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CSC Cowboy, Cowgirl capture first place

Spike Jordan
Bareback rider Collin Chytka, sophomore of Broken Bow, talks with coach Dustin Luper before competing in the September 2012 Chadron State rodeo- Photo by Jennifer Parker.
Bareback rider Collin Chytka, sophomore of Broken Bow, talks with coach Dustin Luper before competing in the September 2012 Chadron State rodeo- Photo by Jennifer Parker.

The Chadron State College Rodeo Team had two event champions last weekend at the Casper College Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.

Katie Loughran, sophomore of Broken Bow, won the barrel race in both rounds with a 15.87 second run in the long go-round, and 15.80 seconds in the short go-round , winning the average with 31.67 seconds.   This is Loughran’s second win of the spring season.

“I had a bad run back in Torrington,” Loughran said Tuesday afternoon.  “I was pushing myself to do better this time around.”

Loughran is ranked fifth in the Central Rocky Mountain Region with 350 points, but said that she doesn’t think there is time left in the season for her to qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo.

Mitch McAdow, senior from Littleton, Colo., also won Tie Down Roping, tying his first calf in 11.0 seconds and his second calf in 10.6 seconds, tallying 21.6 seconds in the average.

“I work a lot on flanking and tying, because that’s where you really win it,”  McAdow said Tuesday.  “I try not to worry too much about how far down the arena the calf gets.”  McAdow is currently ranked second in the region with 625.0 points.

Russell Hipke, junior of Stuart, finished third in steer wrestling.  Hipke entered finals seventh out of the 10-man field after a shaky 6.6 second run in the long go-round, but wrestled his steer in 4.6 seconds during the final go, netting 11.2 seconds in the average.  Hipke is tied for first in steer wrestling in the regional standings with 320 points.

Two other CSC entries placed in the top six in the averages.

Bareback rider Colten Blanchard, junior of Sulphur, La., finished fifth in the average with 141 points.  Blackwell entered finals in tenth place after earning 67 points on his first ride, but tied for first with 74 points in the final go.   Blanchard is ranked sixth in the region with 487.5 points.

Junior Shelby Winchell of Scottsbluff placed sixth in the goat tying, with an 8.4 second run in the long go-round and a 7.7 second final run.  Currently ranked fourth in the region, Winchell is short of third place by only 22.5 points.

With one last rodeo this season, May 3-5 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo., it will be the last opportunity for the CSC cowboys and cowgirls to earn points and make it to the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, June 9-15.