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Spring rodeo kicks off in Gillette

Brandon Davenport

CSC cowboy Kalane Anders, senior of Bayard, tied for first place in tie down and cowgirl Quincy Segelke, junior of Snyder, Colorado, was second in barrel racing to lead the Eagles in Gillette, Wyoming, this weekend as the rodeo team’s spring season began. 

While Chadron was still digging out of the snow over the weekend, conditions in Gillette were somewhat better. According to the Gillette News Record, Winter Storm Ulmer officially dropped just two inches there. 

Still, CSC Head Coach Dustin Luper said in consideration for teams heading to Gillette from areas that had it worse, the rodeo was pushed back from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday.  Luper says his team was able to leave from Chadron Friday evening and arrived in Gillette without incident. 

The indoor arena kept conditions good for the rodeo and six CSC rodeo athletes placed in their return to action this weekend, including Anders who tied in tie-down roping with a run of 10 seconds in the long-go and 10.9 seconds in the finals. 

Laramie County Community College cowboy Bernard Girard, of Alliance, shared the top place with Anders after runs of 11 seconds and 9.9 seconds. 

In the barrel race, Segelke was just seven-hundredths of a second off the leader with an average of 30.27 seconds. The CSC junior was fastest in the long-go with a time of 15.04 seconds, but her time of 15.23 in the finals was fourth best. Segelke also advanced to the finals in goat tying but failed to record a time after her goat came untied. 

Segelke said she felt the rodeo was a turnaround weekend after she struggled in the fall. This spring, she said, she’s feeling much better, like she did in her sophomore year. 

CSC men’s bareback rider Kyle Bloomquist, junior of Raymond, Minnesota, took third in bareback to help maintain his lead atop the Central Rocky Mountain Region standings in the event. Bloomquist currently enjoys a 50 point lead on former Sheridan College Generals rodeo teammate Cole Reiner of Casper College. 

Bloomquist scored 73 points in the first go and 71 in the finals. Teammate Rowdy Moon, senior of Sargent, took sixth in the event with scores of 65 and 75 points. 

Rounding out the Eagles’ placewinners were Kaycee Monnens, senior of Hulett, Wyoming, with a fourth-place finish in goat tying and Merisa Cominiello, junior of Burlington, Colorado, with a fifth-place finish in breakaway roping.