STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University saddle bronc riders made their collective presence known in a big way in Sunday\u2019s matinee performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo., capturing four of the event\u2019s top-seven scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waitley Sharon and Bailey Small sit tied for second with their identical 82.5 scores, Coleman Shallbetter was fifth with his 81 and Montgomery Parsons\u2019 79 was good for seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jordan Driver flashed a 2.3-second clocking for seventh in breakaway roping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s slack will feature Driver in both barrel racing and breakaway roping and Hadley Tidwell in barrel racing for the women\u2019s team, as well as Shallbetter and Waitley in second go-round saddle bronc action. Tie-down roper Brayden Roe and steer wrestler Landris White will make their first appearances in Casper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CNFR preliminary runs continue through Friday, and the championship finals are set for Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University saddle bronc riders made their collective presence known in a big way in Sunday\u2019s matinee performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":425,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[446,455],"class_list":["post-53416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-division-of-student-engagement-success","tag-rodeo"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/03\/5797-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/a>","Rodeo<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/span>","Rodeo<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 10 months ago","modified":"Updated 9 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 16, 2025","modified":"Updated on July 11, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 16, 2025 8:30 am","modified":"Updated on July 11, 2025 10:04 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53443,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53416\/revisions\/53443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}