PRORODEO Sports News - March 7, 2025

EGUSQUIZA & LORD DOMINATE

FROM START TO FINISH

By Alex Dodd

Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord dominated from start to finish in team roping at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

T he San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo fea tured a loaded field in the team roping. But header Dustin Egusquiza and heeler Levi Lord made it look easy. Egusquiza and Lord finished first in all three rounds of competition in Bracket 4 and were the second qualifiers to the finals. In the short round, the duo clocked a 4.1-second run to seal the victory at the storied stop on the Texas Swing. “It was starting out easier than everybody would think,” Lord said. “That’s a

Patrick Smith). I backed off a little bit but still got him caught…I guess it worked out for us.” In the opening round of competi tion in Bracket 4, Egusquiza and Lord set the tone with a 3.5-sec ond run to win the go-round pick up $2,626. They followed it up with a 3.6-second run to win Round 2 and $2,626. In the final round of bracket competition, Egusquiza and Lord sealed their spot in the finals with a 3.6-second run to win all three rounds and pull in an additional $2,626.

The tandem didn’t finish in the money in the semifinals but advanced to the finals, earning $7,878 from bracket competition. Egusquiza and Lord made the most of their final opportunity with another win to add $15,252 and leave San Antonio as champions. “This is such a prestigious rodeo in my mind that I want to win it, and I want to win it as many times as I can throughout my career,” Egusquiza said. “There’s was no questioning second for me right there. I wanted to win first.”

tough group of guys right there … Honestly, when we rode in there 10th out and a 4.6-second run was winning it, we didn’t think that’d be the case. “I tried to tell myself to still not back off because the last team was Light ning (Aguilera and

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