STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Bareback rider Daxtyn Field, saddle bronc rider Waitley Sharon and tie down roper Travis Staley took first in their respective events to lead the Tarleton State University men’s rodeo team to a first-place finish at the weekend Sul Ross State University Rodeo in Pecos.
Tarleton State’s 540-point total easily outdistanced runner-up and host Sul Ross State. Field won the bareback event with a two-head 164.5-point total featuring an 85.5 score in the finals after a first round 79. Teammate Taylon Carmody’s 160.5 on rides of 74.5 and 86 was second, Weston Chandler took third with an 83 and a 75.5 for 158.5 on two, and Devon Moore was fourth with a combined 157.5 on scores of 76.5 and 81.
Clay Greenslade finished sixth with a 153.5 on rides of 74 and 79.5, and Jace Lomheim scored a long go 68 and a 79.5 in the finals for a 147.5, good for seventh in the average.
Sharon captured top honors at Pecos with a 166.5 on scores of 83.6 and 83, leading five Tarleton State saddle bronc riders in the top seven in the event. Cooper Lane’s third-place 155 came on scores of 73 and 82, Colton Lewis scored a two-head 152.5 on rides of 75 and 77.5 points for fifth, Greenslade was sixth with his 70 in the preliminary round and 79.5 in the short go for a 149.5 total, and Montgomery Parsons’ 145.5, including a long-go 75 and a 70.5 in the finals, was seventh.
Bull rider Zane Monnett turned in a 73 in the long go to take fourth in the event. Staley earned the tie-down roping title at Pecos with times of 8.5 and 9.2 seconds for a two-run 17.7. Lucca Alvarenga finished sixth with a 28.4 total on runs of 12.9 and 15.5 seconds.
Second place went to Tarleton State team ropers John Peterson and Cole Wilson who flashed a first round 5.7 and added a 7.3 in the short go-round for a 13 in the average.
Kreece Dearing took fourth-place honors in steer wrestling with a two-head time of 13.1, featuring runs of 7.4 and 5.7 seconds, while Dalton Porch took fifth on times of 6.3 and 11.4 seconds for a 17.7 on two head.
The Tarleton State women’s team accumulated 120 points, led by Addison Kinser’s first in breakaway roping and Patton Lynch’s top finish in barrel racing, for fourth over the weekend.
Kinser posted twin 3.1s for a two-run 6.2 clocking, followed by teammate Cidney Estes in second with a 7.6 tally on times of 3.3 and 4.3, and third place Jenna Fulton’s 8-second total on times of 3.3 and 4.7.
Lynch turned in the top time in the barrel racing long go-round, 17.85 seconds, and added the quickest time in the finals, 17.39, for first place overall. Lindsey-Kay Reichert was seventh, posting times of 17.97 and 18.32 seconds for a 36.29 in the average.
Rylee Abel was runner-up in goat tying with times of 8.0 and 7.3 seconds for a 15.3 total. Makaylee Fischer’s fourth-place 15.6 time included a 7.7 in the long go and a 7.9 in the finals, and Courtney Stalvey grabbed seventh on the strength of her 8.8 and 9.3 runs for an 18.1 total.
Both teams lead the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Lone Star Region standings with just one outing left in the 2025-26 regular season, the annual Tarleton State Stampede, set for this weekend, April 16-18 at the Cowboy Capital Fairgrounds Arena in Stephenville.
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