{"id":53428,"date":"2025-06-18T12:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=53428"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:03:40","slug":"tarleton-state-saddle-bronc-rider-parsons-leads-third-go-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-saddle-bronc-rider-parsons-leads-third-go-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State Saddle Bronc Rider Parsons Leads Third Go-round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tuesday was busy for Tarleton State University rodeo teams as nine riders and ropers were in action at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saddle bronc rider Montgomery Parsons, one of three Tarleton State competitors with two appearances Tuesday, took first place in the evening performance with an 80.5-point ride. Parsons\u2019 three-ride total of 235 includes a 75.5 from Tuesday\u2019s slack and a first-go 79. Teammate Bailey Small scored a 71 Tuesday, giving him a 153.5 total with one ride remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steer wrestler Landris White was runner-up in the evening performance, flashing a 4.5-second time and tie-down roper Brayden Roe turned in a 10.6 on his second calf in Casper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goat tyer Tori Brower\u2019s 6.1 clocking took second in Tuesday\u2019s slack to lead the Tarleton State women for the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Driver, currently in second in the CNFR all-around race, ran barrels twice Tuesday. Her 14.27 in the slack and 19.02 in the evening performance, including a penalty for knocking over a barrel, were both good for ninth. Teammate Hadley Tidwell also tipped a barrel on her 19.54 in barrels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the close of competition Tuesday, Tarleton State\u2019s men are in first place while the women are in second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakaway ropers Jacelyn Frost and Driver will be in action Wednesday evening as the CNFR continues toward Saturday\u2019s championship finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tuesday was busy for Tarleton State University rodeo teams as nine riders and ropers were in action at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyo. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":53430,"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-53428","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\/06\/Saddle-Bronc-300x200.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Division of Student Engagement &amp; Success<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rodeo<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Division of Student Engagement &amp; Success<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rodeo<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 10 months ago","modified":"Updated 9 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 18, 2025","modified":"Updated on July 11, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 18, 2025 12:33 pm","modified":"Updated on July 11, 2025 10:03 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53428","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=53428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53460,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53428\/revisions\/53460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}