FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                    May 6, 2007

RODEO TEAM TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO

            For the next six weeks, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team will be preparing for its largest representation ever at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR).

            By virtue of finishing second in the Central Plains Region team competition, the men will send a full complement of five competitors as a team in the rodeo. The CNFR will be held June 10-16 in Casper, Wyo.

            The Ranger women’s team finished third, fewer than 200 points behind the second place team. Only the top two teams and top three individuals in each event from each region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) go on to the national rodeo.

            However, Teddi Winfrey, Plains, Kan., senior, will represent the women’s team in the breakaway roping and goat tying events. She won the women’s all-around and breakaway roping titles in the region and was third in goat tying.

            Mitch Barney, Logan, Iowa, senior, was the reserve champion all-around cowboy and won the steer wrestling and team roping heading titles.

            Barney’s team roping partner, Coleman Proctor, Miami junior, won the heeling title, and K.W. Lauer, Buffalo senior, was second to Barney as a team roping header.

Other members of the men’s team will be Tyler Johnson, Mound City, Kan., junior, and Justin Binder, Inman, Kan., senior, who will compete in team roping. Johnson also will be in tie down roping.

Since Barney was the reserve champion in the all-around competition, by definition he has to compete in more than one event. Therefore, he counts as two members on the six-man team.

            The team completed its last regular season rodeo at the end of April at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, with the women’s team winning the event. Complete results are as follows:

Bareback Riding

• Dan Weil, Edna, Kan., senior—Long round, 72 points, tie for 3rd; short round, 70 points, 6th; average, 4th.

Saddle Bronc Riding

• Brett Olive, Ford, Kan., senior—Long round, 73 points, tie for 1st; short round, bucked off.

Tie-Down Roping

• Brandon Seufer, Holly, Colo., junior—Long round, 9.5 seconds, 2nd; short round, 9.9 seconds, 3rd; average, 2nd.
• Lauer—Long round, 10.6 seconds, 6th; short round, 10.1 seconds, 4th; average, 5th.
• Tyler Macoubrie, Paola, Kan., sophomore—Long round, 9.9 seconds, 3rd; short round, missed calf; average, 6th (because only five calves were roped in short round).

Steer Wrestling

• Barney—Long round, 5.3 seconds, 5th; short round, 5.4 seconds, 4th; average, 5th.

Team Roping

§  Zac Freeman, Garden City, Kan., senior, and Jamie Elwood from Garden City Community College (Kan.)—Long round, 8.2 seconds, 8th; short round, 7.7 seconds, 3rd; average, tie for 4th.

§  Macoubrie and Clay Leisher, Beaver sophomore—Long round, 6.0 seconds, 2nd; short round, missed calf.

Breakaway Roping

§  Robbie Lynn Wilson, LeMoyne, Neb., sophomore—Long round, 2.3 seconds, tie for 1st; short round, 2.7 seconds, tie for 1st; average, tie for 1st.

§  Randi Newman, Sparta, Mo., sophomore—Long round, 2.4 seconds,  tie for 3rd; short round, missed calf.

§  Katie Neville, Tipton, Iowa, freshman—Long round, 2.7 seconds, 8th; short round, missed calf.

Goat Tying

• Winfrey—Long round, 7.9 seconds, 4th; short round, 6.7 seconds, 1st; average, 1st.

Barrel Racing

• Wilson—Long round, 16.75 seconds, 8th; short round, 16.81 seconds, 7th; average, 7th.
• Maggie Jo Saylors, Eudora, Kan., sophomore—Long round, 16.72 seconds, 7th; short round, 16.91 seconds, 8th; average, 8th.

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