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Jayden Igo at the 2016 Northwest Barrel Racing Association Finals in Gillette, Wyoming - Olie’s Images

Meet the Member Jayden Igo

story by Lily Weinacht

Barrel racer and pole bender Jayden Igo began rodeoing when she was eight, and this fall, she’s taking her favorite sport to the next level at Gillette College. “From being involved in other sports, it’s much more appealing to go ride my horses and be in that environment rather than in a basketball court,” says Jayden, 18. “I got a new horse a year and a half ago, and it took a really long time to get with him. But this year, we’ve finally started to click and it’s really satisfying to me that I never gave up on him.”
A native of Gillette, Wyoming, Jayden is the second generation on her mom’s side of the family to rodeo. She competed in the WHSRA three years, taking her sophomore year off to do outdoor track and basketball, but deciding to focus solely on rodeo her senior year. “It’s really hard to do both and keep my horses and myself in shape, and practice, so I had to pick and I went with rodeo. It’s what I enjoy most, and sometimes I miss other sports, but rodeo is something I want to do in college and as I continue to grow up.” Jayden will be rodeoing for Head Coach Will LaDuke in the barrel racing, and she plans to study either occupational therapy or business.
Jayden placed sixth in the second-go of the WHSRA state finals in the pole bending, and seventh in the short-go, and while she enjoys both her events and also tied goats for several years, she favors barrels over poles. “It’s just the adrenaline that barrels give me, and being around my horses,” she says. “It’s the one thing I fell in love with.” Jayden is also inspired by her friends and neighbors in rodeo. “My neighbors Pat and Jean Hladky have always been there if my parents are busy – they take me to high school rodeos because their daughter junior high rodeos, and last year while I was looking for a new horse, they let me borrow theirs. Joy Barlow and her family have always been welcoming in letting me use their barn in the winter, and Joy has been a lot of help getting me to where I am now.”
Jayden keeps her horses at her grandma’s farm, along with cows, chickens, and 4-H pigs and goats. “Growing up, I spent a lot of time out there, and in the summer, I’m there almost every day riding horses and doing things to help out.” Jayden’s grandma, Jeanine, is also the family renowned cook, and her roast beef and noodles is Jayden’s favorite meal. Jayden’s two horses, Jessie and Codger, are among those on the farm. Jessie is the new barrel horse Jayden has been riding since last August, and she runs poles on Codger, who belongs to Paula O’Connell. “Paula has definitely helped me out through rodeo,” says Jayden. “Her daughter, Emmy, and I went to school together for one year in elementary and ever since we’ve been friends and rodeoed together.”
Since graduating from Campbell County High School, Jayden has been competing in jackpots, working out, and spending time with friends and family, including her parents, Jay and Denise, and her 14-year-old brother, Jeric. “In the winter, my brother and I are pretty big into snowboarding. Our neighbors have a condo at Big Sky Resort, so over Christmas we spend about a week there. In December, I plan on going to the All-In Barrel Race in Las Vegas,” she finishes, “and I want to have a successful college rodeo season this next year.”

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May 12, 2019
Bareback Riding
1 Donny Proffit 120
2 Riggen Myers 71.5
3 Derrick Robinson 10
4 Dimaggio Hamilton 9
5 Denton Pavlenko 9
6 Drake Amundson 9
7 Cameron Henson 8
Barrel Racing
1 Shelby Petersen 109
2 Shay Hough 102
3 Maddie Fantaskey 91
4 Taylor Nichols 89
5 Ellie Bard 83
6 Haiden Thompson 78.5
7 Cedar Kohr 75
8 Isabelle Camino 51
9 Baily Coombs 37
10 Halle Hladky 32
Boys Cutting
1 Wes Bray 111
2 Hunter Hayden 100
3 Preston Schwartzkopf 92
4 Joseph Hayden 91.5
5 Kasen York 91
6 Broc Schwartzkopf 15
7 Kall Mayfield 11.5
Reakaway Roping
1 Ellie Bard 67
2 Ellie Anderson 59
3 Jordyn Mcnamee 56
4 Rayne Grant 56
5 Kaydin Davis 49
6 Hadley Furnival 45
7 Shaylee Terry 42
8 Haiden Thompson 40
9 Hailey Hardeman 36
10 Kyra Corson 35
Bull Riding
1 Brody Hasenack 90
2 Dalton Mccaslin 84
3 Zain Fitzgerald 82
4 Wyatt Phelps 74
5 Donny Proffit 43.5
6 Matthew Fenton 41.5
7 Cjay Firnekas 41.5
8 Landen Brownlee 34
9 Tipton Wilson 28
10 Derek Grant 18
Girls Cutting
1 Ayanah Winsor 115.5
2 Emme Norsworthy 100
3 Taylor Gibson 92
4 Aniya Teppo 88.5
5 Maddie Fantaskey 34
Goat Tying
1 Tavy Leno 118
2 Haiden Thompson 109
3 Brooke Worman 92.5
4 Shaylee Terry 79
5 Karissa Phillips 76
6 Mckenna Clingman 56
7 Ellie Bard 49
8 Rayne Grant 47
9 Baylee Delbridge 41
10 Lanna Jordan 38
Light Rifle
1 Colter Nunn 30
2 Stratton Kohr 27
3 Tipton Wilson 23
4 Cody Caldwell 20
5 Peityn Manor 19
6 Alexis Wilson 14
7 Kennedy Sheehan 10

Pole Bending
1 Shay Hough 118
2 Halle Hladky 99
3 Shelby Petersen 73
4 Rayne Grant 66.5
5 Ellie Bard 64.5
6 Madison Wolff 61
7 Jordyn Mcnamee 45
8 Hailey Hardeman 44
9 Haiden Thompson 42
10 Amber Salazar 42
Reined Cow Horse
1 Clay Kinnison 38
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 32
3 Kasen York 30.5
4 Maddie Fantaskey 27
5 Tierney George 23
6 Peyton Kottwitz 21.5
7 Ayanah Winsor 19
8 Morgan Vaughan 12.5
9 Scotlyn Flitner 11.5
10 Hanna Griemsman 3
Saddle Bronc
1 Jase Longwell 63
2 Kayson Dory 49
3 Donny Proffit 38
4 Cian Ahern 20
5 Parker Manor 18
6 Wyatt Phelps 10
7 Guston Lozier 10
8 Cody Acord 8

Steer Wrestling
1 Winsten Mcgraw 98
2 Kaden Berger 78
3 Kagen King 73
4 Skyler Lubkeman 69
5 Jake Deveraux 63
6 Chase Stricklin 60
7 Danny Goold 52
8 Derrick Robinson 37
9 Chance Sorenson 33
10 Donald Quick 19
Team Roping
1 Jade Espenscheid 95
2 Coy Johnson 95
3 Kolby Bradley 62.5
4 Arye Espenscheid 62.5
5 Blake Afdahl 61
6 Clay Reiner 61
7 Carson Johnson 53
8 Teegan Leno 51
9 Bryan Lemmon 51
10 Jared Lemmon 51
11 Jase Longwell 48
12 Winsten Mcgraw 44
13 Lane Anderson 44
14 Cooper Deveraux 40.5
15 Jake Deveraux 40.5
16 Tanner Handy 40
17 Cameron Klatt 40
18 Bryton Scheller 37
19 Teagan Bentley 36
20 Dawson Mccuin 36
Tie Down Calf Roping
1 Jake Deveraux 83
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 77
3 Cooper Deveraux 69
4 Colter Ellis 67
5 Clay Reiner 63
6 Teagan Bentley 46
7 Cody Caldwell 45
8 Teegan Leno 45
9 Coy Thar 44
10 Weston Mills 43
Trap Shooting
1 Colter Ellis 28
2 Bryson Bartholomew 27
3 Carsten Hughes 25.5
4 Kolton Miller 17
5 Dawson Mccuin 12.5
6 Quincy Reynolds 12
7 Brodee Barkhurst 11.5
8 Alexis Wilson 10.5
9 Kagen King 8.5
10 Clay Reiner 7.5

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TENTATIVE SPRING RODEOS
May 25 Sheridan (Held in Buffalo)
May 26-27 Buffalo

FINALS
June 3-8 WY HS State Finals – Gillette
July 14-20 NHSFR – Rock Springs, WY

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