It’s time to saddle up and get ready for a fun ride as the Clarendon College Stampede welcomes more than 500 contestants to its NIRA rodeo this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 15-17.
With contestants from 16 colleges and universities in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association involved, qualifying events will be held all day with nightly performances being held at 7:30 p.m. each evening.
Tickets for evening performance are $5 in advance from Clarendon College and the Clarendon Visitor Center and will be $10 at the gate.
All activities will be held under the roof of the CC Livestock & Equine Center.
Activities will include bull riding, barrel racing, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, and more.
Clarendon College officials are excited to be hosting the NIRA rodeo, which is held here every four years.
Rodeo coach Bret Franks and nearly the entire staff at Clarendon College have been working for weeks to make sure the event comes off without a hitch.
Local and area sponsors have also lined up to support what promises to be one of the most exciting rodeos the town has seen since the Stampede last hit Clarendon in 2016.
Under Franks’ leadership, Clarendon College has reached new levels of success with the most notable being the national bronc riding championship won by Wyatt Casper in 2015 followed by Riggin Smith’s national saddle bronc championship in 2019.
Additionally, the CC men’s rodeo team took third place overall at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.
With the Stampede, CC looks forward putting on a successful rodeo in front of local supporters.
For more information about the Stampede, call Clarendon College at 874-3571.
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