The Clarendon College Rodeo Teams competed at Texas Tech University for their final rodeo of the semester this past weekend.
The Men’s Team finished in 2nd place with 535 pts trailing the 820 pts put up by Tarleton State University. The Bulldogs had three bareback riders qualify for the short round of competition, but only two were able to compete as Trent Dannheim suffered a broken arm on his dismount in the first round.
Cole Franks and Josh Green split 2nd-3rd place with their 78 point rides in the first round, and Dannheim was 5th with a 75 point ride. In the short round, Franks was 72 points splitting 4-6th and finished 3rd in the average. Green was 70 points for 8th place and finished 4-5th in the average.
In the Saddle Bronc Riding, Clarendon College fielded half of the contestants with five of the 10 qualifiers. Riggin Smith won the first round with a 77pt ride, was 2nd place in the short round with a 71pt ride, and finished 2nd in the average. Keene Justesen was 72 pts on his first horse, good enough for 3rd and 70 pts in the short round for 3rd and finished 3rd in the average. Seth Waldron was 8th in the first round, 5th in the short round and 5th in the average. Cole Franks was 4th in the first round, 7th in the short round, and 6th in the average. Caleb Newell Qualified for the short go round in 10th and finished 10th in the average.
On the Women’s team, Blake Ramsey became the first girl to put Clarendon College on the board for the year. Ramsey roped her first round Breakaway calf in 2.6 seconds, which put her in a split for 8-12th out of 170 contestants in that event. In the short round, Ramsey caught her calf in a respectable 3.1 seconds for 4th place in the round and the average.
The 60 pts she earned placed the women’s team in 9th place of the 17 teams competing.
The Texas Tech Rodeo in Lubbock was held at the South Plains Fairgrounds and marks the end to the first half of the season for the teams. The Men’s Team is currently in 2nd place with 2020 points, not far behind the leaders, Tarleton State University, with 2475 points.
The Women’s team is in 14th place and have five more rodeos to improve their rankings next semester.
The teams have a long break before the next rodeo in Odessa on February 20-22 and will be practicing daily to improve.
The Clarendon College rodeo teams will be hosting their annual NFR watch party and banquet at the Bairfield Activity Center on December 7 at 7:00 p.m. You can help support the team by purchasing a ticket from one of the team members or by contacting Bret Franks at (806) 440-1366.
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