{"id":25560,"date":"2021-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/2-home-wins-mark-tarleton-2020-21-rodeo-season-conclusion\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:47:08","slug":"2-home-wins-mark-tarleton-2020-21-rodeo-season-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/2-home-wins-mark-tarleton-2020-21-rodeo-season-conclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Home Wins Mark Tarleton 2020-21 Rodeo Season Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014\u00a0A pair of first-place finishes led the charge as Tarleton State University\u2019s rodeo team ended the 2020-21 season at home over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Steer wrestler Preston Pederson and breakaway roper Sarah Angelone took top honors at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwestern Regional at Lone Star Arena in Stephenville.<\/p>\n

Sarah finished the season as NIRA regional champion, leading six Tarleton riders and ropers who earned spots in the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., in June.<\/p>\n

Preston posted a first-round 4.7 to place eighth in the long go and took the event crown with a 4.1 in the championship finals.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s 2.5-second clocking in the short round gave her a two-head 5.1 to earn first place after securing a slot in the finals with a fifth-place 2.6 in the preliminaries.<\/p>\n

The Tarleton men\u2019s team accumulated a fourth-place 275 points. Western Texas College was first with 550 points, 30 points better than runner-up Sul Ross State University.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s squad finished sixth in the weekend rodeo. Texas Tech\u2019s 220 points was best among the women, followed by Vernon College\u2019s 195.<\/p>\n

Other standouts for the Texans included Jake Vance and Jake Barnes, who took fourth and 10th<\/sup>\u00a0in saddle bronc riding. Barnes will be in Casper in June, his second trip to the CNFR, by virtue of his third-place finish in the region.<\/p>\n

Kyler Dick was seventh among steer wrestlers in the regular-season finale, Bodee Lammers posted a two-head 151 for fifth in saddle bronc riding, and T.J. Allen and Riley Wakefield roped two head in 13.1 seconds for a ninth-place tie in team roping.<\/p>\n

Alex Cawthon was second in goat tying, posting rounds of 7.2 and 7.3, and Emily McDeavitt posted a 17.0 to tie for sixth in the event.<\/p>\n

Rickie Engesser took fourth in the Tarleton rodeo breakaway roping, notching runs of 2.7 and 3.0 seconds. She qualified for a trip to Casper in goat tying.<\/p>\n

Barrel racers Conner Madison and Maddy Dickens were sixth and eighth place, respectively, in Stephenville.<\/p>\n

Other CNFR representatives for Tarleton are region bull riding champion Cullen Tefler; Maddy Deerman, reserve champion breakaway roper; and Walt Arnold, reserve champion steer wrestler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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