ProRodeo Sports News - August 23, 2019

“The competition is crazy. The last four or five years, I feel like the level of the guys fromNo. 1 to 25 or 30 has jumped up where everyone has a chance

Richmond Champion broke his second rodeo record of the season when he had a 91-point ride at the Fallon County Riding like his name

to win on any given day. It has made everyone have to step up. – RICHMOND CHAMPION

Fair & Rodeo in Baker, Mont. Champion also set the record at the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo.

8.4 seconds Travis Mills equaled the fastest steer roping time of the 2019 season when he stopped the clock Champions with Sioux Ranch in Wright, Wyo., Aug. 10. The Gillette, Wyo., cowboy won 43rd in the Aug. 19 PRCA | RAM World Standings. Mills tied Reo Lohse for the fastest time of the season. Lohse posted his 8.4-second run at the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping in Torrington, Wyo., April 28. in 8.4 seconds at the Building the first round with the quick time. Mills was

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Steer wrestler Will Lummus took third in Billings, Mont., with a 4.0-second run.

Lummus Looming Steer wrestler Will Lummus is looking to get back to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the second time in his career and second consecutive season. The Mississippi native who is already having a strong season added a strong week Aug. 13-19 to help solidify that run to Las Vegas. Lummus won a combined $11,063 after splitting the win at the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and placing third at both the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Yellowstone River Round- Up in Billings, Mont. As of Aug. 19, Lummus was in fifth place in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $75,783. Last season, the 15th spot in the world standings in steer wrestling qualified for the Finals with $74,706.

602

NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2019 SEASON SO FAR

$36,151,109

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2019 SEASON

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