Try to hang on
After a disappointing weekend, the CSC rodeo team is brushing off its boots and setting sights on the Sheridan College Rodeo in Sheridan, Wyo., Friday through Sunday.
Six CSC contestants made it to the finals last weekend at the Dawes County Fairgrounds; the women’s team tallied 130 points and dropped from first to third in the Central Rocky Mountain Region, and the men’s team tallied 10 points, dropping from seventh to tenth.
Dani Jo Hinman, junior of Hay Springs, won the breakaway roping in an upset.
Hinman headed into the finals in ninth place after roping her first calf in 3.2 seconds, but won the average with a 2.9-second run, while eight of the other ten finalists took no time.
Hinman was surprised, but remained humble.
“There are a lot of weekends like that,” Hinman said Tuesday. “I wouldn’t say I was any more focused or wanted it more, that’s just how it goes sometimes.”
Freshman Brook Nelson of Philip, S.D., also made it to the Breakaway finals. Nelson roped her long-go calf in 2.5 seconds, but tied for fourth in the average after she missed her second calf.
Shelby Winchell, senior of Scottsbluff, took third in the Goat Tying, tallying 13.8 seconds in the average. She tied her first goat in 6.4 seconds in the long go-round and 7.4 seconds in the short go.
Winchell is currently tied for fourth in the regional standings with another CSC cowgirl, Shaylee Hance, junior of Circle, Mont. Followed by Amy Tierney, senior or Oral, S.D., in the number five slot.
Tanner Olson, senior of Bartlett; and Zane Smith, junior of Broken Bow, both made it to the Saddle Bronc riding finals after scoring 68 and 62-point rides respectively. Both cowboys were bucked in the short go, and landed sixth and seventh in the average respectively. Olson is currently ranked ninth in the region.
In Bareback Riding, Nate McFadden, junior of Dunning, scored 71 points on his long-go ride, but a 62-point ride in the final go landed him tenth in the average.
Not only did rodeo team members compete in the rodeo, they pulled double duties working chutes and gates.
“It takes a lot of work, but I think they did alright balancing the two,” Rodeo Coach Dustin Luper said Tuesday. Luper also added that the good bucking stock and rough ground in the arena made it difficult for a lot of the events.
