PRORODEO Sports News - March 27, 2026 Digital Edition

SHORT ROUND

DUSTIN EGUSQUIZA/JC FLAKE BREAK TEAM ROPING WORLD RECORD AT RODEO AUSTIN

PRCA Photo by James Phifer

By Ted Harbin, Special to PRORODEO Sports News

T eam roping times at Rodeo Austin have already been fast, but everything got faster March 25. Dustin Egusquiza/J.C. Flake snapped a 2.9-second run to speed past the existing record of 3.2 seconds, which was set last June by Mason Appleton and Rance Doyal at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho. Doyal matched it again at Austin last week while roping with header James Arviso.

“That is probably the coolest thing that’s ever hap pened to me in rodeo, and I feel like I’ve done a lot,” said Egusquiza, 30, an eight-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier from Marianna, Fla. For Flake, everything was a bit of a blur. “It was unbelievable,” said Flake, 27, a heeler from Milsap, Texas. “Dustin did an outstanding job and headed him so fast that it was unbelievable. It was kind

6.5 The time by three-time defending PRCA World Champion Tie-Down Roper Riley Webb in the Shootout round at Rodeo Houston. The mark set a new arena record, beating out Shane Hanchey’s time of 7.2 seconds set earlier in the round ahead of Webb on March 21.

$74,375 The total money won by bull rider Jacob Gardner at RodeoHouston. Gard ner was the only cowboy to have a qualified ride in the shootout round, which required a second set of bulls to decide a champion.

3 The number of times bareback rider Rocker Steiner has matched with Calgary Stampede’s Disco Party to win a championship. Last year, Steiner rode the prized bucking horse to a win at the Ponoka Stampede in Alberta, then followed it up in Las Vegas to win his first world championship at the National Finals Rodeo. Steiner won his second straight Rodeo Houston title on Disco Party March 21.

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