Meet the Member Rylan Wildeman
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After 5 years with the Kansas High School Rodeo Association, Kyleigh Winn enjoys competing alongside her KHSRA family as they all work to acquire the ‘winning’ runs in the arena. She started in the KJHSRA as an 8th grader and is now in her final season with the high school association as she’s a senior in the Manhattan Virtual Academy. Kyleigh is competing in barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, and team roping, and is savoring every minute of her high school rodeo career as she looks to a future that will hopefully include the college rodeo level soon. Kyleigh is still deciding which college but plans to rodeo while pursuing an ag business degree with a minor in marketing so that she can eventually become a professional in the rodeo or western industry.
Kyleigh’s start in rodeo was in Utah, where she followed in the Winn family tradition, with her parents, Casy and Wendy Winn, and older brothers, Dixon, 27, and Shad, 21. Casy’s dad rodeoed his whole life, and progressed through college and pro rodeo as a bull rider, team roper and calf roper. Casy’s parents, Chad and Vernice Winn, of Nephi, Utah, were both rodeo competitors, and they still raise horses that Chad trains. Wendy, originally from Idaho, grew up riding horses but wasn’t involved in rodeo until she met Casy while they attended Utah State University. The family moved to Kansas when Casy secured his dream job as the rodeo coach for Kansas State University 5 years ago. “My dad is the college rodeo coach and also teaches colt starting classes at the school.” Kyleigh’s mom designs and sells saddles for Burns Saddlery out of Salina, Utah. Kyleigh’s brothers are both in the rodeo industry themselves, Dixon lives in Missouri where he trains horses and is starting his professional rodeo career, calf roping and team roping; and Shad is out on the professional bull riding trail.
Kyleigh has several equine partners for her rodeo competition, all sorrel mares, and she’s proud that every one of them are family raised and trained. She runs barrels and heels for Tia Wallace on a 7-year-old named Whiskey, who her brother Dixon trained. She goat ties on a 12-year-old named Dolly, and breakaway ropes on Lucy, 18. “All the groundwork on our horses have been done by my dad, grandpa, or brother, it’s pretty cool.” Family has been a big source of the success Kyleigh has had in rodeo, “My main source of help is my parents. They both make sure I have everything I need to succeed, even if that means going somewhere else. I’ve been fortunate to have Lari Dee Guy help me with roping. It’s definitely an asset to have parents that do everything they can to help me succeed.” Kyleigh credits the Hodsen family for her success in goat tying. “When I was in Utah, I cut my thumb off team roping when I was 10 and had to learn to tie goats again. The Hodsen family helped me so much with relearning that event so I could succeed. I try to take what everyone teaches me in my events and use it to keep progressing forward. My favorite part of rodeo besides the competition is the family aspect to it.”
Kyleigh placed 3rd in goat tying for the state in her sophomore year, and as a junior in 2019, placed 4th in goat tying in the KHSRA. She was able to attend national finals both years, and last year left Rock Springs, Wyoming as the 4th place goat tyer in the world. “It was pretty surreal! I went into the short round tied for 2nd and 3rd but had a bobble in the short round and finished 4th, which was still a super cool accomplishment. One of my practice partners, Caxton Martin came into the short go right behind me in 4th place, so it was kind of a team effort. The Kansas High School Rodeo Association is such a great and supportive group of people. It’s one big family and everyone cheers for each other and wants everyone to do good. I will always look back fondly on my time with them.”
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September 27, 2020
BAREBACK RIDING
1 Bryce Eck 68.50
2 Robert Walter 34.00
3 Kacen Smith 26.50
4 Matthew Morrell 18.00
5 Rhett Robbins 10.00
6 Bobby Davis 8.00
BARREL RACING
1 Kiley Slavin 63.00
2 Bella Sauvage 39.00
3 Kate Perschbacher 36.00
4 Prairie Rose Robbins 29.00
5 Aubryn Garriott 28.00
6 Natalie Kinderknecht 25.00
7 Ally Brennaman 24.00
8 Libby Berger 24.00
9 Kennedy Gibbs 24.00
10 Shayla Dees 20.00
BOYS CUTTING
1 Jd Robson 20.00
2 Bobby Davis 18.00
BREAKAWAY ROPING
1 Laci Ast 41.00
2 Carlee Potter 38.00
3 Taylor Raupe 34.00
4 Addie Weil 31.00
5 Kiley Slavin 30.00
6 Marlee Quarles 25.50
7 Bella Sauvage 25.50
8 Reese Greenwood 23.00
9 Libby Berger 23.00
10 Ally Brennaman 22.50
BULL RIDING
1 Tate Pollmeier 59.50
2 Garrett Hathaway 29.50
3 Lane Gilbreath 18.00
CALF ROPING
1 Mason Stueve 53.00
2 Matthew Doherty 48.00
3 Brayden Kunz 45.00
4 Jd Robson 43.00
5 Pax Vogel 37.00
6 Kade Harland 34.00
7 Tanner Meier 33.00
8 Cutter Weil 29.00
9 Trey Adams 26.00
10 Brandt Walton 19.00
GIRLS CUTTING
1 Tylor Todd 20.00
2 Alexus Hatcher 18.00
GOAT TYING
1 Kiley Slavin 55.00
2 Tally Wikum 55.00
3 Lakin Cunningham 52.00
4 Sage Toews 40.00
5 Annsley Vernon 39.00
6 Ally Brennaman 36.50
7 Montana Heller 29.00
8 Hadley Teut 28.00
9 Carlee Potter 21.00
10 Emma Arndt 19.50
POLE BENDING
1 Abby Myers 49.00
2 Marlee Quarles 42.00
3 Aubryn Garriott 38.00
4 Prairie Rose Robbins 36.00
5 Tally Wikum 33.50
6 Lily Henderson 32.00
7 Ally Brennaman 30.00
8 Bella Sauvage 27.00
9 Libby Berger 26.00
10 Carlee Potter 21.00
REINED COW HORSE
1 Tylor Todd 10.00
2 Lakin Cunningham 9.00
SADDLE BRONC
1 Bryce Eck 50.00
2 Clay Shannon 27.00
3 Brody Harrison 18.00
STEER WRESTLING
1 Tanner Meier 38.00
2 Jd Robson 38.00
3 Logan Mullin 28.00
4 Kent Berkenmeier 18.00
5 Ryder Dent 7.00
TEAM ROPING
1 Mason Stueve 52.00
2 Trey Adams 52.00
3 Brandt Walton 42.00
4 Cale Morris 41.00
5 Jd Robson 38.00
6 Tanner Meier 33.00
7 Dylan Gugelmeyer 27.00
8 Porter Hall 27.00
9 Addie Weil 25.50
10 Cutter Weil 25.50
11 Matthew Doherty 25.00
12 Kade Harland 25.00
13 Brayden Kunz 23.00
14 Jaytyn Hash 22.00
15 Payton Blank 21.00
16 Pax Vogel 21.00
17 Rylan Wildeman 21.00
18 Hadley Teut 17.00
19 Bryce Teut 17.00
20 Kiley Slavin 16.00