Tarleton State University’s rodeo teams closed the regular season in style this past weekend, each nailing down National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region titles at the 59th Annual Tarleton Stampede.
The defending national champion men, led by a sweep of the top five places in saddle bronc riding, racked up 550 points for second place in their home rodeo.
Tarleton State’s women, who won claimed top honors eight times during the regular season, took the weekend’s top team honors, accumulating 445 points paced by five top 10 performances in goat tying and three in barrel racing.
Cauy Masters claimed the saddle bronc riding championship buckle with top scores in both rounds.
Roedy Farrell wound up the season with the bareback ridingregionalchampionship, bolstered by a first-place 83-82.5-165.5 over the weekend. Taylon Carmody was fifth in the event with a 69-78-147 tally.
Tie down ropers Lucca Alverenga and Brayden Roe were third and fifth at the Stampede. Alverenga posted times of 9.0 and 10.5 for a 19.5 in the average and Roe’s 9.1-11.3-20.4 was good for fifth.
Landris White’s 4.5-3.9-8.4 was second in steer wrestling and helped him earn the regional title while Mason Spain was runner up in bull riding with a 156.5 total on rides of 75 and 81.5 points. Tyce Lacina partnered with West Texas A&M’s Hayden Bass for sixth in team roping with their 6.6-20.4-27.0.
Goat tyer Tori Brower’s 12.4 two-run total included a preliminary round best 5.9 and a 6.5 in the finals. Teammate Kaylie Garza flashed a 6.6-6.2-12.8 for fourth, Brooklyn Balch took sixth with her 6.8-7.2-14, Emily McDeavitt was eighth with a 14.4 on runs of 6.2 and 8.2 seconds, and Hattie Haynes finished 10th with a 6.8-7.8-14.6.
Jordan Driver iced the Southwest Region women’s all-aroundtitleinStephenville. She turned in a first-round best 15.76 on her way to a first-place 31.47 in barrel racing. Rylee Abel claimed fourth in the event with a 31.72 total, which featured a 15.64 in the finals, tied for best in the short go. Balch took fifth with her 15.915.93-31.83.
Breakaway roper Sydney Williams was fifth in the average with her 5.8 on runs of 2.4 and 3.4 seconds.
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