Clarendon College’s rodeo teams had a busy September posting good results at two rodeos.
The teams competed in Portales September 19-21 at the Eastern New Mexico University rodeo. The team fared well with five members of the men’s team competing in the finals.
Cole Franks, a freshman from Clarendon, qualified 5th in the Bareback Riding, 8th in the Saddle Bronc riding, and 10th in the Team Roping with partner Rafael Dominigo, a freshman from Citra, Florida.
In the Saddle Bronc Riding, Taylor Russell, a sophomore from Lipscomb, tied for second-third, Riggin Smith a sophomore from Winterset, Iowa, was fourth-fifth, and Keene Justesen a sophomore from St. Cloud, Florida, was 6th. Franks also placed fourth in the finals and finished 5th in the average in the Bareback Riding.
In the saddle Bronc Riding, Riggin Smith was 2nd in the finals and finished 2nd in the average, Taylor Russell finished 5th, Keene Justesen finished 6th, and Franks finished 8th.
In the Team Roping finals Franks and Dominigo placed 2nd, which was good enough for 2nd in the average.
The team finished in Portales with 305 points placing them 5th out of 17 teams in the Southwest Region.
Clarendon College teams traveled to Alpine, Texas, September 26-28 for the Sul Ross Rodeo with seven of the men’s team qualifying for the finals on Saturday night.
In the Bareback Riding, Justin Opatrny, a sophomore from Cochranton, Penn., split first-second in the first round, placed 6th in the finals, and was second in the average. Cole Franks split fourth-fifth in the first round, was second in the finals, and was in the average, and Josh Green, a sophomore from Wetumpka, Ala., placed 10th in the first round, 5th in the finals, and 8th in the average.
In the Saddle Bronc Riding, Riggin Smith placed 1st in first round, 1st in the finals and was the Champion Saddle Bronc rider of the rodeo.
Also in that event, Keene Justesen placed third-fourth in the first round, 3rd in the finals, and 3rd in the average. Taylor Russell placed 2nd in the first round and 7th in the average, while Brody Roessler, a freshman from Fairview, Alberta Canada, placed eighth-ninth in the first round and finished 9th in the average.
In the Bull Riding, Dawson Gleaves, a freshman from Amarillo, placed 5th in the first round and 5th in the average.
The men’s team placed 3rd overall with 405 points. The Women’s Team has had a rough start but continue to work hard for improvement.
The teams will travel to Vernon College October 3-5 and to Canadian for the Frank Phillips College Rodeo October 10-12, and finish the semester in Lubbock at Texas Tech on October 31- November 2.
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