Cowboys, Cowgirls place at CWC

When the dust settled at the Central Wyoming College Rodeo in Riverton, Wyoming, this past weekend, two CSC cowboys took first in their events.

They were Miles Englebert, senior of Burdock, South Dakota, and Kyle Bloomquist, sophomore of Raymond, Minnesota.

Englebert was the only cowboy to go the full eight seconds atop his bulls, combining for 156 points and the event win. 

Bloomquist once again took top honors in bareback, besting Gillette’s Jake Kesl, who took second, by 11 points. 

Both performances helped keep Bloomquist and Englebert atop the Central Rocky Mountain Region standings. 

Bloomquist, who has totaled 395 points this season in bareback, currently has a 65-point lead over CWC’s Thomas Davis, who sits in second. 

Englebert is currently tied for first place in bull riding with Sheridan’s Coby Johnson.

Two CSC cowgirls, junior Kaycee Monnens, of Hulett, Wyoming, and senior Hannah Hostutler, of Phillip, South Dakota, sit as runners- up in the NIRA regional standings, and each placed second in their respective events this past weekend. 

Monnens, who in goat tying currently trails Gillette’s Taylour Latham by just 20 points in the regional standings, tied for second with Casper’s Emily Knust in Riverton, with a time of 15.3 seconds.

Latham won the event, recording a time of 14.9 seconds.

Hostutler was fifth in breakaway with a time of three seconds in her first go, and had a time of 2.6 seconds in the finals to take second place in the event. Her combined 5.6 was just .2 seconds behind event winner Brooke Howell, of Gillette.

Hostutler currently sits 95 points behind University of Wyoming’s Teisha Coffield in the breakaway regional standings.

In team scoring, the CSC women took third place with 255 points, while the men’s team took fifth with 275.

University of Wyoming took the men’s team title with 855 points while Gillette College won the women’s title with 375.

Both the CSC men’s and women’s rodeo teams sit in fifth place in the regional standings.