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58 th WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RODEO presented by Polaris RANGER ®

Dec. 1-10, 2016, Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas

PAYOUT: $10,000,000. EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER: Shawn Davis. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER: Bennie Beutler. RODEO SECRETARY: Sunni Deb Backstrom. ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Amanda Corley Sanders. CONTESTANT OFFICE MANAGER: Vickie Shireman. OFFICIALS: Wade Berry, George Gibbs, Chuck Hoss, Joe Bob Locke, Mike Jones, Allan Jordan Jr., Butch Kirby, Steve Knowles, Cliff Overstreet, Harry Rose Jr., Lynn Smith, Rocky Steagall, Glenn Sullivan and Mike Todd. TIMERS : Amy Muller, Jessi Franzen and Jayme Pemberton. ANNOUNCERS: Boyd Polhamus, Randy Corley andWayne Brooks. SPECIALTY ACTS: Madison MacDonald and Bobby Kerr. BULLFIGHTERS: Dusty Tuckness, Cody Webster and Nathan Jestes. BARRELMAN: John Harrison. PICKUP MEN: Chase Cervi and Gary Rempel; alternate, Josh Edwards. LIVESTOCK SUPERINTENDENT: John Barnes. ASSISTANT LIVESTOCK SUPERINTENDENT: Ryan Brown. ROUGHSTOCK CHUTE BOSS: Tom Neuens. TIMED-EVENT CHUTE BOSS: Tony Amaral. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Greg Westfall, Dan Hubbell, Eva Scofield and James Phifer. SOUND ENGINEER: Benje Bendele.

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Bareback riding ROUND 1: 1. Tanner Aus, 85.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Control Freak, $26,231; 2. Clayton Biglow, 84, $20,731; 3. Tim O’Connell, 83, $15,654; 4. Wyatt Denny, 81.5, $11,000; 5. (tie) Caleb Bennett, Jake Brown and JakeVold, 81, $3,667 each. ROUND 2: 1. (tie) Tim O’Connell, on Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo’s Betty Boop, and Clayton Biglow, on Rafter G Rodeo’s Ankle Biter, 85 points, $23,481 each; 3. (tie) Caleb Bennett and Ty Breuer, 83, $13,327 each; 5. Winn Ratliff, 82.5, $6,769; 6. Jake Brown, 79.5, $4,231. ROUND 3: 1. (tie) Tanner Aus, on 88 points on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil, and Clayton Biglow, 88 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Delta Ship, $23,481 each; 3. Caleb Bennett, 85.5, $15,654; 4. (tie) Tim O’Connell and Jake Vold, 83.5, $8,885 each; 6. (tie) Winn Ratliff and J.R. Vezain, 81, $2,115 each. ROUND 4: 1. Jake Vold, 89.5 points on Flying U Rodeo’s Lil Red Hawk, $26,231; 2. (tie)TimO’Connell and Wyatt Denny, 87, $18,192 each; 4. (tie) Caleb Bennett and R.C. Landingham, 84.5, $8,885 each; 6. (tie)Winn Ratliff and Richmond Champion, 83.5, $2,115 each. ROUND 5: 1. Jake Vold, 89 points on Hi Lo ProRodeo’s Wilson Sanchez, $26,231; 2. Jake Brown, 88, $20,731; 3. R.C. Landingham, 87, $15,654; 4. (tie)TimO’Connell andTy Breuer, 86, $8,885 each; 6. (tie) Caleb Bennett,Tanner Aus andWyatt Denny, 84.5, $1,410 each. ROUND 6: 1. Jake Vold, 85.5 points on Burch Rodeo’s JimDandy, $26,231; 2. (tie) Orin Larsen and Richmond Champion, 85, $18,192 each; 4.Tanner Aus, 84.5, $11,000; 5. (tie) Evan Jayne and Jake Brown, 84, $5,500 each. ROUND 7: 1. R.C. Landingham, 84.5 points on Pickett Rodeo’s Scarlet Fever, $26,231; 2. Tim O’Connell, 83.5, $20,731; 3. Winn Ratliff, 83, $15,654; 4. J.R.Vezain, 81.5, $11,000; 5. Richmond Champion, 79, $6,769; 6. (tie) Orin Larsen, and Jessy Davis, 78, $2,115 each. ROUND8: 1. Orin Larsen, 87.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Full Baggage, $26,231; 2. Winn Ratliff, 86.5, $20,731; 3. (tie)TimO’Connell and J.R.Vezain, 85, $13,327 each; 5.Ty Breuer, 84.5, $6,769; 6. (tie)Tanner Aus and R.C.

Landingham, 84, $2,115 each. ROUND 9: 1.Tanner Aus, 88.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s GoodTime Charlie, $26,231; 2.Wyatt Denny, 87, $20,731; 3. Orin Larsen, 86.5, $15,654; 4. Jake Vold, 86, $11,000; 5. R.C. Landingham, 85.5, $6,769; 6. Ty Breuer, 83.5, $4,231. ROUND10: 1. R.C. Landingham, 88.5 points on Pickett Rodeo’s Top Flight, $26,231; 2. Wyatt Denny, 88, $20,731; 3. Evan Jayne, 87, $15,654; 4. (tie) Tim O’Connell and Orin Larsen, 85, $8,885 each; 6. Jake Vold, 84.5, $4,231. AVERAGE: 1. Tim O’Connell, 840 points on 10 head, $67,269; 2. (tie) JakeVold and J.R.Vezain, 815, $48,865 each; 4. Caleb Bennett, 810, $31,731; 5. Richmond Champion, 807.5, $22,846; 6. Clayton Biglow, 805, $16,500; 7. R.C. Landingham, 799.5, $11,423; 8. Evan Jayne, 787, $6,346. WORLD CHAMPION: Tim O’Connell. Steer wrestling ROUND 1: 1. (tie) Clayton Hass and Tyler Waguespack, 3.8 seconds, $23,481 each; 3. Matt Reeves, 3.9, $15,654; 4. Baylor Roche, 4.3, $11,000; 5. (tie) J.D. Struxness and Cody Cabral, 4.6, $5,500 each. ROUND 2: 1. Jason Thomas, 3.5 seconds, $26,231; 2. Matt Reeves, 3.8, $20,731; 3. Clayton Hass, 4.1, $15,654; 4. Dakota Eldridge, 4.6, $11,000; 5. Tyler Waguespack, 4.7, $6,769; 6. Nick Guy, 5.1, $4,231. ROUND 3: 1. (tie) Tyler Waguespack and J.D. Struxness, 3.9 seconds, $23,481 each; 3. Billy Bugenig, 4.1, $15,654; 4. Matt Reeves, 4.2, $11,000; 5. (tie) Clayton Hass and Jason Thomas, 4.3, $5,500 each. ROUND 4: 1. J.D. Struxness, 3.8 seconds, $26,231; 2. (tie) Jason Thomas and Tyler Waguespack, 3.9, $18,192 each; 4. Ty Erickson, 4.0, $11,000; 5. Cody Cabral, 4.4, $6,769; 6. (tie) Nick Guy, Matt Reeves and Riley Duvall, 4.5, $1,410 each. ROUND 5: 1. J.D. Struxness, 3.5 seconds, $26,231; 2. Matt Reeves, 3.6, $20,731; 3. Tyler Waguespack, 3.7, $15,654; 4. Ty Erickson, 3.9, $11,000; 5. Trevor Knowles, 4.0, $6,769; 6. (tie) Clayton Hass and Dakota Eldridge, 4.1, $2,115 each. ROUND 6: 1. (tie) Tyler Waguespack, Billy Bugenig and Riley

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