CSC cowboys struggle in weekend’s short round

Chadron State’s rodeo cowboys struggled to record times and only one CSC cowgirl made it to the short go over the weekend at the Sheridan College Rodeo, in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Dustin Luper, head rodeo coach, said that the team is still struggling to perform at the level he believes each athlete can, once they get to that level it will show in team results.

“The pressure to perform, lack of execution of the fundamentals, and not taking advantage of opportunity lead to the disconnect in the finals.”

Tayle Brink, senior of Reva, South Dakota, made it to Sunday’s short go in both the goat tying and breakaway roping. She placed ninth in breakaway roping with a three-second run. She finished the event fifth with an average time of 6.7 seconds, following her short round time at 3.7 seconds.

In goat tying, Brink tied down her goat in 8.2 seconds, putting her into a three-way tie for 10th place and qualifying her for the short go. Brink moved into sixth place with a time of 8.4 seconds in the final round. She averaged 16.6 seconds in the event.

Jake Chasek, freshman of Mitchell, roped his calf in the team roping in 5.7 seconds, finishing the long round in first place with his partner Justin Chasek of Eastern Wyoming College. In their short round, they finished sixth with an average of 105.7 seconds.

“First round, we didn’t know what our steer was going to do but we went out there and did what we practiced,” Jake Chasek said. “Our short go, the steer wasn’t the best. His first two runs, he drug on the corner which is hard to get a steer to hop after that.”

Elsewhere in the event, Tanner Whetham, sophomore of Morrill, along with his University of Wyoming partner Cameron Jensen finished the long go in fifth place with a time of 7.6 seconds. The duo dropped to eighth place by the end of the rodeo with an average of 107.6 seconds.

Teigen Marchant, senior of Newcastle, Wyoming, qualified for the short go in steer wrestling where he earned second place catching his steer in 5.7 seconds.

Parker Johnston, sophomore of Maywood, finished his long round with 10.7 seconds, placing him sixth in the long round.

Neither cowboy received a time for their short round. Marchant finished seventh with an average of 105.7 seconds and Johnston finished with an average of 110.7 seconds, placing ninth.

Both CSC teams finished in eighth place. Against 10 teams, the men finished with 80 points. The women’s team finished with 70 points against a field of eight teams.

The Eagles compete again this weekend at the Central Wyoming College Rodeo in Riverton.