ProRodeo Sports News - June 23, 2023

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College National Finals Rodeo crowns champions

BY THE NUMBERS 1967 The number of competition rounds at the National Finals Rodeo increased from eight to nine, a format to be retained until being returned to the original 10 round-style in 1970. 1989 Saddle bronc riders Robert, Billy and Dan Etbauer become the first trio of brothers to qualify for the NFR in the same event. They repeated the feat from 1990-92 and 1994-97. $16K The amount of money ($16,433) earned by bull rider Jestyn Woodward by winning the Reno Rodeo Xtreme Bulls on June 15. It moved the rookie up to fourth in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $94,248. $39K The most money ($39,993) won during the Cowboy Christmas (Fourth of July week). That amount was tallied by

Championship Saturday at the 2023 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) on June 17, in Casper, Wyo., began with the top 12 student athletes in nine events roping and riding for individual and team honors. The night ended with the crowning of 10 individual and two all-around national champions along with new women’s and men’s national champion teams. Kincade Henry of Mount Pleasant, Texas, became one of the few tie-down ropers to win back-to-back college championships. The junior ag business major at Texas A & M University – Commerce came into the finals with a 2.7-second overall lead. His time of 10.5 seconds was good enough for second in the round and his second consecutive college title. The men’s all-around title went to Quade Hiatt of Canyon, Texas, a junior business marketing major at West Texas A & M University. He and partner Jace Helton of Weatherford College finished as reserve champions in team roping. Hiatt also finished fifth in tie-down roping. Freshman Haiden Thompson of Yoder, Wyoming, won both the women’s all-around and rookie of the year titles. A business major at Gillette (Wyo.) College, Thompson qualified for the finals in both breakaway roping and team roping.

2023 CHAMPS Tie-down roper Kincade Henry of Texas A&M Uni versity – Commerce won the College National Finals Rodeo for the second year in a row. Henry made his NFR debut in 2022.

BAREBACK RIDING Weston Timberman, Clarendon College, 325 points TIE-DOWN ROPING Kincade Henry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 35.8 seconds BREAKAWAY ROPING Makayla Farkas, West Hills College, 10.9 seconds SADDLE BRONC RIDING Quintin McWhorter, Cal Poly State University, and Damian Brennan, Western Texas College, 323.5 points STEER WRESTLING Joshua Ellison, University of West Alabama, 26.0 seconds GOAT TYING Paige Rasmussen, Montana State University, 24.3 seconds TEAM ROPING Slade Wood, Southwest Texas Junior College and Logan Moore, Wharton County Junior College, 22.8 seconds BARREL RACING Taycie Matthews, University of West Alabama, 55.53 seconds BULL RIDING Tristen Hutchings, Sul Ross State University, 236 points MEN’S ALL-AROUND Quade Hiatt, West Texas A&M University, 365 points WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND Haiden Thompson, Gillette College, 180 points MEN’S TEAM CHAMPION Clarendon College 855 points WOMEN’S TEAM CHAMPION University of West Alabama, 696.3 points MEN’S ROOKIE Weston Timberman, Clarendon College, 320 points WOMEN’S ROOKIE Haiden Thompson, Gillette College, 180 points MEN’S AQHA HORSE OF THE YEAR Coral Lil Dual, Cutter Carpenter, Texas A&M University-Commerce WOMEN’S AQHA HORSE OF THE YEAR No Mistaken He’s Fine, Paige Rasmussen, Montana State Univ.

ProRodeo Hall of Famer Trevor Brazile in 2011.

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