Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo took the lead in the goat tying when Aimee Davis stopped the clock in 6.0 seconds. Davis is at the top of the leaderboard and is in contention for a national title with CNFR photo by Jackie Jensen
Competition heating up at College National Finals Rodeo
CASPER, Wyo. (June 16, 2022) – Two athletes moved into the overall lead in their events during Thursday night’s performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper.
Aimee Davis, a junior majoring in child development, took the lead in goat tying. Davis, who competes for Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo, tied her goat in six seconds to have the fastest time in the third round. Her times in round one and round two were 6.2 and 6.5 respectively. The West Coast Region Goat Tying Champion has a lead of two-tenths of a second at 18.7 over McNeese State’s Kamryn Duncan.
Walt Arnold, a senior from Coleman, Texas, moved to first overall in steer wrestling. Arnold, a criminal justice major at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, stopped the clock in 4.8 seconds. Adding that to his times of 4.2 seconds in the first and second rounds gave him a total of 13.2 seconds on three steers. This is his third CNFR qualification and he will be qualifying for Saturday night’s championship finals for the third time. He is hoping that this year he leaves with the buckle that says he is college rodeo’s best.
Arnold is currently ranked 23rd in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association steer wrestling standings. He has a chance to win a college title and qualify for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in the same season if he can move into the top 15 in the pro ranks by September 30.
Montana State University’s Hailey Garrison moved to second overall in barrel racing. Her time of 14.19 was the second-fastest of the week and put her in second place in round three. The Dillon, Montana, cowgirl has a great shot at the women’s all-around title at her fourth CNFR. She will return for Championship Saturday in barrel racing and goat tying where she is tied for fifth overall with a total time of 19.9 seconds on three runs.
The fourth performance of the CNFR will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday. Those competing will have one final chance to move into the top 12 and qualify for Championship Saturday when the national champions in nine events, the men’s and women’s all-around and the men’s and women’s team champions will be determined.
CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results after the third performance at the College National Finals Rodeo, June 16, 2022, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.collegerodeo.com.
Bareback riding: (third round) 1, Kelby Schneiter, Western Texas College, 82 points. 2, Kolt Dement, Panola College, 76.5. 3, (tie) Ty Pope, Missouri Valley College, and Guage McBride, Panola College, 74.5 each. 5, (tie) Tyler Griffin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Cole Franks, Missouri Valley College, 74. 6, Cooper Filipek, Mesalands Community College, 72. (total on three) 1, Franks, 236. 2, Pope, 233.5. 3, Griffin, 231. 4, McBride, 222. 5, Dement, 221.5. 6, Denton Jacobson, Fort Scott Community College, 220.5. 7, Bradlee Miller, Sam Houston State University, 218.5. 8, Brice Patterson, University of Wyoming, 216.
Tie-Down Roping: (third round) 1, Chance Thiessen, Weatherford College, 7.3 seconds. 2, Chadron Coffield, University of Wyoming, 8.3. 3, Linkyn Petersek, Casper College, 8.4. 4, Kase Bacque, Sam Houston State University, 8.6. 5, Zane Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College, 9.5. 6, (tie) Kincade Henry, Panola College, and Tanner Brown, East Mississippi Community College, 9.7 each. (total on three) 1, Henry, 29.1. 2, Petersek, 30.9. 3, Cody Stewart, Feather River College, 32.2. 4, Bacque, 33.2. 5, Scott Halverson, Iowa Central Community College, 35.0. 6, Marley Berger, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 35.7. 7 Myles Kenzy, Gillette College, 38.2. 8, Monty James, Central Arizona College, 41.0.
Breakaway Roping: (third round) 1, Kenlie Raby, Missouri Valley College, 1.7 seconds. 2, Alli Masters, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2.0. 3, Hannah Hughes, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2.1. 4, (tie) Hayden Madsen, Laramie County Community College and Kimberly Williams, Walla Walla Community College, 2.2 each. 6, Delaney Kunau, Univrsity of Nevada – Las Vegas, 2.4. (total on three) 1, Masters, 7.1. 2, (tie) Madalyn Richards, Texas A & M University and Briena Wells, Weatherford College, 7.6. 4, Blair Bryant, East Mississippi Community College, 7.7. 5, Maddy Deerman, Tarleton State University, 7.8. 6, Molly Salmond, Montana State University, 8.4. 7, Gracely Speth, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 8.8. 8, Catherine Clayton, Cochise College, 9.5
Steer Wrestling: (third round) 1, Blake Betz, Blue Mountain Community College, 4.0 seconds. 2, (tie) Sterling Lee, Dickinson State University; Rooster Yazzie, Navajo Technical College; and Bryar Byrne, Feather River College, 4.6 each. 5, Walt Arnold, Tarleton State University, 4.8. 6, (tie) Jesse Keysaer, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Mason Couch, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 4.9. 9, (tie) Wes Shaw, College of Southern Idaho; Austin Hurlburt, University of Wyoming; and Garrett Elmore, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 5.1. (total on three) 1, Arnold, 13.2. 2, Tucker Alberts, Missouri Valley College, 13.7. 3, Ty Allred, Tarleton State University, 18.4. 4, Hurlburt, 19.0. 5, Mike Nannini, Montana State University, 23.1. 6, Byrne, 24.3. 7, Couch, 24.7. 8, Garrett Shell, Feather River College, 25.2.
Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round) 1, Shae Fournier, McNeese State University, 80.5. 2, Karson Mebane, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 77.5. 3, Cash Wilson, Tarleton State University, Tarleton State University, 76.5. 4, Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 75. 5, John Allen, Iowa Central Community College, 73.5. 6, (tie) Reed Neely, California State University – Fresno and Jarrod Hammons, Hill College, 72.5 (total on three) Fournier, 234. 2, Wilson, 226.5. 3, McWhorter, 222.5. 4, Allen, 208. 5, Miller, 207.5. 5, Stade Riggs, Northern Arizona University, 197. (on two) 7, Ryder Sanford, McNeese State University, 163. 8, Brody Wells, Tarleton State University, 153.
Goat Tying: (third round) 1, Aimee Davis, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo, 6.0. 2, (tie) Taylour Latham, University of Wyoming, and Kamryn Duncan, McNeese State University, 6.1 seconds each. 4, Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, 6.2. 5, (tie) Jessi Jane Portenier, Cochise College; Emma Hodson, Weber State University and Kodey Hoss, Weatherford College, 6.3. (total on three) 1, Davis, 18.7. 2, Duncan, 18.9. 3, Hoss, 19.1. 4, Jaicee Bastian, Utah Valley University, 18.9. 5, (tie) Kaytlyn Miller, Texas Tech University, and Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 19.9. 7, Wacey Day, Northeastern Junior College, 20.0. 8, Lakin Cunningham, Missouri Valley College, 20.2.
Team Roping: (third round) 1, Bodie Mattson, Gillette College and Trae Smith, Casper College, 4.8 seconds. 2, Mason Moore, Sam Houston State University and Logan Moore, Wharton County College, 5.9. 3, (tie) Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, and Jaken Todacheerie, Northern Pioneer College; Riley Kittle, Cisco College and Jace Helton, Weatherford, College; and Cutter Machado, Cal Poly State University – San Luis Obispo and Wyatt Hansen, West Hills College, 6.0. 6, Nevada Berquist and Braden Brost, Casper College, 7.0. (total on three) 1, Moore and Moore, 18.0. 2, Kittle and Helton, 6.0. 3, Berquist and Brost, 24.9. 4, Cobie Dodds, Feather River College and Cole Dodds, California State University – Fresno, 28.2. 5, McCraw and Walker, 30.0. 6, Latham Dickson, University of Tennessee – Martin, and Logan Graham, Southern Arkansas University, 35.1. 7, Moreno and Todacheenie, 38.3. 8, Trystin Hooper, West Hills College and David Stark, California State University – Fresno, 40.6.
Barrel racing: (third round) 1, Jaylie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 14.13 seconds. 2, Hailey Garrison, Montana State University, 14.19. 3, (tie) Sadie Walaver, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Bryana Lehrmann, Texas A & M University – Commerce, 14.22. 5, Abby Hepper, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.23. 6, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 14.32. (total on three) 1, Wolaver, 42.72. 2, Garrison, 43.13. 3, (tie) Emma Smith, Texas A & M University, and Hepper, 43.21 each. 5, Bradi Good, Weatherford College, 43.24. 6, Taycie Matthews, East Mississippi Community College, 43.37. 7, Kenna McNeill, Oklahoma State University, 43.39. 8, Tayla Moeykens, Montana State University, 43.43.
Bull Riding: (third round – two rides) 1, Cole Skender, Three Rivers College, 84. 2, Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 82.5 points. (total on two) 1, Hutchings, 167. 2, Skender, 140. 3, Andy Guzman, Mesalands Community College, 157.5. 4, Casey Roberts, Three Rivers College, 157. 5, Luke Parkinson, Western Texas College, 141.5. (on one) 6, T.J. Schmidt, Panhandle State University, 78. 7, Brad Moreno, Central Arizona College, 68.5.
