Henderson, Omaha, Texas, 11.7. 6, Dan Russell, Humble, Texas, 12.1 seconds. 7, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 12.2. 8, Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 12.4. (Total on two) 1, Blair Burk, Durrant, Okla., 18.7 seconds. 2, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 20.6. 3, Guy Miller, Lamesa, Texas, 21.3. 4, Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 22.9. 5, Bubba Paschal, Laporte, Texas, 23.8 seconds. 6, Kolt Henderson, Omaha, Texas, 26.6. 7, Dan Russell, Humble, Texas, 27.5. 8, Montee Munns, Moapa, Nev., 14.1.
Women’s Barrel Race: (First round) 1, Sherrylynn Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 16.95 seconds. 2, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 17.01. 3, Lacy Wilson, Artesia, N.M., 17.14. 4, Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 17.18 5, Christy Fullen, Fredericksburg, Texas, 17.20. 6, Kenna Squires, Fredonia, Texas, 17.23. 7, Lorie Manning, Myakka City, Fla., 17.28. 8, Andrea Bruch, Brock, Texas, 17.32.
Bull Riding: (First round) 1, Thad Newell, Muskogee, Okla., 81 points on Klein Brothers Pro Rodeo Company’s Martin. 2, Taylor Cowan, Ft. Pierre, S.D., 80. 3, Douglas Duncan, Alvin, Texas, 79. 4, (tie) Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, and Kyle German, CrossFeild, Alberta, 73. 6, (tie) Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, and Stevo Keighley, Athens, Texas 72. (Second round) 1, Cory Atwell, Moravian Falls, N.C., 86 points on Rafter G’s Confucious. 2, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 85. 3, Trent Cormier, Houma, La., 82. 4, Ross Burney, Coffeyville, Miss., 81. 5, Jeston Mead, Ashland, Kan., 77. 6, Bandy Murphy, Morgan Mill, Texas, 75 (Total on two) 1, Silcox, 158 points. 2, Duncan, 155. 3, Trent Cormier, Houma, La., 151
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