Clarendon College’s rodeo team was riding high this year before the global COVID-19 pandemic brought the season to “brutal end,” as coach Bret Franks described it.
Franks said the fate of the College National Finals Rodeo wasn’t going to be determined until May 14 and officials had determined that national finals qualifiers would be decided by the standings at that point.
Unfortunately, the State of Wyoming designated the Casper Events Center as a backup to be an overflow hospital, and the rodeo was canceled.
“The regular season for our Southwest Region still had four rodeos left when we went on lockdown,” Franks said. “The men’s team ended up third in the regional standings, and the women’s team was 14th.”
Clarendon had two national finals qualifiers, Riggin Smith in the saddle bronc riding and Cole Franks in the bareback riding. Cole Franks also led the region in All-Around points.
CC team members finishing in the top 15 in their events were: Saddle bronc riding – Riggin Smith 2nd, Keene Justesen 4th, Cole Franks 9th, Taylor Russell 10th , Seth Waldron 12th; Bareback riding – Cole Franks 3rd, Justin Opatrny 7th, Josh Green 9th, Trent Dannheim 14th; Bull Riding – Dawson Gleaves 14th; Team Roping (Header) – Rafael Domenigo 14th; and Team Roping (Heeler) – Cole Franks 15th.
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