After the 99th Tucson Rodeo Parade this morning, Rodeo performances kicked into high gear this afternoon! We started with Tanner Aus scoring an 88.0 in Bareback Riding, moving into second place. Olin Hannum had the day’s best Steer Wrestling time of 5.4 which puts him in 3rd place. Team Roping duo Jake Cooper Clay and Trey Yates slid into first place with their time of 5.1. In Saddle Bronc, Kolby Wanchuk earned a 80.0, which places him in 9th place. Today’s Tie Down Roping competition earned Tyler Boxleitner a score of 9.7, and 6th place in the current standings. Great competition in Bull Riding lead to 4 new members of the top 12 including Chase Dougherty who scored 88.5 and is now at the top of the standings. Tomorrow’s competition continues with the 4th performance as another set of athletes compete for a chance to make it into the Tucson Rodeo Finals on Sunday.
Tucson Rodeo performances continue tomorrow, Friday Feb. 23rd through Sunday Feb.25th. Tickets are available for Friday and Sunday on TucsonRodeo.com. Saturday is a sell out!
Attendance: 9,000
The following are unofficial results from the 2024 Tucson Rodeo, Thursday February 22, 2024.
Current Event Standings after 3rd Performance, Feb. 22, 2024:
Bareback riding: 1, Mason Clements, Spanish Fork, Utah, 89.5 on Beutler & Son’s Unleash; 2, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 88; 3, Dean Thompson, Alta Mont, Utah, 87; 4, Bradlee Miller, Huntsville, Texas, 82; 5, Lucas Samaniego, Riverside, Calif., 80; 6-7, Ty Fast Taypotat, Nanton, Calgary, Alberta, Jacek Lane Frost, Browns Valley, Calif., 79; 8, Mason Stuller, Veneta, Ore., 78; 9-10, Ty Pope, Garnett, Kan., Clay Jorgenson, Watford City, ND, 77.5; 11-12, Jade Taton, Kersey, Colo., Wacey Justin Schalla, Arapaho, Okla., 77.
Steer wrestling: 1, Clayton Hass, Weatherford, Texas, 5.2; 2, Dalton Massey, Hermiston, Ore., 5.3; 3-4, Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho, Walt Arnold, Coleman, Texas, 5.4; 5, Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 5.5; 6, Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho, 6.0; 7, Luke Gee, Standford, Mont., 6.3; 8-10, Payden McIntyre, Douglas, Wyo., Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., Jace Logan, Yampa, Colo., 6.4; 11-12, Colton Swearingen, Cowlesville, N.Y., Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, S.D., 6.5.
Team roping: 1, Jake Cooper Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 5.1; 2, Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., Junior Nunes Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil, 5.4; 3, Clint Summers, Lake City, Fla., Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 5.5; 4, Casey J. Thomas, Cedar City, Utah, Wyatt Thomas, Cedar City, Utah, 5.6; 5-6, Kesley Phillips, Rough Rock, Ariz., Myles John, Indian Wells, Ariz., Andrew Ward, Edmond, Okla.,
Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 5.7; 7-9, Wawa Ben, Jr., Peridot, Ariz., Camerion Lee Tsingine, Gilbert, Ariz., Braden Pirrung, Hartford, S.D., Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas, 5.8; 10, Tee McLeod, Waldeck, Saskatchewan, Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo., 5.9; 11-12, Hagen Peterson, Delta, Utah, Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., Jake Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., Douglas Rich, Herrick, Ill., 6.0.
Saddle bronco riding: 1, Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo., 86 points on Beutler & Son’s Red Wings; 2-3, Statler Ray Wright, Beaver, Utah, Bailey Small, Rock Springs, Wyo., 84.5; 4-8, Q McWhorter, Petrolia, Calif., Kole Ashbacher, Arrowwood, Calgary, Alberta, Gus Gaillard, Morse, Texas, Damian Brennan, Injune, Australia, Brody Wells, Powell, Wyo., 9, Kolby Wanchuk, Sherwood Park, Calgary, Alberta, 80; 10-11, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Calif., Chance Jaren West, Chino Valley, Ariz., 77.5; 12, Ian Forbes McGivney, Kaycee, Wyo., 77.
Tie-Down Roping: 1, Tuf Case Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.6; 2, Quade Hiatt, Canyon, Texas, 8.9; 3, Cole Robinson, Moorcroft, Wyo., 9.2; 4, Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah, 9.4; 5, Riley Mason Webb, Denton, Texas, 9.5; 6, Tyler Boxleitner, Loveland, Colo., 9.7; 7, Ty Harris, San Angelo, Texas, 9.8; 8, Kyle Lucas, Carstairs, Calgary, Alberta, 9.9; 9, John Douch, Huntsville, Texas, 10.1; 10-11, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., Bodie Mattson, Sturgis, S.D., 10.3; 12, Dan Williams Jr, Standish, Calif., 10.5.
Barrel racing: 1, Shannon Griffin, La Luz, N.M., 17.10; 2, LaTricia Duke, Zephyr, Texas, 17.16; 3-4, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., Carlee Otero, Lipan, Texas, 17.19; 5, Loni Kay Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 17.31; 6, Jennifer Kalafatic, Caldwell, Idaho, 17.43; 7, Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 17.47; 8, Hailey Garrison, Glen, Mont., 17.48; 9, Madison Bean, Lubbock, Texas, 17.50; 10, Emily Beisel, Weatherford, Okla., 17.51; 11-12, Molly Otto, Grand Forks, N.D., Sabrina Ketcham, Yeso, N.M., 17.53.
Bull riding: 1, Chase Dougherty, Canby, Ore., 88.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Shockazooloo; 2, Clayton Sellars, Wildwood, Fla., 86.5; 3, Marco Antonio Juarez, Anthony, N.M., 85; 4, Lukasey Morris, Union City, Okla., 84; 5, Avery Rigyn Mullins, Cave Creek, Ariz., 83.5; 6-7, Matt Palmer, Claremore, Okla., Ty Pinnt, Craig, Colo., 81; 8, Luke Gee, Stanford, Mont., 79.5; Hunter Wayne Tate, Riverton, Kan., 74.
Thursday Feb. 22 Performance Results:
Bareback Riding: 1, Tanner Aus, 88; 2, Jacek Frost, 79; 3, Clay Jorgenson, 77.5; 4, Wacey Schalla, 77; 5, Ben Kramer, 75.
Steer Wrestling: 1, Olin Hannum, 5.4; 2, Stetson Jorgensen, 6.0; 3, Jace Logan, 6.4; 4, Eli Lord, 7.5; 5, Trell Etbauer, 17.2.
Team Roping: 1, Jake Cooper Clay and Trey Yates, 5.1; 2, Jack Fischer and B.J. Campbell, 6.4; 3, Justin Simon and Lane Stock, 7.2; 4, Thomas Braman and Brock Hanson, 11.3; 5, Garrett Busby and Seth Hall, 15.4.
Saddle Bronc: 1, Kolby Wanchuk, 80; 2, Weston Patterson, 75.5; 3, Sam Martin, 75; 4,Warick Southern, 72; 5, Ean Price, 70.5; 6, Tanner Butner, 70; 7, Ryder Wright, 65.
Tie Down Roping: 1, Tyler Boxleitner, 9.7; Logan Bird, 10.9; 3, Westyn Hughes, 12.3; 4, Marty Yates, 12.4; 5, Michael Otero, 13.1; 6, Jason Andersen, 14.3; 7, Brody Stallard, 14.7.
Women’s Barrel Racing: 1, Carlee Otero, 17.19; 2, Loni Kay Yates, 17.31; 3, Jennifer Kalafatic, 17.43; 4, Stevi Hillman, 17.47; 5, Emily Beisel, 17.51; 6, Mariah Morgan, 17.66; 7, Jimmie Smith, 17.69; 8, Megan McLeod-Sprague, 17.74; 9, Megan Lewis, 18.19; 10, Missy Neilssen, 21.1; 11, Steely Steiner, 22.67.
Bull Riding: 1, Chase Dougherty, 88.5; 2, Marco Juarez, 85; 3, Luke Gee, 79.5; 4, Hunter Tate, 74.
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TUCSON RODEO
Continuing for its 99th year, La Fiesta de los Vaqueros – Tucson is staged by the nonprofit Tucson Rodeo Committee, Inc. A portion of the rodeo proceeds benefits community groups including Lion’s Clubs, 4-H Clubs and Rotary Clubs. There are no Rodeo activities, Wednesday Feb. 21. Tucson Rodeo Performances resume, after the parade Friday Feb. 23rd and continue through Sunday February 25th. For tickets and info visit: tucsonrodeo.com.
COURTESY OF MICHELLE GARCIA-ESTRADA & La Fiesta de los VAQUEROS Tucson Rodeo TO TENN TEXAS MEDIA
